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TX Educ Code § 39A.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter G. Challenge of Intervention or Sanction|Section 39A.301. Review of Sanctions by State Office of Administrative Hearings

Sec. 39A.301.  REVIEW OF SANCTIONS BY STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.  (a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school must appeal under this section if the district or charter school intends to challenge a decision by the commissioner under this chapter to:(1)  close the district or a district campus or the charter school;(2)  pursue alternative management of a district campus or the charter school;(3)  appoint a board of managers to the district or charter school; or(4)  appoint a conservator or management team to the district or charter school.(b)  A challenge to a decision under this section is under the substantial evidence rule as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.  The commissioner shall adopt procedural rules for a challenge under this section.(c)  Notwithstanding other law:(1)  the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct an expedited review of a challenge under this section;(2)  the administrative law judge shall issue a final order not later than the 30th day after the date on which the hearing is finally closed;(3)  the decision of the administrative law judge is final and may not be appealed; and(4)  the decision of the administrative law judge may set an effective date for an action under this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 1365), Sec. 2.22, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.901 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.901. Annual Review

Sec. 39A.901.  ANNUAL REVIEW.  (a)  The commissioner shall annually review the performance of a school district or campus subject to this chapter to determine the appropriate actions to be implemented under this chapter.(b)  The commissioner must review at least annually the performance of a school district for which the accreditation status or performance rating has been lowered due to insufficient student performance and may not raise the accreditation status or performance rating until the district has demonstrated improved student performance.(c)  If the review conducted under this section reveals a lack of improvement, the commissioner shall increase the level of state intervention and sanction unless the commissioner finds good cause for maintaining the current status. |Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.902 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.902. Acquisition of Professional Services

Sec. 39A.902.  ACQUISITION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.  In addition to other interventions and sanctions authorized under this chapter, the commissioner may order a school district or campus to acquire professional services at the expense of the district or campus to address the applicable financial, assessment, data quality, program, performance, or governance deficiency.  The commissioner's order may require the district or campus to:(1)  select or be assigned an external auditor, data quality expert, professional authorized to monitor district assessment instrument administration, or curriculum or program expert; or(2)  provide for or participate in the appropriate training of district staff or board of trustees members in the case of a district, or campus staff, in the case of a campus. |Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.903 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.903. Costs Paid by School District

Sec. 39A.903.  COSTS PAID BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.  The costs of providing a monitor, conservator, management team, campus intervention team, technical assistance team, managing entity, or service provider under this chapter shall be paid by the school district.  If the district fails or refuses to pay the costs in a timely manner, the commissioner may:(1)  pay the costs using amounts withheld from any funds to which the district is otherwise entitled; or(2)  recover the amount of the costs in the manner provided for recovery of an overallocation of state funds under Section 48.272.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.047, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.904 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.904. Immunity From Civil Liability

Sec. 39A.904.  IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.  An employee, volunteer, or contractor acting on behalf of the commissioner under this chapter, or a member of a board of managers appointed by the commissioner under this chapter, is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a professional employee of a school district under Section 22.051. |Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.905 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.905. Campus Name Change Prohibited

Sec. 39A.905.  CAMPUS NAME CHANGE PROHIBITED.  In reconstituting, repurposing, or imposing any other intervention or sanction on a campus under this chapter, the commissioner may not require that the name of the campus be changed. |Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.001, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.906 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.906. Commissioner Authority

Sec. 39A.906.  COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY.  A decision by the commissioner under Chapter 39 or this chapter is final and may not be appealed unless an applicable provision of Chapter 39 or this chapter provides otherwise.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 919 (H.B. 4205), Sec. 4, eff. June 10, 2019.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 39A.116 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 1365), Sec. 2.23, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 39A.907 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle H - Public School System Accountability|Chapter 39A - Accountability Interventions and Sanctions|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 39A.907. Assessment Instrument Study

