SECTION 100.1201. Voluntary Participation in State Programs

A charter school may voluntarily participate in any of the following state programs available to school districts, if the commissioner of education approves an amendment to the open-enrollment charter describing the manner in which the charter school will comply with each term of the program:

(1) a program under Local Government Code, Chapter 271, Subchapter D, requiring the State Purchasing and General Services Commission to perform purchasing services for school districts;

(2) a program under Local Government Code, Chapter 271, Subchapter F, permitting a school district to participate in a cooperative purchasing program with a school district, local government, or local cooperative organization;

(3) to the extent permitted by federal law, a program under Local Government Code, Chapter 271, Subchapter G, permitting a school district to purchase goods or services available under federal supply schedules of the United States General Services Administration;

(4) a program under Local Government Code, Chapter 271, Subchapter E, permitting a school district to enter into an intercept agreement with the Texas Bond Review Board and the Comptroller of Public Accounts to increase its credit rating; and

(5) a program under Texas Education Code (TEC), §29.1531, permitting a school district to offer on a tuition basis, or use school district funds to provide, an additional half-day of prekindergarten classes to children eligible for classes under TEC, §29.153, or half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes to children not eligible for classes under TEC, §29.153.

Source Note: The provisions of this §100.1201 adopted to be effective April 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 3110; amended to be effective April 6, 2005, 30 TexReg 1911; amended to be effective September 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 7097