Texas § ED.48.270 - FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS

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§ ED.48.270. FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS

FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS; REPORT. When, in the opinion of the agency's director of school audits, audits or reviews of accounting, enrollment, or other records of a school district reveal deliberate falsification of the records, or violation of the provisions of this chapter, through which the district's share of state funds allocated under the authority of this chapter would be, or has been, illegally increased, the director shall promptly and fully report the fact to the State Board of Education, the state auditor, and the appropriate county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 42.255 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3 ), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2019.

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