Tex. Educ. Code § 39.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RULES; ACTION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter.
(b) In adopting a rule under this chapter, the commissioner shall solicit input statewide from persons who would likely be affected by the proposed rule, including school district boards of trustees, administrators and teachers employed by school districts, parents of students enrolled in school districts, and other interested stakeholders.
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school must bring an action for declaratory judgment under Section 2001.038, Government Code, challenging the validity or applicability of a rule adopted under this chapter or Chapter 39A not later than nine months after the date the rule is adopted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 22), Sec. 6, eff. June 15, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.002, eff. December 4, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.003, eff. December 4, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.39.htm
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