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Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1011 - Formula Transition Grant

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  General provisions. This section implements Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §48.277 (Formula Transition Grant), which provides for additional funding
				  for school districts with new funding levels that did not exceed certain
				  thresholds as a result of the passage of House Bill (HB) 3, 86th Texas
				  Legislature, 2019. In accordance with TEC, §
										48.277,
				  this section defines the data sources that Texas Education Agency (TEA) will
				  use in calculating the prior law funding available to school
				  districts.
(b) Definitions. The
				  following terms have the following meanings when used in this section.
(1) Average daily attendance (ADA)--Average
				  daily attendance as defined by TEC, §
											48.005(a).
(2) Foundation School Program (FSP)--The
				  program established under TEC, Chapters 46, 48, and 49, or any successor
				  program of state-appropriated funding for school districts in this
				  state.
(3) Local maintenance and
				  operations (M&O) tax collections--The amount of local M&O taxes
				  collected by a school district.
(4)
				  Maintenance and operations revenue--The total M&O revenue available to a
				  school district for maintenance and operations under the FSP, including state
				  aid and M&O tax collections net of any required recapture
				  payments.
(5) Public Education
				  Information Management System (PEIMS)--The system that encompasses all data
				  requested and received by TEA about public education, also known as the Texas
				  Student Data System (TSDS) or TSDS PEIMS.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1012 - Contracts and Tuition for Education Outside District

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions. The following words and
				  terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings, unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Home
				  district--District of residence of a transferring student.
(2) Receiving district--District to which a
				  student is transferring for the purpose of obtaining an education.
(3) Tuition--Amount charged to the home
				  district by the receiving district to educate the transfer student.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1013 - Foundation School Program Funding for Reimbursement of Disaster Remediation Costs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General provisions. This section
				  implements the Texas Education Code (TEC), §
										42.2524
				  (Reimbursement for Disaster Remediation Costs). The commissioner of education
				  may make a grant application available and announce the amount of funds
				  available and the due date for applications for that grant cycle for a school
				  district or charter school to apply for an amount of Foundation School Program
				  (FSP) funds determined by the commissioner if the commissioner determines that:
(1) amounts for this purpose have been
				  appropriated in accordance with Texas Government Code, §
											418.073;
				  or
(2) appropriated FSP funds are
				  highly likely to exceed the amount to which school districts or charter schools
				  are entitled under the TEC, Chapter 42 and Chapter 46, under the FSP for the
				  biennium, after accounting for all critical FSP data required to make FSP
				  expenditure estimates and all other required FSP grants or FSP awards are
				  fulfilled in accordance with Texas law, and there is sufficient funding
				  remaining to provide for a grant program under the TEC, §
											42.2524.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1014 - Credit Against Recapture for Reimbursement of Disaster Remediation Costs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General provisions. This section
				  implements the Texas Education Code (TEC), §
										41.0931
				  (Disaster Remediation Costs). The commissioner of education shall make an
				  attendance credit application available. The commissioner may make a credit
				  application available prior to a request for assistance.
(b) Eligibility. A school district that meets
				  the following criteria is eligible to apply:
(1) all or part of the school district must
				  be located in an area declared a disaster by the governor under TEC, Chapter
				  418;
(2) the school district must
				  have incurred and paid disaster remediation costs during the two-year period
				  following the date of the governor's initial proclamation or executive order
				  declaring a state of disaster that the district does not anticipate recovering
				  through insurance proceeds, federal disaster relief payments, or another
				  similar source for reimbursement; and
(3) the district purchases attendance credits
				  under TEC, §
											41.091.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1015 - Property Value Adjustments Due to Taxpayer Protests

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A school district is eligible for a
				  property value adjustment if a major taxpayer fails to pay all or a portion of
				  its ad valorem taxes because of a protest regarding the valuation of its
				  property.
(1) A taxpayer is considered
				  "major" if the amount protested contributes 5.0% or more to the tax collections
				  of the school district.
(2) To be
				  eligible for the adjustment, the district must have a Maintenance and
				  Operations (M&O) tax rate that equals or exceeds the M&O tax rate in
				  the prior year.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1016 - Hazardous Transportation Funding

