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TX Educ Code § 44.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter B. Purchases; Contracts|Section 44.043. Right to Work

Sec. 44.043.  RIGHT TO WORK.  (a)  This section applies to a school district while the school district is engaged in:(1)  procuring goods or services;(2)  awarding a contract;  or(3)  overseeing procurement or construction for a public work or public improvement.(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school district:(1)  may not consider whether a vendor is a member of or has another relationship with any organization;  and(2)  shall ensure that its bid specifications and any subsequent contract or other agreement do not deny or diminish the right of a person to work because of the person's membership or other relationship status with respect to any organization.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Educ Code § 44.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter B. Purchases; Contracts|Section 44.044. Contract With Person Indebted to School District

Sec. 44.044.  CONTRACT WITH PERSON INDEBTED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT.  (a)  The board of trustees of a school district by resolution may establish regulations permitting the school district to refuse to enter into a contract or other transaction with a person indebted to the school district.(b)  It is not a violation of this subchapter for a school district, under regulations adopted under Subsection (a), to refuse to award a contract to or enter into a transaction with an apparent low bidder or successful proposer that is indebted to the school district.(c)  In this section, "person" includes an individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, and any other entity that proposes or otherwise seeks to enter into a contract or other transaction with the school district requiring approval by the board.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 156, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 44.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter B. Purchases; Contracts|Section 44.047. Purchase or Lease of Automated External Defibrillator

Sec. 44.047.  PURCHASE OR LEASE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.  (a)  A school district or private school that purchases or leases an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, shall ensure that the automated external defibrillator meets standards established by the federal Food and Drug Administration.(b)  A private school that purchases or leases an automated external defibrillator is required to comply with the requirements of this section only if the school receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease the automated external defibrillator.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1371 (S.B. 7), Sec. 7, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 44.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter C. Penal Provisions|Section 44.051. Interference With Operation of Foundation School Program

Sec. 44.051.  INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATION OF FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.  An offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code, is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on trial of the offense that the governmental record was a record, form, report, or budget required under Chapter 48 or rules adopted under that chapter. If the actor's intent is to defraud the state or the public school system, the offense is a felony of the second degree.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.050, eff. September 1, 2019.|Sec. 44.052.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BUDGET REQUIREMENTS;  PENALTY.  (a)  Any county superintendent approving any expenditure of school funds in excess of the item or items appropriated in the adopted budget or a supplementary or amended budget commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.(b)  A person who fails to comply with the person's duties with regard to the preparation or the following of a county school budget or a budget of a school district or who violates any provision of Section 44.002 commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.(c)  A trustee of a school district who votes to approve any expenditure of school funds in violation of a provision of this code, for a purpose for which those funds may not be spent, or in excess of the item or items appropriated in the adopted budget or a supplementary or amended budget commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.(d)  Charges of the violation of this section may be instituted by the proper county or district attorney or by the attorney general.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 1365), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 44.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter C. Penal Provisions|Section 44.053. Failure of Municipal Officer to Make Treasurer's Report; Penalty

Sec. 44.053.  FAILURE OF MUNICIPAL OFFICER TO MAKE TREASURER'S REPORT;  PENALTY.  Any county or municipal treasurer or treasurer of the school board of each municipality having exclusive control of its schools who fails to make and transmit any report and certified copy thereof, or either, required by law, commits an offense.  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 44.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter C. Penal Provisions|Section 44.054. Failure to Transfer Students and Funds

Sec. 44.054.  FAILURE TO TRANSFER STUDENTS AND FUNDS.  A county judge serving as ex officio county superintendent, a county, district, or municipal superintendent, or a school officer who refuses to transfer students and funds as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 25, commits an offense.  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 44.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter E. Litigation Involving School District Facility|Section 44.152. Attorney General Enforcement of School District Duties Following Certain Actions; Report

Sec. 44.152.  ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT DUTIES FOLLOWING CERTAIN ACTIONS; REPORT.  (a)  If the attorney general believes that a school district has violated or is violating Section 44.151(d), (e), or (f), the attorney general may, after providing at least two weeks' notice to the district, bring an action on behalf of the state to enjoin the district from violating those sections.(b)  In an action brought under Subsection (a), the attorney general may request and the court may order any other appropriate relief that is in the public interest, including payment of:(1)  a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $20,000 for each violation of Section 44.151(d), (e), or (f);(2)  the attorney general's reasonable costs for investigating and prosecuting the violation; or(3)  if applicable, the amount of the state's share under Section 44.151(f).(c)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the attorney general shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the members of the legislature, and the commissioner a report on any actions brought under this section during the preceding year.  The report must include the following information for each action:(1)  the filing date;(2)  the cause number;(3)  the school district that is the subject of the action; and(4)  the court in which the action was brought.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1077 (H.B. 1734), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 44.902 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 44.902. Long-Range Energy Plan to Reduce Consumption of Electric Energy

