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MyNotes: IMA Legislative Update #txctoclinic15 #tecsig

EdTech

This session, IMA Update, was held at the Texas K-12 CTO Council meeting on June 18, 2015. It provided some eye-opening statistics about CTOs and job in the edtech field.

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Session was facilitated by Abel Villareal (Corpus Christi ISD) and Rosa Ojeda (Waller ISD)

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MyNotes

  1. 82nd Legislative Session

  2. Prior to IMA

  3. SB6 Changed Everything (this happened around 2011)

  4. IMA

  5. based on 1/2 PSF

  6. Instructional Material Allotment (IMA)

  7. Allow flexibility

  8. Allows district control over funds

  9. Allows for district to pay for our instructional materials

  10. IMA Procurement

  11. IMA procures state adopted instructional materials

  12. Proclamations

  13. Dual Credit

  14. Advanced Placement & IB

  15. Old Tech Allotment

  16. Continuing contracts

  17. Non-state adopted material

  18. Tech hardware and curriculum software

  19. Professional development

  20. Instructional material

  21. Shipping and handling

  22. Effects of SB6

  23. We order instructional materials based on usage, available funds, IMA committee decides

  24. IMA purchases

  25. District owns inventory

  26. TEA holds districts accountable

  27. Do not have to pay TEA

  28. IMA is used to replace instructional materials

  29. No state max cost

  30. Publishers prices increased 60%

  31. Proclamations went from 6 to 8 years

  32. Science and Social studies…contracts last 6-12 years.

  33. 83rd Legislature

  34. HB5 allowed a publisher delayed payment options

  35. TEA approves or denies, TEA pays the publishers after Sept 1st

  36. Instructional Materials disbursements have to be entered in EMAT

  37. District receives materials in the summer

  38. Impact of 84th Legislature

  39. HB 1474 frontloading bill - approved by Governor Abbott

  40. 100/0 split 7.7 million in 1st year

  41. SB 313

  42. 75% of projected IMA budget

  43. frontloading

  44. Delayed adoption

  45. June 21st last day to veto

  46. EMAT allocation

  47. Disbursements (off list items)

  48. Proclamation 2015

  49. Social Studies K-12: $2.9M

  50. Math 9-12: $761K

  51. FineArts: $1.1M

  52. Science AP: $94K

  53. Cont. Adoptions: $1M

  54. Advice:

  55. In your district, you need to look at utilization reports.

  56. In some districts, you have Curr director, superintendent, tech director. Run utilization reports, and see what was actually used. This constant monitoring is the only way to ensure the money gets recouped.

  57. IMA Funding Formula

  58. 1/2 of the permanent school fund (SBOE authorized $1.05 billion)

  59. Based on 5.1 million students

  60. total student enrollment

  61. 500 million = 1 year of biennium

  62. Calculate Entire biennium:

  63. $200 per student * student enrollment

  64. Non-State adopted material

  65. IMA Procedure

  66. Campus needs

  67. IMA forms

  68. Approvals

  69. PDM

  70. Principal

  71. District level depts

  72. 3 deadline dates:

  73. August 1

  74. October 15

  75. March 15

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