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  General provisions. This section implements the Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §48.151(d)-(d-2) (Transportation Allotment), which allows a school
				  district to apply for up to an additional 10% of its regular transportation
				  allotment to be used for the transportation of students living within two miles
				  of the school they attend who would be subject to hazardous traffic conditions
				  or a high risk of violence if they walked to school.
(b) Definitions. The following words and
				  terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  School district--For the purposes of this section, the definition of a school
				  district includes an open-enrollment charter school.
(2) Hazardous traffic condition--An area
				  within two miles of a campus where no walkway is provided and children must
				  walk along or cross a freeway or expressway, an underpass, an overpass or a
				  bridge, an uncontrolled major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial area,
				  or another comparable condition.
(3) Area presenting a high risk of
				  violence--An area within two miles of a campus that law enforcement records
				  indicate presents a high incidence of violent crimes.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1017 - Maintenance of Effort and Equity for Federal Money Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General
				  provisions. This section implements Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.281
				  (Maintenance of Effort and Equity for Federal Money Related to COVID-19
				  Pandemic), which provides for increases in funding to school districts and
				  open-enrollment charter schools as necessary to ensure compliance with
				  requirements regarding maintenance of equity under Coronavirus Response and
				  Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. M,
				  Pub. L. No.
				  116-260, reprinted in note,
				  20 U.S.C. Section
				  3401), Section 317; and American Rescue Plan
				  Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No.
				  117-2, reprinted in note,
				  20 U.S.C. Section
				  3401), Section 2001. In accordance with TEC,
				  § 48.281, this section defines the data sources that the Texas Education
				  Agency (TEA) will use in calculating the amount of the funding.
(b) Definitions. The following terms have the
				  following meanings when used in this section.
(1) Average daily attendance (ADA)--This term
				  has the meaning defined by TEC, §
											48.005(a).
				  For the 2020-2021 school year, ADA will include adjustments related to the ADA
				  hold harmless provided for that school year but will exclude any reduction in
				  ADA arising from the application of the Elementary and Secondary School
				  Emergency Relief funding toward the ADA hold harmless.
(2) Foundation School Program (FSP)--The
				  program established under TEC, Chapters 46, 48, and 49, or any successor
				  program of state-appropriated funding for school districts in Texas.
(3) Maintenance and operations (M&O)
				  revenue--The total M&O revenue available to a school district for
				  maintenance and operations under the FSP, including state aid and M&O tax
				  collections net of any required recapture payments. For the 2020-2021 school
				  year, total M&O revenue will include adjustments resulting from the
				  reduction in ADA arising from the application of the Elementary and Secondary
				  School Emergency Relief funding toward the ADA hold harmless.
(4) Summary of Finances (SOF)--The SOF report
				  summarizes the total M&O revenue available to a school district or
				  open-enrollment charter school under the FSP.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1018 - Payment of Health Care Supplementation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. In accordance with the Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), Chapter 22, Subchapter D, each year the Texas Education
				  Agency (TEA) shall distribute staff salary allotment funds to eligible entities
				  for the purpose of making payments of health care supplementation to eligible
				  employees, as specified by the provisions delineated in this section.
(b) Definitions. The following words and
				  terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meaning, unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  Eligible entity--An eligible entity is defined as:
(A) a school district or other educational
				  district whose employees are members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
				  (TRS);
(B) a participating
				  open-enrollment charter school; or
(C) a regional education service
				  center.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1020 - Excess Funds for Video Surveillance of Special Education Settings

