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Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 26 - PROGRAMS OF STUDY › Subchapter P - TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS PROGRAMS OF STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE › Section 26.405 - Meetings

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The Committee shall meet as necessary. Special meetings may
					 be called as deemed appropriate by the presiding officer. Meetings shall be
					 open to the public and broadcast via the web, unless prevented by technical
					 difficulties, and minutes shall be available to the public after they have been
					 prepared by the Board staff and reviewed by members of the
					 Committee.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 26 - PROGRAMS OF STUDY › Subchapter P - TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS PROGRAMS OF STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE › Section 26.406 - Tasks Assigned to the Committee

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Tasks assigned to the Committee include:
(1) Advise the Board regarding the
				  Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Programs of Study
				  Curricula;
(2) Provide Board staff
				  with feedback about processes and procedures related to the Transportation,
				  Distribution, and Logistics Programs of Study Curricula; and
(3) Any other issues related to the
				  Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Programs of Study Curricula as
				  determined by the Board.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 26 - PROGRAMS OF STUDY › Subchapter P - TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND LOGISTICS PROGRAMS OF STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE › Section 26.407 - Report to the Board; Evaluation of Committee Costs and Effectiveness

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The Committee shall report recommendations to the Board.
					 The Committee shall also report Committee activities to the Board to allow the
					 Board to properly evaluate the Committee work, usefulness, and the costs
					 related to the Committee existence. The Board shall report its evaluation to
					 the Legislative Budget Board in its biennial Legislative Appropriations
					 Request.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter A - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 30.1 - Petition for Adoption of Rule Changes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any interested person as defined in Texas
				  Government Code (TGC), §2001.021(d), may petition for the adoption,
				  amendment, or repeal of a rule of the State Board of Education (SBOE) by filing
				  a petition on the form provided in this subsection. The petition shall be
				  signed and submitted to the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The TEA staff
				  responsible for the area with which the rule is concerned shall evaluate the
				  merits of the petition to determine whether to recommend that rulemaking
				  proceedings be initiated or that the petition be denied.
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(b) In
				  accordance with TGC, §2001.021, the TEA staff must respond to the
				  petitioner within 60 calendar days of receipt of the petition.
(1) Where possible, the TEA staff
				  recommendation concerning the petition shall be placed on the next SBOE agenda,
				  and the SBOE shall act on the petition within 60 calendar days.
(2) Where the time required to review the
				  petition or the scheduling of SBOE meetings will not permit the SBOE to act on
				  the petition within the required 60 calendar days, the TEA staff shall respond
				  to the petitioner within the required 60 calendar days, notifying the
				  petitioner of the date of the SBOE meeting at which the TEA staff
				  recommendation will be presented to the SBOE for action.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter B - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS › Section 30.21 - Type and Number of Applications

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  following two types of applications are permitted under the TxCDBG Program:
(1) Single-jurisdiction applications. A
				  community may submit only one application on its own behalf per TxCDBG fund if
				  the project beneficiaries are limited to persons located within the community's
				  jurisdiction.
(A) An eligible community may
				  not submit an application for a project that would primarily benefit another
				  community that does not meet TxCDBG application threshold requirements.
(B) Under certain situations,
				  which are described in a fund category's application guide, an eligible city
				  may submit a single-jurisdiction application that benefits persons residing
				  inside its extraterritorial jurisdiction, and a county may submit a
				  single-jurisdiction application on behalf of an incorporated city.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter B - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS › Section 30.22 - Application Costs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Costs for preparing and submitting an application to the
					 department are not reimbursable with TxCDBG funds.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 30.1001 - Petition for Adoption of Rule Changes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any interested person as defined in Texas
				  Government Code (TGC), §2001.021(d), may petition for the adoption,
				  amendment, or repeal of a rule of the commissioner of education or the Texas
				  Education Agency (TEA) by filing a petition on the form provided in this
				  subsection. The petition shall be signed and submitted to TEA .
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(b) The TEA staff
				  responsible for the area with which the rule is concerned shall evaluate the
				  merits of the petition to determine whether to recommend to the commissioner of
				  education that rulemaking proceedings be initiated or that the petition be
				  denied.
(c) In accordance with TGC
				  , §2001.021, the TEA staff must respond to the petitioner within 60
				  calendar days of receipt of the petition. The response shall:
(1) advise that rulemaking proceedings will
				  be initiated; or
(2) deny the
				  petition, giving reasons for the denial.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION: PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS › Section 30.2001 - Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In accordance with the Texas Government Code, §
										2161.003, the Texas
					 Education Agency (TEA) adopts by reference the rules of the Texas Building and
					 Procurement Commission (TBPC), found at Title 1 Texas Administrative Code,
					 §§ 111.11-
					 111.28,
					 concerning the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program. For purposes
					 of implementing the TBPC rules at the TEA, references to the state agency or
					 agency shall be considered to be a reference to the TEA.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION: PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS › Section 30.2002 - Procedures for Protests, Dispute Resolution, and Appeals Relating to Purchasing and Contract Issues

