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Texas State Profile
Last updated: 01-08-2008  (Send USCS staff a comment about this page.)

List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
Texas Education Agency
Resource Center for Charter Schools

Overview
Year Law Passed # of Charter Schools # of Students Enrolled
1995 207 70,861

Statewide Support Organizations
Resource Center for Charter Schools
 Texas Education Agency
News
Long Waiting Lists for Texas' Public Charter Schools Put Pressure on Cap 9/1/08
Texas Education Agency Seeking to Recover Millions from Charter Schools 4/7/08
Texas Community Considering a Charter School District 12/2/07
Texas Education Agency Extends Charters of Eight Charter Schools Deemed "Academically Unacceptable" 9/30/07
Charter School Reform Legislation Dies in Texas 5/29/07

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Resources
1st Annual Texas Charter C.H.O.I.C.E. Legislative Leadership Summit, Austin, September 18-19
Calculating the Demand for Charter Schools
Overview of Texas Charter Schools in 2006-07
Texas Charter School Legislation and the Evolution of Open-Enrollment Charter Schools
Texas Charter Schools: An Assessment in 2005



Legislative Summary
Law:   Link to the Texas Legislature Online.

Amendment(s):   not available

Authorizers:   Open enrollment charters- granted by the state
Campus program charters- granted by a school district
Home-rule school district charters- granted by a school district

Length of charter:   Not set out in statute

Caps on number of schools:   Open enrollment charters- cap of 215 schools unless the school serves at least 75 percent "at-risk" or drop-out students
Campus program charters- no cap
Home-rule school district charters- no cap

Funding:   Funding for district-approved charters is negotiated with sponsor district and specified in charter. Open-enrollment charters receive 100 percent of the state and district operations and maintenance funding that follows students, based on average district per-pupil revenue.