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General provisions. This section
				  implements the Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.265 (Excess Funds for Video
				  Surveillance of Special Education Settings). If the commissioner of education
				  determines that appropriated funds are highly likely to exceed expenditures
				  under the Foundation School Program (FSP) for the biennium after accounting for
				  all critical FSP data required to make accurate expenditure estimates and there
				  is sufficient funding remaining to provide for a grant program under the TEC,
				  §
										48.265,
				  the commissioner shall make a grant application available to apply for funds to
				  cover the cost of purchasing video equipment for use in implementing the TEC,
				  §
										29.022,
				  and announce the amount of funds available.
(b) Eligibility. School districts and charter
				  schools that have purchased or that intend to purchase video equipment for the
				  purpose of implementing the TEC, §
										29.022,
				  may apply for funds necessary to reimburse the cost of such equipment.
				  Purchases made after September 1, 2015, that have not been previously
				  reimbursed under this grant program or through gifts, grants, or donations
				  under the TEC, §
										29.022(f),
				  are eligible to apply.
(c)
				  Application process. School districts and charter schools must submit a
				  separate application request in each year that excess funds are made available.
				  The application shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1) a description of the type of equipment to
				  be purchased or that has been purchased using funds provided under this
				  section;
(2) a description of the
				  intended use of the equipment to be funded using funds provided under this
				  section; and
(3) an itemized
				  account of the cost of the equipment to be funded using funds provided under
				  this section.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.1021 - School Report Cards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The campus report
				  card disseminated by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) under the Texas Education
				  Code, §
										39.305, shall
				  be termed the "school" report card (SRC).
(b) The intent of the SRC is to inform each
				  student's parents or guardians about the school's performance and
				  characteristics. Where possible, the SRC will present the school information in
				  relation to the district, the state, and a comparable group of schools. The SRC
				  will present the student, staff, financial, and performance information
				  required by statute, as well as any explanations and additional information
				  deemed appropriate to the intent of the report.
(c) The SRC must be disseminated within six
				  weeks after it is received from TEA.
(d) The campus administration may provide the
				  SRC in the same manner it would normally transmit official communications to
				  parents and guardians, such as: including the SRC in a weekly folder sent home
				  with each student, mailing it to the student's residence, providing it at a
				  teacher-parent conference, enclosing it with the student report card, or
				  sending it via electronic mail.
(e)
				  The school may not alter the report provided by TEA; however, it may
				  concurrently provide additional information to the parents or guardians that
				  supplements or explains information in the SRC.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.1022 - Texas Academic Performance Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  performance report provided by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) under the Texas
				  Education Code, §
										39.306, shall
				  be termed the Texas Academic Performance Report.
(b) The intent of the Texas Academic
				  Performance Report is to inform the public about the educational performance of
				  the district and of each campus in the district in relation to the district,
				  the state, and a comparable group of schools. The Texas Academic Performance
				  Report will present the campus performance information as well as student,
				  staff, and financial information required by statute. It will also include any
				  explanations and additional information deemed appropriate to the intent of the
				  report.
(c) The hearing for public
				  discussion of the Texas Academic Performance Report must be held within 90 days
				  after the report is received from TEA. This hearing may take place during a
				  regularly scheduled or special meeting of the local board of
				  trustees.
(d) The Texas Academic
				  Performance Report must be published within two weeks after the public hearing.
				  It must be published in the same format as it was received from TEA.
(e) The district may not alter the report
				  provided by TEA; however, it may concurrently provide additional information to
				  the public that supplements or explains information in the Texas Academic
				  Performance Report.
(f) The local
				  board of trustees shall disseminate the report by posting it on the school
				  district website and in public places, such as each school office, local
				  businesses, and public libraries.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.1025 - Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) Data and Reporting Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Data
				  submissions. The Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)
				  consists of all data submitted by school districts, charter schools, campuses,
				  and other educational organizations and entities to the Texas Education Agency
				  (TEA).
(b) Standards. Data
				  standards, established by the commissioner of education under Texas Education
				  Code (TEC), §48.008, shall be used by school districts and charter schools
				  to submit information required for the legislature and the TEA to perform their
				  legally authorized functions. Data standards shall be published annually in
				  official TEA publications. These publications shall be widely disseminated and
				  include:
(1) descriptions of the data
				  collections and submission requirements;
(2) descriptions of data elements and the
				  codes used to report them, which include the number of reported incidents of
				  bullying, including cyberbullying, that have occurred at each campus; the
				  number of reported incidents of cyberbullying at each campus; and pregnancy as
				  a reason a student withdraws from or otherwise no longer attends public
				  school;
(3) detailed
				  responsibilities of school districts, education service centers, and the TEA in
				  connection with the data submission processes, including each deadline for
				  submission and resubmission; and
(4) descriptions of the data submission
				  requirements, including submission record layout specifications and data edit
				  specifications.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.1026 - Statutorily Required Reporting through the Public Education Information Management System

