Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 43.013. JURISDICTION. The district courts of Travis County have jurisdiction of any suit on bonds or obligations belonging to the permanent school fund, or purchased therewith, concurrent with that of any other court having jurisdiction in the case. Added by Acts 1995, 74th …

Sec. 43.014. DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER. (a) On or before July 1 of each year, the comptroller shall estimate the amount of the available school fund receivable from every source during the following school year and report the estimate to the State Board of Education. (b) On or before…

Sec. 43.015. DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER. (a) Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each regular session of the legislature and not later than the 10th day before the first day of any special session at which there can be legislation respecting the public schools, the com…

Sec. 43.016. USE OF AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND. All available school funds shall be appropriated in each county for the education of its children. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 43.017. USE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AS AGENTS FOR COLLECTION OF INCOME FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND INVESTMENTS. (a) The State Board of Education may contract with one or more commercial banks to receive payments of dividends and interest on securities in which the state permanent…

Sec. 43.018. PARTICIPATION IN FULLY SECURED SECURITIES LOAN PROGRAMS. (a) The State Board of Education may contract with a commercial bank to serve both as a custodian of securities in which the state permanent school funds are invested and to lend those securities, under the con…

Sec. 43.019. ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EXCHANGES. The State Board of Education may account for the exchange of permanent school fund securities in a closely related sale and purchase transaction in a manner in which the gain or loss on the sale is deferred as an adjustment …

Sec. 43.020. TREATMENT OF ACCRUED INCOME. All interest and dividends accruing from the investments of the permanent school fund shall be deposited to the credit of the available school fund in accordance with the accrual basis of accounting. Funds recognized under this section ar…

Sec. 43.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of the corporation. (2) "Chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the corporation employed under Section 43.054. (3) "Corporation" means the Texas Permanent Sc…

Sec. 43.052. CREATION OF CORPORATION. (a) The State Board of Education may incorporate the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation and delegate to the corporation the board's authority to manage and invest: (1) the permanent school fund under Section 43.003; and (2) the charter d…

Sec. 43.053. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; MEETINGS. (a) The board of directors is composed of the following nine members: (1) five members of the State Board of Education, appointed by the board in accordance with board policy; (2) the commissioner of the General Land Office; (3) one memb…

Sec. 43.054. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. (a) The corporation shall employ a chief executive officer to manage and carry out the policies of the corporation. The board of directors shall determine the process for hiring the chief executive officer. (b) The chief executive officer ser…

Sec. 43.055. EMPLOYEES. (a) The chief executive officer is responsible for hiring all employees of the corporation. (b) Employees of the corporation serve at the will of the chief executive officer. (c) The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall d…

Sec. 43.056. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. (a) The corporation, the board of directors, and the officers and employees of the corporation are entitled to sovereign immunity to the same extent as any other state agency or officer or employee of a state agency. (b) No action taken by the cor…

Sec. 43.057. LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. (a) The corporation may purchase or otherwise acquire insurance to protect members of the board of directors and employees of the corporation, subject to Subsection (c). (b) Insurance purchased or acquired by the c…

Sec. 43.058. ETHICS POLICY; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) The board of directors shall adopt an ethics policy that provides standards of conduct relating to the management and investment of the permanent school fund in accordance with Section 43.0031(a). The ethics policy must inclu…

Sec. 43.059. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by and to the extent consistent with this subchapter, Title 1, Business Organizations Code, and Chapter 22, Business Organizations Code, apply to the corporation. (b) Subject to Section 43.060, the corpo…

Sec. 43.060. EXCEPTION TO OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONSULTATIONS CONCERNING INVESTMENTS. (a) In this section, "private investment fund," "reinvestment," and "restricted securities" have the meanings assigned by Section 552.143, Government Code. (b) The board of direc…

Sec. 43.061. RECORD RETENTION. (a) Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, does not apply to the corporation. (b) The corporation may establish record retention policies for the corporation. In establishing the policies under this section, the corporation may consider relevan…

Sec. 43.062. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED RESOURCES. (a) Chapters 2054 and 2055, Government Code, do not apply to the corporation or to any state agency with respect to a contract entered into between the agency and the corporation for information technology or associate…

Sec. 43.063. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF CORPORATION. (a) The corporation may amend the articles of incorporation adopted by the State Board of Education when the corporation was established, subject to board approval. (b) The corporation may adopt and amend: (1) subject to Stat…

Sec. 43.064. CONTRACTING FOR FACILITIES AND NECESSARY SUPPORT. The corporation may contract with a state agency or another entity to provide operational support, facilities, information and data technology, staff, or other support for the corporation. The corporation may but is n…

Sec. 43.065. WRITTEN INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. In accordance with Section 43.004, the board of directors shall: (1) develop written investment objectives concerning the investment of the permanent school fund; and (2) employ a well-recognized performance meas…

Sec. 43.066. DISTRIBUTIONS BY CORPORATION FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND TO AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND. (a) The corporation may distribute from the permanent school fund to the available school fund under Section 5(g), Article VII, Texas Constitution, an amount not to exceed the limitatio…

