Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

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

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

(i) In a format prescribed by 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 (h) of this section; and

(6) report the prekindergarten program evaluation type.

(j) 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 using data from a student progress monitoring instrument from the commissioner's list of approved prekindergarten instruments;

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

(3) plan for data-driven program improvements annually by using information from the district's or charter school's program evaluation to ensure the district's or charter school's prekindergarten program is meeting all high-quality prekindergarten indicators.

(k) 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 qualified teacher or teacher's aide for every 11 students.

(l) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall maintain locally and provide at 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; amended to be effective June 9, 2024, 49 TexReg 3921