Sec. 31.0212. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT. (a) The commissioner shall maintain an instructional materials and technology account for each school district. In the first year of each biennium, the commissioner shall deposit in the account for each district the amount of the district's instructional materials and technology allotment under Section 31.0211.
(b) The commissioner shall pay the cost of instructional materials requisitioned by a school district under Section 31.103 using funds from the district's instructional materials and technology account.
(c) A school district may also use funds in the district's account to purchase electronic instructional materials or technological equipment. The district shall submit to the commissioner a request for funds for this purpose from the district's account. The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the documentation a school district must submit to receive funds under this subsection.
(d) Money deposited in a school district's instructional materials and technology account during each state fiscal biennium remains in the account and available for use by the district for the entire biennium. At the end of each biennium, a district with unused money in the district's account may carry forward any remaining balance to the next biennium.
(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules must include a requirement that a school district provide the title and publication information for any instructional materials requisitioned or purchased by the district with the district's instructional materials and technology allotment.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 23, eff. July 19, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 731 (H.B. 1474), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 7, eff. June 9, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 8, eff. June 9, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.009, eff. September 1, 2019.
Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.008, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services
Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials
Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase
Section 31.021. State Instructional Materials and Technology Fund
Section 31.0211. Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment
Section 31.0212. Instructional Materials and Technology Account
Section 31.0213. Certification of Use of Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment
Section 31.0214. Adjustment for High Enrollment Growth Districts
Section 31.0215. Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment Purchases
Section 31.022. Instructional Materials Review and Adoption
Section 31.0221. Midcycle Review and Adoption of Instructional Materials
Section 31.023. Instructional Material List
Section 31.0231. Commissioner's List
Section 31.024. Adoption by State Board of Education
Section 31.0241. Adoption of Open Education Resource Instructional Materials
Section 31.0242. Review of Open Education Resource Instructional Material
Section 31.026. Contract; Price
Section 31.0261. Contracts for Printing of Open Education Resource Instructional Materials
Section 31.027. Information to School Districts; Electronic Sample
Section 31.028. Special Instructional Materials
Section 31.029. Bilingual Instructional Materials
Section 31.030. Used Instructional Materials