EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION XIII: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION XIII (EIN 74-1590220)
Tax period: 2009-09-01 to 2010-08-31
Filed: 2011-01-13
IRS object ID: 201130139349301608
Schema version: 2009v1.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-01-13T16:20:00-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	741590220	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION XIII	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	EDUC	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5701 SPRINGDALE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	AUSTIN	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78723	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	TERRY SMITH	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	5129195385	Phone
Date Signed	2011-01-10	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As DoingBusinessAs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION XIII	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	TERRY SMITH	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5701 SPRINGDALE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	AUSTIN	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78723	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	56971716	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	true	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWWESC13NET	WebSite
Type Of Organization Other	X	TypeOfOrganizationOther
Type Of Org Other Description	POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF TEXAS	TypeOfOrgOtherDescription
Year Formation	1968	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	OUR PURPOSE IS TO AID TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THEIR ROLES AS EDUCATORS OF CHILDREN WE SERVE AS A LAISION BETWEEN THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY DISSEMENATING DATA CONDUCTING TRAINING AND CONSULTATION FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	26895542	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	32656633	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	21404005	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	24259890	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	257060	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	55193	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	48556607	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	56971716	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	14192468	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	16610344	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	33025461	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	38674847	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	47217929	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	55285191	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	1338678	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	1686525	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	36693985	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	39672158	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	3440219	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	5166702	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	33253766	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	34505456	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	OUR PURPOSE IS TO AID TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THEIR ROLES AS EDUCATORS OF CHILDREN	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	2385577	Expense
Description	ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND TRAINING PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS ON-CALL RESPONSE TO SUPERINTENDENTS BUSINESS MANAGERS AND OTHER EXECUTIVE LEADERS RAC MEETINGS FIELD SERVIE AGENTS AND OTHER GENERAL ASSISATNCE TO DISTRICTS PROVIDES SCHOOL BOARD TRAINING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES SCHOOL FINANCE TRAINING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COOP SESSIONS AND BUDGET TRAINING FOR DISTRICT PERSONNEL	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity Code	611000	ActivityCode
Expense	32693750	Expense
Description	CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FOUNDATION CURRICULUM TITLE I SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP NETWORK AND OTHER RELATED INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED WORKSHOPS	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity Code	611000	ActivityCode
Expense	8584966	Expense
Description	SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDES SERVICES IN AREAS OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES VISUALLY IMPAIRED SERVICES REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF SHARE SERVICE ARRANGEMENT SPECIAL ED LEADERSHIP NETWORK AND ALL AREAS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS CONSULTATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	11363732	Expense

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	55028025	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	false	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	TX	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	FRANK HABY	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5129195385	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5701 SPRINGDALE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	AUSTIN	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78723	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee	FormerFormer
GARY BARNETT
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
LEROY LORENZ
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
RON MCMICHAEL
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
JON TATE
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
DON ROGERS
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
RICHARD STUEWE
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
PAT PRINGLE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR		180000	0	19000	40	X	X	X
ROBERT CADENHEAD
DIRECTOR		102072	0	0	40	X	X	X
EILEEN REED
DEPUTY DIRECTOR		118704	0	0	40	X	X
ERVIN KNEZEK
DEPUTY DIRECTOR		100673	0	0	40	X	X	X
OMAR GARCIA
DIRECTOR		104553	0	0	40	X	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	606002	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	19000	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
JACOB AANENSON
150 BOLAND ST	FT WORTH	TX	76107	STUDENT ASSESSMENTS	110839
HAZEL JOHNSON
241 ST CLOUD	FRIENDSWOOD	TX	77546	STUDENT ASSESSMENTS	102588
MARIA MAJIA
1808 BATTISTA	EDINBURG	TX	78542	STUDENT ASSESSMENTS	109188
THOMAS KELLY
ONE SUGAR CREEK CTR	SUGARLAND	TX	77478	SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT	337550
ISMAEL CANTU
613 TULIP	MCALLEN	TX	78504	STUDENT ASSESSMENTS	140747

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	5	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Government Grants	32656633	GovernmentGrants
Total Contributions	32656633	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn
ACTIVITIESREGIONAL SERVICES	611000	7141586
GENERAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES	611000	12508845
SPECIAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES	611000	4609459

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	24259890	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	55193	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	56971716	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	549119	Total
Program Services	386119	ProgramServices
Management And General	163000	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13216776	Total
Program Services	13216776	ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1840720	Total
Program Services	1828117	ProgramServices
Management And General	12603	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1003729	Total
Program Services	995445	ProgramServices
Management And General	8284	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	86313	Total
Program Services	73688	ProgramServices
Management And General	12625	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17531267	Total
Program Services	17529107	ProgramServices
Management And General	2160	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3308391	Total
Program Services	3303843	ProgramServices
Management And General	4548	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	340837	Total
Program Services	338824	ProgramServices
Management And General	2013	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1018273	Total
Program Services	1001086	ProgramServices
Management And General	17187	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	950604	Total
Program Services	947569	ProgramServices
Management And General	3035	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1731560	Total
Program Services	1721387	ProgramServices
Management And General	10173	ManagementAndGeneral

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	336992	Total
Program Services	328918	ProgramServices
Management And General	8074	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
OTHER CONTRACTED EXPENSES	2692822	2692430	392
OTHER SUPPLIES EXPENSE	28889	25731	3158
OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE	10383309	10373395	9914
EQUIPMENT PURCHASES	265590	265590

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	55285191	Total
Program Services	55028025	ProgramServices
Management And General	257166	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17192077	BOY
EOY	19826696	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4211389	BOY
EOY	5163203	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9660	BOY
EOY	19039	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	21577912	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	6914692	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15280859	BOY
EOY	14663220	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	36693985	BOY
EOY	39672158	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2799895	BOY
EOY	4474413	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	271589	BOY
EOY	692289	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	368735	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3440219	BOY
EOY	5166702	EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15280859	BOY
EOY	14663220	EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17972907	BOY
EOY	19842236	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	33253766	BOY
EOY	34505456	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	36693985	BOY
EOY	39672158	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Other	X	MethodOfAccountingOther
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Governmental Unit170b1 Av	X	GovernmentalUnit170b1Av
Certification Checkbox	X	CertificationCheckbox
Public Support Percentage509	0.0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.0	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.0	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	232787	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	232787	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	18834490	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	5434744	Depreciation
Book Value	13399746	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	2510635	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1479948	Depreciation
Book Value	1030687	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	14663220	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	VACATION ACCRUAL	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue	56971716	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	55285191	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	1686525	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	1686525	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Explanation	NO INFORMATION REQUIRED	Explanation