Texas Education Code - Section 12.110. Application
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§ 12.110. APPLICATION. (a) The State Board of Education
shall adopt:
(1) an application form and a procedure that must be
used to apply for a charter for an open-enrollment charter school;
and
(2) criteria to use in selecting a program for which to
grant a charter.
(b) The application form must provide for including the
information required under Section 12.111 to be contained in a
charter.
(c) As part of the application procedure, the board may
require a petition supporting a charter for a school signed by a
specified number of parents or guardians of school-age children
residing in the area in which a school is proposed or may hold a
public hearing to determine parental support for the school.
(d) The board may approve or deny an application based on
criteria it adopts. The criteria the board adopts must include:
(1) criteria relating to improving student
performance and encouraging innovative programs; and
(2) a statement from any school district whose
enrollment is likely to be affected by the open-enrollment charter
school, including information relating to any financial difficulty
that a loss in enrollment may have on the district.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 12.1057 12.106 12.1061 12.107 12.1071 12.108 12.109 12.110 12.1101 12.111 12.112 12.113 12.114 12.115 12.116
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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