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, Oklahoma. 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]
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]