Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 8.005. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. A regional education service center and its employees are subject to or exempt from taxation in the same manner as a school district and school district employees. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 1997.

Sec. 8.006. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. An employee or volunteer of a regional education service center is immune from liability to the same extent as an employee or volunteer of a school district. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 1997.

Sec. 8.007. TRANSFERABILITY OF LEAVE. (a) A regional education service center shall accept personal leave accrued by a center employee as sick leave under state law by an employee who was formerly employed by the state. (b) A school district or the state shall accept the sick lea…

Sec. 8.008. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. A regional education service center and each center employee is subject to Chapter 556, Government Code, and for purposes of that chapter: (1) the center is considered to be a state agency; and (2) each c…

Sec. 8.009. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) A member of the board of directors and the executive director of a regional education service center are each considered to be a local public official for purposes of Chapter 171, Local Government Cod…

Sec. 8.011. NEPOTISM PROHIBITION. For purposes of all employees of each regional education service center, the executive director and each member of the board of directors are public officials subject to Chapter 573, Government Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1244 …

Sec. 8.012. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT GUIDE. The agency shall comply with the comptroller's contract management guide developed under Section 2262.051, Government Code, in each contract between the agency and a regional education service center established under this chapter. Added by …

Sec. 8.051. CORE SERVICES AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE. (a) Each regional education service center shall use funds distributed to the center under Section 8.121 to develop, maintain, and deliver services identified under this section to improve student and school district …

Sec. 8.052. STATE INITIATIVES. As directed by the commissioner, each regional education service center shall, as necessary, use funds distributed under Section 8.123 to implement initiatives identified by the legislature. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. May…

Sec. 8.053. ADDITIONAL SERVICES. In addition to the services provided under Section 8.051 and the initiatives implemented under Section 8.052, a regional education service center may: (1) offer any service requested and purchased by any school district or campus in the state; and…

Sec. 8.0531. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY A COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter or Section 8.001(c), instructional lessons developed as part of a curriculum management system by a regional education s…

Sec. 8.054. PROHIBITION ON REGULATORY FUNCTION. A regional education service center may not perform a regulatory function regarding a school district. This section does not prohibit a regional education service center from offering training or other assistance to a school distric…

Sec. 8.055. REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER PROPERTY. (a) Each regional education service center may purchase or lease property or acquire property through lease-purchase and may incur debts for that purpose. Any transaction under this subsection is subject to the approval of t…

Sec. 8.056. LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN SERVICES. A regional education service center that acts as a fiscal agent or broker in connection with an agreement between two school districts under Subchapter E, Chapter 49, may not, unless authorized in writing by the distric…

Sec. 8.057. ASSISTANCE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. The agency may require a regional education service center to assist in collecting information needed for a criminal history record information review under Subchapter C, Chapter 22. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R…

Sec. 8.058. CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE TRAINING. A regional education service center may offer to teachers employed by school districts the training required to be awarded a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 142 (H.B. 4), Sec.…

Sec. 8.061. DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST. Each regional education service center shall employ as a dyslexia specialist a person licensed as a dyslexia therapist under Chapter 403, Occupations Code, to provide school districts served by the center with support and resources that are necess…

Sec. 8.064. SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORT. (a) A regional education service center shall act as a school safety resource, using materials and resources developed by the Texas School Safety Center or the agency in accordance with Chapter 37, for school districts and open-enrollment charte…

Sec. 8.101. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND INDICATORS. The commissioner shall establish performance standards and indicators for regional education service centers that measure the achievement of the objectives in Section 8.002. Performance standards and indicators must include the fo…

Sec. 8.102. DATA REPORTING. Each regional education service center shall report audited or budgeted financial information and any other information requested by the commissioner for use in assessing the performance of the center. The commissioner shall develop a uniform system fo…

Sec. 8.103. ANNUAL EVALUATION. (a) The commissioner shall conduct an annual evaluation of each executive director and regional education service center. Each evaluation must include: (1) an audit of the center's finances; (2) a review of the center's performance on the indicators…

Sec. 8.104. SANCTIONS. The commissioner shall develop a system of corrective actions to require of a regional education service center that the commissioner determines to be deficient in an accountability measure under Section 8.103. The actions must include, in increasing order …

Sec. 8.121. FUNDING FOR CORE SERVICES AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE. (a) Regional education service centers receive state financial support for services provided under Section 8.051 from money appropriated for the Foundation School Program. The commissioner shall distribute…

Sec. 8.122. INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR DISTRICT EFFICIENCIES. (a) The legislature may appropriate money from the foundation school fund to establish an incentive fund to encourage efficiency in the provision of services by the system of regional education service centers. (b) The comm…

Sec. 8.123. FUNDING FOR STATE INITIATIVES. (a) The legislature may appropriate money from the foundation school fund or other sources to implement initiatives identified by the legislature. (b) The commissioner may adopt rules governing: (1) the strategies, programs, projects, an…

Sec. 8.124. INNOVATIVE AND EMERGENCY GRANTS. (a) The legislature may appropriate money from the foundation school fund or other sources for grants to regional education service centers. Money appropriated under this section shall be distributed to regional education service cente…

Sec. 8.125. CONTRACTS FOR GRANTS. Each regional education service center board of directors, under rules adopted by the commissioner, may enter into a contract for a grant from a public or private organization and may spend grant funds in accordance with the terms of the contract…

Sec. 8.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Local mental health authority" and "non-physician mental health professional" have the meanings assigned by Section 571.003…

Sec. 8.152. EMPLOYMENT OF NON-PHYSICIAN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE RESOURCE. (a) A local mental health authority shall employ a non-physician mental health professional to serve as a mental health and substance use resource for school districts …

Sec. 8.153. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. (a) A local mental health authority that employs a non-physician mental health professional under Section 8.152 and the regional education service center shall collaborate in carrying out this subchapter. (b) Eac…

Sec. 8.154. SUPERVISION OF NON-PHYSICIAN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. A local mental health authority that employs a non-physician mental health professional under Section 8.152 shall: (1) supervise the professional in carrying out the professional's duties under Section 8.155; an…

Sec. 8.155. DUTIES OF NON-PHYSICIAN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. (a) A non-physician mental health professional employed under Section 8.152 shall, to the greatest extent possible, work collaboratively with the regional education service center and shall act as a resource for the …

Sec. 8.156. PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT REQUIRED. This subchapter does not require a school district to participate in training provided by a non-physician mental health professional or otherwise use the professional as a resource. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch…

Sec. 8.157. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING. A state agency to which money is appropriated to carry out this subchapter shall ensure that the money is distributed equally among the local mental health authorities that employ and supervise non-physician mental health professionals under t…

Sec. 8.158. REPORT. (a) Before the last business day of each calendar year, each local mental health authority that employs and supervises a non-physician mental health professional under this subchapter shall prepare and submit a report to the Health and Human Services Commissio…