TITLE 19.EDUCATION

Part 2. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY

Chapter 97. PLANNING AND ACCREDITATION

Subchapter AA. ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

19 TAC §97.1001, §97.1002

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) adopts new §97.1001 and §97.1002, concerning school district accountability ratings and acknowledgments without changes to the proposed text as published in the April 21, 2000, issue of the Texas Register (25 TexReg 3356) and will not be republished. The new sections adopt by reference Part I of the 2000 Accountability Manual , dated April 2000, which specifies the indicators, standards, and procedures used by the commissioner of education to determine standard accountability ratings and to determine acknowledgment on additional indicators for Texas public school districts and campuses, as authorized by Texas Education Code (TEC), §§39.051(c)-(e), 39.073, 39.074(a)-(b), and 39.075. Part I of the 2000 Accountability Manual also specifies procedures for submitting an appeal and system safeguard analyses used to assess the integrity of the accountability system.

Given the statewide application of the accountability rating process and the existence of sufficient statutory authority for the commissioner of education to adopt by reference Part I of the 2000 Accountability Manual , legal counsel with the TEA recommended that the procedures for issuing regular accountability ratings for public school districts and campuses 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 the Texas Education Code, §§39.051(c)-(e), 39.073, 39.074(a)-(b), and 39.075, which authorize the commissioner of education to specify the indicators, standards, and procedures used to determine standard accountability ratings and to determine acknowledgment on additional indicators.

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 May 24, 2000.

TRD-200003650

Criss Cloudt

Associate Commissioner, Policy Planning and Research

Texas Education Agency

Effective date: June 13, 2000

Proposal publication date: April 21, 2000

For further information, please call: (512) 463-9701