Tex. Education Code § 12.255
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 12.255, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 12.255. AUTHORIZATION FOR CHARTER.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to the number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, the commissioner may, subject to Subsection (c) and on the basis of an application submitted, grant a charter under the program to an eligible entity to provide an adult education program for individuals described by Section 12.258 to successfully complete:
(1) a high school program that can lead to a diploma; and
(2) career and technology education courses that can lead to industry certification.
(b) An eligible entity, other than the nonprofit entity granted a charter under former Section 29.259, is not entitled to an automatic grant of a charter under this subchapter on the basis that the entity holds a charter or operates a charter school under another provision of this chapter.
(c) Subject to Subsection (d), the commissioner may not grant more than 10 charters under this subchapter.
(d) A charter granted under former Section 29.259 may not be counted toward the limit under Subsection (c).
(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 292 (S.B. 2032), Sec. 13, eff. May 29, 2023.
(1) a high school program that can lead to a diploma; and
(2) career and technology education courses that can lead to industry certification.
(b) An eligible entity, other than the nonprofit entity granted a charter under former Section 29.259, is not entitled to an automatic grant of a charter under this subchapter on the basis that the entity holds a charter or operates a charter school under another provision of this chapter.
(c) Subject to Subsection (d), the commissioner may not grant more than 10 charters under this subchapter.
(d) A charter granted under former Section 29.259 may not be counted toward the limit under Subsection (c).
(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 292 (S.B. 2032), Sec. 13, eff. May 29, 2023.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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