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Education, State Board Of

Summaries

KP-0043
Ken Paxton

The State Board of Education's authority with regard to local textbook adoption must be considered in light of the law that all powers and duties not specifically delegated by statute to the Board are reserved for the trustees of the school districts, and the agency may not substitute its judgment for the lawful exercise of those powers and duties by the trustees of the school districts under Education Code section 11.151.|The State Board of Education has authority to impose an administrative penalty against a publisher for a factual error identified by a school district under Education Code section 31.151.|It would likely exceed the State Board of Education's rulemaking authority to establish a rule that regulates school districts' compliance under Education Code subsection 28.002(h).

GA-0060
Greg Abbott

Academic excellence indicators, State Board of Education's discretion to add additional indicators revoked by statute|Dropout rate, legislature having defined as "including" completion rate, State Board does not have power to define as limited to completion rate

GA-0293
Greg Abbott

Management fees deducted from mutual funds, whether payable only from appropriated funds|Permanent School Fund, payment from appropriation of expenses of managing|Constitution, construction of is governed by same rules as construction of statutes|Mutual Fund|Investment Company

GA-0456
Greg Abbott

Textbooks, the State Board of Education may adopt general textbook content standards if such standards fall within the Board's statutory authority but may review ancillary items that are within the definition of "textbook"|Textbooks, the Board may adopt general textbook content standards if such standards are within the Board's statutory authority; Board also has authority to review ancillary materials that are within the definition of "textbook"

GA-0516
Greg Abbott

Permanent school fund, accounting methodology for calculating market value for distribution to available school fund \r\n|Permanent school fund, exclusions of funds held for purchase of additional real property from market value for calculating distribution to available school fund\r\n|Real property

GA-0554
Greg Abbott

Procedural rule that requires a vote of greater than a majority of the number of members of the Board present and voting, Board may not adopt

GA-0617
Greg Abbott

Available school fund, constitution does not permit school land board to transfer funds from permanent school fund to available school fund|Constitution does not permit School Land Board to transfer funds from permanent school fund to available school fund|Participates in constitutionally required process for transferring funds from permanent school fund to available school fund|Permanent School Fund\r\nPerpetual School Fund\r\nPublic Free School Fund\r\nTotal Return

GA-0707
Greg Abbott

Limitation on amount to be transferred from the permanent school fund to the available school fund under article VII, subsection 5(a)(2) of the Texas Constitution to be applied annually

GA-0848
Greg Abbott

State Board of Education, authority to pay attorney fees on a contingent basis out of recoveries of the corpus of the Permanent School Fund|State Board of Education, authority to pay attorney fees out of recoveries of the corpus of the Permanent School Fund|Attorney fees, authority of Board to pay attorney fees out of recoveries of the corpus of the Permanent School Fund|Permanent School Fund, authority of State Board of Education to pay attorney fees out of recoveries of the corpus of the Permanent School Fund

GA-0871
Greg Abbott

Investment, the State Board of Education may make any investment that persons of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence make in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital|Investments for any purpose other than managing the assets of the permanent school fund, article VII, section 5(f) does not allow the State Board of Education to make

GA-0876
Greg Abbott

State Board of Education, under section 7.103(c), Education Code, a person who is a lobbyist and who communicates directly with the legislative or executive branch to influence legislation or administrative action in or on behalf of a profession, business, or association that pertains to or is associated or connected with any of the statutorily enumerated powers or duties of the State Board of Education is not eligible to serve on the

GA-0998
Greg Abbott

Competitive bidding, as required by Government Code section 2155.063, may not be required for some investment decisions if they do not involve the purchase of or contract for goods or services. Contracts with investment managers and investment service providers will require competitive bidding, as those involve the purchase of or contract for services.

DM-0175
Dan Morales

Permanent school fund, State Board of Education has authority to make any kind of prudent investment in managing assets of|Permanent school fund, Board has authority to make any kind of prudent investment in managing assets of

DM-0281
Dan Morales

Available school fund payments to school districts, authority of State Board of Education to enact regulation providing for the deduction of money owed to state schools|Available school fund payments to school districts, authority to enact regulation providing for the deduction of money owed to state schools|Education, authority of State Board of Education to enact regulation providing for deduction of money owed to state schools for blind and deaf students by school districts from available fund payments

DM-0424
Dan Morales

Ancillary materials, Board's authority to adopt or reject textbooks does not extend to consideration of materials provided to school districts at no cost to state|Textbooks, Board may not adopt rule prescribing general content requirements|Ancillary|Textbook

DM-0465
Dan Morales

Sex education curriculum and textbooks, whether Board may adopt

JC-0478
John Cornyn

Rule proposed by Board impinging on specifically delegated power of Texas Education Agency with respect to test development is invalid|Statewide assessment program, Board has authority to create and implement but not to develop "assessment instruments" or tests|Rule proposed by Board of Education impinging on specifically delegated power of Agency with respect to test development is invalid|Development of "assessment instruments" or tests is delegated by legislature to Agency