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any actual or
				  prospective bidder, offeror, or contractor who is aggrieved in connection with
				  the solicitation, evaluation, or award of a contract under the jurisdiction of
				  the Texas Education Agency (TEA) may formally protest to the director of the
				  TEA division responsible for purchasing and contracts. Such protests must be in
				  writing and received in the purchasing and contracts director's office within
				  ten working days after such aggrieved person knows, or reasonably should have
				  known, of the occurrence of the action which is protested, unless the director
				  finds that good cause for delay is shown or determines that a protest or appeal
				  raises issues significant to the TEA's procurement practices or
				  procedures.
(b) Formal protests
				  must conform to the requirements of this subsection and subsection (d) of this
				  section, and shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure set forth in
				  subsections (e) and (f) of this section. Copies of the protest must be mailed
				  or delivered by the protesting party to the TEA and to the other interested
				  parties. For the purposes of this section, "interested parties" means all
				  respondents who have submitted bids, proposals, or offers for the contract
				  involved. Names and addresses of all interested parties may be obtained by
				  sending a written request for this information to the purchasing and contracts
				  director.
(c) In the event of a
				  timely protest or appeal under this section, the TEA shall not proceed further
				  with the solicitation or with the award of the contract unless the commissioner
				  of education or the commissioner's designee, in consultation with the
				  purchasing and contracts director, makes a written determination that the
				  expeditious award of contract is necessary to protect substantial interest of
				  the state. A copy of this determination shall be mailed to the protesting
				  party.
(d) A formal protest
				  petition must be sworn and must contain:
(1) a
				  specific identification of the statutory or regulatory provision(s) that the
				  action complained of is alleged to have violated;
(2) a specific description of each act
				  alleged to have violated the statutory or regulatory provision(s) identified in
				  paragraph (1) of this subsection;
(3) a precise statement of the relevant
				  facts;
(4) an identification of the
				  issue or issues to be resolved;
(5)
				  argument and authorities in support of the protest; and
(6) a statement that copies of the protest
				  have been mailed or delivered to the TEA and other identifiable interested
				  parties.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 30 - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION: PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS › Section 30.2003 - Auditing and Monitoring Performance for All Contracts, Including Assessment Instruments

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Auditing
				  contracts.
(1) Texas Education Agency (TEA)
				  staff will randomly perform desk reviews or billing reviews throughout the term
				  of any contract awarded by the TEA.
(2) TEA staff shall be granted access to any
				  online tools installed or in use for monitoring and reporting service levels
				  related to the contracted work for the agency's assessment program. If
				  monitoring tools do not exist, TEA shall place monitoring tools on the
				  production servers and components supporting those systems related to the
				  deliverables for the assessment program.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter A - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES › Section 33.2 - Distributions to the Available School Fund

