Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 7.070. COORDINATION OF DATA COLLECTION. The commissioner may enter into agreements with appropriate entities as necessary to provide for the collection of data regarding college, career, and military readiness of public school students, including data maintained by: (1) gove…

Sec. 7.101. COMPOSITION. (a) The State Board of Education is composed of 15 members elected from districts. (b) Members of the board are elected at biennial general elections held in compliance with the Election Code. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1…

Sec. 7.102. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The board may perform only those duties relating to school districts or regional education service centers assigned to the board by the constitution of this state or by this subchapter or another provision of this code. …

Sec. 7.103. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP. (a) A person is not eligible for election to or service on the board if the person holds an office with this state or any political subdivision of this state. (b) A person may not be elected from or serve in a district who is not a bona fid…

Sec. 7.104. TERMS. (a) At each general election immediately following a decennial reapportionment of districts, one member shall be elected to the board from each district. Except as provided by Subsection (b), members of the board serve staggered terms of four years with the ter…

Sec. 7.105. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A member of the board is not entitled to receive compensation. (b) A member of the board is entitled to reimbursement of the member's expenses as provided by law. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 7.1051. PERSONNEL. (a) The chair of the board may: (1) employ personnel as necessary to assist all members of the board in performing the board's duties; (2) prescribe the duties of personnel; (3) compensate personnel through funds made available by the legislature; and (4) …

Sec. 7.106. MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold four meetings a year in Austin, Texas, on dates determined by the chair and may hold other meetings as may be called by the chair. (b) In a manner that complies with Section 551.128, Government Code, the agency shall broadcast over t…

Sec. 7.107. OFFICERS. (a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the chair from among the membership of the board. The chair serves a term of two years. (b) At the board's first regular meeting after the election and qualification of new members, t…

Sec. 7.108. PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION OR ACTIVITY. (a) A person interested in selling bonds of any type or a person engaged in manufacturing, shipping, selling, or advertising instructional materials commits an offense if the person makes or authorizes a political con…

Sec. 7.109. DESIGNATION AS STATE BOARD FOR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. (a) The board is also the State Board for Career and Technology Education. (b) The commissioner is the executive officer through whom the State Board for Career and Technology Education shall carry out it…

Sec. 7.110. PUBLIC TESTIMONY. The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the board. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30…

Sec. 7.111. HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY EXAMINATIONS. (a) The board shall provide for the administration of high school equivalency examinations. (a-1) A person who does not have a high school diploma may take the examination in accordance with rules adopted by the board if the perso…

Sec. 7.112. REPRESENTATION OF PUBLISHER OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BY FORMER MEMBER OF BOARD. (a) A former member of the State Board of Education who is employed by or otherwise receives compensation from a publisher of instructional materials may not, before the second anniversa…

Sec. 7.113. EMPLOYERS FOR EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARD. (a) The board shall create the Employers for Education Excellence Award to honor employers that implement a policy to encourage and support employees who actively participate in activities of schools. (b) An employer that meet…

Sec. 8.001. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The commissioner shall provide for the establishment and operation of not more than 20 regional education service centers. (b) Regional education service centers shall be located throughout the state so that each school district has the opportunity …

Sec. 8.002. PURPOSE. Regional education service centers shall: (1) assist school districts in improving student performance in each region of the system; (2) enable school districts to operate more efficiently and economically; and (3) implement initiatives assigned by the legisl…

Sec. 8.003. GOVERNANCE. (a) Each regional education service center is governed by a board of directors composed of seven members. (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules to provide for the local selection, appointment, and continuity of membership of regional education service cen…

Sec. 8.004. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The regional education service center board of directors shall employ an executive director. The selection and dismissal of the executive director is subject to the approval of the commissioner. The executive director is the chief executive officer…

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…