(a) The commissioner of education and the agency staff comprise the Texas Education Agency.
(b) The agency shall carry out the educational functions specifically delegated under Section 7.021, 7.055, or another provision of this code.
Tex. Educ. Code § 7.002
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: COMPOSITION AND PURPOSE
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Clint Independent School District v. Sonia Herrera Marquez, Claudia Garcia, and Alicia Gomez, for and on the Behalf of Their Minor Children (2016)
Most recently applied in Clint Independent School District v. Sonia Herrera Marquez, Claudia Garcia, and Alicia Gomez, for and on the Behalf of Their Minor Children (April 2016)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff
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