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Each year, the State Board of Education (SBOE) shall
					 determine whether a distribution to the Available School Fund (ASF) shall be
					 made for the current state fiscal year. The SBOE shall determine whether such
					 distribution is permitted under the Texas Constitution, Article VII,
					 §5(a)(2). The annual determination for the current fiscal year shall
					 include a projection of the expected total return of the Permanent School Fund
					 (PSF) at the end of the current fiscal year and the realized returns during the
					 nine preceding state fiscal years. Any one-year distribution to the ASF shall
					 not exceed 6.0% of the average market value of the PSF, excluding real property
					 managed, sold, or acquired under the Texas Constitution, Article VII, §4,
					 as determined under the Texas Constitution, Article VII, §5(a)(1). When
					 adopting the rate of distribution, the SBOE shall strive to balance the needs
					 of current and future generations of Texas school children by attempting to
					 maintain consistent levels of distributions per student and assets per student,
					 after adjusting for inflation.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter A - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES › Section 33.3 - Duties and Responsibilities of the State Board of Education Related to the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The Texas
				  Constitution, Article VII, §§1-8, establish the Available School
				  Fund, the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF), and the State Board of Education
				  (SBOE) and specify the standard of care SBOE members must exercise in managing
				  PSF assets. In addition, the constitution directs the legislature to establish
				  suitable provisions for supporting and maintaining an efficient public free
				  school system, defines the composition of the PSF and the Available School
				  Fund, and requires the SBOE to set aside sufficient funds to provide free
				  instructional materials for the use of children attending the public free
				  schools of this state. The members of the SBOE serve as fiduciaries of the
				  PSF.
(b) Pursuant to Texas
				  Education Code, Chapter 43, Subchapter B, the SBOE delegated the authority to
				  manage and invest the PSF to the Texas PSF Corporation, a special-purpose
				  governmental corporation that is an instrumentality of the state of Texas with
				  all necessary and implied powers to accomplish its purpose. The SBOE has the
				  following duties and responsibilities with respect to the Texas PSF
				  Corporation:
(1) establish by rule the terms
				  of the five members of the SBOE appointed to the Texas PSF Corporation Board of
				  Directors;
(2) adopt the
				  certificate of formation for the Texas PSF Corporation;
(3) approve the adoption and amendment of the
				  Texas PSF Corporation bylaws; and
(4) act as the sole member of the Texas PSF
				  Corporation.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter A - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES › Section 33.6 - Bond Guarantee Program for School Districts

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Statutory
				  provision. The commissioner of education must administer the guarantee program
				  for school district bonds according to the provisions of Texas Education Code
				  (TEC), Chapter 45, Subchapter C.
(b) Definitions. The following definitions
				  apply to the guarantee program for school district bonds.
(1) Annual debt service--payments of
				  principal and interest on outstanding bonded debt scheduled to occur between
				  September 1 and August 31 during the fiscal year in which the guarantee is
				  sought as reported by the Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) of Texas or its
				  successor, if the district has outstanding bonded indebtedness.
(A) The annual debt service will be
				  determined by the current report of the bonded indebtedness of the district as
				  reported by the MAC of Texas or its successor as of the date of the application
				  deadline.
(B) The annual debt
				  service does not include:
(i) the amount of
				  debt service to be paid on the bonds for which the reservation is sought;
				  or
(ii) the amount of debt service
				  attributable to any debt that is no longer outstanding at the application
				  deadline, provided that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has sufficient
				  evidence of the discharge or defeasance of such debt.
(C) Solely for the purpose of this
				  calculation, the debt service amounts for variable rate bonds will be those
				  that are published in the final official statement, or if there is no official
				  statement, debt service amounts based on the maximum rate permitted by the bond
				  order or other bond proceeding that establishes a maximum interest rate for the
				  bonds.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter A - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES › Section 33.21 - Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Terms of directors. Any State Board of Education (SBOE)
					 member who is appointed to the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) Corporation
					 board of directors pursuant to SBOE policy under Texas Education Code, §
										43.053(a)(1),
					 shall cease to be a Texas PSF Corporation director upon the expiration of his
					 or her term of service on or upon other separation from the SBOE Committee on
					 School Finance/Permanent School Fund in accordance with the SBOE's rules and
					 policies.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES › Section 53.1001 - Board of Directors