Sec. 44.902.  LONG-RANGE ENERGY PLAN TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY.  (a)  The board of trustees of a school district shall establish a long-range energy plan to reduce the district's annual electric consumption by five percent beginning with the 2008 state fiscal year and consume electricity in subsequent fiscal years in accordance with the district's energy plan.(b)  The plan required under Subsection (a) must include:(1)  strategies for achieving energy efficiency that:(A)  result in net savings for the district; or(B)  can be achieved without financial cost to the district; and(2)  for each strategy identified under Subdivision (1), the initial, short-term capital costs and lifetime costs and savings that may result from implementation of the strategy.(b-1)  For purposes of Subsection (b), a strategy for achieving energy efficiency includes facility design and construction.(c)  In determining under Subsection (b) whether a strategy may result in financial cost to the district, the board of trustees shall consider the total net costs and savings that may occur over the seven-year period following implementation of the strategy.(d)  The board of trustees may submit the plan required under Subsection (a) to the State Energy Conservation Office for the purposes of determining whether funds available through loan programs administered by the office or tax incentives administered by the state or federal government are available to the district. The board may not disallow any proper allocation of incentives.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (H.B. 3693), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 300), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 1728), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 44.904 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 44.904. Pay for Success Programs

Sec. 44.904.  PAY FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMS.  (a)  In this section, "pay for success program" means a program involving private financing under which payments are dependent on achievement of measurable outcomes.(b)  The commissioner may:(1)  structure and approve pay for success programs for use by a school district or open-enrollment charter school;(2)  evaluate and approve the following participants in a pay for success program:(A)  a private investor;(B)  an education service provider; and(C)  a third-party evaluator; and(3)  require an approved participant to comply with the objectives, metrics, and other pay for success program requirements prescribed by the commissioner.(c)  In evaluating a potential participant under Subsection (b)(2), the commissioner may:(1)  verify the availability and liquidity of the investment funds of a private investor;(2)  evaluate the credentials and effectiveness of an education service provider; and(3)  evaluate the credentials and independence of a third-party evaluator.(d)  Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or open-enrollment charter school that uses a pay for success program approved by the commissioner is not subject to state procurement requirements that would otherwise apply to the activity funded through the program.(e)  The commissioner, the agency, and agency employees are immune from liability for actions associated with the structuring, approval, or implementation of a pay for success program. (f)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 424 (S.B. 1318), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 44.908 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 44.908. Expenditure of Local Funds

Sec. 44.908.  EXPENDITURE OF LOCAL FUNDS.  (a)  A school district shall adopt a policy governing the expenditure of local funds from vending machines, rentals, gate receipts, or other local sources of revenue over which the district has direct control.(b)  A policy under this section must:(1)  require discretionary expenditures of local funds to be related to the district's educational purpose and provide a commensurate benefit to the district or its students; and(2)  meet the standards of Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, regarding expenditure of public funds.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 67, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Educ Code § 45.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 45 - School District Funds|Subchapter A. Tax Bonds and Maintenance Taxes|Section 45.001. Bonds and Bond Taxes

Sec. 45.001.  BONDS AND BOND TAXES.  (a)  The governing board of an independent school district, including the city council or commission that has jurisdiction over a municipally controlled independent school district, the governing board of a rural high school district, and the commissioners court of a county, on behalf of each common school district under its jurisdiction, may:(1)  issue bonds for:(A)  the construction, acquisition, and equipment of school buildings in the district;(B)  the acquisition of property or the refinancing of property financed under a contract entered under Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, regardless of whether payment obligations under the contract are due in the current year or a future year;(C)  the purchase of the necessary sites for school buildings;(D)  the purchase of new school buses;(E)  the retrofitting of school buses with emergency, safety, or security equipment; and(F)  the purchase or retrofitting of vehicles to be used for emergency, safety, or security purposes; and(2)  levy, pledge, assess, and collect annual ad valorem taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as or before the principal and interest become due, subject to Section 45.003.(b)  The bonds must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years from their date.  The bonds may be made redeemable before maturity.(c)  Bonds may be sold at public or private sale as determined by the governing board of the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1536, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1500, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1240 (S.B. 2274), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 87(b), eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 21, eff. June 6, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 45.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 45 - School District Funds|Subchapter A. Tax Bonds and Maintenance Taxes|Section 45.0011. Credit Agreements in Certain School Districts

