bill keeps grievance rules in districts of innovation

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90R2726 JDK-D

By: Leo Wilson
H.B. No. 343

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of certain requirements relating to

grievances to school districts of innovation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended

by Chapters 1065 (H.B. 2), 1066 (H.B. 6), and 1125 (S.B. 12), Acts

of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, is reenacted and

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) the employment of uncertified classroom teachers

under Section 21.0032;

(4) parental notification requirements under Section

21.057;

(5) the grievance procedure under Section 26.011 and

the grievance policy under Chapter 26A;

(6) state curriculum and graduation requirements

adopted under Chapter 28;

(7) [ (4) ] Section 28.004; [ and ]

(8) [ (4) ] Chapter 37; and

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

sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A.

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

and 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 reenacted and amended by this Act, not later than

September 1, 2027.

SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 90th Legislature, Regular Session, 2027,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

SECTION 4. 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, 2027.