HB3147 - Relating to fiscal reporting by public schools.

  89R5242 KJE-D     By: Hickland H.B. No. 3147       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to fiscal reporting by public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 44.0041(b), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The budget summary must include:                (1)  information relating to per student and aggregate   spending on:                      (A)  instruction;                      (B)  instructional support;                      (C)  central administration;                      (D)  district operations;                      (E)  debt service; and                      (F)  any other category designated by the   commissioner; [ and ]                (2)   the amount of money the district anticipates   receiving from the state under Chapters 46, 48, and 49;                 (3)     the amount in the district's fund balances and an   explanation of that amount; and                 (4)   a comparison to the previous year's actual   spending.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 44.0072 to read as follows:           Sec.   44.0072.     REPORT ON CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVED STUDENT   OUTCOMES. (a)   Each school district shall annually submit to the   agency a report on the percentage of the district's total amount of   money spent on contracts for goods or services for the preceding   school year that was spent on contracts that contribute to student   outcomes, as determined by commissioner rule.           (b)     The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.