Bill Text: TX HB1768 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public school discipline and law and order to a school district of innovation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select [HB1768 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1768-Introduced.html
88R6236 AMF-D | ||
By: Jetton | H.B. No. 1768 |
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relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public | ||
school discipline and law and order to a school district of | ||
innovation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the | ||
exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from | ||
the following provisions of this title: | ||
(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an | ||
open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 12; | ||
(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that | ||
a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and | ||
Section 11.162; | ||
(3) state curriculum and graduation requirements | ||
adopted under Chapter 28; | ||
(4) Chapter 37; and | ||
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sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a local innovation plan adopted or | ||
renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A local | ||
innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the plan was | ||
adopted or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |