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Texas Education Code - Section 44.0071. Computation Of Instructional Expenditures Ratio And Instructional Employees Ratio

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§ 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 used to fund 
direct instructional activities;  and
		(2)  the percentage of the district's full-time 
equivalent employees during the preceding fiscal year whose job 
function was to directly provide classroom instruction to students, 
determined by dividing the number of hours spent by employees in 
providing direct classroom instruction by the total number of hours 
worked by all district employees.
	(b)  At least annually a school district shall provide 
educators employed by the district with a list of district 
employees determined by the district for purposes of this section 
to be engaged in directly providing classroom instruction to 
students.  The list must include the percentage of time spent by 
each employee in directly providing classroom instruction to 
students.
	(c)  For purposes of this section, the computation of a 
district's expenditures used to fund direct instructional 
activities shall include the salary, including any associated 
employment taxes, and value of any benefits provided to any 
district employee who directly provided classroom instruction to 
students, but only in proportion to the percentage of time spent by 
the employee in directly providing classroom instruction to 
students.
	(d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to 
implement this section.  To the extent possible, the rules must 
provide for development of the information required by this section 
using information otherwise compiled by school districts for 
reporting through the Public Education Information Management 
System (PEIMS).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.          

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