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Texas Education Code - Chapter 25 Admission, Transfer, And AttendanceLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Education Code > Texas Education Code - Chapter 25 Admission, Transfer, And Attendance (a) A person who is at least five years of age and under 21 years of age on the first day of September of any ... (a) For purposes of Section 25.001, a person is not considered to reside in a school district if: (1) the person is incarcerated in a ... (a) If a parent or other person with legal control of a child under a court order enrolls the child in a public school, the ... In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears: (1) on the student's birth certificate or ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a school district shall charge tuition for a child who resides at a residential facility and whose ... A school district may not charge tuition for the attendance of a student who is domiciled in another state and resides in military housing that ... (a) To facilitate the transfer of military personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of this state, the agency shall pursue reciprocity ... (a) The legislature finds that: (1) school-age dependents of military personnel are faced with numerous transitions during their formative years; and (2) military dependents who ... In conformity with this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district or the board of county school trustees or a school employee designated ... The board of trustees of a school district, the board of county school trustees, or the person acting for the board must make the decision ... The parent or person standing in parental relation to any student may by petition in writing either: (1) request the assignment or transfer of the ... (a) On receiving a petition under Section 25.033, the board of trustees of the school district or the board of county school trustees shall: (1) ... Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 920, § 2 (a) In this section, "bullying" means engaging in written or ... Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 997, § 1 (a) This section applies only to: (1) a student: (A) ... (a) If, for the purpose of receiving special education services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district assigns a student to a district campus ... The boards of trustees of two or more adjoining school districts or the boards of county school trustees of two or more adjoining counties may, ... (a) Any child, other than a high school graduate, who is younger than 21 years of age and eligible for enrollment on September 1 of ... On the timely filing with the agency of notice of a child's transfer and certification by the agency of the transfer, the state available school ... The receiving school district may charge a tuition fee to the extent that the district's actual expenditure per student in average daily attendance, as determined ... (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 ... Any child entitled to attend the public school of any school district situated on the border of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, or New Mexico who finds ... A school-age child or ward of an employee of a state school for the mentally retarded constituted as a school district who resides in the ... A school-age child of an employee of a facility of the Texas Youth Commission is entitled to attend school in a school district adjacent to ... (a) Except as authorized under Subsection (b) of this section, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school year each school district must operate so ... (a) A school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the fourth Monday in August unless the district operates a ... (a) A school day shall be at least seven hours each day, including intermissions and recesses. (b) The board of trustees of each school district ... The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt and strictly enforce a policy limiting interruptions of classes during the school day for nonacademic ... (a) A school district may operate its schools year-round on either a single-track or a multitrack calendar. If a school district adopts a year-round system, ... (a) A child who is required to attend school under this section shall attend school each school day for the entire period the program of ... (a) A child is exempt from the requirements of compulsory school attendance if the child: (1) attends a private or parochial school that includes in ... (a) A person required to attend school, including a person required to attend school under Section 25.085(e), may be excused for temporary absence resulting from ... The school attendance officer may be selected by: (1) the county school trustees of any county; (2) the board of trustees of any school district ... (a) An attendance officer may be compensated from the funds of the county, independent school district, or open-enrollment charter school, as applicable. (b) An attendance ... (a) In those counties and independent school districts where an attendance officer has not been selected, the duties of attendance officer shall be performed by ... (a) A peace officer serving as an attendance officer has the following powers and duties concerning enforcement of compulsory school attendance requirements: (1) to investigate ... (a) Except as provided by this section, a student may not be given credit for a class unless the student is in attendance for at ... (a) If a warning is issued as required by Section 25.095(a), the parent with criminal negligence fails to require the child to attend school as ... (a) An individual commits an offense if the individual: (1) is required to attend school under Section 25.085; and (2) fails to attend school on ... (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall notify a student's parent in writing at the beginning of the school year that if the ... (a) If a student fails to attend school without excuse on 10 or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the ... In a proceeding based on a complaint under Section 25.093 or 25.094, the court shall, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, use the procedures ... Except as provided by Section 25.112, each school district must employ a sufficient number of teachers certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to maintain an ... (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school district may not enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten, first, second, third, or ... (a) A campus or district that is granted an exception under Section 25.112(d) from class size limits shall provide written notice of the exception to ... A public school student has an absolute right to individually, voluntarily, and silently pray or meditate in school in a manner that does not disrupt ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |