Texas Education Code 31.021 – State Instructional Materials and Technology Fund
(a) The state instructional materials and technology fund consists of:
(1) an amount set aside by the State Board of Education from the available school fund, in accordance with § 43.001(d); and
(2) all amounts lawfully paid into the fund from any other source.
(c) Money in the state instructional materials and technology fund shall be used to:
(1) fund the instructional materials and technology allotment, as provided by § 31.0211;
(2) purchase special instructional materials for the education of blind and visually impaired students in public schools;
(3) pay the expenses associated with the instructional materials adoption and review process and Internet website maintained under this chapter;
(4) pay the expenses associated with the purchase, licensing, printing, or other reproduction of open education resource instructional material;
(5) pay the expenses associated with the purchase of instructional material, including freight and shipping and the insurance expenses associated with freight and shipping;
(6) fund the technology lending grant program established under § 32.301; and
(7) provide funding to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 31.021
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(d) Money transferred to the state instructional materials and technology fund remains in the fund until spent and does not lapse to the state at the end of the fiscal year.