Texas Education Code - EDUC § 44.0071. Computation of Instructional Expenditures Ratio and Instructional Employees Ratio

(a) Each fiscal year, a school district shall compute and report to the commissioner:

(b) At least annually a school district shall provide educators employed by the district with a list of district employees determined by the district for purposes of this section to be engaged in directly providing classroom instruction to students.  The list must include the percentage of time spent by each employee in directly providing classroom instruction to students.

(c) For purposes of this section, the computation of a district's expenditures used to fund direct instructional activities shall include the salary, including any associated employment taxes, and value of any benefits provided to any district employee who directly provided classroom instruction to students, but only in proportion to the percentage of time spent by the employee in directly providing classroom instruction to students.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.  To the extent possible, the rules must provide for development of the information required by this section using information otherwise compiled by school districts for reporting through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).