Loss Prevention Hot Topics: Automated External Defibrillator Reimbursement

*The deadline for reimbursements has passed. The TEA is no longer accepting forms for reimbursement.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is now accepting automated external defibrillator (AED) reimbursement requests from school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that purchased AEDs as of June 1, 2007 to comply with requirements of Senate Bill 7. Senate Bill 7, Section 38.017 requires that each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall make available at each campus at least one AED. The 80th Texas Legislature appropriated a total of $9 million in fiscal year 2008 for reimbursing the costs associated with the purchase of these devices.

Eligibility for Reimbursement

Each school district and open-enrollment charter school campus that did not have an AED located at a campus prior to June 1, 2007, and purchased an AED device on or after June 1, 2007, is eligible to receive reimbursement costs for one AED. The Commissioner Rule 19TAC§103.1101 defines a “campus” as a single physical facility with a unique physical address. The reimbursement amount per campus AED purchased is the actual amount paid for the AED or a maximum of $1,475, whichever is less. AEDs donated or funds donated to purchase AEDs are ineligible for reimbursement. A copy of the invoice that documents the purchase and contains the purchase price and the purchase date must be included with the AED Reimbursement Form as supporting documentation of the purchase. 

In order to acquire a refund, the AED must have been purchased with district funds and not given to the district by a grant, gift, or an award.  

AED Reimbursement Form

You can download the AED Reimbursement Form off the TEA Web Site, or you can print out a copy of the form under the Downloads box located on the right side of this page.  

Deadline for Receipt of AED Reimbursement Form

The AED Reimbursement Form and supporting documentation must be received in the Division of Formula Funding by 5:00 PM (Central Time), Monday, June 30, 2008. Mail or hand-deliver materials to:

Texas Education Agency
Division of Formula Funding, Room 6-112
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-1494

Information and Assistance

If you have any questions, please contact Dina Hernandez at (512) 463-8525 or e-mail formula.funds@tea.state.tx.us