Texas Education Code - EDUC § 19.008. Allocation of Costs

(a) The commissioner shall allocate funds to the district from the foundation school fund based on an amount, established in the General Appropriations Act, for each contact hour between a teacher and a person eligible under Section 19.005, including associated administrative costs, for the best 180 of 210 school days in each year of the state fiscal biennium.  Those funds may be spent only for district administrative costs related to education and for district educational programs and services and only with the approval of the board.

(b) The agency by rule shall establish a time and manner for the district to report and verify contact hours to the agency.