Terms Used In Texas Education Code 130.211

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

The service area of the Wharton County Junior College District includes the territory within:
(1) Wharton County;
(2) the Needville Independent School District in Fort Bend County;
(3) the Wallis-Orchard Independent School District located in Austin County;
(4) the Columbus and Weimer independent school districts located in Colorado County;
(5) the Rice Consolidated Independent School District located in Colorado County;
(6) the Kendleton and Lamar independent school districts located in Fort Bend County;
(7) the Bay City, Boling, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, and Van Vleck independent school districts located in Matagorda County;
(8) the Ganado Independent School District located in Jackson County; and
(9) the incorporated area and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Sugar Land located in Fort Bend County.