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Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001 (2026)

Purposes Of Chapter

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Sec. 12.001. PURPOSES OF CHAPTER. (a) The purposes of this chapter are to:

(1) improve student learning;

(2) increase the choice of learning opportunities within the public school system;

(3) create professional opportunities that will attract new teachers to the public school system;

(4) establish a new form of accountability for public schools; and

(5) encourage different and innovative learning methods.

(b) This chapter shall be applied in a manner that ensures the fiscal and academic accountability of persons holding charters issued under this chapter. This chapter may not be applied in a manner that unduly regulates the instructional methods or pedagogical innovations of charter schools.

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2009–2021 · leading case: Honors Acad., Inc. v. Tex. Educ. Agency, 555 S.W.3d 54 (Tex. 2018).
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Honors Acad., Inc. v. Tex. Educ. Agency, 555 S.W.3d 54 (Tex. 2018). “" TEX. EDUC. CODE § 12.001(a)(4)-(5). State oversight of this new component of the public school system remained, however, to "ensure[ ] the fiscal and academic accountability" of the charters.”
Mike Morath, Comm'r of Educ., in His Off. Capacity Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Pub. Accounts, in His Off. Capacity The Texas State Bd. of Educ. & the Texas Educ. Agency v. the Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition Calhoun Cnty. Isd Edgewood Isd Fort Bend Isd Texas Charter Sch. Ass'n & Joyce Coleman, 490 S.W.3d 826 (Tex. 2016). “Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001(5). . See id. §§ 12.”
Neighborhood Centers Inc. v. Doreatha Walker, 544 S.W.3d 744 (Tex. 2018). · cites it 2× “44 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 12.001(a). 45 Id. § 12.”
Texas Educ. Agency & Mike Morath, Comm'r of Educ., in His Off. Capacity v. Am. Youthworks, Inc., D/B/A Am. Youthworks Charter Sch. Honors Academy, Inc., D/B/A Honors Academy & Azleway Inc., D/B/A Azleway Charter Sch., 496 S.W.3d 244 (Tex. App. 2016). “Laws at 2236-47 (codified as amended at Tex. Educ.Code §§ 12.001 — . 156) (titled "Charters”); see also Tex, Educ.”
LTTS Charter Sch., Inc. v. C2 Constr., Inc., 288 S.W.3d 31 (Tex. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 12.001 (a)(2)-(4) (emphasis added).”
Neighborhood Centers Inc. v. Doreatha Walker, 499 S.W.3d 16 (Tex. App. 2016). “; see also Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 12.001 (Vernon 2012) (describing purposes behind charter schools).”
Mike Morath, Comm'r of Educ., in His Off. Capacity, & Texas Educ. Agency v. Texas Am. Fed'n of Teachers & Texas State Teachers Ass'n (Tex. App. 2021). “” TEX.EDUC.CODE ANN. § 12.001. Charter schools are principally governed by Chapter 12 of the Education Code.”
The El Paso Educ. Initiative, Inc., D/B/A Burnham Wood Charter Sch. v. Amex Props., LLC (Tex. 2020). “Under its charter, an open-enrollment charter school must meet the Commissioner’s “financial, governing, educational, and operational standards.”
Neighborhood Centers Inc. v. Doreatha Walker (Tex. App. 2015). “She asserts that once her 3 See TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. §§ 12.001–12.156 (Vernon 2012 & Supp.”
— Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001(5) — 1 case
Mike Morath, Comm'r of Educ., in His Off. Capacity Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Pub. Accounts, in His Off. Capacity The Texas State Bd. of Educ. & the Texas Educ. Agency v. the Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition Calhoun Cnty. Isd Edgewood Isd Fort Bend Isd Texas Charter Sch. Ass'n & Joyce Coleman, 490 S.W.3d 826 (Tex. 2016). “Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001(5). . See id. §§ 12.”
— Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001(a) — 1 case
Neighborhood Centers Inc. v. Doreatha Walker, 544 S.W.3d 744 (Tex. 2018). “44 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 12.001(a). 45 Id. § 12.”
— Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001(a)(2) — 2 cases
LTTS Charter Sch., Inc. v. C2 Constr., Inc., 288 S.W.3d 31 (Tex. App. 2009). “Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 12.001 (a)(2)-(4) (emphasis added).”
The El Paso Educ. Initiative, Inc., D/B/A Burnham Wood Charter Sch. v. Amex Props., LLC (Tex. 2020). “Under its charter, an open-enrollment charter school must meet the Commissioner’s “financial, governing, educational, and operational standards.”
— Tex. Educ. Code § 12.001(a)(4) — 1 case
Honors Acad., Inc. v. Tex. Educ. Agency, 555 S.W.3d 54 (Tex. 2018). “" TEX. EDUC. CODE § 12.001(a)(4)-(5). State oversight of this new component of the public school system remained, however, to "ensure[ ] the fiscal and academic accountability" of the charters.”
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