1. (a) An innovation district may not be exempted from the following sections of the Texas Education Code (TEC) and the rules adopted thereunder:

   1. (1) a state or federal requirement, imposed by statute or rule, applicable to an open-enrollment charter school operating under the TEC, Chapter 12, Subchapter D, including, but not limited to, the requirements listed in the TEC, §12.104(b), and:

      1. (A) TEC, Chapter 22, Subchapter B;
      2. (B) TEC, Chapter 25, Subchapter A, §§25.001, 25.002, 25.0021, 25.0031, and 25.004;
      3. (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, 28.0255, 28.0258, 28.0259, and 28.026;
      4. (D) TEC, Chapter 29, Subchapter G;
      5. (E) TEC, Chapter 30, Subchapter A;
      6. (F) TEC, §30.104;
      7. (G) TEC, Chapter 34;
      8. (H) TEC, Chapter 37, §§37.006(l), 37.007(e), 37.011, 37.012, 37.013, and 37.020; and
      9. (I) TEC, Chapter 39;
   2. (2) TEC, Chapter 11, Subchapters A, C, D, and E, except that a district may be exempt from the TEC, §11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and §11.162;
   3. (3) TEC, Chapter 13;
   4. (4) TEC, Chapter 41;
   5. (5) TEC, Chapter 42;
   6. (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. (7) TEC, Chapter 45, §§45.003, 45.0031, 45.005, 45.105, 45.106, 45.202, 45.203; and
   8. (8) TEC, Chapter 46.

2. (b) In addition to the prohibited exemptions specified in subsection (a) of this section, an innovation district may not be exempted from:

   1. (1) a requirement of a grant or other state program in which the district voluntarily participates;
   2. (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; and
   3. (3) requirements imposed by provisions outside the TEC, including requirements under the Texas Government Code, Chapter 822.

Source Note:The provisions of this §102.1309 adopted to be effective September 13, 2016, 41 TexReg 7089.