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Term of
				  office.
(1) A member of a regional education
				  service center (RESC) board of directors shall be elected for a three-year
				  term. The term of office shall begin June 1.
(2) If a vacancy occurs due to death or
				  resignation of a member of an RESC board of directors, a 30-day period shall
				  elapse, after notice has been given to the board chair, before the vacancy is
				  filled.
(3) At the beginning of the
				  30-day period, notice of any vacancy shall be given to the president of the
				  board of trustees and the superintendent of each school district in the
				  education service center region and shall be posted in appropriate
				  locations.
(4) A vacancy for the
				  unexpired term of a member of an RESC board of directors shall be filled by
				  appointment by the remaining board members.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES › Section 53.1002 - Charter School Representation on Board of Directors

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Charter school member. Notwithstanding
				  the provisions of §
										53.1001 of
				  this title (relating to Board of Directors), where a regional education service
				  center (RESC) has at least one open-enrollment charter school, as defined by
				  §
										100.1011(3)
				  of this title (relating to Definitions), approved to operate within its
				  boundaries on or after June 1, the commissioner of education shall appoint a
				  representative of the open-enrollment charter schools in the region to serve as
				  a non-voting member of the board of directors of that RESC as provided by this
				  section.
(b) Term of office.
(1) A charter school member of an RESC board
				  of directors shall be appointed for a one-year term. The term of office shall
				  begin June 1, and may be extended for up to three years by the
				  commissioner.
(2) If a vacancy
				  occurs due to death or resignation of a charter school member of an RESC board
				  of directors, a 30-day period shall elapse, after notice has been given to the
				  board chair, before the vacancy is filled.
(3) At the beginning of the 30-day period,
				  notice of any vacancy shall be given to the president of the governing body and
				  the chief executive officer of each open-enrollment charter school in the
				  education service center region and shall be posted in appropriate
				  locations.
(4) A vacancy for the
				  unexpired term of a charter school member of an RESC board of directors shall
				  be filled by appointment by the commissioner of education.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES › Section 53.1010 - Application of Disclosure of Interested Parties

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Regional education service centers
				  (RESCs) shall operate in accordance with Texas Government Code, §
										2252.908,
				  when contracting with a business entity as defined by Texas Government Code,
				  §
										2252.908,
				  and any appropriate rules.
(b)
				  RESCs shall operate as exempt from the application of Texas Government Code,
				  §
										2252.908(d),
				  when contracting with the Texas Education Agency or other governmental
				  entities, including school districts.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 33 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES › Section 53.1021 - Regional Education Service Center Performance Standards and Indicators

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In accordance with the Texas Education
				  Code, §
										8.101,
				  the commissioner of education shall establish performance standards and
				  indicators for regional education service centers to be used in the annual
				  evaluation of each regional education service center and executive
				  director.
(b) The specific
				  performance standards and indicators by which the commissioner shall evaluate
				  each regional education service center and executive director are described in
				  the Regional Education Service Center Performance Standards and Indicators
				  Manual provided in this subsection.
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(c) The
				  specific criteria used in the Regional Education Service Center Performance
				  Standards and Indicators Manual are established by the commissioner and
				  communicated to all regional education service centers and executive
				  directors.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter A - BOARD OF TRUSTEES RELATIONSHIP › Section 61.1 - Continuing Education for School Board Members

