19 TAC §150.1022
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to
§150.1022, concerning educator appraisal. The section establishes definitions,
requirements, and procedures related to the appraisal of administrators and
the commissioner-recommended student performance domain, which may be used
by school districts as a part of their locally developed appraisal instruments.
The proposed amendment would implement a student performance domain for
the appraisal of superintendents and would establish requirements for districts
that choose to adopt the commissioner-recommended student performance domain.
The proposed amendment adds language to 19 TAC §150.1022 specifying the
requirements for the commissioner-recommended student performance domain for
superintendents.
Felipe Alanis, deputy commissioner for programs and instruction, has determined
that for the first five-year period the section is in effect there will be
no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result of enforcing
or administering the section. Some districts, however, may incur minimal staff
development costs for administrators participating in the commissioner-recommended
student performance domain.
Mr. Alanis and Criss Cloudt, associate commissioner for policy planning
and research, have determined that for each year of the first five years the
section is in effect the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing
the section will be clarification of requirements for student performance
to be a part of the appraisal of superintendents. The section would also provide
uniform procedures for districts who choose to include the commissioner- recommended
student performance domain in their local appraisal instruments. There will
not be an effect on small businesses. There is no anticipated economic cost
to persons who are required to comply with the proposed section.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted in writing to Criss Cloudt, Policy
Planning and Research, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701, (512)
463-9701. Comments may also be submitted electronically to
rules@tmail.tea.state.tx.us
or faxed to (512) 475-3499. All requests
for a public hearing on the proposed section submitted under the Administrative
Procedure Act must be received by the commissioner of education not more than
15 calendar days after notice of a proposed change in the section has been
published in the
Texas Register
.
The amendment is proposed under the Texas Education Code, §21.354
and §39.054, which authorizes the commissioner of education to adopt
a recommended appraisal process and criteria on which to appraise the performance
of various classifications of school administrators.
The proposed amendment implements the Texas Education Code, §21.354
and §39.054.
§150.1022.Commissioner-Recommended Administrator Appraisal Process: Procedures.
(a)-(g)
(No change.)
(h)
Each school district, with
the approval of the board of trustees, may select the commissioner-recommended
student performance domain for superintendents or may develop an alternative
governed by the process outlined in TEC, §21.354.
(i)
Districts using the commissioner-recommended
student performance domain for superintendents shall meet the following requirements.
(1)
Superintendents whose districts adopt the commissioner-recommended
student performance domain shall attend an orientation approved by the commissioner.
(2)
The results on the commissioner-recommended
student performance domain shall be incorporated into the local appraisal
instrument.
(3)
The results on the commissioner-recommended
student performance domain shall be a primary consideration of the board in
evaluating the superintendent.
(4)
For a superintendent new to the district,
the results from the commissioner-recommended student performance domain shall
be on a "report only" basis during the first year. Dropout and attendance
data for the superintendent shall be on a "report only" basis for the first
two years.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been
reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on January
11, 1999.
TRD-9900098
Criss Cloudt
Associate Commissioner, Policy Planning and Research
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: February 21, 1999
For further information, please call: (512) 463-9701