Texas Education Code Title 2, Chapter 11 - School Districts

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 11.001 - Accreditation
  Each school district must be accredited by the agency as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 39. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec....
• Texas Section 11.002 - Responsibility Of School Districts For Public Education
  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...

SUBCHAPTER B INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 11.003 - Administrative Efficiency
  Sec. 11.003. ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY. (a) Expired. (b) Each regional education service center shall: (1) notify each school district served by the center regarding the opportunities...

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT--GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 11.011 - Organization
  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...
• Texas Section 11.051 - Governance Of Independent School District; Number Of Trustees
  (a) An independent school district is governed by a board of trustees who, as a body corporate, shall: (1) oversee the management of the district;...
• Texas Section 11.0511 - Student Trustee For Certain Districts
  (a) This section applies only to a school district described by Section 11.065(a) in which a school in the district is operating under a campus...
• Texas Section 11.052 - Single-member Trustee Districts
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.053 - Option To Continue In Office Following Adoption Of Single-member Plan Or Redistricting
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.054 - Electing Trustees By Cumulative Voting
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.055 - Application To Get On Ballot
  (a) An application of a candidate for a place on the ballot must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 78th day before...
• Texas Section 11.056 - Write-in Voting
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.057 - Determination Of Results; Optional Majority Vote Requirement
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.058 - Election By Position
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.0581 - Joint Elections Required
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.059 - Terms
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.060 - Vacancies
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.061 - Qualification And Organization Of Trustees; Compensation
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.062 - Election Of Officers In Certain School Districts
  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...
• Texas Section 11.0621 - Meetings
  The minutes, certified agenda, or recording, as applicable, of a regular or special meeting of the board of trustees must reflect each member's attendance at...
• Texas Section 11.063 - Eligibility For Employment
  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...
• Texas Section 11.064 - Filing Of Financial Statement By Trustee
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.0641 - Filing Of Financial Statement By Trustee Required For Certain School Districts
  (a) This section applies only to the board of trustees of an independent school district that is located in a county that is located on...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Texas Section 11.065 - Applicability To Certain Districts
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.151 - In General
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.1511 - Specific Powers And Duties Of Board
  (a) In addition to powers and duties under Section 11.151 or other law, the board of trustees of an independent school district has the powers...
• Texas Section 11.1512 - Collaboration Between Board And Superintendent
  (a) In relation to the superintendent of the school district, the board of trustees of the district has the powers and duties specified by Sections...
• Texas Section 11.1513 - Employment Policy
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.1514 - Social Security Numbers
  The board of trustees of an independent school district shall adopt a policy prohibiting the use of the social security number of an employee of...
• Texas Section 11.152 - Taxes; Bonds
  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...
• Texas Section 11.153 - Sale Of Minerals
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.154 - Sale Of Property Other Than Minerals
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.1541 - Donation Of Surplus Property
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.1542 - Open-enrollment Charter School Offer For District Facility
  (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district that intends to sell, lease, or allow use for a purpose other than a district...
• Texas Section 11.1543 - Charter School Payment For Facilities Use Or For Services
  (a) An independent school district may not require a campus or campus program that has been granted a charter under Subchapter C, Chapter 12, and...
• Texas Section 11.155 - Eminent Domain
  (a) An independent school district may, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, acquire the fee simple title to real property on which...
• Texas Section 11.156 - Donations To The Public Schools
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.157 - Contracts For Educational Services
  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...
• Texas Section 11.158 - Authority To Charge Fees
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.159 - Member Training And Orientation
  (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....
• Texas Section 11.160 - Change Of School District Name
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.161 - Frivolous Suit
  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...
• Texas Section 11.162 - School Uniforms
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.164 - Restricting Written Information
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.165 - Access To School Campuses
  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,...
• Texas Section 11.166 - Operation On Campus Of Institution Of Higher Education
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.167 - Operation Outside District Boundaries
  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...
• Texas Section 11.168 - Use Of District Resources Prohibited For Certain Purposes; Exception
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 45.109(a-1), (a-2), or (a-3), the board of trustees of a school district may not enter into...
• Texas Section 11.169 - Electioneering Prohibited
  Notwithstanding any other law, the board of trustees of an independent school district may not use state or local funds or other resources of the...
• Texas Section 11.170 - Internal Auditor
  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...
• Texas Section 11.171 - School District Grievance Policy
  (a) A school district grievance policy must permit a school district employee to report a grievance against a supervisor that alleges the supervisor's violation of...

SUBCHAPTER E SUPERINTENDENTS AND PRINCIPALS

• Texas Section 11.178 - Prohibition Against Use Of School District Resources For Hotel
  (a) In this section, "hotel" means a building in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for consideration. The term includes a motel. (b)...
• Texas Section 11.201 - Superintendents
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER F DISTRICT-LEVEL AND SITE-BASED DECISION-MAKING

• Texas Section 11.202 - Principals
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.251 - Planning And Decision-making Process
  (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,...
• Texas Section 11.252 - District-level Planning And Decision-making
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.253 - Campus Planning And Site-based Decision-making
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.254 - State Responsibilities For The Planning And Decision-making Process
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER G LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY SYSTEMS

• Texas Section 11.255 - Dropout Prevention Review
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.301 - Application Of Former Law
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.302 - Public Information
  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...
• Texas Section 11.303 - Municipal School Districts
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER H SPECIAL-PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 11.304 - Write-in Voting: Common School District Board Election
  The procedures for write-in voting prescribed for an election for trustees of an independent school district under Section 11.056 apply to an election for trustees...
• Texas Section 11.351 - Authority To Establish Special-purpose School District
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.352 - Governance Of Special-purpose District
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.353 - Admission And Attendance
  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...
• Texas Section 11.354 - Abolition Of Special-purpose District
  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...
• Texas Section 11.355 - Annexation Of Additional Territory By Certain Special-purpose Districts
  (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...
• Texas Section 11.356 - Support Of Students Enrolled In Special-purpose School Districts
  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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016