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Under the Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §11.159, the State Board of Education (SBOE) shall adopt a framework for
				  governance leadership to be used in structuring continuing education for school
				  board members. The framework shall be posted to the Texas Education Agency
				  (TEA) website and shall be distributed annually by the president of each board
				  of trustees to all current board members and the superintendent.
(b) The continuing education required under
				  the TEC, §11.159, applies to each member of an independent school district
				  board of trustees.
(1) Each school board
				  member of an independent school district shall complete a local district
				  orientation.
(A) The purpose of the local
				  orientation is to familiarize new board members with local board policies and
				  procedures and district goals and priorities.
(B) A candidate for school board may complete
				  the training up to one year before he or she is elected or appointed. A newly
				  elected or appointed school board member who did not complete this training in
				  the year preceding his or her election or appointment must complete the
				  training within 120 calendar days after election or appointment.
(C) The orientation shall be at least three
				  hours in length.
(D) The
				  orientation shall address local district practices in the following, in
				  addition to topics chosen by the local district:
(i) curriculum and instruction;
(ii) business and finance
				  operations;
(iii) district
				  operations;
(iv) superintendent
				  evaluation; and
(v) board member
				  roles and responsibilities.
(E) Each board member should be made aware of
				  the continuing education requirements of this section and those of the
				  following:
(i) open meetings act in Texas
				  Government Code, §
													551.005;
(ii) public information act in Texas
				  Government Code, §
													552.012;
				  and
(iii) cybersecurity in Texas
				  Government Code, §
													2054.5191.
(F) The orientation shall be open
				  to any board member who chooses to attend.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter A - BOARD OF TRUSTEES RELATIONSHIP › Section 61.2 - Nomination of Trustees for Military Reservation School Districts and Boys Ranch Independent School District

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) In nominating trustee candidates for
				  military reservation school districts, the commanding officer of the military
				  reservation shall do the following:
(1)
				  submit a list to the commissioner of education with at least one nominee for
				  each vacancy. A majority of the trustees appointed to the school board must be
				  civilian, and all may be civilian. When two or more vacancies occur
				  simultaneously, a list of at least one nominee for each vacancy shall be
				  submitted. In cases when the commanding officer wishes to reappoint existing
				  board members, a list of at least one nominee for each vacancy must still be
				  submitted. Nominees not selected for existing vacancies may be resubmitted as
				  candidates for subsequent vacancies. The commanding officer may rank in the
				  order of preference the nominees submitted for each vacancy;
(2) submit a statement that verifies that
				  each of the nominees is qualified under the general school laws of Texas and
				  lives or is employed on the military reservation;
(3) submit a copy of a current biographical
				  vita (resume) for each nominee, with a signature by the nominee attesting truth
				  to the contents of the biographical vita;
(4) submit a statement from each nominee that
				  expresses the nominee's willingness to accept appointment and to serve in such
				  a capacity with full adherence to the state-established standards on the duties
				  and responsibilities of school board members;
(5) submit a signed statement that expresses
				  recognition of the powers of the board of trustees to govern and manage the
				  operations of the military reservation school districts;
(6) submit a signed statement regarding the
				  governance and management operations of the district that expresses recognition
				  that the role of the commanding officer of the military reservation is limited
				  only to the duty defined by statute in the process for appointing members of
				  the board of trustees; and
(7)
				  submit a statement that the membership composition of the entire board of
				  trustees is in full compliance with the provisions of the Texas Education Code
				  (TEC), §11.352.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter A - BOARD OF TRUSTEES RELATIONSHIP › Section 61.3 - School Safety Training for School Board Members

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The continuing education required under
				  Texas Education Code, §
										11.159(b-1),
				  applies to each member of an independent school district board of
				  trustees.
(b) Each member of an
				  independent school district board of trustees shall complete the training on
				  school safety adopted by the State Board of Education (SBOE).
(1) The purpose of the training is to provide
				  research-based information to trustees on ensuring a safe learning environment
				  conducive to improving student outcomes.
(2) A candidate for school board may complete
				  the training up to one year before he or she is elected or appointed. A newly
				  elected or appointed trustee who did not complete the training under this
				  section in the year preceding his or her election or appointment must complete
				  the training within 120 calendar days after election or appointment.
(3) The training requirement shall be
				  fulfilled by completing the online course adopted by the SBOE and made
				  available by the commissioner of education.
(4) The training shall be completed every two
				  years.
(5) Each school district
				  shall maintain verification of completion for each trustee.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter B - SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 61.101 - Applicability of State Law for Special Purpose School Districts

