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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 102EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER AACOMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS
RULE §102.1003High-Quality Prekindergarten Program

      (v) using a cyclical process to ensure evaluation results are used for continuous improvement and adjustment; and

      (vi) ensuring teachers play a role in the family engagement evaluation process.

(f) In a format prescribed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), a school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall:

  (1) report the curriculum used in the high-quality prekindergarten program classes as required by subsection (b) of this section;

  (2) report a description and the beginning- and end-of-year results of each commissioner-approved prekindergarten instrument used in the high-quality prekindergarten program classes as required by subsection (c) of this section;

  (3) report:

    (A) a description of each commissioner-approved multidimensional kindergarten readiness instrument used in the district or charter school to measure the effectiveness of the district's or charter school's high-quality prekindergarten program classes as required by subsection (c) of this section; and

    (B) the results for at least 95% of the district's or charter school's kindergarten students on the commissioner-approved multidimensional kindergarten readiness instrument by the end of the TEA-determined assessment collection window;

  (4) report additional teacher qualifications described in subsection (d) of this section;

  (5) report the family engagement plan URL/website link described in subsection (e) of this section; and

  (6) report the prekindergarten program evaluation type.

(g) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall:

  (1) select and implement appropriate methods for evaluating the district's or charter school's high-quality prekindergarten program by measuring student progress; and

  (2) make data from the results of program evaluations available to parents.

(h) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school must attempt to maintain an average ratio in any prekindergarten program class of not less than one certified teacher or teacher's aide for every 11 students.

(i) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall maintain locally and provide at the TEA's request the necessary documentation to ensure fidelity of high-quality prekindergarten program implementation.


Source Note: The provisions of this §102.1003 adopted to be effective April 6, 2016, 41 TexReg 2480; amended to be effective February 13, 2020, 45 TexReg 895

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