| (a) An innovation district may not be exempted from
the following sections of the Texas Education Code (TEC) and the rules
adopted thereunder:
(1) a state or federal requirement, imposed by statute
or rule, applicable to an open-enrollment charter school operating
under TEC, Chapter 12, Subchapter D, including, but not limited to,
the requirements listed in TEC, §12.104(b), and:
(A) TEC, Chapter 22, Subchapter B;
(B) TEC, Chapter 25, Subchapter A, §§25.001,
25.002, 25.0021, 25.0031, and 25.004;
(C) TEC, Chapter 28, §§28.002, 28.0021, 28.0023,
28.005, 28.0051, 28.006, 28.016, 28.0211, 28.0213, 28.0217, 28.025,
28.0254, 28.02541, 28.0255, 28.0258, 28.0259, and 28.026;
(D) TEC, Chapter 29, Subchapter G;
(E) TEC, Chapter 30, Subchapter A;
(F) TEC, §30.104;
(G) TEC, Chapter 34;
(H) TEC, Chapter 37, §§37.005, 37.006(l),
37.007(e), 37.011, 37.012, 37.013, and 37.020;
(I) TEC, Chapter 39; and
(J) TEC, Chapter 39A.
(2) TEC, Chapter 11, Subchapters A, C, D, and E, except
that a district may be exempt from TEC, §11.1511(b)(5) and (14)
and §11.162;
(3) TEC, Chapter 12, Subchapter C;
(4) TEC, Chapter 12A;
(5) TEC, Chapter 13;
(6) TEC, Chapter 44, §§44.0011, 44.002, 44.003,
44.004, 44.0041, 44.005, 44.0051, 44.006, 44.007, 44.0071, 44.008,
44.009, 44.011, 44.0312, 44.032, 44.051, 44.052, 44.053, and 44.054;
(7) TEC, Chapter 45, §§45.003, 45.0031, 45.005,
45.105, 45.106, 45.202, and 45.203;
(8) TEC, Chapter 46;
(9) TEC, Chapter 48; and
(10) TEC, Chapter 49.
(b) In addition to the prohibited exemptions specified
in subsection (a) of this section, an innovation district may not
be exempted from:
(1) a requirement of a grant or other state program
in which the district voluntarily participates;
(2) duties that the statute applies to the execution
of that power if a district chooses to implement an authorized power
that is optional under the terms of the statute;
(3) a requirement of a grant or other state program
authorized in the TEC that would otherwise entitle the district to
participation in that program; and
(4) requirements imposed by provisions outside the
TEC, including requirements under Texas Government Code, Chapter 822.
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