Sec. 12.0521.  ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 12.052, in accordance with this subchapter and in the manner provided by this section, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district may grant a charter for:
(1)  a new district campus;  or
(2)  a program that is operated:
(A)  by an entity that has entered into a contract with the district under Section 11.157 to provide educational services to the district through the campus or program;  and
(B)  at a facility located in the boundaries of the district.
(b)  A student's parent or guardian may choose to enroll the student at a campus or in a program under this section.  A school district may not assign a student to a campus or program under this section unless the student's parent or guardian has voluntarily enrolled the student at the campus or in the program.  A student's parent or guardian may, at any time, remove the student from a campus or program under this section and enroll the student at the campus to which the student would ordinarily be assigned.
(c)  A school district may not assign to a campus or program under this section a teacher who has signed a written statement that the teacher does not agree to that assignment.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.