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Keith B wrote:

WildBill wrote: I never heard them called that in California.

They have Unified, City and County school districts from what i can tell. I would assume the Unified is the Independent and the City/County are the dependent ones.

Keith B wrote:

WildBill wrote:

Keith B wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Please forgive the digression but what's the difference between an Independent School District and a Dependent School District? If all Texas public schools are ISD's, why not drop the extra writing, ink usage and paint? Inquiring minds...?

Independent School Districts have sufficient administrative and fiscal autonomy to qualify as independent governments. They exclude school systems that are “dependent” on a county, municipal, township, or state government.

There is a lot more here on 'types' of government entities http://www.census.gov/govs/www/06classi ... ter01.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Like Oldgringo, I am [relatively] new to Texas and never knew that.

This is nation wide. This info comes from the rules on the US Census Bureau guidelines.

Keith B wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Please forgive the digression but what's the difference between an Independent School District and a Dependent School District? If all Texas public schools are ISD's, why not drop the extra writing, ink usage and paint? Inquiring minds...?

Idenepndent School Districts have sufficient administrative and fiscal autonomy to qualify as independent governments. They exclude school systems that are “dependent” on a county, municipal, township, or state government.

There is a lot more here on 'types' of geovernment entities http://www.census.gov/govs/www/06classi ... ter01.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;