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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.110(d), the commissioner may grant a charter under this subchapter to a public senior college or university only if the following criteria are satisfied in the public senior college's or university's application, as determined by the commissioner :
(1) the college or university charter school's educational program must include innovative teaching methods;
(2) the college or university charter school's educational program must be implemented under the direct supervision of a member of the teaching or research faculty of the public senior college or university;
(3) the faculty member supervising the college or university charter school's educational program must have substantial experience and expertise in education research, teacher education, classroom instruction, or educational administration;
(4) the college or university charter school's educational program must be designed to meet specific goals described in the charter, including improving student performance, and each aspect of the program must be directed toward the attainment of the goals;
(5) the attainment of the college or university charter school's educational program goals must be measured using specific, objective standards set forth in the charter, including assessment methods and a time frame; and
(6) the financial operations of the college or university charter school must be supervised by the business office of the public senior college or university.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 12.110(d), the commissioner may grant a charter under this subchapter to a public junior college only if the following criteria are satisfied in the public junior college's application, as determined by the commissioner :
(1) the junior college charter school's educational program must be implemented under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty of the public junior college;
(2) the faculty member supervising the junior college charter school's educational program must have substantial experience and expertise in teacher education, classroom instruction, or educational administration;
(3) the junior college charter school's educational program must be designed to meet specific goals described in the charter, such as dropout recovery, and each aspect of the program must be directed toward the attainment of the goals;
(4) the attainment of the junior college charter school's educational program goals must be measured using specific, objective standards set forth in the charter, including assessment methods and a time frame; and
(5) the financial operations of the junior college charter school must be supervised by the business office of the junior college.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Education Code - EDUC § 12.154. Content - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/education-code/educ-sect-12-154/
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