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Each school
				  district and open-enrollment charter school shall report through the Texas
				  Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS PEIMS)
				  the number of full-time equivalent school counselors, defined as 40 hours of
				  counseling services a week, at each campus.
(b) Each school district and open-enrollment
				  charter school shall report through TSDS PEIMS for each campus:
(1) the availability of expanded learning
				  opportunities that are provided during:
(A)
				  an extended school day program that students are required to attend as part of
				  the regular program of the campus at which students are enrolled to increase
				  the academic achievement and development of participating students;
(B) an extended school year program that
				  students are required to attend as part of the regular program of the campus at
				  which students are enrolled to increase the academic achievement and
				  development of participating students; or
(C) a supplemental voluntary structured
				  learning program that:
(i) occurs outside of
				  the regular school day, including before- and after-school programs and summer
				  programs; and
(ii) is coordinated
				  with and enhances the regular academic program of the campus to increase the
				  academic achievement and development of the participating student; and
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.1027 - Report on the Number of Educationally Disadvantaged Students for Calculating the Compensatory Education Allotment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Student eligibility. To be considered
				  educationally disadvantaged in order to be counted to generate the compensatory
				  education allotment pursuant to Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.104, a
				  student must meet the income requirements for eligibility under the National
				  School Lunch Program (NSLP), authorized by
				  42 United States Code,
				  §§
											1751, et seq. School districts
				  and open-enrollment charter schools may use the following approved methods for
				  the purpose of receiving the compensatory education allotment pursuant to TEC,
				  §
										48.104:
(1) parent certification, where the parent or
				  guardian asserts meeting the income requirements for eligibility under this
				  subsection;
(2) direct
				  certification, where the process by which eligible children are certified for
				  free meals without the need for a household application based on household
				  participation in one or more federal assistance programs; or
(3) direct verification, where public records
				  are used to verify a student's eligibility for free or reduced-price meals when
				  verification of student eligibility is required.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter CC - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SCHOOL FACILITIES › Section 61.1032 - Instructional Facilities Allotment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following definitions apply to the instructional facilities
				  allotment (IFA) governed by this section:
(1)
				  Instructional facility--real property, an improvement to real property, or a
				  necessary fixture of an improvement to real property that is used predominantly
				  for teaching the curriculum required by Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §28.002.
(2) Noninstructional
				  facility--a facility that may occasionally be used for instruction, but the
				  predominant use is for purposes other than teaching the curriculum required by
				  TEC, §
											28.002.
(3) Necessary fixture--equipment necessary to
				  the use of a facility for its intended purposes, but which is permanently
				  attached to the facility, such as lighting and plumbing.
(4) Debt service--as used in this section,
				  debt service shall include regularly scheduled payments of principal and
				  interest that are made between September 1 and August 31 each year on general
				  obligation bonded debt or the underlying bonded debt applicable to an eligible
				  lease-purchase agreement as reported in the final official statement (FOS) or
				  in the bond order, if the bonds are privately placed, to the state information
				  depository. Debt service payments that are not reported to the state
				  information depository are not eligible to receive IFA state
				  assistance.
(5) Allotment--the
				  amount of eligible debt service that can be considered for state aid. The total
				  allotment is made up of a combination of state aid and local funds. The state
				  share and local share are adjusted annually based on changes in average daily
				  attendance (ADA), property values, and debt service.
(6) State information depository --the
				  Municipal Advisory Council of Texas (MAC).
(7) Sale date--the date of the award (i.e.,
				  the official acceptance by the issuer of a bid or an offer to purchase a new
				  issue of municipal securities by an underwriter).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter CC - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SCHOOL FACILITIES › Section 61.1034 - New Instructional Facility Allotment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions. The following definitions
				  apply to the new instructional facility allotment (NIFA) in accordance with the
				  Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.152.
(1)
				  Instructional campus--A campus that:
(A) has
				  its own unique campus ID number registered with the Texas Education Agency
				  (TEA), an assigned administrator, enrolled students who are counted for average
				  daily attendance, and assigned instructional staff;
(B) receives federal and/or state and/or
				  local funds as its primary support;
(C) provides instruction in the Texas
				  Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS);
(D) has one or more grade groups in the range
				  from early education through Grade 12; and
(E) is not a program for students enrolled in
				  another public school.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter CC - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SCHOOL FACILITIES › Section 61.1035 - Assistance with Payment of Existing Debt

