Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 47.003. USES OF FUND. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, money in the fund may be appropriated only: (1) to pay the cost of tier one allotments under Chapter 48; or (2) for the purpose of reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax rates. Ad…

Sec. 47.004. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN MONEY DEDICATED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT AD VALOREM TAX RATE REDUCTION. (a) The comptroller shall deposit to the credit of the fund money that Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution, dedicates to the purpose of reducing school district maintenanc…

Sec. 47.005. CERTAIN MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND. (a) Of the money distributed to the available school fund each year under Section 5(g), Article VII, Texas Constitution, the amount that exceeds the first $300 million is considered part of the tax reduction and exc…

Sec. 47.006. DEPOSIT OF MONEY BASED ON CERTAIN SALES AND USE TAX COLLECTIONS. (a) The comptroller shall deposit to the credit of the fund on or before the fifth business day after the end of each month an amount of general revenue equal to the amount of state sales and use tax re…

Sec. 48.001. STATE POLICY. (a) It is the policy of this state that the provision of public education is a state responsibility and that a thorough and efficient system be provided and substantially financed through state revenue sources so that each student enrolled in the public…

Sec. 48.002. PURPOSES OF FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM. (a) The purposes of the Foundation School Program set forth in this chapter are to guarantee that each school district in the state has: (1) adequate resources to provide each eligible student a basic instructional program and f…

Sec. 48.003. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) A student is entitled to the benefits of the Foundation School Program if, on September 1 of the school year, the student: (1) is 5 years of age or older and under 21 years of age and: (A) has not graduated from high school; or (B) has gradua…

Sec. 48.0035. USE OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. A school district may use funding to which the district is entitled under this chapter to: (1) provide district graduates, during the first two years after high school graduation, advising support toward the successful completion…

Sec. 48.004. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM. The commissioner shall adopt rules and take action and require reports consistent with this chapter as necessary to implement and administer the Foundation School Program. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 199…

Sec. 48.005. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. (a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is: (1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of instruction; …

Sec. 48.0051. INCENTIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS. (a) The commissioner shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school: (1) provides t…

Sec. 48.0052. INCENTIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS FOR READING INTERVENTIONS. (a) The commissioner shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner provided by Subsection (b) if the district…

Sec. 48.006. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR DISTRICTS IN DISASTER AREA. (a) The commissioner may adjust the average daily attendance of a school district all or part of which is located in an area declared a disaster area by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, if the d…

Sec. 48.007. OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS APPROVED FOR PURPOSES OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. (a) The commissioner may, based on criteria developed by the commissioner, approve instructional programs provided off campus by an entity other than a school district or open-enrollment charter s…

Sec. 48.008. PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PEIMS). (a) Each school district shall participate in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and shall provide through that system information required for the administration of this chapter and of o…

Sec. 48.009. REQUIRED PEIMS REPORTING. (a) In this section: (1) "Chronically absent student" means a student who is absent from school for more than 10 percent of the school's required operation and instructional time within: (A) a school year; or (B) an enrollment period that ex…

Sec. 48.010. DETERMINATION OF FUNDING LEVELS. (a) Not later than July 1 of each year, the commissioner shall determine for each school district whether the estimated amount of state and local funding per student in weighted average daily attendance to be provided to the district …

Sec. 48.011. COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioner may, as necessary to implement changes made by the legislature to public school finance, including under this chapter or Chapter 45, 46, or 49, and school distr…

Sec. 48.014. NOTICE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS REGARDING RECOURSE FOR INVALID PROPERTY VALUES. (a) This section applies only to a school district located in an appraisal district in which the comptroller has certified the preliminary findings of the school district property value study…

Sec. 48.051. BASIC ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student in average daily attendance, not including the time students spend each day in career and technology education programs or in special education programs in a setting other than a general education setting, for which an additional…

Sec. 48.052. SPARSITY ADJUSTMENT. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48.051, a school district that has fewer than 130 students in average daily attendance shall be provided a basic allotment on the basis of 130 students in average daily attendance if it offers a kindergarten through gr…

Sec. 48.053. ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL-PURPOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to a special-purpose school district established under Section 11.351 that is operated by a general academic teaching institution, as that term is defined by Section 61.003. (b) A s…

