Tex. Education Code § 43.002
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 43.002, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 43.002. TRANSFERS FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND AND GENERAL REVENUE FUND TO AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND.
Official statutory text
(a) On the first working day of each month in a state fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer from the permanent school fund to the available school fund an amount equal to one-twelfth of the annual distribution from the permanent school fund to the available school fund as provided by Section 5(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for the fiscal year.
(b) Of the amounts available for transfer from the general revenue fund to the available school fund for the months of January and February of each fiscal year, no more than the amount necessary to enable the comptroller to distribute from the available school fund an amount equal to 9-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 1 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, and 3-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 2 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, may be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund. Any remaining amount that would otherwise be available for transfer for the months of January and February shall be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund in equal amounts in June and in August of the same fiscal year.
(b) Of the amounts available for transfer from the general revenue fund to the available school fund for the months of January and February of each fiscal year, no more than the amount necessary to enable the comptroller to distribute from the available school fund an amount equal to 9-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 1 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, and 3-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 2 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, may be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund. Any remaining amount that would otherwise be available for transfer for the months of January and February shall be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund in equal amounts in June and in August of the same fiscal year.
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