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Eligibility. Certain restrictions apply
				  to debt and to school districts eligible for the existing debt allotment (EDA).
(1) Debt eligible for the EDA is an existing
				  obligation of a school district made through the issuance of a bond for
				  instructional or non-instructional purposes pursuant to Texas Education Code
				  (TEC), Chapter 45, Subchapter A, or through the refunding of bonds as defined
				  in TEC, §
											46.007.
				  Lease-purchase agreements authorized by Local Government Code, §
											271.004,
				  are not eligible. Payments demonstrating eligibility for the EDA must appear on
				  the debt service schedule contained in the final official statement (FOS) or
				  bond order. The debt service schedule contained in the FOS (or in the bond
				  order, if the bonds are privately placed) and filed with the state information
				  depository will be used to determine eligible bond payments. Bond issues and
				  their related debt service payments that are not reported to the state
				  information depository are not eligible to receive EDA state
				  assistance.
(2) Eligible bond
				  payments include regularly scheduled principal and interest payments that are
				  made between September 1 and August 31 each year.
(3) A lease purchase refinanced with a
				  general obligation bond shall be eligible for consideration for the EDA in
				  future years.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter CC - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SCHOOL FACILITIES › Section 61.1037 - Science Laboratory Grant Program

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, have the
				  following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Average daily attendance--The definition
				  of this term is assigned in the Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §48.005.
(2) Construction
				  project--A project consisting of the construction of a new free-standing
				  building or the construction of a new addition to an existing
				  building.
(3) Renovation project--A
				  project consisting of the renovation of space that is not currently used as a
				  science laboratory within an existing building that does not include the
				  addition of any new space.
(4) High
				  school campus--A campus that houses Grades 9-12. For purposes of this grant
				  program, a school district that has a separate Grade 9 campus and a separate
				  Grades 10-12 campus, or some similar division, must combine the campuses on the
				  application and submit as one campus. For purposes of this grant program, a
				  school district that has a campus that serves Grades 6-12, Kindergarten-Grade
				  12, or some similar range, must identify only the number of students enrolled
				  in Grades 9-12 on the application.
(5) Science laboratories--Rooms identified as
				  combination science laboratories/classrooms or identified as laboratories under
				  the applicable school facilities standards adopted under this subchapter. To
				  provide clarity in the exercise of the grant program governed by this section,
				  rooms identified as laboratories under the applicable school facilities
				  standards adopted under this subchapter are referred to as "stand-alone
				  laboratories" within this section and within the grant application.
(6) Enrollment--The actual high school campus
				  enrollment for the school year before the year in which a school district
				  submits an application for the science laboratory grant program.
(7) Support areas--For a construction
				  project, support areas are limited to prep rooms, storage areas, and corridor
				  access space. For a renovation project, support areas are limited to prep rooms
				  and storage areas.
(8) School
				  district--For the purposes of this section, the definition of a school district
				  includes an open-enrollment charter school.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter DD - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING MISSING CHILD PREVENTION AND IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS › Section 61.1041 - Missing Child Prevention and Identification Program: Fingerprints and Photographs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In accordance
				  with the Texas Education Code, §
										33.054, a
				  photograph of a student shall be retained by the participating school until the
				  photograph is replaced by a photograph taken after the date of the original
				  photograph or until the expiration of three years, whichever is
				  earlier.
(b) When a student
				  withdraws from a school district, all photographs and fingerprints of the
				  student taken as part of the Missing Child Prevention and Identification
				  Program shall be returned to the parent or guardian of the student. If the
				  district is unable to return the photograph and fingerprints to the parent or
				  guardian, the photograph and fingerprints shall be destroyed by the school
				  district.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter EE - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, INCLUDING TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD › Section 61.1051 - Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect, Including Trafficking of a Child

