Texhoma Public Schools
School district in Oklahoma, United States
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Texhoma Public Schools (TPS) is a school district headquartered in Texhoma, Oklahoma. It covers portions of Texas County.[1]
Due to its isolated location on the border of the Texas Panhandle and the Oklahoma Panhandle, the district operates under an arrangement with the Texhoma Independent School District, a public school district located in adjacent Texhoma, Texas. All students residing in Texhoma ISD and Texhoma Public Schools attend school in Texhoma ISD for grades K-4, then attend school in Texhoma Public Schools for grades 5–12.[2] Therefore the district also educates students in Sherman County and Hansford County in that state.[3][4]
The districts have separate curricula, boards of education, and taxation systems. They share sports teams.[5] The two districts charge each other for tuition. Students of the two districts learn about the history of each state.[6]
History
The Texas Legislature and the Oklahoma Legislature enacted the bi-state arrangement in 1975 to have the two school districts share grade levels and resources.[5] This arrangement came into effect in 1976.[6] Prior to fall 1993, Kindergarten and grades 5-7 were covered by the Texas school while the Oklahoma school covered other grades. That fall, the Texas school took elementary grades while the Oklahoma school took secondary grades.[7]