Texas Education Code 48.307 – Additional State Aid for State-Approved Instructional Materials
(a) For each student enrolled in the district, a school district is entitled to additional state aid for each school year in an amount equal to $40, or a greater amount provided by appropriation, to procure instructional material that has been:
(1) reviewed by the agency under § 31.023;
(2) placed on the list of approved instructional materials maintained by the State Board of Education under § 31.022;
(3) designated by the State Board of Education under § 31.022 as being included or capable of being included in an instructional materials parent portal under § 31.154; and
(4) acquired from a publisher, manufacturer, or other entity that has not been found to violate § 31.151.
(b) A school district is entitled to the amount of state aid provided by Subsection (a) each school year, regardless of whether the district uses the amount during the school year for which the amount was provided.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 48.307
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Additional state aid provided under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the district’s instructional materials and technology account maintained by the commissioner under § 31.0212 and may be accessed only for the procurement of instructional materials in accordance with this section.
(d) Funds provided to a school district under this section must be spent in compliance with the requirements for the use of funds provided under this section and § 31.0211.