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Item Sovereign Immunity and the Private Holder of an Open-Enrollment Charter(Texas Tech Journal of Texas Administrative Law, 2003) Thompson, JimThis article offers an illustrative example of the issues presented by private charter school holders. It deals exclusively with Texas Educational Code § 12.1056. It explains who is granted immunity under § 12.1056, and how those individuals or entities are protected, and it looks prospectively at its application. It discusses common law immunity compared to statutory immunity for open-enrollment charter schools, Richardson v. McKnight and other analogous cases, liability for torts and § 1983 claims, and qualified immunity for torts.Item Texas’s Open Enrollment Charter School(Texas Tech Journal of Texas Administrative Law, 2000) Thompson, Jim; Martin, ChristiThis article provides a descriptive study of charter schools in Texas and some of the legal questions raised. It surveys some issues to be resolved in the future, including the powers and duties of charter schools and the applicability of governance-related restrictions to charter schools. Lastly, the article reasons that charter schools are a reasonable alternative to public schools for parents who want to choose an alternative to the local school system without paying for a private education.