Sec. 45.0011.  CREDIT AGREEMENTS IN CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.  (a)  This section applies only to an independent school district that, at the time of the issuance of obligations and execution of credit agreements under this section, has:(1)  at least 2,000 students in average daily attendance;  or(2)  a combined aggregate principal amount of at least $50 million of outstanding bonds and voted but unissued bonds.(b)  A district to which this section applies may, in the issuance of bonds as provided by Sections 45.001 and 45.003(b)(1), exercise the powers granted to the governing body of an issuer with regard to the issuance of obligations and execution of credit agreements under Chapter 1371, Government Code.(c)  A proposition to issue bonds to which this section applies must, in addition to meeting the requirements of Section 45.003(b)(1), include the question of whether the governing board or commissioners court may levy, pledge, assess, and collect annual ad valorem taxes, on all taxable property in the district, sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements executed in connection with the bonds.(d)  A district may not issue bonds to which this section applies in an amount greater than the greater of:(1)  25 percent of the sum of:(A)  the aggregate principal amount of all district debt payable from ad valorem taxes that is outstanding at the time the bonds are issued;  and(B)  the aggregate principal amount of all bonds payable from ad valorem taxes that have been authorized but not issued;(2)  $25 million, in a district that has at least 3,500 but not more than 15,000 students in average daily attendance;  or(3)  $50 million, in a district that has more than 15,000 students in average daily attendance.(e)  In this section, average daily attendance is determined in the manner provided by Section 48.005.(f)  Sections 1371.057 and 1371.059, Government Code, govern approval by the attorney general of obligations issued under the authority of this section.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1536, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.207, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.051, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 45.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 45 - School District Funds|Subchapter A. Tax Bonds and Maintenance Taxes|Section 45.002. Maintenance Taxes

Sec. 45.002.  MAINTENANCE TAXES.  The governing board of an independent school district, including the city council or commission that has jurisdiction over a municipally controlled independent school district, the governing board of a rural high school district, and the commissioners court of a county, on behalf of each common school district under its jurisdiction, may levy, assess, and collect annual ad valorem taxes for the further maintenance of public schools in the district, subject to Section 45.003.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 45.0032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 45 - School District Funds|Subchapter A. Tax Bonds and Maintenance Taxes|Section 45.0032. Components of Maintenance and Operations Tax

Sec. 45.0032.  COMPONENTS OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX.  (a)  A school district's tier one maintenance and operations tax rate is the number of cents levied by the district for maintenance and operations that does not exceed the maximum compressed rate, as determined under Section 48.2551.(b)  A district's enrichment tax rate consists of:(1)  any cents of additional maintenance and operations tax effort, not to exceed eight cents over the maximum tax rate described by Subsection (a); and(2)  any cents of additional maintenance and operations tax effort that exceeds the sum of the maximum tax rate described by Subsection (a) and the maximum number of cents permitted under Subdivision (1).(c)  For a district to which Section 45.003(f) applies, any cents of maintenance and operations tax effort that exceeds the maximum rate permitted under Section 45.003(d) are not included in the district's tier one maintenance and operations tax rate under Subsection (a) or the district's enrichment tax rate under Subsection (b), and the district is not entitled to the guaranteed yield amount of state funds under Section 48.202 for those cents of tax effort.(d)  For a district to which Section 26.042(e), Tax Code, applies, the amount by which the district's maintenance tax rate exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate, excluding the district's current debt rate under Section 26.08(n)(3), Tax Code, for the preceding year is not considered in determining a district's tier one maintenance and operations tax rate under Subsection (a) or the district's enrichment tax rate under Subsection (b) for the current tax year.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.009, eff. September 1, 2019.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1A.004(a), eff. September 1, 2020.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 884 (S.B. 1438), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 5.018, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 45.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 45 - School District Funds|Subchapter A. Tax Bonds and Maintenance Taxes|Section 45.005. Examination of Bonds by Attorney General

Sec. 45.005.  EXAMINATION OF BONDS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.  All bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter, and the appropriate proceedings authorizing their issuance, shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|