Texas Register
(26 TexReg 1228) and will not be
republished. The new sections adopt by reference the
2000- 2001 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
which provides student
attendance accounting rules for school districts and charter schools. Texas
Education Code (TEC), §42.004, requires the commissioner, in accordance
with rules of the State Board of Education (SBOE), to take such action and
require such reports as may be necessary to implement and administer the Foundation
School Program (FSP). SBOE rule, 19 Texas Administrative Code §129.21,
delineates responsibilities of the commissioner to provide: guidelines for
attendance accounting, necessary records and procedures required of school
districts in preparation of a daily attendance register, and provisions for
special circumstances regarding attendance accounting.
The
2000-2001 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
provides school districts and charter schools with the FSP eligibility
requirements of all students, prescribes the minimum requirements of all student
attendance accounting systems, lists the documentation requirements for attendance
audit purposes, specifies the minimum standards for systems that are entirely
functional without the use of paper, and details the responsibilities of all
district personnel involved in student attendance accounting. The TEA will
distribute FSP resources under the procedures specified in the
2000-2001 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
. Given the statewide
application of the attendance accounting rules and the existence of sufficient
statutory authority for the commissioner of education to adopt by reference
the
2000-2001 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook
, legal counsel with the TEA recommended that the procedures contained
in the handbook be adopted as part of the
Texas Administrative
Code
.
No comments were received regarding adoption of the new sections.
The new sections are adopted under Texas Education Code, §42.004,
74th Texas Legislature, 1995, which authorizes the commissioner of education,
in accordance with rules of the State Board of Education, to take such action
and require such reports consistent with TEC, Chapter 42, as may be necessary
to implement and administer the Foundation School Program.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on April 20, 2001.
TRD-200102258
Criss Cloudt
Associate Commissioner, Accountability Reporting and Research
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: May 10, 2001
Proposal publication date: February 9, 2001
For further information, please call: (512) 463-9701