HBA-LCA H.B. 2021 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2021
By: Janek
Public Education
3/28/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Despite provisions set forth in Subchapter F, Education Code
(District-Level and Site-Based Decision-Making) relating to campus planning
and site-based decision-making, purchases made at a campus level may be
hindered in large school districts because the sum of many independent
purchasing decisions may exceed the $25,000 threshold that requires the use
of district-wide purchasing procedures set forth in Chapter 44, Education
Code (Fiscal Management). 

H.B. 2021 amends 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 district has adopted a site-based
decision-making plan as set forth in Subchapter F, to decentralize those
purchases to the campus level. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 44.031, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(m), to provide that a school district that has adopted a site-based
decision-making plan under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, Education Code (School
Districts), is not required to aggregate and jointly award purchasing
contracts if a purchase is made at the campus level. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 44.033, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(e), to provide that a school district that has adopted a site-based
decision-making plan under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, Education Code (School
Districts), is not required to aggregate and jointly award purchasing
contracts if a purchase is made at the campus level. 

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