Texas A.G. Issues Opinion on Whether Independent School District May Enter Into Long-term Ground Lease With Private Entity
October 21, 2020
October 21, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following opinion (No. KP-0338):
To: The Honorable Sharen Wilson, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, 401 West Belknap , Fort Worth, Texas 76196
Re: Whether an independent school district may enter into a long-term ground lease with a private entity that intends to develop surplus property owned by the district for non-educational purposes, where the expected financial benefit to the district . . .
To: The Honorable Sharen Wilson, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, 401 West Belknap , Fort Worth, Texas 76196
Re: Whether an independent school district may enter into a long-term ground lease with a private entity that intends to develop surplus property owned by the district for non-educational purposes, where the expected financial benefit to the district . . .