Texas Education Code - EDUC § 51.353. Responsibility of System Administration

(1) initiate, monitor, approve, and coordinate long-range planning for the system;

(2) approve short-range institutional plans for operations and expenditures;

(3) provide to component institutions technical assistance such as legal and financial services;

(4) evaluate each component institution and assist the institution in the achievement of performance goals; and

(5) perform such other duties as may be delegated to it by the governing board of its system.