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Texas Education Code - Chapter 11 School DistrictsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Education Code > Texas Education Code - Chapter 11 School Districts Each school district must be accredited by the agency as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 39. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § ... The school districts and charter schools created in accordance with the laws of this state have the primary responsibility for implementing the state's system of ... Text of subsec. (a) effective until September 1, 2009 (a) Not later than December 1, 2006, the commissioner shall evaluate the feasibility of including ... The board of trustees of an independent school district, the superintendent of the district, the campus administrators, and the district- and campus-level committees established under ... (a) An independent school district is governed by a board of trustees who, as a body corporate, shall oversee the management of the district. (b) ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board of trustees of an independent school district, on its own motion, may order that trustees of ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district that adopts a redistricting plan under Section 11.052 may provide for the trustees in office ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district that elects its trustees at large or at large by position may order that elections ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an application of a candidate for a place on the ballot must be filed not later than 5 ... (a) In an election for trustees of an independent school district, a write-in vote may not be counted for a person unless that person has ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in an independent school district in which the positions of trustees are designated by number as provided by ... (a) The designation of the positions of trustees by number is or may be required only as specified by this section. (b) The positions on ... (a) An election for trustees of an independent school district shall be held on the same date as: (1) the election for the members of ... (a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a term of three or four years. (b) Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be ... (a) If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees of an independent school district, the remaining trustees may fill the vacancy by appointment until ... (a) The trustees first elected or appointed after the creation or incorporation of an independent school district shall file their official oaths with the county ... An independent school district in which, before September 1, 1995, part of the trustees were elected from single-member trustee districts and one or more board ... A trustee of an independent school district may not accept employment with that school district until the first anniversary of the date the trustee's membership ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district by resolution adopted by majority vote may require each member of the board to file ... (a) Sections 11.052(g) and (h) and Sections 11.059(a) and (b) do not apply to the board of trustees of a school district if: (1) the ... (a) The trustees of an independent school district constitute a body corporate and in the name of the district may acquire and hold real and ... The trustees of an independent school district may levy and collect taxes and issue bonds in compliance with Chapter 45. If a specific rate of ... (a) Minerals in land belonging to an independent school district may be sold to any person under this section. (b) The sale must be authorized ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may, by resolution, authorize the sale of any property, other than minerals, held in trust ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may, by resolution, authorize the donation of real property and improvements formerly used as a ... (a) An independent school district may, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, acquire the fee simple title to real property for the ... (a) A conveyance, devise, or bequest of property for the benefit of the public schools made by anyone for any county, municipality, or district, if ... The board of trustees of an independent school district may contract with a public or private entity for that entity to provide educational services for ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may require payment of: (1) a fee for materials used in any program in which ... (a) The State Board of Education shall provide a training course for independent school district trustees to be offered by the regional education service centers. ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district by resolution may change the name of the school district. (b) The board shall give ... In a civil suit brought under state law, against an independent school district or an officer of an independent school district acting under color of ... (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may adopt rules that require students at a school in the district to wear school ... (a) The board of trustees of each independent school district shall adopt a policy providing for the employment and duties of district personnel. The employment ... (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written reports that a ... The board of trustees of an independent school district may adopt rules to keep school campuses, including school libraries, open for recreational activities, latchkey programs, ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district may operate a school or program or hold a class on the campus of an institution ... The board of trustees of a school district may operate a school or program, including an extracurricular program, or hold a class outside the boundaries ... Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 979, § 1 The board of trustees of a school district may not ... Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1109, § 32 Notwithstanding any other law, the board of trustees of an ... If a school district employs an internal auditor: (1) the board of trustees shall select the internal auditor; and (2) the internal auditor shall report ... (a) The superintendent is the educational leader and the chief executive officer of the school district. (b) The board of trustees of an independent school ... (a) The principal of a school is the instructional leader of the school and shall be provided with adequate training and personnel assistance to assume ... Text of section effective until September 1, 2010 (a) The agency shall develop and implement a school leadership pilot program for principals in cooperation ... (a) The board of trustees of each independent school district shall ensure that a district improvement plan and improvement plans for each campus are developed, ... (a) Each school district shall have a district improvement plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in accordance with district policy, by the superintendent ... (a) Each school district shall maintain current policies and procedures to ensure that effective planning and site-based decision-making occur at each campus to direct and ... (a) The commissioner shall oversee the provision of training and technical support to all districts and campuses in respect to planning and site-based decision-making through ... (a) Each district-level planning and decision-making committee and each campus-level planning and decision-making committee for a junior, middle, or high school campus shall analyze information ... (a) A school district or county system operating under former Chapter 17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, or 28 on May 1, 1995, may continue ... The governing body of a school district or county system to which Section 11.301 applies shall make available to the public for inspection and copying ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a school district operating under former Chapter 24 may continue to operate under that chapter as it ... (a) On the recommendation of the commissioner and after consulting with the school districts involved and obtaining the approval of a majority of those districts ... (a) The State Board of Education shall appoint for each district established under Section 11.351 a board of three, five, or seven trustees, as determined ... A child is eligible to attend school in a military reservation school district if the child is eligible under Section 25.001 and is the child ... On the written request signed by a majority of the board of trustees of a military reservation school district, the State Board of Education may ... (a) Any military reservation territory that is subject to the same post or base command as a military reservation used to house dependents of military ... The independent or common school district that is responsible for providing education services to a student who is enrolled in a special-purpose school district established ... Texas Lawyers
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