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Texas Education Code - Section 12.001. Purposes Of Chapter

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§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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