HB3702 - Relating to the applicability of educator certification and contract requirements to school districts of innovation.

  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.