Amend HB 109 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

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, except that a district may be exempt from Section 25.081(f);

(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 Chapters 39 and 39A.