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Category Archives: Instructional Material Allotment
Seliger’s Amendment on HB 5 Has Positive Impact on the IMA
Senator Kel Seliger offered an amendment to HB 5 in the Texas Senate on May 6th that would have a positive effect on a school district’s use of the Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA). School districts will not receive their 2013-2014 … Continue reading
SBOE SUGGESTS UP TO $790M DISTRIBUTION FOR TEXTBOOKS
The following article is published with permission from the Quorum Report UPDATE: As of April 26th, districts have spent $22,374,371 of the IMA on technology related purchases (items in which districts would have funded with their Technology Allotment).-Jennifer Bergland The State … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Instructional Material Allotment, SBOE
Tagged IMA, Instructional Materials Allotment, SBOE
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TEA Releases the District IMA List
TEA released a letter today that includes a link to the list with the school district’s Instructional Materials Allotment for the next two years. They are releasing 70% of the two-year allotment in 2011-2012 and will release the remaining 30% … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Instructional Material Allotment
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IMA Resources on tcea.org
New resources that will help wade through the new Instructional Materials Allotment(IMA), are now located on the new TCEA website. You can find more information on the following topics related to the IMA: Uses Funding Decision Making IMA Process Frequently … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Instructional Material Allotment, TCEA, Technology Allotment
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K-12 Databases New Pricing Structure
Susanna Garza, the Coordinator for Instructional Technology and Media for ESC 20, released information regarding the K-12 Databases on August 2. The K-12 Databases are online resources that have been provided for Texas school schools at no cost to the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Curriculum, Instructional Material Allotment
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SB 6 On the Way to the Governor!
The Conference Report for SB 6 passed the House (142-1) and the Senate (30-0) on Monday, June 27th. The final step in the process is for the Governor to sign the bill. SB 6 stipulated that if the bill took … Continue reading
Instructional Materials Per-Pupil Estimate
Post Update: The chart title was changed to make it clear that the estimates are for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years. On June 7th, I wrote a blog post in which I attempted to estimate how much money a … Continue reading
SB 6 Going to Conference Committee
Different versions of SB 6 were passed by the House and the Senate during the First Special Session of the 82nd legislature. The Senate did not concur with the amendments that were added by the House so a conference committee … Continue reading
SB 6 Passed by the House
SB 6 was passed by the House on Friday, June 17th. The House added several amendments on the floor. One amendment added back the Technology Lending Program. This would allow the Commissioner to appropriate up to 5% of the IMA … Continue reading
Numbers Matter….In the Funding of SB 6
SB 6, was passed by the Senate last Friday and voted out of the House Public Education Committee today. The House added no amendments to SB 6. It has not yet been scheduled to be voted on by the entire … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Instructional Material Allotment, Legislature, Technology Allotment
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Jennifer Bergland
