SRC-JBJ H.B. 2021 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2021
76R7115 BDH-FBy: Janek (Lindsay)
Education
5/12/1999
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, purchases made by large school districts may not benefit from
Subchapter F, Education Code (District-Level and Site-Based
Decision-Making) because the sum of many independent purchasing decisions
may exceed the $25,000 threshold.  The threshold requires the use of
district-wide purchasing procedures set forth in Chapter 44, Education Code
(Fiscal Management).  H.B. 2021 would amend Chapter 44, Education Code, to
provide that the $25,000 threshold be applied to campus-level, rather than
district-level, purchases, provided that the school has adopted a
site-based, decision-making plan to decentralize those purchases to the
campus level. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 2021 amends regulations regarding the requirements for
purchasing in school districts that adopt site-based decision-making plans. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 44.031, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(m), to make this section applicable only to a campus that has adopted a
site-based, decision-making plan under Chapter 11F, and does not require
the school district to aggregate and jointly award purchasing contracts. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 44.033, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(e), to make this section applicable only to a campus that has adopted a
site-based, decision-making plan under Chapter 11F, and does not require
the district to aggregate and jointly award purchasing contracts. 

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.