Texas Education Code

§ 12.0521 — ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION

ED § 12.0521Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE · Ch. 12. CHARTERS · Art. C. CAMPUS OR CAMPUS PROGRAM CHARTER

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(a)Notwithstanding Section 12.052, in accordance with this subchapter and in the manner provided by this section, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district may grant a charter for:

(1)a new district campus; or

(2)a program that is operated:

(A)by an entity that has entered into a contract with the district under Section 11.157 to provide educational services to the district through the campus or program; and

(B)at a facility located in the boundaries of the district.

(b)A student's parent or guardian may choose to enroll the student at a campus or in a program under this section. A school district may not assign a student to a campus or program under this section unless the student's parent or guardian has voluntarily enrolled the student at the campus or in the program. A student's parent or guardian may, at any time, remove the student from a campus or program under this section and enroll the student at the campus to which the student would ordinarily be assigned.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.