bill ending class size opt-outs for districts of innovation

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89R10406 CMO-D

By: Allen
H.B. No. 3384

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of class size limits and certain

parental notification requirements to school districts 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) requirements related to class size limits under

Section 25.112 and notice regarding class size under Section

25.113;

(4) state curriculum and graduation requirements

adopted under Chapter 28; and

(5) [ (4) ] academic and financial accountability and

sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A.

SECTION 2. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended

by this Act, applies to each local innovation plan adopted under

Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was

adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A

local innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date

of this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as

amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2025.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.