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Texas Education Code - Section 25.039. Contracts And Tuition For Education Outside District

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§ 25.039. CONTRACTS AND TUITION FOR EDUCATION OUTSIDE 
DISTRICT.  (a) A school district that does not offer each grade 
level from kindergarten through grade 12 may provide by contract 
for students residing in the district who are at grade levels not 
offered by the district to be educated at those grade levels in one 
or more other districts.  In each contract, the districts also shall 
agree to the transfer of school funds or other payments 
proportionate to the transfer of attendance.
	(b)  The school district in which the students reside shall 
pay tuition to any district with which it has a contract under this 
section for each of its students attending school in that district 
at a grade level for which the district has contracted.  The amount 
of the tuition paid may not exceed the greater of the amount 
provided for by Section 25.038 or an amount specified by 
commissioner rule.
	(c)  A school district is not required to pay tuition to any 
district with which it has not contracted for the attendance by any 
of its students at a grade level for which it has contracted under 
this section with another district.
	(d)  A contract under this section may not be for a period 
exceeding five years.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, § 1.32, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1069, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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