HB3384 - Relating to the applicability of class size limits and certain parental notification requirements to school districts of innovation.

  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.