Tex. Educ. Code § 7.028 – Limitation on Compliance Monitoring

(a) Except as provided by Section 22A.051(m), 22A.052(l), 22A.156, 28.006, 29.001(5), 29.010(a), 33.006(h), 37.1083, 37.1084, 38.003, or 39.003, the agency may monitor compliance with requirements applicable to a process or program provided by a school district, campus, program, or school granted charters under Chapter 12, including the process described by Subchapter F, Chapter 11, or a program described by Subchapter B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Chapter 29, or Subchapter A, Chapter 37, only as necessary to ensure:
1. (1) compliance with federal law and regulations;
2. (2) financial accountability, including compliance with grant requirements;
3. (3) data integrity for purposes of:
  1. (A) the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS); and
  2. (B) accountability under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
4. (4) qualification for funding under Chapter 48.
(b) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school has primary responsibility for ensuring that the district or school complies with all applicable requirements of state educational programs.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Renumbered from Education Code, Section 7.027 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(9), eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (H.B. 1842), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.003(1), eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 450 (S.B. 2075), Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.001, eff. June 12, 2019.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 938 (S.B. 179), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 1365), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 896 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 571), Sec. 2.01, eff. June 20, 2025.