Tex. Educ. Code § 12.052 · Subchapter C. CAMPUS OR CAMPUS PROGRAM CHARTER
AUTHORIZATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In accordance with this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district shall grant or deny, through a public vote of the board of trustees or governing body, a charter to parents and teachers for a campus or a program on a campus if the board is presented with a petition signed by:
(1) the parents of a majority of the students at that school campus; and
(2) a majority of the classroom teachers at that school campus.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the signature of only one parent of a student is required.
(c) The board of trustees may not arbitrarily deny a charter under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.12.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Educ. Code § 12.052. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.0521ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION.Printed as Section 12.052
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.0522DISTRICT CHARTER AUTHORIZATION.Printed as Section 12.052
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.057STATUS.Printed as Section 12.052, 12.0521(a)(1), or 12.053
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.062REVISION.Printed as Section 12.052 or 12.053
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