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section applies only to the special
				  purpose school districts operated by the University of Texas at Austin and
				  Texas Tech University.
(b) The
				  special purpose school districts operated by the University of Texas at Austin
				  and Texas Tech University are public schools of this state fulfilling the
				  mission of the Texas public education system to ensure that Texas students
				  receive a quality education that enables them to achieve their potential and
				  fully participate now and in the future in the social, economic, and
				  educational opportunities of our state and nation.
(c) Each special purpose school district
				  shall be governed by the board of regents of the parent university, which has
				  the authority and responsibilities of a school district board of trustees with
				  respect to the operation of the special purpose school district but has no
				  authority to levy a tax. The board of regents may delegate authority and
				  responsibilities.
(d) Each special
				  purpose school district shall have an advisory board consisting of at least
				  five members that, along with the superintendent, reports to the board of
				  regents regarding the operation of the district. The president of the
				  university may designate a person to report on the management, operations, and
				  accountability of the special purpose school district to the board of regents.
				  The following requirements apply to each special purpose school district.
(1) The advisory board shall hold public
				  meetings that comply with appropriate notice requirements for governmental
				  bodies.
(2) The president of the
				  university shall appoint the superintendent of the special purpose school
				  district.
(3) The university shall
				  submit nominees for approval by the State Board of Education (SBOE) to serve as
				  special purpose school district advisory board members. The superintendent may
				  not participate in the nomination process for the advisory board.
(4) The superintendent and advisory board
				  shall ensure information required to be made available to the public is made
				  available on the special purpose school district's website.
(5) The university shall develop an advisory
				  board training program that provides the relevant board training required under
				  Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.159, and shall submit to the SBOE the
				  training requirements by September 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter B - SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 61.111 - Applicability of State Law to Boys Ranch Independent School District

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section applies only to Boys Ranch
				  Independent School District.
(b)
				  Boys Ranch Independent School District, a special purpose school district
				  operated by Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, is a public school of this state
				  fulfilling the mission of the Texas public education system to ensure that
				  Texas students receive a quality education that enables them to achieve their
				  potential and fully participate now and in the future in the social, economic,
				  and educational opportunities of our state and nation.
(c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of
				  this section, the laws applicable to Texas public schools apply to Boys Ranch
				  Independent School District in accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §11.352(c).
(d) The following
				  sections of the TEC do not apply to Boys Ranch Independent School District:
(1) TEC, §
											25.0811,
				  related to the first day of instruction; and
(2) TEC, §
											25.0812,
				  related to the last day of school.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1000 - Maximum Compressed Tax Rate Calculation and Data Collection

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section, made pursuant to Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004, addresses calculations in
				  TEC, §
										48.2551.
(b) School districts' maximum compressed
				  maintenance and operations (M&O) tax rates, as determined by TEC, §
										48.2551 and §
				  48.2552, and relevant rules, shall be calculated using locally certified
				  property values and adjusted to estimate for exclusions under Texas Government
				  Code, §
										403.302(d).
(c) The Texas Education Agency (TEA) will
				  open a data collection from 12:01 a.m. on July 18 through 11:59 p.m. on August
				  1 for school districts. School districts must submit the following data:
(1) the chief appraiser's July 25 certified
				  taxable property values from the certified appraisal roll under Tax Code,
				  §
											26.01(a) or
				  (a-1), as applicable for the preceding tax
				  year;
(2) the chief appraiser's
				  July 25 certified taxable property values from the certified appraisal roll
				  under Tax Code, §
											26.01(a) or
				  (a-1), as applicable for the current tax
				  year;
(3) local exemption total
				  dollar amounts for the preceding tax year, including, but not limited to, the
				  following exemptions:
(A) Tax Code, Chapter
				  313, Texas Economic Development Act (expiring or new);
(B) local option General Residence
				  Homestead;
(C) local option Age 65
				  or Older or Disabled;
(D) local
				  option Historic or Archeological Sites; and
(E) local option Freeport;
(4) local exemption total dollar
				  amounts for the current tax year, including, but not limited to, the following
				  exemptions:
(A) Tax Code, Chapter 313, Texas
				  Economic Development Act (expiring or new);
(B) local option General Residence
				  Homestead;
(C) local option Age 65
				  or Older or Disabled;
(D) local
				  option Historic or Archeological Sites; and
(E) local option Freeport; and
(5) district contact
				  information.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1001 - Prior Year Maximum Compressed Tax Rate

