Sec. 12.001.  PURPOSES OF CHAPTER.  (a)  The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1)  improve student learning;
(2)  increase the choice of learning opportunities within the public school system;
(3)  create professional opportunities that will attract new teachers to the public school system;
(4)  establish a new form of accountability for public schools;  and
(5)  encourage different and innovative learning methods.
(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.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.