Issue Date:
Revised Date: 2011-07-19

Legal Cites

Origin:

1918

Purpose

To hold for expenditure money transferred from Available School Fund (0002) to provide free textbooks for use of children attending the public free schools. Also to purchase technological equipment necessary for use of electronic textbooks or instructional material or any textbook or material approved by the State Board of Education.  Expanded to include funding for the instructional materials allotment, pay expenses related to purchase instructional materials, purchases or licensing of open-source instruction materials, fund technology lending grant program and other items.

Classification Group 02: Constitutional Funds Expendable for a Specific Purpose [?]
Depository Interest Retained in appropriated fund.
Disposition of Balance Accumulative. (Any balance reduces amount subsequently to be transferred from Available School Fund 0002.)
Appropriation Technique General Appropriations Act

Administering Agencies

Note

Amended by H.B. 4294, 81st Leg., R.S.; 
Fund title changed from State Textbook Fund and use expanded by S.B. 6, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S.

USAS Values

USAS Title STATE TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Consolidated Fund
State Fund Group 02 - CONSTITUTIONAL FDS EXP FOR SPECIFIC PURP
USAS Status A
Created by the state's constitution or receiving constitutionally dedicated revenue and expended for a specific purpose.