Amend CSSB 1660 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 12A.003(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  A local innovation plan must:

(1)  provide for a comprehensive educational program for the district, which program may include:

(A)  innovative curriculum, instructional methods, and provisions regarding community participation, campus governance, and parental involvement;

(B)  except as provided by Section 12A.004(a), modifications to the school day or year;

(C)  provisions regarding the district budget and sustainable program funding;

(D)  accountability and assessment measures that exceed the requirements of state and federal law; and

(E)  any other innovations prescribed by the board of trustees; and

(2)  identify requirements imposed by this code that inhibit the goals of the plan and from which the district should be exempted on adoption of the plan, subject to Section 12A.004.

SECTION ____.  Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is 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)  state curriculum and graduation requirements adopted under Chapter 28; [and]

(4)  academic and financial accountability and sanctions under Chapter 39; and

(5)  the first day of instruction requirement under Section 25.0811.

SECTION ____.  Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(2)  On page 7, line 10, strike "This" and substitute "(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, this".

(3)  On page 7, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

(b)  Sections 12A.003 and 12A.004, Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a local innovation plan adopted or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A local innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the plan was adopted or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

(c)  Section 25.0811, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.