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  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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, ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 8.103 - Annual Evaluation
    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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Texas Education Code Section 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 ...
  • Last modified: August 10, 2007