2025 Charter School Waitlist Report

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Bibliographic Details
Title: 2025 Charter School Waitlist Report
Language: English
Authors: Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Source: Texas Education Agency. 2026.
Availability: Texas Education Agency. 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701. Tel: 512-463-9734; Fax: 512-463-9838; e-mail: teainfo@tea.texas.gov; Web site: http://tea.texas.gov
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2026
Intended Audience: Policymakers
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Preschool Education
Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Enrollment, Admission (School), Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Level Differences, Open Enrollment
Geographic Terms: Texas
Abstract: In 2019, the 86th Legislature passed Senate Bill 2293, which added Section 12.1174 to the Texas Education Code (TEC) and required open-enrollment charter schools to report the following: (1) the number of students enrolled; (2) the enrollment capacity; (3) if a charter holder uses a waiting list of admission to campus: the total number of students on the waitlist and the number of students on the waiting list disaggregated by grade level; (4) the information described by subdivision aggregated for all campuses operating under the charter holder's charter; and (5) any information required by the commissioner as necessary to identify each student admitted to or on a waiting list for admission to a campus operating under the charter holder's charter who is or was previously enrolled in a public school in this state. This information must be reported to the agency's internet website no later than March 15 of each year. The information contained within this report fulfills the statutory requirement outlined in TEC §12.1174.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2026
Access URL: https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/texas-schools-charter-schools/charter-school-waitlist-report-twenty-five.pdf
Accession Number: ED679844
Database: ERIC
Description
Abstract:In 2019, the 86th Legislature passed Senate Bill 2293, which added Section 12.1174 to the Texas Education Code (TEC) and required open-enrollment charter schools to report the following: (1) the number of students enrolled; (2) the enrollment capacity; (3) if a charter holder uses a waiting list of admission to campus: the total number of students on the waitlist and the number of students on the waiting list disaggregated by grade level; (4) the information described by subdivision aggregated for all campuses operating under the charter holder's charter; and (5) any information required by the commissioner as necessary to identify each student admitted to or on a waiting list for admission to a campus operating under the charter holder's charter who is or was previously enrolled in a public school in this state. This information must be reported to the agency's internet website no later than March 15 of each year. The information contained within this report fulfills the statutory requirement outlined in TEC §12.1174.