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section, made pursuant to Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004, addresses calculations in
				  TEC, §
										48.2551.
(b) For purposes of determining a district's
				  maximum compressed tax rate (MCR) under TEC, §
										48.2551(b),
				  for the 2020-2021 school year, the value of the district's prior year MCR is
				  $0.93.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1002 - Maximum Compressed Tax Rate Limitations

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section, made pursuant to Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004, addresses calculations in
				  TEC, §
										48.2551 and §
										48.2552.
(b) For purposes of determining a district's
				  maximum compressed tax rate (MCR) for a given tax year under TEC, §§
										48.2551(b)(1)(B),
				  48.2551(c),
				  and
				  48.2552(b),
				  if the calculation of a school district's maximum compressed maintenance and
				  operations (M&O) tax rate for that year would result in an MCR less than
				  90% of the highest district's maximum compressed M&O tax rate, the
				  district's maximum compressed M&O tax rate is 90% of the highest maximum
				  compressed M&O tax rate for that 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 61.1003 - Career and Technology Education Allotment for P-TECH and New Tech Network Campuses

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This rule,
				  made pursuant to Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004,
				  addresses calculations in TEC, §
										48.106(a)(2)(B) and
				  (C).
(b) In place of funding under TEC, §
										48.106(a)(2)(B) and
				  (C), a district is entitled to $50 for each
				  student in average daily attendance enrolled in either of the following:
(1) a campus designated as a Pathways in
				  Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) school under TEC, §
											29.556; or
(2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech
				  Network and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based
				  education.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1004 - Special Education Funding for Open-Enrollment Charter Schools

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This rule, made pursuant to Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004, addresses calculations in
				  TEC, §§
										12.106,
				  48.051, and
				  48.102.
(b) An open-enrollment charter school shall
				  receive additional special education funding in an amount equal to the
				  difference, if that difference is greater than zero, between the total amount
				  of funding the open-enrollment charter school would have received for special
				  education purposes under former TEC, §
										42.151, as it existed
				  on January 1, 2019, and the amount of total funding received for special
				  education purposes under TEC, §
										48.102, for the
				  applicable school year referenced in TEC, §
										48.277(b)(1).
(c) An open-enrollment charter
				  school's entitlement under TEC, §
										48.051, shall be
				  reduced by an amount equivalent to the amount of the additional special
				  education funding provided under subsection (b) of this section. A reduction
				  under this section may not exceed the open-enrollment charter school's
				  entitlement under TEC, §
										48.051.
(d) This section has no application beginning
				  with the 2024-2025 school 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 61.1005 - Additional State Aid for Staff Salary Increases at Regional Education Service Centers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This rule,
				  made pursuant to Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.011 and §48.004,
				  addresses calculations in former TEC, §
										42.2513.
(b) A regional education service center is
				  entitled to $500 for each full-time and $250 for each part-time employee, other
				  than administrators or employees subject to the minimum salary schedule,
				  reported to Texas Education Agency through the Foundation School Program data
				  collection system for the 2018-2019 school 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 61.1006 - Foundation School Program Funding for Reimbursement of Disaster Remediation Costs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General provisions.
				  Subsections (a)-(m) of this section implement Texas Education Code (TEC),
				  §48.261 (Reimbursement for Disaster Remediation Costs). The commissioner
				  of education may provide disaster remediation cost reimbursement under
				  subsections (a)-(m) of this section only if funds are available for that
				  purpose from:
(1) amounts appropriated for
				  that purpose, including amounts appropriated for school districts or
				  open-enrollment charter schools for that purpose to the disaster contingency
				  fund established under Texas Government Code, §
											418.073;
				  or
(2) Foundation School Program
				  (FSP) funds available for that purpose based on a determination by the
				  commissioner that the amount appropriated for the FSP, including the facilities
				  component as provided by TEC, Chapter 46, exceeds the amount to which school
				  districts and open-enrollment charter schools are entitled under this
				  subchapter and TEC, Chapter 46.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1007 - Rules for the Definition of Tax Levy and Tax Collection

