Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 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 to construct school buildings or for any other public use necessary for the district. (b) In a condemnation …

Sec. 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 not otherwise directed by the donor, vests the property in the county school trustees,…

Sec. 11.157. CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) 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 the district. (b) A school district under contract with an open-enrollment…

Sec. 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 the resultant product in excess of minimum requirements becomes, at the student's option, the personal p…

Sec. 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. Registration for a course must be open to any interested person, includ…

Sec. 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 notice of the change in name of the district by sending to the commissioner a copy of the re…

Sec. 11.161. FRIVOLOUS SUIT OR PROCEEDING. (a) In a civil suit or administrative proceeding brought under state law or rules against an independent school district or an officer of an independent school district acting under color of office, the court or another person authorized…

Sec. 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 uniforms if the board determines that the requirement would improve the learning environment at the school. (…

Sec. 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 classroom teacher is required to prepare. A classroom teacher may not be required to …

Sec. 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, and tutoring after school hours. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.…

Sec. 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 of higher education in this state if the board obtains written consent from the pres…

Sec. 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 of the district. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 734, Sec. 1, eff. June …

Sec. 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 an agreement authorizing the use of school district e…

Sec. 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 district to electioneer for or against any candidate, measure, or political party. Added by Ac…

Sec. 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 directly to the board. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 2.04, eff. …

Sec. 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 the law in the workplace or the supervisor's unlawful harassment of t…

Sec. 11.173. USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may allow a religious organization to use the district's or school's facilities to host religious worship, services, sermons, or assemblies only if: (1) the us…

Sec. 11.174. CONTRACT REGARDING OPERATION OF DISTRICT CAMPUS. (a) A school district campus qualifies for an exemption from intervention as provided by Subsection (f) and qualifies for funding as provided by Section 48.252 if the board of trustees of the district contracts to part…

Sec. 11.175. SCHOOL CYBERSECURITY. (a) In this section: (1) "Breach of system security" means an incident in which student information that is sensitive, protected, or confidential, as provided by state or federal law, is stolen or copied, transmitted, viewed, or used by a person…

Sec. 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) The board of trustees of an independent schoo…

Sec. 11.179. SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CERTAIN LEASED DISTRICT FACILITIES. (a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy allowing the consumption, possession, and sale of an alcoholic beverage at an event held at a performing arts facility owned by the di…

Sec. 11.182. BOARD IMPROVEMENT AND EVALUATION TOOL. (a) The commissioner shall develop a board of trustees improvement and evaluation tool. The evaluation tool must be research-based and designed to assist a school district in improving board oversight and academic achievement. (…

Sec. 11.184. EFFICIENCY AUDIT. (a) For purposes of this section, "efficiency audit" means an investigation of the operations of a school district to examine fiscal management, efficiency, and utilization of resources. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the board of trust…

Sec. 11.185. EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY PLANS. (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt and post on the district's Internet website early childhood literacy and mathematics proficiency plans that set specific annual goals for the fol…

Sec. 11.186. COLLEGE, CAREER, AND MILITARY READINESS PLANS. (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt college, career, and military readiness plans that set specific annual goals for the following five school years to reach quantifiable goals for measures of s…

Sec. 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 district may employ by contract a superintendent for a term not to exceed five years. (c) For …

Sec. 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 that role. (b) Each principal shall: (1) except as provided by Subsection (d), approve all teacher and …

Sec. 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, reviewed, and revised annually for the purpose of improving the perf…

Sec. 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 with the assistance of the district-level commit…

Sec. 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 support the improvement of student performance …

Sec. 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 one or more sources, in…

Sec. 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 related to dropout prevention, including: (1) …

Sec. 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 to operate under the applicable chapter as that chapter existed on that date and under state law generally appl…

Sec. 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 during regular operating hours a copy of the provisions under which the district or county syste…

Sec. 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 existed on May 1, 1995, and under state law generally applicable to school districts tha…

Sec. 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 of a common school district operating under for…

Sec. 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 in each affected county in which a proposed schoo…

Sec. 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 by the State Board of Education. A trustee is not required to be a resid…

Sec. 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 of an officer, soldier, or civilian employee residing or employed on the reservation. The board of …

Sec. 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 abolish the district. The State Board of Education shall give written notice to the…

Sec. 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 and civilian personnel and that wholly cont…

Sec. 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 under Section 11.351 shall s…

Sec. 11.401. SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY: ASSISTANCE WITH SOCIAL TRANSITIONING PROHIBITED. (a) In this subchapter, "social transitioning" means a person's transition from the person's biological sex at birth to the opposite biological sex through the adoption of a different name, diff…

Sec. 11.402. RELIEF. A parent of a student enrolled in a school district may seek relief for a violation of this subchapter by filing a grievance through the district's grievance procedure adopted under Section 26.011. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (S.B. 12), Sec.…

Sec. 12.001. PURPOSES OF CHAPTER. (a) The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) improve student learning; (2) increase the choice of learning opportunities within the public school system; (3) create professional opportunities that will attract new teachers to the public school sy…

Sec. 12.0011. ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF OPERATION. As an alternative to operating in the manner generally provided by this title, an independent school district, a school campus, or an educational program may choose to operate under a charter in accordance with this chapter. Added by…