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Amend CSSB 8 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2C.07 of the bill, in proposed Section 44.011, Education Code, in the first sentence of Subsection (a),
between "revenue" and "to", insert ", excluding revenue received
from federal funds and expended on activities associated with
teacher-student instruction as described by Subsection
(b)(2)(B),".
(2) In SECTION 2C.07 of the bill, in proposed Section
44.011, Education Code, strike Subsection (b) and substitute the
following:
(b) For purposes of this section, whether an expenditure is
an expenditure for direct instructional activities:
(1) shall be determined in accordance with standards
and definitions adopted by the National Center for Education
Statistics of the United States Department of Education; and
(2) must also include:
(A) expenditures for any instructional or
related service for a student with a disability, counseling
services determined by appropriate school personnel to be necessary
for instructional success, truant officers, speech pathology and
audiology services, curriculum and instruction development, staff
training, instruction-related technology, nurses, and library
services; and
(B) operating expenses associated with
teacher-student instruction in accordance with Accounting
functions 11 - Instruction, 12 - Instructional Resources and Media
Services, 13 - Curriculum Development and Instructional Staff
Development, and 31 - Guidance, Counseling, and Evaluation
Services, as described in the Financial Accountability System
Resource Guide published by the Texas Education Agency.