Texas Education Code - EDUC § 142.004. Funding

(a) The programs created under this chapter are funded by appropriations and by gifts, grants, and donations made for purposes of each program.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 540 (H.B. 2631), § 5.

(c) The funds allocated for the research program may be expended to support the particular projects for which an award is made and may not be expended for the general support of ongoing research at an eligible institution or for the construction or remodeling of a facility.

(c-1) The funds allocated for the technology program may be:

(d) Research projects shall be reviewed and funded each biennium.

(e) Supplies, materials, services, and equipment purchased with these funds shall not be subject to the purchasing authority of the comptroller.

(f) The advisory committee appointed under Section 142.003(b) shall determine when and to what extent funds appropriated under this chapter will be allocated to each program under this chapter unless the legislature specifies a division in the General Appropriations Act.