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TX Educ Code § 11.352 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 11 - School Districts|Subchapter H. Special-Purpose School Districts|Section 11.352. Governance of Special-Purpose District

Sec. 11.352.  GOVERNANCE OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT.  (a)  The State Board of Education shall appoint for each district established under Section 11.351 a board of three, five, or seven trustees, as determined by the State Board of Education.  A trustee is not required to be a resident of the district.(b)  For each military reservation school district, the State Board of Education may appoint a board of three or five trustees.  Enlisted military personnel and military officers may be appointed to the school board.  A majority of the trustees appointed for the district must be civilians and all may be civilians.  The trustees shall be selected from a list of persons who are qualified to serve as members of a school district board of trustees under Section 11.061 and who live or are employed on the military reservation.  The list shall be furnished to the board by the commanding officer of the military reservation.  The trustees appointed serve terms of two years.(c)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules for the governance of a special-purpose district.  In the absence of a rule adopted under this subsection, the laws applicable to independent school districts apply to a special-purpose district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 982, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 676 (S.B. 144), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 11.353 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 11 - School Districts|Subchapter H. Special-Purpose School Districts|Section 11.353. Admission and Attendance

Sec. 11.353.  ADMISSION AND ATTENDANCE.  A child is eligible to attend school in a military reservation school district if the child is eligible under Section 25.001 and is the child of an officer, soldier, or civilian employee residing or employed on the reservation.  The board of trustees may transfer any child who cannot be provided for by the district of the child's residence to any school district maintaining adequate facilities and standards for elementary, junior, or senior high schools, as applicable.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 11.354 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 11 - School Districts|Subchapter H. Special-Purpose School Districts|Section 11.354. Abolition of Special-Purpose District

Sec. 11.354.  ABOLITION OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT.  On the written request signed by a majority of the board of trustees of a military reservation school district, the State Board of Education may abolish the district.  The State Board of Education shall give written notice to the board of trustees requesting abolition.  The territory of the abolished district and property of the district shall be disposed of as provided by Section 13.205.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 11.355 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 11 - School Districts|Subchapter H. Special-Purpose School Districts|Section 11.355. Annexation of Additional Territory by Certain Special-Purpose Districts

Sec. 11.355.  ANNEXATION OF ADDITIONAL TERRITORY BY CERTAIN SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICTS.  (a)  Any military reservation territory that is subject to the same post or base command as a military reservation used to house dependents of military and civilian personnel and that wholly contains an independent school district, whether or not the reservations are contiguous, may be annexed to that reservation independent school district by the State Board of Education on petition of that post or base commander.(b)  If a military reservation territory has been annexed to an independent school district of the same post or base command under Subsection (a) and the territory is no longer used to house dependents of military and civilian personnel, the State Board of Education, on petition of the post or base command, or on petition of a majority of the trustees of the school district from which the territory was originally detached, may detach the territory from the military reservation constituting an independent school district and annex it to the school district from which it was originally detached.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 11.356 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 11 - School Districts|Subchapter H. Special-Purpose School Districts|Section 11.356. Support of Students Enrolled in Special-Purpose School Districts

Sec. 11.356.  SUPPORT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SPECIAL-PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.  The independent or common school district that is responsible for providing education services to a student who is enrolled in a special-purpose school district established under Section 11.351 shall share the cost of the student's education in the manner provided under Section 30.003 for students enrolled in the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Texas School for the Deaf unless the State Board of Education finds that the student's education in a particular special-purpose school or school district is not the responsibility of the independent or common school district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 12.001. Purposes of Chapter

Sec. 12.001.  PURPOSES OF CHAPTER.  (a)  The purposes of this chapter are to:(1)  improve student learning;(2)  increase the choice of learning opportunities within the public school system;(3)  create professional opportunities that will attract new teachers to the public school system;(4)  establish a new form of accountability for public schools;  and(5)  encourage different and innovative learning methods.(b)  This chapter shall be applied in a manner that ensures the fiscal and academic accountability of persons holding charters issued under this chapter.  This chapter may not be applied in a manner that unduly regulates the instructional methods or pedagogical innovations of charter schools.|Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Educ Code § 12.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 12.0011. Alternative Method of Operation

Sec. 12.0011.  ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF OPERATION.  As an alternative to operating in the manner generally provided by this title, an independent school district, a school campus, or an educational program may choose to operate under a charter in accordance with this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Renumbered from Sec. 12.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Educ Code § 12.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 12.002. Classes of Charter