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following words and terms, when used
				  in this subchapter, have the following meanings.
(1) Child abuse or neglect--The definition of
				  child abuse or neglect includes the trafficking of a child in accordance with
				  Texas Education Code (TEC), §38.004.
(2) Other maltreatment--This term has the
				  meaning assigned by Human Resources Code, §
											42.002.
(3) Trafficking of a child--This term has the
				  meaning assigned by Texas Penal Code, §
											20A.02(a)(5),
				  (6), (7), or (8).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter EE - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, INCLUDING TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD › Section 61.1053 - Required Signage Pertaining to Criminal Offenses of Human Trafficking

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following words
				  and terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings.
(1) Premises--This term has the meaning
				  assigned by Texas Health and Safety Code, §
											481.134.
(2) School--This term means a
				  public or private primary or secondary school.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter FF - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONERNING VETERANS AND MILITARY DEPENDENTS › Division 1 - HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR MILITARYVETERANS › Section 61.1061 - Application Form for Diploma and Evidence of Eligibility

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In accordance with Texas Education Code
					 (TEC), §28.0251, a school district may issue a high school diploma to a
					 person who:
(1) is an honorably discharged
					 member of the armed forces of the United States;
(2) was scheduled to graduate from high
					 school:
(A) after 1940 and before 1975;
					 or
(B) after 1989; and
(3) left school after completing
					 Grade 6 or higher, but before graduating from high school, to serve in:
(A) World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam
					 War, the Persian Gulf War, the Iraq War, or the war in Afghanistan;
					 or
(B) any other war formally
					 declared by the United States, military engagement authorized by the United
					 States Congress, military engagement authorized by a United Nations Security
					 Council resolution and funded by the United States Congress, or conflict
					 authorized by the president of the United States under the War Powers
					 Resolution of 1973 (50 United States Code
					 §1541 et seq.).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter FF - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONERNING VETERANS AND MILITARY DEPENDENTS › Division 2 - MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS › Section 61.1063 - Purple Star Campus Designation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Purpose. In accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §33.909, a campus
					 may qualify to earn the Purple Star Designation if the campus meets criteria
					 demonstrating supports and resources for its military-connected student
					 population.
(b) Definitions. The
					 following words and terms, when used in this section, have the following
					 meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Military-connected student--A student
					 enrolled in a school district or an open-enrollment charter school who is a
					 dependent of a current or former member of the United States military, Texas
					 National Guard, or reserve force in the United States military or who was a
					 dependent of a member of the United States military, Texas National Guard, or
					 reserve force in the United States military who was killed in the line of
					 duty.
(2) School liaison
					 officer--An individual who works for the federal or state government and serves
					 as the primary point of contact for school related matters on military
					 installations. School liaison officers represent, inform, and assist commanding
					 officers and military families with school issues; coordinate with local school
					 systems; and create collaborative partnerships between the military and
					 schools.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter GG - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING COUNSELING PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS › Section 61.1071 - Counseling Public School Students Regarding Higher Education

