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


Senate Research CenterC.S.H.B. 2021
By: Janek (Lindsay)
Education
5/13/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


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).  C.S.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, C.S.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 campuses with an average daily
attendance of 190,000 or more and that have adopted a site-based,
decision-making plan under Chapter 11F, if a purchase is made at the campus
level in a school district that has formally adopted a site-based decision
making plan that delegates purchasing decision to the campus level.  

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 44.033, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(e), to make this section applicable only to campuses with an average daily
attendance of 190,000 or more and that have adopted a site-based,
decision-making plan under Chapter 11F, if a purchase is made at the campus
level in a school district that has formally adopted a site-based decision
making plan that delegates purchasing decision to the campus level.  

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