Tex. Education Code § 13.153
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 13.153, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 13.153. ELECTION ORDER; NOTICE.
Official statutory text
(a) Each board of trustees shall:
(1) issue an order for an election to be held on the same day in each district included in the proposed consolidated district; and
(2) give notice of the election.
(b) If no local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district."
(c) If a local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district under a local consolidation agreement."
(1) issue an order for an election to be held on the same day in each district included in the proposed consolidated district; and
(2) give notice of the election.
(b) If no local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district."
(c) If a local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district under a local consolidation agreement."
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