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In accordance with Texas Education Code
				  (TEC), §33.007, a counselor shall provide certain information about higher
				  education to a student and a student's parent or guardian during the first year
				  the student is enrolled in a high school or at the high school level in an
				  open-enrollment charter school and again during the student's senior
				  year.
(b) The information that
				  counselors provide in accordance with subsection (a) of this section must
				  include information regarding all of the following:
(1) the importance of higher education,
				  which:
(A) includes workforce education,
				  liberal arts studies, science education, graduate education, and professional
				  education to provide broad educational opportunities for all
				  students;
(B) furthers students'
				  intellectual and academic development; and
(C) offers students more career choices and a
				  greater potential earning power;
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter GG - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING COUNSELING PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS › Section 61.1073 - Annual Assessment of School District Compliance

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following words
				  and terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings, unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  Comprehensive school counseling program--provision of a guidance curriculum,
				  responsive services, individual planning, and system support as described in
				  Texas Education Code (TEC), §33.005(b).
(2) Duties that are components of a
				  counseling program--work activities related to the development, implementation,
				  and evaluation of a comprehensive school counseling program as described in
				  TEC, §
											33.005(b).
(3) School counselor--the position described
				  by TEC, §
											21.003, and Chapter
				  239, Subchapter A, of this title (relating to School Counselor
				  Certificate).
(4) School
				  counselor's total work time--the amount of time, reported in hours, that a
				  school counselor is contracted to work as a school counselor for a school
				  district during a school year.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter HH - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING CLASSROOM SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM › Section 61.1081 - Teacher Supply Reimbursement Grant Program

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application process. In order to
				  participate in the classroom supply reimbursement program authorized by Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), §21.414, a school district must apply to the Texas
				  Education Agency (TEA) for these funds by a date set by the commissioner of
				  education. The application must include the following:
(1) a standard Teacher Supply Reimbursement
				  Grant Program district application;
(2) the number of teachers and campus library
				  media specialists who have received reimbursement for supply purchases in the
				  last two years;
(3) the number of
				  teachers and campus library media specialists anticipated to receive
				  reimbursement under this program and the amount each teacher and campus library
				  media specialist will be eligible to receive; and
(4) a district procedure that would ensure
				  each teacher and campus library media specialist meets the requirement that an
				  expenditure will benefit students.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter JJ - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING AUTOMATIC COLLEGE ADMISSION › Section 61.1201 - Notification of Automatic College Admission and Curriculum Requirements for Financial Aid

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In accordance with
				  the Texas Education Code (TEC), §28.026,
				  a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall provide each student,
				  at the time the student first registers for one or more classes required for
				  high school graduation, with a written notification of the substance of the
				  TEC, §51.803,
				  concerning automatic college admission, the curriculum requirements for
				  financial aid under TEC, Title 3, and the benefits of completing the
				  requirements for automatic admission and financial aid.
(1) The notification form to be used by
				  school districts and open-enrollment charter schools, entitled "Explanation of
				  Automatic College Admission and Curriculum Requirements for Financial Aid for
				  High School Students," is provided in this paragraph.
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(2) A school district or
				  open-enrollment charter school shall obtain written acknowledgement of receipt
				  of the notification from each eligible student and the student's parent or
				  guardian.
(3) The notification
				  form under subsection (a)(1) of this section must be signed by the student's
				  school counselor in addition to being signed by the student and the student's
				  parent or guardian.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter KK - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION › Section 61.1301 - Delinquent Taxes of County Boards of Education

