2015 Regular Session Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATED TO "DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION APPROVED SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE DISTRICTS PER YEAR; TO LIMIT THE INITIAL APPROVAL AND SUBSEQUENT RENEWALS OF DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION TO FIVE-YEAR PERIODS; TO DIRECT THE BOARD TO PROMULGATE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PRESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES TO BE USED BY LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO BE APPROVED AS A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION; TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A DISTRICT TO BE A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION APPLICANT; TO PRESCRIBE THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WITH WHICH SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION WITHIN DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION MUST COMPLY; TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN WHICH DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION MAY REQUEST APPROVAL OF PRACTICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN CURRENT STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/09/15 at 07:53 H B 861 House Bill 861 HB 861 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2015 Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Education T ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Turner ../../House_authors/Turner.xml Faulkner ../../House_authors/Faulkner.xml Boyd ../../House_authors/Boyd.xml Hines ../../House_authors/Hines.xml 1 01/19 (H) Referred To Education 2 01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/10 (H) Amendment Failed 4 02/10 (H) Passed ../../../../2015/pdf/votes/house/0360027.pdf 5 02/11 (H) Transmitted To Senate 6 02/17 (S) Referred To Education 7 03/03 (S) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0861PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0861PS.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0861IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0861IN.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0861PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0861PS.htm Amendment No 1 Lost ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/HB0861_H_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/HB0861_H_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0861.pdf