HB 1842, enacted by the 2015 legislature, is worth a good look.  The bill gives your district the opportunity to become an “Innovation District” if your current accountability rating is “met standard.” The selling point is that an Innovation District is sort of a “charter school lite.”  Innovation Districts can seek exemption from some state requirements. Of course you cannot be exempt from curriculum, testing or accountability requirements, or the dictates of federal law.

The bill creates a brand new chapter of the Texas Education Code: Chapter 12A.  It outlines a process the district must pursue to obtain Innovation status.  Someone in your district ought to take a look.

DAWG BONE: WHAT DISTRICT WILL BE THE FIRST INNOVATION DISTRICT IN THE STATE?