Sec. 12.002.  CLASSES OF CHARTER.  The classes of charter under this chapter are:(1)  a home-rule school district charter as provided by Subchapter B; (2)  a campus or campus program charter as provided by Subchapter C;   or(3)  an open-enrollment charter as provided by Subchapter D. |Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 12.003. Authority of Board of Trustees to Grant Other Charters

Sec. 12.003.  AUTHORITY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO GRANT OTHER CHARTERS.  This chapter does not limit the authority of the board of trustees of a school district to grant a charter to a campus or program to operate in accordance with the other provisions of this title and rules adopted under those provisions.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.011. Authorization and Status

Sec. 12.011.  AUTHORIZATION AND STATUS.  (a)  In accordance with this subchapter, a school district may adopt a home-rule school district charter under which the district will operate.(b)  The adoption of a home-rule school district charter by a school district does not affect:(1)  the district's boundaries;  or(2)  taxes or bonds of the district authorized before the effective date of the charter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.012. Applicability of Laws and Rules to Home-Rule School District

Sec. 12.012.  APPLICABILITY OF LAWS AND RULES TO HOME-RULE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  (a)  A home-rule school district is subject to federal and state laws and rules governing school districts, except that a home-rule school district is subject to:(1)  this code only to the extent that the applicability to a home-rule school district of a provision of this code is specifically provided;(2)  a rule adopted under this code by the State Board of Education or the commissioner only if the code provision authorizing the rule specifically applies to a home-rule school district;  and(3)  all requirements of federal law and applicable court orders relating to eligibility for and the provision of special education and bilingual programs.(b)  An employee of a home-rule school district who qualifies for membership in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas shall be covered under the system in the same manner and to the same extent as a qualified employee employed by an independent school district is covered.(c)  This section does not permit a home-rule school district to discriminate against a student who has been diagnosed as having a learning disability, including dyslexia or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.  Discrimination prohibited by this subsection includes denial of placement in a gifted and talented program if the student would otherwise be qualified for the program but for the student's learning disability.  This section does not permit a home-rule school district to, on the basis of race, socioeconomic status, learning disability, or family support status, place a student in a program other than the highest-level program necessary to ensure the student's success.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.014. Appointment of Charter Commission

Sec. 12.014.  APPOINTMENT OF CHARTER COMMISSION.  The board of trustees of a school district shall appoint a charter commission to frame a home-rule school district charter if:(1)  the board receives a petition requesting the appointment of a charter commission to frame a home-rule school district charter signed by at least five percent of the registered voters of the district;  or(2)  at least two-thirds of the total membership of the board adopt a resolution ordering that a charter commission be appointed.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.015. Charter Commission

Sec. 12.015.  CHARTER COMMISSION.  (a)  Not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of a petition or adoption of a resolution under Section 12.014, the board of trustees of the school district shall appoint 15 residents of the district to serve on the commission to frame a charter for the district.(b)  The membership of the charter commission must reflect the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity of the district.  A majority of the members appointed to the commission must be parents of school-age children attending public school.  At least 25 percent of the commission must be classroom teachers selected by the representatives of the professional staff pursuant to Section 11.251(e).(c)  The charter commission must complete a proposed charter not later than the first anniversary of the date of its appointment.  After that date, the commission expires and the appointment under Section 12.014 is void.(d)  A charter commission appointed under this section is considered a governmental body for purposes of Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.016. Content

Sec. 12.016.  CONTENT.  Each home-rule school district charter must:(1)  describe the educational program to be offered;(2)  provide that continuation of the home-rule school district charter is contingent on:(A)  acceptable student performance on assessment instruments adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 39; and(B)  compliance with other applicable accountability provisions under Chapters 39 and 39A;(3)  specify any basis, in addition to a basis specified by this subchapter, on which the charter may be placed on probation or revoked;(4)  describe the governing structure of the district and campuses;(5)  specify any procedure or requirement, in addition to those under Chapter 38, that the district will follow to ensure the health and safety of students and employees;(6)  describe the process by which the district will adopt an annual budget, including a description of the use of program-weight funds;(7)  describe the manner in which an annual audit of financial and programmatic operations of the district is to be conducted, including the manner in which the district will provide information necessary for the district to participate in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to the extent required by this subchapter; and(8)  include any other provision the charter commission considers necessary.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.003(6), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 12.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.017. Determination of Compliance With Voting Rights Act

Sec. 12.017.  DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH VOTING RIGHTS ACT.  (a)  The charter commission shall submit the proposed charter to the secretary of state.  The secretary of state shall determine whether a proposed charter contains a change in the governance of the school district.(b)  If the secretary of state determines that a proposed charter contains a change in the governance of the school district, the secretary of state shall, not later than the second working day after the date the secretary of state makes that determination, notify the board of trustees of the school district.  The board shall submit the proposed change to the United States Department of Justice or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for preclearance under the Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1973c et seq.).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.018. Legal Review

