Allen Bill Ends Teacher Certification Opt-Outs, Old Plans Get Until 2027

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89R12947 CMO-D

By: Allen
H.B. No. 3702

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of educator certification and

contract 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) educator certification and contract requirements

under Chapter 21;

(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, 2027.

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, 2025.