19 TAC §241.25, §241.30
The State Board for Educator Certification adopts the amendments
to the following section of 19 TAC Chapter 241: §241.25 and §241.30,
relating to Principal Certificate.
The proposed amendments to §241.25 and §241.30 were published
in the December 3, 2004, issue of the
Texas Register
(29 TexReg 11244).
The adopted amendments add new §241.25(4) which specifically states
that a principal certificate candidate must complete a principal preparation
program. In addition they would amend §241.30(b) and §241.30(e)(1)
to clarify language regarding the holder of a Standard Principal Certificate
or Standard Mid-Management certificate who is employed as a principal or assistant
principal. The individual must select an approved assessment during the first
year of employment and in the fist year of each five-year period of employment.
This will separate the assessment from the renewal requirement.
The State Board for Educator Certification received one public comment,
from Regional Education Service Center VI, suggesting the proposed amendment
to §241.30(b) be made more flexible by adding the phrase, "prior to employment
or" before the phrase, "the first year of employment." The board accepts the
comment and hereby adopts §241.30 with change and §241.25 is adopted
without change.
The amendments to §241.25 and §241.30 are adopted under
the statutory authority of the following Education Code sections: Section
21.031(a), which vests SBEC with the authority to regulate and oversee all
aspects of the certification, continuing education, and standards of conduct
of public school educators; and Section 21.041(b)(1), Education Code, which
requires SBEC to propose rules that provide for the regulation of educators
and the general administration of Chapter 21, Subchapter B, in a manner consistent
with that subchapter; and Section 21.041(b)(2), which requires SBEC to specify
the classes of certificates to be issued.
§241.30.Requirements to Renew the Standard Principal Certificate.
(a)
Each individual who holds the Standard Principal or Mid-Management
Certificate, issued on or after September 1, 1999, is subject to Chapter 232,
Subchapter R of this title (relating to Certificate Renewal and Continuing
Professional Education Requirements), except that 200 hours of continuing
professional education must be completed every five years.
(b)
Individuals holding the Standard Principal Certificate
or Standard Mid-Management and who are employed as a principal or assistant
principal must select an assessment from the list approved under §241.35
of this title and should participate in the assessment the first year of employment
as a principal or assistant principal. Follow-up assessments should be completed
in the first year of each five-year period of employment. The individual is
solely responsible for selecting the assessment used to satisfy the requirements
of this subsection.
(c)
Based on the results of the assessment required under
subsection (b) of this section, each individual shall develop a professional
growth plan which is directly related to the standards identified in §241.15
of this title (relating to Standards for the Principal Certificate), and must
allow for the prioritization of professional growth needs.
(d)
Consistent with TEC §21.054(b), the results of the
individual assessment and the professional growth plan shall be used exclusively
for professional growth purposes, and may only be released with the approval
of the individual assessed.
(e)
An individual who holds a valid Texas professional administrator
certificate issued prior to September 1, 1999, and who is employed as a principal
or assistant principal or fulfills the functions of a principal or assistant
principal:
(1)
must complete an assessment approved under §241.35
of this title (relating to Assessment Process Definition and Approval of Individual
Assessments) and develop a professional growth plan as described in subsection
(c) no later than August 31, 2004 and once in each subsequent five year period
of employment as a principal or assistant principal; and
(2)
may voluntarily comply with the requirements of subsection
(a) under procedures adopted by the executive director under Subchapter R, §232.810
of this title (relating to Voluntary Renewal of Current Texas Educators).
The executive director shall report to the employing school district those
individuals who choose to renew under this subsection.
(f)
An individual who holds a valid Texas professional administrator
certificate issued prior to September 1, 1999, and who is not employed as
an assistant principal or principal may voluntarily comply with the requirements
of this section under procedures adopted by the executive director under Subchapter
R, §232.810 of this title.
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 June 1, 2005.
TRD-200502207
Herman L. Smith, Ph.D.
Executive Director
State Board for Educator Certification
Effective date: June 21, 2005
Proposal publication date: December 3, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 936-8304