{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.168","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 11.168","heading":"USE OF DISTRICT RESOURCES PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; EXCEPTION.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 45.109(a-1), (a-2), or (a-3), the board of trustees of a school district may not enter into an agreement authorizing the use of school district employees, property, or resources for the provision of materials or labor for the design, construction, or renovation of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the district.\n(b) This section does not prohibit the board of trustees of a school district from entering into an agreement for the design, construction, or renovation of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the district if the improvements benefit real property owned or leased by the district. Benefits to real property owned or leased by the district include the design, construction, or renovation of highways, roads, streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, utilities, and drainage improvements that serve or benefit the real property owned or leased by the district.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 979 (H.B. 1826), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129 (H.B. 628), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 196 (S.B. 810), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2015.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.11.htm#11.168","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"c6009b144d6573627f83e69cb26c45569d0cbead01b89226a69b9809223d2c6b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.167","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-11.169"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}