Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 100 - CHARTERS
Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS
Division 7 - CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATIONS
Section 100.1209 - Municipal Ordinances

Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code § 100.1209

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) Municipal ordinances apply. A charter holder is subject to federal and state laws and rules governing public schools and to zoning and all other municipal ordinances governing public schools.

(b) Notification to political subdivisions. A political subdivision shall consider an open-enrollment charter school a school district for purposes related to land development standards, licensing, zoning, and various purposes and services pursuant to the following.

(1) The governing body of an open-enrollment charter school must certify in writing to the political subdivision that no administrator, officer, employee, member of the governing body of the charter school, or charter holder received any personal financial benefits from a real estate transaction with the charter school.

(2) The open-enrollment charter school files notice of the new property location within 10 business days of the completing the purchase or lease of real property for that location to the Texas Education Agency division responsible for charter schools and the division will notify the following within 10 business days:
(A) the superintendent and the board of trustees of each school district from which the proposed location is likely to draw students, as defined in § 100.1013 of this title (relating to Notification of Charter Application); and

(B) each member of the legislature that represents the geographic area to be served by the location, as defined in § 100.1013 of this title.

(c) Charter school related purposes. An agreement between a municipality and an open-enrollment charter school may require that any revised land development standards can only apply while the property is used for charter school related purposes and that any property in use subject to open-enrollment charter school land development standards must become compliant with all applicable non-school commercial development regulations after the closure or relocation of the charter school.

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