LIMITATION OF PERMISSIBLE EXEMPTIONS.
Tex. EDUC Code § 12A.004.
in effectText of subsection as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2 ), Sec. 2.01
(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) state curriculum and graduation requirements adopted under Chapter 28 ; and
(6) academic and financial accountability and sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A .
Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 6 ), Sec. 2
(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 ;
(4) Chapter 37 ; and
(5) academic and financial accountability and sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A .
Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (S.B. 12 ), Sec. 9
(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 ;
(4) Section 28.004 ; and
(5) academic and financial accountability and sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A .
(b) The commissioner shall:
(1) maintain a list of provisions of this title from which school districts designated as districts of innovation are exempt under this chapter; and
(2) notify the legislature of each provision from which districts enrolling a majority of students in this state are exempt.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (H.B. 1842 ), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2015.