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General provisions. For the purpose of
				  determining state aid and excess local revenue under the Texas Education Code
				  (TEC), Chapter 46 and Chapter 48, calculations that include tax collections as
				  a data element shall reference subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Definitions. The following words and
				  terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the
				  context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Total
				  levy. The sum of the maintenance and operation and debt service levies
				  generated by applying a school district's adopted tax rates to its locally
				  assessed valuation of property for the current tax year.
(2) Tax collection.
(A) For school districts with a fiscal year
				  that begins on July 1, total taxes collected between July 1 and June 30 for the
				  current and all prior years' levies.
(B) For school districts with a fiscal year
				  that begins on September 1, total taxes collected between September 1 and
				  August 31 for the current and all prior years' levies.
(C) For a school district that has been
				  awarded a property value adjustment for a major taxpayer protest pursuant to
				  TEC, §
												48.267,
				  the district may petition the commissioner of education to attribute taxes that
				  had been withheld due to the protest of valuation to the year in which the
				  taxes were originally levied.
(3) Types of tax collections.
(A) Maintenance and operations taxes are
				  those taxes collected during the fiscal year that are associated with the levy
				  of local maintenance and operations tax rates, including current and delinquent
				  taxes and any delinquent taxes related to former county education districts,
				  but not including penalties and interest that accrue on delinquent maintenance
				  and operations tax levies or the tax credits authorized by the Texas Tax Code,
				  Chapter 313.
(B) Interest and
				  sinking fund taxes are those associated with the levy of local interest and
				  sinking fund taxes, not including penalties and interest that accrue on
				  delinquent interest and sinking funds tax levies.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1008 - School Safety Allotment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following definitions apply to the school safety allotment
				  (SSA) in accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.115.
(1) School district 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, state, or local funds or any combination of the three as its primary
				  support;
(C) provides instruction
				  in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, including prekindergarten
				  instruction;
(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, does not provide only virtual instruction, and does not
				  use only facilities not subject to the district's control.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1009 - Fast Growth Allotment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following definitions apply to the fast growth allotment in
				  accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.111.
(1) Fast growth district--A school district
				  with total enrollment growth, based on a prior six-year period, that exceeds
				  250.
(2) Enrollment--The number of
				  students reported by the school district in the fall submission to the Texas
				  Student Data System Public Education Information Management System (TSDS
				  PEIMS).
(3) Applicable school
				  year--The school year in which the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will deliver
				  the fast growth allotment to the district.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON SCHOOL FINANCE › Section 61.1010 - Additional State Aid for School Districts that Contract to Partner to Operate a District Campus

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General provisions.
				  This section implements Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.252 (School
				  District Entitlement for Certain Students), which provides for additional
				  funding for a school district that has entered into a contract to partner to
				  operate a district campus under TEC, §
										11.174;
				  a school district that has entered into a contract with a partner to jointly
				  operate a campus or campus program under TEC, §
										11.157(b);
				  or a school district that operates a resource campus as provided by TEC, §
				  29.934.
(b) Definitions. The
				  following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following
				  meanings.
(1) Contracted campus--A campus for
				  which the board of trustees of a school district has contracted to partner to
				  operate a campus under TEC, §
											11.174
				  or §
											11.157(b).
(2) Contracted campus program--A program on a
				  campus operated by a charter school under TEC, Chapter 12, Subchapter D, for
				  which the board of trustees of a school district has contracted to jointly
				  operate the program under TEC, §
											11.157(b).
(3) Resource campus--A campus designated by
				  the commissioner of education to operate as a campus under TEC, §
				  29.934.