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  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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) ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.0061 - Review Of Accounting System
    Text of section effective until January 2, 2007 (a) The commissioner shall contract with a qualified third-party contractor to conduct a comprehensive review of ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.011 - Spending Targets For District Expenditures
    (a) The commissioner shall annually establish and publish the proposed expenditures for each school district as determined by the commissioner based on an evaluation of ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.031 - Purchasing Contracts
    (a) Except as provided by this subchapter, all school district contracts, except contracts for the purchase of produce or vehicle fuel, valued at $25,000 or ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.0311 - Applicability To Junior College Districts
    (a) This subchapter applies to junior college districts. (b) For purposes of this subchapter, "board of trustees" includes the governing board of a junior college ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.0312 - Delegation
    (a) The board of trustees of the district may, as appropriate, delegate its authority under this subchapter regarding an action authorized or required by this ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.0315 - Definitions
    In this subchapter: (1) "Architect" means an individual registered as an architect under Chapter 1051, Occupations Code. (2) "Contractor" in the context of a contract ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.032 - Enforcement Of Purchase Procedures: Criminal Penalties; Removal; Ineligibility
    (a) In this section: (1) "Component purchases" means purchases of the component parts of an item that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in ...
  • Texas Education Code -
    § 44.033. PURCHASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED BETWEEN $10,000 AND $25,000. (a) A school district shall purchase personal property as provided by this ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.034 - Notification Of Criminal History Of Contractor
    (a) A person or business entity that enters into a contract with a school district must give advance notice to the district if the person ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.035 - Evaluation Of Bids And Proposals For Construction Services
    (a) The board of trustees of a school district that is considering a construction contract using a method specified by Section 44.031(a) must, before advertising, ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.036 - Design-Build Contracts For Facilities
    (a) In this section: (1) "Design-build contract" means a single contract with a design-build firm for the design and construction of a facility. (2) "Design-build ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.037 - Contracts For Facilities: Construction Manager-Agent
    (a) A school district may use the construction manager-agent method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility. In using that method and ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.038 - Contracts For Facilities: Construction Manager-At-Risk
    (a) A school district may use the construction manager-at-risk method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility. In using that method and ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.039 - Selecting Contractor For Construction Services Through Competitive Sealed Proposals
    (a) In selecting a contractor for construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair services for a facility through competitive sealed proposals, a school district shall follow the ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.040 - Selecting Contractor For Construction Services Through Competitive Bidding
    (a) Except to the extent prohibited by other law and to the extent consistent with this subchapter, a school district may use competitive bidding to ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.041 - Job Order Contracts For Facilities Construction Or Repair
    (a) A school district may award job order contracts for the minor construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a facility if the work is of ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.042 - Preference To Texas And United States Products
    (a) A school district that purchases agricultural products shall give preference to those produced, processed, or grown in this state if the cost to the ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.043 - Right To Work
    (a) This section applies to a school district while the school district is engaged in: (1) procuring goods or services; (2) awarding a contract; or ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.044 - Contract With Person Indebted To School District
    (a) The board of trustees of a school district by resolution may establish regulations permitting the school district to refuse to enter into a contract ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.051 - Interference With Operation Of Foundation School Program
    An offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code, is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on trial of the offense that the ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.052 - Failure To Comply With Budget Requirements; Penalty
    (a) Any county superintendent approving any expenditure of school funds in excess of the item or items appropriated in the adopted budget or a supplementary ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.053 - Failure Of Municipal Officer To Make Treasurer's Report; Penalty
    Any county or municipal treasurer or treasurer of the school board of each municipality having exclusive control of its schools who fails to make and ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.054 - Failure To Transfer Students And Funds
    A county judge serving as ex officio county superintendent, a county, district, or municipal superintendent, or a school officer who refuses to transfer students and ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 44.901 - Energy Savings Performance Contracts
    (a) In this section, "energy savings performance contract" means a contract for energy or water conservation measures to reduce energy or water consumption or operating ...
  • Last modified: August 11, 2007