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Tex. Educ. Code § 11.002 (2026)

Responsibility Of School Districts For Public Education

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Sec. 11.002. RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. The school districts and charter schools created in accordance with the laws of this state have the primary responsibility for implementing the state's system of public education and ensuring student performance in accordance with this code.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2003–2024 · leading case: Neeley v. West Orange-Cove Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist., 176 S.W.3d 746 (Tex. 2005).
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Neeley v. West Orange-Cove Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist., 176 S.W.3d 746 (Tex. 2005). · cites it 4× “[153] TEX. EDUC. CODE § 11.002; see also § 11.151 (stating powers of the trustees of an independent school district, among other things, to sue and be sued).”
Clint Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Sonia Herrera Marquez, Claudia Garcia, & Alicia Gomez, for & on the Behalf of Their Minor Child., 487 S.W.3d 538 (Tex. 2016). “ensuring student performance in accordance with this code,” Tex. Educ. . Code § 11.002;. — requires district boards to establish academic and fiscal performance goals and ensure that the superintendent is accountable for meeting those goals, id.”
United States v. Texas, 601 F.3d 354 (5th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Educ. Code § 11.002. And, “[a]n educational function not specifically delegated to [TEA] is reserved to and shall be performed by school districts or open-enrollment charter schools.”
Michael McIntyre & Laura McIntyre, Individually & on Behalf of Their Child., K.M., L.M., C.M., M.M., & L.M. v. El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist., Dr. Lorenzo Garcia, & Mark Mendoza, 499 S.W.3d 820 (Tex. 2016). “Tex. Educ. Code §§ 11.002, 25.085(a). The McIntyres claim that, under Leeper’s interpretation of Education Code provisions, they are exempt from section 25.”
Ohnesorge v. Winfree Academy Charter Sch., 328 S.W.3d 654 (Tex. App. 2010). “VII, § 3; Tex. Educ.Code Ann. §§ 11.002, .051, .303, .”
United States v. Texas, 572 F. Supp. 2d 726 (E.D. Tex. 2008). “” Tex. Educ.Code § 11.002 (Vernon 2008). Texas law enumerates TEA and the state board of education’s powers and reserves all other functions for the school districts: “[a]n educational function not specifically delegated to the agency or the board under this code is reserved to…”
United States v. State of Texas (5th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “” TEX. EDUC. CODE § 11.002. And, “[a]n educational function not specifically delegated to [TEA] is reserved to and shall be performed by school districts or open-enrollment charter schools.”
Fort Worth Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Joseph Palazzolo (Tex. App. 2019). “003 (“An educational function not specifically delegated to the agency or the [TEA] board under this code is reserved to and shall be performed by school districts or open- 19 enrollment charter schools.”
Nelson v. Nazareth Indep. Sch. Dist. (N.D. Tex. 2024). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 11.002 (West 2024).”
in the Matter of F.C. (Tex. App. 2003). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 11.002 (West 1996).”
Pegasus Sch. of Liberal Arts & Sciences v. Kimberly Ball-Lowder (Tex. App. 2013). “VII, § 3; TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. §§ 11.002, .051, .303, .”
Sylvia Marie Ortiz v. Plano Indep. Sch. Dist. (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex. Educ. Code Ann. §§ 11.002 , 11.151 (West 2012); see also Univ.”
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