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Relating to fiscal matters involving certain governmental educational entities, including public school finance, program compliance monitoring by the Texas Education Agency, amounts withheld from and the use of compensatory education allotments, the public school technology allotment, the accounting for the permanent school fund, employee benefits provided by certain educational entities, the uses of the telecommunications infrastructure fund, and participation in a multijurisdictional lottery game.

Last action: See remarks for effective date

Author: Jim Pitts
Joint Author: Brian McCall
Sponsor: Teel Bivins

Remarks: This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, except Sections 20, 22, 36, 37, 59, and 60 take effect immediately.

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 2003, 78th R.S.,ch. 201, General and Special Laws of Texas

Companion:

SB 1873 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Research Organization)
Enrolled (Senate Research Center)
Engrossed (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)

Conference Committee:

Gubernatorial documents:

Executive order RP-26 Relating to payments due to school districts and charter schools under the Foundation School Program

Subjects:
EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS
Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance
Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers
Education--Primary & Secondary--Textbooks
Education--School Districts
ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS
LOTTERIES
LOTTERY COMMISSION, TEXAS
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND
Retirement Systems--Teachers
State Finances--Appropriations
State Finances--Budget
State Finances--Management & Control
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

House Committee: Appropriations (Talmadge Heflin, Jim Pitts, Leo Berman, Dan Branch, Betty Brown, Fred Brown, Myra Crownover, John Davis, Joe Deshotel, Dawnna Dukes, Craig Eiland, Dan Ellis, Roberto Gutierrez, Peggy Hamric, Ruben Hope, Suzanna Hupp, Carl Isett, Elizabeth Jones, Lois Kolkhorst, Vilma Luna, Ruth McClendon, Jose Menendez, Joseph Pickett, Richard Raymond, Jim Solis, Jack Stick, Vicki Truitt, Sylvester Turner, Arlene Wohlgemuth)
Minutes: April 30 2003 | May 6 2003
Senate Committee: Finance (Teel Bivins, Steve Ogden, Kip Averitt, Gonzalo Barrientos, Kim Brimer, Bob Deuell, Robert Duncan, Kyle Janek, Jane Nelson, Florence Shapiro, Eliot Shapleigh, Todd Staples, Royce West, John Whitmire, Tommy Williams, Judith Zaffirini)
Minutes: May 23 2003

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