DISTRICT CHARTER AUTHORIZATION.
Tex. EDUC Code § 12.0522.
in effect(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.052 , in the manner provided by this section, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district may grant a district charter to a campus to the extent authorized under this section.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection or Subsection (c), a district charter may be granted under this section only to one or more campuses serving in total a percentage of the district's student enrollment equal to not more than 15 percent of the district's student enrollment for the preceding school year. The percentage limit may not prevent a district from granting a district charter to at least one feeder pattern of schools, including an elementary, middle or junior high, and high school.
(c) A district charter may be granted to any campus that has received the lowest performance rating under Subchapter C , Chapter 39 .
(d) Subchapter D applies to a campus granted a district charter under this section as though the campus were granted a charter under Subchapter D, and the campus is considered an open-enrollment charter school.
(e) A charter granted under this section is not considered for purposes of the limit on the number of charters for open-enrollment charter schools imposed by Section 12.101 .
(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.