{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39.264","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 39.264","heading":"USE OF AWARDS.","body":"(a) In determining the use of a monetary award received under this subchapter, a school or district shall give priority to academic enhancement purposes. The award may not be used for any purpose related to athletics, and it may not be used to substitute for or replace funds already in the regular budget for a school or district.\n(b) The campus-level committee established under Section 11.253 shall determine the use of the funds awarded to a school under this subchapter. The professional staff of the district shall determine the use of the funds awarded to the school district under this subchapter.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 59, eff. June 19, 2009.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY","CHAPTER 39. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY","SUBCHAPTER I. SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL AWARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.39.htm#39.264","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"9eeffd03c7892d649a592c0c7247a0edea1c45d0c9d0d652960d1c4c3d6360a2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39.263","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39.265"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}