BUSINESS
AND OPERATIONS: FACILITIES [LAW]
1. Use of
If the facility the school will use is a school
district facility, the school must be operated in the facility in accordance
with the terms established by the board of trustees of the school district in
an agreement governing the relationship between the school and the school
district.
2. Instructional Facilities
A. Right to Occupy Facilities
A
charter holder shall have and maintain throughout the term of the charter
legally enforceable lease agreements, titles, or other legal instruments
conferring on it the right to occupy and use one or more facilities suitable
for use as the classrooms and other instructional facilities described in the
open-enrollment charter.
(1) The
enforceable legal instruments must confer on the charter holder the right to
occupy and use suitable instructional facilities for the entire school year
adopted by the school.
(2) During
any period of dormancy, an amendment granting the period of dormancy may waive
this requirement.
B. Occupancy
Certificate
A charter holder shall comply with all state and local laws
and ordinances applicable to the occupation and use of the facilities it
occupies, including any special standards applicable to the instruction of
public school students in the facilities.
(1) A charter
school shall not change the site of its instructional facilities or
administrative offices from those listed in the open-enrollment charter without
prior approval of the commissioner through an amendment to the open-enrollment
charter.
(2) When
approved for a new site as described above, the charter holder shall, prior to
commencing any operations at that site, file with the Texas Education Agency Division
responsible for charter schools, a certificate of occupancy or equivalent
certificate appropriate for the proposed use of the facility at the new site.
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