Sec. 12.117. ADMISSION. (a) For admission to an open-enrollment charter school, the governing body of the school shall: (1) require the applicant to complete and submit the common admission application form described by Section 12.1173 not later than a reasonable deadline the school establishes; and (2) on receipt of more acceptable applications for admission under this section than available positions in the school: (A) fill the available positions by lottery; or (B) subject to Subsection (b), fill the available positions in the order in which applications received before the application deadline were received. (b) An open-enrollment charter school may fill applications for admission under Subsection (a)(2)(B) only if the school published a notice of the opportunity to apply for admission to the school. A notice published under this subsection must: (1) state the application deadline; and (2) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community in which the school is located not later than the seventh day before the application deadline. (c) An open-enrollment charter school authorized by a charter granted under this subchapter to a municipality: (1) is considered a work-site open-enrollment charter school for purposes of federal regulations regarding admissions policies that apply to open-enrollment charter schools receiving federal funding; and (2) notwithstanding Subsection (a), may admit children of employees of the municipality to the school before conducting a lottery to fill remaining available positions, provided that the number of children admitted under this subdivision constitutes only a small percentage, as may be further specified by federal regulation, of the school's total enrollment. (d) Notwithstanding Section 12.111 (a)(13), an open-enrollment charter school may admit a child of an employee of the school as provided by this section regardless of whether the child resides in the geographic area served by the school.
‹ Prev All Texas sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.