bill ending a district of innovation teacher notice exemption

The text as introduced · 386 words

89R10404 GP-D

By: Allen
H.B. No. 4619

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the parental notification regarding public school

teacher qualifications.

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; [ and ]

(4) academic and financial accountability and

sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A ; and

(5) parental notification requirements under Section

21.057 .

SECTION 2. Sections 21.057(a) and (c), Education Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(a) A school district that assigns an inappropriately

certified or uncertified teacher to the same classroom for more

than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year ,

excluding the first 30 instructional days of the school year, shall

provide written notice of the assignment to a parent or guardian of

each student in that classroom.

(c) The school district shall:

(1) [ make a good-faith effort to ] ensure that the

notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to

any parent or guardian whose primary language is not English;

(2) retain a copy of any notice provided under this

section; and

(3) make information relating to teacher

certification , including the type of certification held by each

teacher employed by the district, available to the public on the

district's Internet website and on request.

SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.