Category Archives: Instructional Material Allotment

TEA Releases Information on 2014-2015 IMA

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Jennifer Bergland

The individual school district amounts for the 2014-2015 Instructional Materials Allotment  have been released by the Texas Education Agency. Texas schools won’t be able to access these funds until September 1, 2014. This makes purchasing textbooks for the new school year … Continue reading →

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Seliger’s Amendment on HB 5 Has Positive Impact on the IMA

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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SBOE SUGGESTS UP TO $790M DISTRIBUTION FOR TEXTBOOKS

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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TEA Releases the District IMA List

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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IMA Resources on tcea.org

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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K-12 Databases New Pricing Structure

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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SB 6 On the Way to the Governor!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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Instructional Materials Per-Pupil Estimate

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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SB 6 Going to Conference Committee

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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SB 6 Passed by the House

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Jennifer Bergland

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 →

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