Sec. 39A.907.  ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT STUDY.  (a)  The commissioner shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a public institution of higher education to conduct a study to determine whether, for each applicable grade level, each assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) during the 2018-2019 school year or scheduled to be administered during the 2019-2020 school year:(1)  is written at the appropriate reading level for students in that grade level; and(2)  includes only:(A)  passages, questions, answers, and other content aligned with the essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education for the applicable subject for the grade level at which the assessment instrument is administered or for any previous grade level; and(B)  passages written at a reading level not higher than the grade level at which the assessment instrument is administered.(b)  Not later than December 1, 2019, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature and the presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with jurisdiction over primary and secondary education that includes the results of the study.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.036, eff. June 12, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 43.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.002. Transfers From Permanent School Fund and General Revenue Fund to Available School Fund

Sec. 43.002.  TRANSFERS FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND AND GENERAL REVENUE FUND TO AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND.  (a)  On the first working day of each month in a state fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer from the permanent school fund to the available school fund an amount equal to one-twelfth of the annual distribution from the permanent school fund to the available school fund as provided by Section 5(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for the fiscal year.(b)  Of the amounts available for transfer from the general revenue fund to the available school fund for the months of January and February of each fiscal year, no more than the amount necessary to enable the comptroller to distribute from the available school fund an amount equal to 9-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 1 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, and 3-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 2 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, may be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund.  Any remaining amount that would otherwise be available for transfer for the months of January and February shall be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund in equal amounts in June and in August of the same fiscal year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.048, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 43.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.003. Investment of Permanent School Fund

Sec. 43.003.  INVESTMENT OF PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.  The State Board of Education may invest the permanent school fund as authorized by Section 5(f), Article VII, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.03, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 43.0031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.0031. Permanent School Fund Ethics Policy

Sec. 43.0031.  PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND ETHICS POLICY.  (a)  In addition to any other requirements provided by law, the State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce an ethics policy that provides standards of conduct relating to the management and investment of the permanent school fund.  The ethics policy must include provisions that address the following issues as they apply to the management and investment of the permanent school fund and to persons responsible for managing and investing the fund:(1)  general ethical standards;(2)  conflicts of interest;(3)  prohibited transactions and interests;(4)  the acceptance of gifts and entertainment;(5)  compliance with applicable professional standards;(6)  ethics training;  and(7)  compliance with and enforcement of the ethics policy.(b)  The ethics policy must include provisions applicable to:(1)  members of the State Board of Education;(2)  the commissioner;(3)  employees of the agency;  and(4)  any person who provides services to the board relating to the management or investment of the permanent school fund.(c)  Not later than the 45th day before the date on which the board intends to adopt a proposed ethics policy or an amendment to or revision of an adopted ethics policy, the board shall submit a copy of the proposed policy, amendment, or revision to the Texas Ethics Commission and the state auditor for review and comments.  The board shall consider any comments from the commission or state auditor before adopting the proposed policy.(d)  The provisions of the ethics policy that apply to a person who provides services to the board relating to the management or investment of the permanent school fund must be based on the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Conduct prescribed by the Association for Investment Management and Research or other ethics standards adopted by another appropriate professionally recognized entity.(e)  The board shall ensure that applicable provisions of the ethics policy are included in any contract under which a person provides services to the board relating to the management and investment of the permanent school fund.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1488, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Educ Code § 43.0032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.0032. Conflicts of Interest

Sec. 43.0032.  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.  (a)  A member of the State Board of Education, the commissioner, an employee of the agency, or a person who provides services to the board that relate to the management or investment of the permanent school fund who has a business, commercial, or other relationship that could reasonably be expected to diminish the person's independence of judgment in the performance of the person's responsibilities relating to the management or investment of the fund shall disclose the relationship in writing to the board.(b)  The board or the board's designee shall, in the ethics policy adopted under Section 43.0031, define the kinds of relationships that may create a possible conflict of interest.(c)  A person who files a statement under Subsection (a) disclosing a possible conflict of interest may not give advice or make decisions about a matter affected by the possible conflict of interest unless the board, after consultation with the general counsel of the agency, expressly waives this prohibition.  The board may delegate the authority to waive the prohibition established by this subsection.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1488, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Educ Code § 43.0033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.0033. Reports of Expenditures

