SHARED SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS

Document items indicate requirements to be documented in the special education process. They can be addressed on forms or by a representative statement in a written dialogue.

Practice items are requirements, which must be reflected in practice.

Texas Education Code § 11.157. Contracts For Educational Services.  

(a)  The board of trustees of an independent school district may contract with a public or private entity for that entity to provide educational services for the district.

(b)  A school district under contract with an open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or campus program during the 2017-2018 school year and under any renewal of that contract during the 2018-2019 school year is eligible to receive funding under former Section 42.2511 for each student or the portion of each student's school day under the direction of the open-enrollment charter school.  Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a school district is eligible to receive funding under Section 48.252 on the renewal of a contract described by this section.  The commissioner may adopt rules to determine the portion of funding a school district is entitled to under this subsection.


Last Amended: 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (S.B. 2117), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019 
87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 5.002, eff. September 1, 2021
Entered: October 22, 2021

19 Texas Administrative Code § 89.1075. General Program Requirements and Local District Procedures. 

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(f)  School districts that jointly operate their special education programs as a shared services arrangement, in accordance with TEC, §29.007, must do so in accordance with procedures developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). 
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Last Amended:  February 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 763 
Entered:  March 6, 2018

19 Texas Administrative Code § 89.1141. Education Service Center Regional Special Education Leadership.

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(f)  Regional ESCs may serve as fiscal agent for shared services arrangements in accordance with procedures established under §89.1075(e) of this title (relating to General Program Requirements and Local District Procedures).
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Last Amended: November 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 8129
Entered: Dec. 18, 2007

Program Guidelines 2018-2019 Special Education Consolidated Grant Application (TEA)

• Shared Services Arrangements, pg. 9

Guidelines, Provisions and Assurances (TEA)

Shared Services Arrangement Procedures (TEA)

IDEA Fiscal Compliance (TEA)

Sensory Impairments (TEA)