Opin­ions

Education Code subsections 29.153(d-1) and (g), concerning the solicitation of public-private partnerships in connection with the provision of free prekindergarten by school districts, are mandatory in certain instances. The stringent eligibility criteria in Education Code section 29.171 for a provider to enter into a public-private partnership agreement for prekindergarten should not be used as a condition for the provider to submit a proposal for such a partnership under subsection 29.153(g).

An education savings account program that provides education assistance payments to program participants that can be directed to sectarian schools is not unconstitutional under the Texas or the federal Constitutions.

A court could conclude that section 363.113 of the Health and Safety Code authorizes the City of Escobares to provide solid waste disposal service in the extraterritorial jurisdiction as a means of assuring solid waste management service is provided to all persons in the City’s jurisdiction.