# 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 100.1025: 19 TAC § 100.1025. Authorization for High-Performing Entities, DIVISION 2. COMMISSIONER ACTION AND INTERVENTION > Texas · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T19_P2_C100_S100_1025 ## Section - **Citation:** 19 Tex. Admin. Code § 100.1025 - **Heading:** 19 TAC § 100.1025. Authorization for High-Performing Entities, DIVISION 2. COMMISSIONER ACTION AND INTERVENTION - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 19 EDUCATION / Part 2 TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY / Chapter 100 CHARTERS / 19 TAC § 100.1025 ## Text (a) In accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.1011, notwithstanding TEC, §12.101(b), the commissioner of education may grant a charter to high-performing entities. (b) For an applicant to be eligible for consideration as a high-performing entity, the applicant must demonstrate one of the following criteria. (1) The entity is affiliated with a charter operator that operates one or more charter schools in another state. The affiliated charter operator must have performed at an overall level that is comparable to the highest or second highest performance rating category under TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter C. (A) The entity must propose to operate the charter school program that is currently implemented in the affiliated charter operator's existing charter schools. (B) A charter operator may be considered affiliated with an entity if it utilizes shared structures, practices, or materials, including, but not limited to, a shared management structure, shared financial management or staff development practices, or shared proprietary materials, including those related to instruction. (2) The entity is currently operating charter programs under TEC, Chapter 12, Subchapter C or E. The entity must have performed at an overall level in the highest or second highest performance rating category under TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter C. (c) Failure to disclose past or present accountability data is a material violation of the charter. (d) If the applicant or its affiliate is a high-performing entity, then it may vest management of corporate affairs in a member provided that the entity may change the members of the governing body of the charter holder prior to the expiration of a member's term only with commissioner's written approval. (e) Entities granted a charter under this provision have an initial contract term of five years. (f) In determining a charter award for a high-performing entity, the commissioner will consider the criteria identified in §100.1011(d)(4) of this title (relating to Application Requirements and Selection Process) as established for experienced operators. (g) Section 100.1011(b)(1), (2), and (5) of this title apply, except that the commissioner may adopt a separate application form for high-performing entities seeking a charter to operate a Subchapter D charter school, which need not be similar to the application form adopted under that subsection for other charter applicants. The commissioner may approve or amend this separate application form without regard to the selection cycle referenced in that subsection. ## Nearby sections - [19 Tex. Admin. Code § 100.1001 19 TAC § 100.1001. Definitions, DIVISION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T19_P2_C100_S100_1001.md) - [19 Tex. Admin. Code § 100.1003 19 TAC § 100.1003. 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