| (E) the addition of the designated teacher to the registry
of persons not eligible for employment in public schools under TEC, §22.092,
and Chapter 153, Subchapter EE, of this title;
(F) the district issued a designation in bad faith
by not removing a district employee from the designation determination
process who had a conflict of interest; or
(G) at the discretion of the commissioner.
(g) Funding.
(1) State funding.
(A) School districts will receive teacher incentive
allotment funds based on prior-year estimates. The final amount will
be based on data from the current school year as provided in subparagraph
(D) of this paragraph. Any difference from the estimated amount will
be addressed as part of the Foundation School Program settle-up process
according to the provisions in TEC, §48.272.
(B) A school district is eligible to earn the base
allotment for each designated teacher assigned to a zero-enrollment
campus, a campus with fewer than 20 students, a juvenile justice alternative
education program, a disciplinary alternative education program, a
residential facility, or central administration if the designated
teacher meets the requirements in subsection (b)(2) of this section,
plus the multiplier based on the school district's average student
point value and rural status, if applicable.
(C) Funding for teachers who work at multiple campuses
shall be calculated and split equally among the campuses where the
employee is working in a role coded as 087 (Teacher) in TSDS at each
campus.
(D) Designated teacher campus and district of employment
shall be determined annually by data collected in TSDS.
(E) School districts shall annually verify and confirm
teacher designations and corresponding allotments.
(F) TEA may exercise administrative discretion to redirect
or recalculate funds to the district where the designated teacher
works if a district disputes TSDS data. Disputes must be received
by the second Friday in May each year; however, TEA may exercise administrative
discretion to allow disputes to be considered outside of this timeline.
(G) The average point value and rural status for the
Texas School for the Deaf and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
Impaired will be calculated by utilizing the home districts of the
schools' students.
(2) Status and use of state funds. A school district
that receives teacher incentive allotment funding must comply with
the requirements of TEC, §48.112, including the requirement that
at least 90% of each allotment must be used for compensation of teachers
employed at the campus at which the teacher for whom the district
received the allotment is employed. School districts that receive
funding for designated teachers employed by the charter partner for
charter partnerships pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) or (iv)
of this section shall pass along at least 90% of the teacher incentive
allotment funding and 100% of fees pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of
this section paid by the charter partner to the charter partner. Charter
partners and districts shall work together to ensure that the spending
requirements of TEC, §48.112, are met.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §150.1012 adopted to be effective July 21, 2020, 45 TexReg 4977; amended to be effective April 6, 2021, 46 TexReg 2233; amended to be effective April 5, 2022, 47 TexReg 1683; amended to be effective March 23, 2023, 48 TexReg 1554 |
