Tex. Education Code § 13.101

This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 13.101, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.

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§ 13.101. CREATION OF DISTRICT BY DETACHING TERRITORY FROM EXISTING DISTRICT.

Official statutory text

(a) A new school district may be created by detaching territory from an existing school district or existing contiguous school districts and establishing a new school district.

(b) A school district created under this subchapter has all the rights and privileges of other independent school districts.

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