Texas Education Code - Section 12.021. Adoption Of Charter Or Charter Amendment
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§ 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, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 12.014 12.015 12.016 12.017 12.018 12.019 12.020 12.021 12.022 12.023 12.024 12.025 12.026 12.027 12.028
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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