Sec. 12.018.  LEGAL REVIEW.  The charter commission shall submit the proposed charter to the commissioner.  As soon as practicable, but not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner receives the proposed charter, the commissioner shall review the proposed charter to ensure that the proposed charter complies with any applicable laws and shall recommend to the charter commission any modifications necessary.  If the commissioner does not act within the prescribed time, the proposed charter is approved.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.019. Charter Election

Sec. 12.019.  CHARTER ELECTION.  (a)  As soon as practicable after approval of a home-rule school district charter under Section 12.018, the board of trustees of the district shall order an election on the proposed charter.(b)  The proposed charter shall be submitted to the voters of the district at an election to be held on the first uniform election date that occurs at least 45 days after the date on which the board of trustees orders the election.(c)  At least three copies of the proposed charter must be available in the office of each school campus in the district and at the district's central administrative office between the date of the election order and election day.  Notice of the election must include a statement of where and how copies may be obtained or viewed.  A summary of the content of the proposed charter shall be attached to each copy.  The summary also shall be made available to school district employees, parents, community members, and members of the media.(d)  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition "Whether the (name of school district) School District shall be governed under the home-rule school district charter, which is proposed by a charter commission appointed by the board of trustees and under which only certain laws and rules apply to the district."|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.020. Charter Amendment

Sec. 12.020.  CHARTER AMENDMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a home-rule school district on its own motion may submit a proposed charter amendment that complies with this subchapter to the commissioner for legal review.(b)  The governing body shall submit a proposed charter amendment that complies with this subchapter to the commissioner for legal review if a petition submitted to the governing body proposing the charter amendment is signed by at least five percent of the registered voters of the district.(c)  As soon as practicable, but not later than the 30th day after the date on which the requirements for an election under Subsection (a) or (b) are satisfied, the commissioner shall review the proposed amendment to ensure that the proposed amendment complies with any applicable laws and shall recommend any modifications necessary.  If the commissioner does not act within the prescribed time, the proposed charter amendment is approved.(d)  As soon as practicable after commissioner review under Subsection (c), the governing body of the district shall order an election on the proposed amendment.(e)  An election under this section shall be held on the first uniform election date that occurs at least 45 days after the date the election is ordered.(f)  Notice of the election must include a substantial copy of the proposed charter amendment.(g)  A charter amendment may not contain more than one subject.(h)  The ballot shall be prepared so that a voter may approve or disapprove any one or more charter amendments without having to approve or disapprove all of the charter amendments.(i)  The governing body may not order an election on a proposed charter amendment earlier than the first anniversary of the date of any previous election to amend the charter.(j)  Section 12.017 applies to a proposed charter amendment, except that the governing body shall submit the proposed charter amendment to the secretary of state.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.021. Adoption of Charter or Charter Amendment

Sec. 12.021.  ADOPTION OF CHARTER OR CHARTER AMENDMENT.  (a)  Subject to Section 12.022, a proposed home-rule school district charter or a proposed charter amendment is adopted if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.(b)  A charter or charter amendment shall specify an effective date and takes effect according to its terms when the governing body of the school district enters an order declaring that the charter or charter amendment is adopted.  The governing body shall enter an order not later than the 10th day after the date the canvass of the election returns is completed.(c)  As soon as practicable after a school district adopts a home-rule school district charter or charter amendment, the board of trustees or governing body shall notify the commissioner of the outcome of the election.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 12.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 12 - Charters|Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter|Section 12.022. Minimum Voter Turnout Required

Sec. 12.022.  MINIMUM VOTER TURNOUT REQUIRED.  (a)  An election on the adoption of a proposed home-rule school district charter has no effect unless at least 25 percent of the registered voters of the district vote in the election in which the adoption of the charter is on the ballot.(b)  An election on the adoption of a proposed amendment to a home-rule school district charter has no effect unless at least 20 percent of the registered voters of the district vote in the election in which the adoption of the amendment is on the ballot.(c)  If the required number of voters prescribed by Subsection (a) or (b) do not vote in the election, the board of trustees shall order an election on the issue to be held on the first uniform election date:(1)  that occurs at least 45 days after the date the election is ordered;  and(2)  on which one or more elections are to be held, the combination of which covers all of the territory of the school district.(d)  If the required number of voters prescribed by Subsection (a) or (b) do not vote at an election ordered as required by Subsection (c), the board of trustees may continue to order elections on the issue in accordance with Subsection (c) until the required minimum voter turnout is achieved.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|