Texas Education Code - EDUC § 12.117. Admission

(1) require the applicant to complete and submit the common admission application form described by Section 12.1173 not later than a reasonable deadline the school establishes;  and

(2) on receipt of more acceptable applications for admission under this section than available positions in the school:

(1) state the application deadline;  and

(2) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community in which the school is located not later than the seventh day before the application deadline.

(1) is considered a work-site open-enrollment charter school for purposes of federal regulations regarding admissions policies that apply to open-enrollment charter schools receiving federal funding;  and

(2) notwithstanding Subsection (a), may admit children of employees of the municipality to the school before conducting a lottery to fill remaining available positions, provided that the number of children admitted under this subdivision constitutes only a small percentage, as may be further specified by federal regulation, of the school's total enrollment.