HB 343 — The applicability of certain requirements relating to gr

90R2726 JDK-D By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 343 relating to the applicability of certain requirements relating to grievances to school districts of innovation.

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.