{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-12.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 12.001","heading":"PURPOSES OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) The purposes of this chapter are to:\n(1) improve student learning;\n(2) increase the choice of learning opportunities within the public school system;\n(3) create professional opportunities that will attract new teachers to the public school system;\n(4) establish a new form of accountability for public schools; and\n(5) encourage different and innovative learning methods.\n(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.\nAmended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 12. CHARTERS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.12.htm#12.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"ccac0728bdae59493b7e0f2aef7d6a66078f6cdb03d363aef83991ac3d6a0558","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-12.0011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}