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Education Code §11.157

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In force on Sep 01, 2021 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2021 · same as today's text

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 charter school to jointly operate a campus or campus program during the 2017-2018 school year and under any renewal of that contract during the 2018-2019 school year is eligible to receive funding under former Section 42.2511 for each student or the portion of each student's school day under the direction of the open-enrollment charter school. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a school district is eligible to receive funding under Section 48.252 on the renewal of a contract described by this section. The commissioner may adopt rules to determine the portion of funding a school district is entitled to under this subsection.

History: Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (S.B. 2117 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607 ), Sec. 5.002, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

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