Texas Legislative Budget Board

This document details the instructions for Texas state agencies to prepare and submit their strategic plans for fiscal years 2027 to 2031. It mandates the inclusion of agency mission, goals, action plans, and supplemental schedules covering budget structure, performance measures, workforce plans, customer service reports, and compliance certifications. The instructions emphasize adherence to statewide objectives including accountability, efficiency, effectiveness, customer service, and transparency, and require agencies to identify and address redundancies and impediments to economic prosperity.

This document provides detailed instructions for state agencies, appellate courts, and institutions of higher education on using the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST). It outlines the process for finalizing budget structures, including goals, objectives, and strategies, and for defining performance measures. Key areas covered include ABEST access and data entry, review and assignment of service categories, and the comprehensive definition of performance measures encompassing definitions, descriptions, and cross-references. The instructions also guide users through generating reports and managing submission statuses for the Strategic Plan/Measure Definitions process, applicable to strategic plans for Fiscal Years 2027 to 2031.

This document serves as a request form for agencies to submit proposed changes to their budget structure elements, including goals, objectives, and strategies, and their performance measure elements for the 2024-2025 biennium. It outlines the required format for specifying changes, justifications, and approvals related to strategic and operational planning components across various institutions.

This document outlines the required elements for an agency's strategic plan title page. It specifies the inclusion of the document type as 'Agency Strategic Plan' and the timeframe as 'Fiscal Years 2027-2031'. Placeholders are indicated for the specific agency, board members, and submission date.

The act appropriates money for the support of the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches of the State government, for the construction of State buildings, and for State aid to public junior colleges, for the period beginning September 1, 2015 and ending August 31, 2017; authorizing and prescribing conditions, limitations, rules, and procedures for allocating and expending the appropriated funds; and declaring an emergency.