Sec. 39.1121. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL; SUPERINTENDENT. (a) A board of managers appointed for an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of an open-enrollment charter school under this chapter or Chapter 12 has the powers and duties prescribed by Section 39.107(e-4), if applicable, and Sections 39.112(a), (b), (c), and (d).
(b) If the commissioner appoints a board of managers for an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of an open-enrollment charter school, the commissioner may also appoint a superintendent.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a board of managers for an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of an open-enrollment charter school may not serve for a period that exceeds the period authorized by law for a board of managers appointed for a school district. A board of managers appointed to wind up the affairs of a former open-enrollment charter school or campus serves until dissolved by the commissioner.
(d) Any person appointed by the commissioner to serve on the board of managers for an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of an open-enrollment charter school or as superintendent acts on behalf of the commissioner and is entitled to:
(1) sovereign immunity; and
(2) representation by the attorney general for any act or omission taken while acting in the person's official capacity.
(e) Any person appointed to serve on the board of managers for an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of an open-enrollment charter school or as superintendent serves at the discretion of the commissioner and may be replaced by the commissioner at any time.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (H.B. 1842), Sec. 15, eff. June 19, 2015.
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