Sec. 43.0033.  REPORTS OF EXPENDITURES.  A consultant, advisor, broker, or other person providing services to the State Board of Education relating to the management and investment of the permanent school fund shall file with the board regularly, as determined by the board, a report that describes in detail any expenditure of more than $50 made by the person on behalf of:(1)  a member of the board;(2)  the commissioner; or(3)  an employee of the agency.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1488, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.04, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 43.0034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.0034. Forms; Public Information

Sec. 43.0034.  FORMS;  PUBLIC INFORMATION.  (a)  The board shall prescribe forms for:(1)  statements of possible conflicts of interest and waivers of possible conflicts of interest under Section 43.0032;  and(2)  reports of expenditures under Section 43.0033.(b)  A statement, waiver, or report described by Subsection (a) is public information.(c)  The board shall designate an employee of the agency to act as custodian of statements, waivers, and reports described by Subsection (a) for purposes of public disclosure.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1488, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Educ Code § 43.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.004. Written Investment Objectives; Performance Evaluation

Sec. 43.004.  WRITTEN INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES;  PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.  (a)  The State Board of Education shall develop written investment objectives concerning the investment of the permanent school fund.  The objectives may address desired rates of return, risks involved, investment time frames, and any other relevant considerations.(b)  The board shall employ a well-recognized performance measurement service to evaluate and analyze the investment results of the permanent school fund.  The service shall compare investment results with the written investment objectives developed by the board, and shall also compare the investment of the permanent school fund with the investment of other public and private funds.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 43.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.005. External Investment Managers

Sec. 43.005.  EXTERNAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS.  (a)  The State Board of Education may contract with private professional investment managers to assist the board in making investments of the permanent school fund.  A contract under this subsection must be approved by the board or otherwise entered into in accordance with board rules relating to contracting authority.(b)  The State Board of Education by rule may delegate a power or duty relating to the investment of the permanent school fund to a committee, officer, employee, or other agent of the board.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 43.0051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.0051. Transfers to Real Estate Special Fund Account of the Permanent School Fund

Sec. 43.0051.  TRANSFERS TO REAL ESTATE SPECIAL FUND ACCOUNT OF THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.  The State Board of Education may transfer funds from the portion of the permanent school fund managed by the State Board of Education to the real estate special fund account of the permanent school fund if the State Board of Education determines, using the standard of care set forth in Subsection (f), Section 5, Article VII, Texas Constitution, that such transfer is in the best interest of the permanent school fund.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1368 (H.B. 3699), Sec. 9, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 43.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.006. Investment Management

Sec. 43.006.  INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.  (a)  The State Board of Education may delegate investment authority for the investment of the permanent school fund to the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation as provided by Subchapter B.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(e)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(f)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(g)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(h)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(i)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(j)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.(k)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 834 (H.B. 860), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.05, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 43.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 43.007. Purchase and Sale or Exchange of Securities

Sec. 43.007.  PURCHASE AND SALE OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.  (a)  The State Board of Education may authorize the purchase of all of the types of securities in which it is authorized by law to invest the permanent school fund in either registered or negotiable form.  The board may authorize the reissue of those securities held at any time for the account of the permanent school fund in either registered or negotiable form.  The State Board of Education may authorize the sale of any of the securities held for the account of the permanent school fund and reinvest the proceeds of sale for the fund and may authorize the exchange of any of the securities held for the account of the permanent school fund.(b)  In making purchases, sales, exchanges, and reissues, the State Board of Education shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital.(c)  When any securities are sold, reissued, or exchanged as provided by Subsection (a), the custodian of the securities shall deliver the securities sold, reissued, or exchanged in accordance with the directions of the State Board of Education.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|