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Upon collection of delinquent taxes levied by or on behalf
					 of an abolished county board of education, the county in which the abolished
					 county board of education operated must apply the delinquent taxes to the bonds
					 levied by or on behalf of the abolished county board of
					 education.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 62 - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REVENUE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT › Section 62.1001 - Authority of Trustees; Duration of Agreements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Trustees of independent school districts
				may not authorize any exclusive franchises on the right to negotiate on behalf
				of the district.
(b) Consolidations
				under the Texas Education Code, Chapter 49, Subchapter B; detachments and
				annexations under Subchapter C; and tax base consolidations under Subchapter F
				are permanent in duration and districts may not enter into agreements that
				purport to limit the duration of the agreement. Nor may the parties create by
				agreement any right to cancel the agreement.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 62 - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REVENUE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT › Section 62.1011 - Election Duties of Board of Trustees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
For the purposes of an election ordered under the Texas
				  Education Code, Chapter 49, the board of trustees that orders the election
				  shall perform any applicable duty assigned to the county judge or to the county
				  commissioners court under the Texas Education Code, Chapter
				  13.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 62 - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REVENUE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT › Section 62.1031 - Date of Agreement for Purposes of Determining Election Date

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
For the purposes of the Texas Education Code, §49.012,
				  the date of an agreement entered by the board of trustees of a school district
				  under the Texas Education Code, Chapter 49, Subchapter E or F, is the date that
				  the agreement is certified by the commissioner of education.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 62 - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REVENUE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT › Section 62.1051 - Definition of Parcel Detached and Annexed by Commissioner

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
For the purposes of implementing the Texas Education Code,
				  Chapter 49, Subchapter G, a parcel shall be defined as one or more separately
				  described items of real property, together with the improvements and personal
				  property located on the property, that have the same taxable situs or that
				  are:
(1) contiguous to each
				other;
(2) used as a unit or
				subject to the same predominant use; and
(3) located within the boundaries of a single
				school district.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 62 - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REVENUE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT › Section 62.1072 - Options and Procedures for Local Revenue in Excess of Entitlement, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 School Years

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				For the 2023-2024 school year, the processes and procedures that the Texas
				Education Agency (TEA) will use in the administration of the provisions of the
				Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 49, and the fiscal, procedural, and
				administrative requirements that school districts subject to the TEC, Chapter
				49, must meet are described in the official TEA publication
Options and
				Procedures for Districts with Local Revenue in Excess of Entitlement 2023-2024
				School Year,
provided in this subsection.
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(b) For
				the 2024-2025 school year, the processes and procedures that the TEA will use
				in the administration of the provisions of the TEC, Chapter 49, and the fiscal,
				procedural, and administrative requirements that school districts subject to
				the TEC, Chapter 49, must meet are described in the official TEA publication
Options and Procedures for Districts with Local Revenue in Excess of
				Entitlement 2024-2025 School Year,
provided in this subsection.
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(c) The
				specific processes, procedures, and requirements used in the manuals for
				districts with local revenue in excess of entitlement are established
				biennially by the commissioner of education and communicated to all school
				districts.
(d) School district
				actions and inactions in previous school years and data from those school years
				will continue to be subject to the annual manual for districts with local
				revenue in excess of entitlement with respect to those years.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 66 - STATE ADOPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 66.4 - Requirement for Registers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A register
				  shall be kept by the commissioner of education and appropriate staff of the
				  Texas Education Agency (TEA) to record all personal contacts with publishers,
				  their representatives, agents, authors, consultants, editors, depositories, or
				  any other person who has received or expects to receive any money, thing of
				  value, or financial benefit for an appearance; or contact regarding any
				  instructional materials submitted and being considered for State Board of
				  Education (SBOE) approval.
(b)
				  Publishers shall file with the commissioner of education, on or before a date
				  specified in the schedule of adoption procedures in each proclamation, a
				  register indicating all visits, meetings, or contacts with SBOE members,
				  including the date, time, location, and purpose of the communication.