Sec. 48.101. SMALL AND MID-SIZED DISTRICT ALLOTMENT. (a) Small and mid-sized districts are entitled to an annual allotment in accordance with this section. In this section: (1) "AA" is the district's annual allotment per student in average daily attendance; (2) "ADA" is the numbe…

Sec. 48.102. SPECIAL EDUCATION. (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and…

Sec. 48.1021. SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE GROUP ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district is entitled to an allotment in an amount set by the legislature in the General Appropriations Act for the service group f…

Sec. 48.1022. SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSITION FUNDING. (a) For the 2026-2027 school year, the commissioner may adjust weights or amounts provided under Section 48.102 or 48.1021 as necessary to ensure compliance with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support unde…

Sec. 48.103. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENT WITH DYSLEXIA OR RELATED DISORDER. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), for each student that a school district serves who has been identified as having dyslexia or a related disorder, the district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic…

Sec. 48.104. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student who does not have a disability and resides in a residential placement facility in a district in which the student's parent or legal guardian does not reside, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to…

Sec. 48.1041. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee to advise the agency in adopting rules for the compensatory education allotment under Section 48.104, including: (1) rules establishing the economic crite…

Sec. 48.105. BILINGUAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student in average daily attendance in a bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by: (1) for an e…

Sec. 48.106. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily attendance in an approved career and technology education program in grades 7 through 12, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment,…

Sec. 48.107. PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANT ALLOTMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for each student in average daily attendance who is using a public education grant under Subchapter G, Chapter 29, to attend school in a district other than the district in which the student …

Sec. 48.108. EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. (a) For each student in average daily attendance in kindergarten through third grade, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 0.01. (a-1) In addition to the allotment under Subsection …

Sec. 48.1081. DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT MONEY FOR PURPOSES OF FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN. (a) This section applies only to money to which a school district is entitled under Section 48.108(a-1). (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, from t…

Sec. 48.109. GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENT ALLOTMENT. (a) For each identified student a school district serves in a program for gifted and talented students that the district certifies to the commissioner as complying with Subchapter D, Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annu…

Sec. 48.110. COLLEGE, CAREER, OR MILITARY READINESS OUTCOMES BONUS. (a) The purpose of this section is to further the goal set under the state's master plan for higher education developed under Section 61.051 for at least 60 percent of all adults aged 25 to 34 in this state to ac…

Sec. 48.111. FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by the applicable weight under Subsection (a-1) for each enrolled student equal to the difference, if the dif…

Sec. 48.112. TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. (a) In this section, "rural campus" means a school campus that is: (1) located in: (A) an area that is not designated as an urbanized area or an urban cluster by the United States Census Bureau; and (B) a school district with fewer than 5…

Sec. 48.118. RURAL PATHWAY EXCELLENCE PARTNERSHIP (R-PEP) ALLOTMENT AND OUTCOMES BONUS. (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily attendance in grades 9 through 12 in a college or career pathway offered through a partnership under the Rural Pathway Excellence Par…

Sec. 48.122. EARLY LITERACY INTERVENTION ALLOTMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), for each enrolled student receiving reading interventions under Section 28.0064, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment of $250, or a greater amount provided by ap…

Sec. 48.151. TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT. (a) Each district or county operating a transportation system is entitled to allotments for transportation costs as provided by this section. (b) As used in this section: (1) "Regular eligible student" means a student who: (A) resides two or…

Sec. 48.152. NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY ALLOTMENT. (a) In this section: (1) "Instructional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.001. (2) "New instructional facility" includes: (A) a newly constructed instructional facility; (B) a repurposed instructional facility; (C)…

Sec. 48.153. DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOL AND RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT FACILITY ALLOTMENT. A school district or open-enrollment charter school is entitled to $275 for each student in average daily attendance who: (1) resides in a residential placement facility; or (2) is at a district or…

Sec. 48.154. TUITION ALLOTMENT FOR DISTRICTS NOT OFFERING ALL GRADE LEVELS. A school district that contracts for students residing in the district to be educated in another district under Section 25.039(a) is entitled to receive an allotment equal to the total amount of tuition r…

Sec. 48.155. COLLEGE PREPARATION AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENT REIMBURSEMENT. A school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of fees paid by the district for the administration of an assessment instrument under Section 39.0261(a)(3). Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg.…

Sec. 48.156. CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of a subsidy paid by the district for not more than two certification examinations per student under Section 29.190(a), including costs paid for associated fing…