Sec. 43.067. BOND GUARANTEE PROGRAM. The corporation, the State Board of Education, and the agency shall coordinate to determine the corporation's role in the operation and management of the permanent school fund in connection with the bond guarantee program under Subchapter C, C…

Sec. 43.068. ANNUAL AUDIT. (a) Not less than once each year, the board of directors shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board an audit report regarding the operations of the corporation. (b) The corporation may contract with a certified public accountant or the state auditor t…

Sec. 43.069. ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT. The corporation shall annually submit to the State Board of Education and the General Land Office a report on the allocation of assets and investment performance of the portion of the permanent school fund for which the corporation is respon…

Sec. 43.070. REPORT ON ANTICIPATED TRANSFER TO AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND. Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the corporation shall submit to the legislature, comptroller, State Board of Education, and Legislative Budget Board a report that in detail specifically st…

Sec. 43.071. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The corporation may accept, and establish a nonprofit corporation or other entity for the purpose of accepting, a gift, grant, donation, or bequest of money, securities, property, or any other assets from any public or private source for…

Sec. 44.001. FISCAL GUIDELINES. (a) The commissioner shall establish advisory guidelines relating to the fiscal management of a school district. (b) The commissioner shall report annually to the State Board of Education the status of school district fiscal management as reflected…

Sec. 44.0011. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of a school district begins on July 1 or September 1 of each year, as determined by the board of trustees of the district. The commissioner may adopt rules concerning the submission of information by a district under Chapter 39, 39A, or …

Sec. 44.002. PREPARATION OF BUDGET. (a) On or before a date set by the State Board of Education, the superintendent shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a proposed budget covering all estimated revenue and proposed expenditures of the district for the following fiscal year. (b…

Sec. 44.003. RECORDS AND REPORTS. The superintendent shall ensure that records are kept and that copies of all budgets, all forms, and all other reports are filed on behalf of the school district at the proper times and in the proper offices as required by this code. Added by Act…

Sec. 44.004. NOTICE OF BUDGET AND TAX RATE MEETING; BUDGET ADOPTION. (a) When the budget has been prepared under Section 44.002, the president shall call a meeting of the board of trustees for the purpose of adopting a budget for the succeeding fiscal year. (b) The president shal…

Sec. 44.0041. PUBLICATION OF SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUDGET. (a) Concurrently with the publication of notice of the budget under Section 44.004, a school district shall post a summary of the proposed budget: (1) on the school district's Internet website; or (2) if the district has no…

Sec. 44.005. FILING OF ADOPTED BUDGET. On or before a date set by the State Board of Education, the budget must be filed with the agency according to the rules established by the State Board of Education. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 44.0051. POSTING OF ADOPTED BUDGET. (a) On final approval of the budget by the board of trustees, the school district shall post on the district's Internet website a copy of the budget adopted by the board of trustees. The district's Internet website must prominently display…

Sec. 44.006. EFFECT OF ADOPTED BUDGET; AMENDMENTS. (a) Public funds of the school district may not be spent in any manner other than as provided for in the budget adopted by the board of trustees, but the board may amend a budget or adopt a supplementary emergency budget to cover…

Sec. 44.007. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; REPORT. (a) A standard school fiscal accounting system must be adopted and installed by the board of trustees of each school district. The accounting system must conform with generally accepted accounting principles. (b) The accounting system must …

Sec. 44.0071. COMPUTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES RATIO AND INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES RATIO. (a) Each fiscal year, a school district shall compute and report to the commissioner: (1) the percentage of the district's total expenditures for the preceding fiscal year that were u…

Sec. 44.008. ANNUAL AUDIT; REPORT. (a) The board of school trustees of each school district shall have its school district fiscal accounts audited annually at district expense by a certified or public accountant holding a permit from the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. T…

Sec. 44.009. FINANCIAL REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER OR AGENCY; FORMS. (a) All financial reports made by or for school districts or by their officers, agents, or employees, to the commissioner or to the agency, shall be made on forms prescribed by the agency, subject to review and comm…

Sec. 44.010. REVIEW BY AGENCY. The budgets, fiscal reports, and audit reports filed with the agency shall be reviewed and analyzed by the staff of the agency to determine whether all legal requirements have been met and to collect fiscal data needed in preparing school fiscal rep…

Sec. 44.011. FINANCIAL EXIGENCY. (a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district. The declaration expires at the end of the fiscal year during which the declaration is made unless the board adopts a resolution …

Sec. 44.031. PURCHASING CONTRACTS. (a) Except as provided by this subchapter, all school district contracts for the purchase of goods and services, except contracts for the purchase of produce or vehicle fuel, valued at $100,000 or more in the aggregate for each 12-month period s…

Sec. 44.0311. APPLICABILITY TO JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), this subchapter applies to junior college districts. (b) For purposes of this subchapter, "board of trustees" includes the governing board of a junior college district. (c) This sub…