| (a) Educator preparation programs (EPPs), EPP candidates,
first-year teachers, new teachers, beginning teachers, field supervisors,
administrators, mentors, site supervisors, and cooperating teachers
shall provide to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff all data and
information required by this chapter, as set forth in subsections
(e) and (f) of this section.
(b) Any individual holding a Texas-issued educator
certificate who fails to provide information required by this chapter
and the Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.045 and §21.0452,
as set forth in subsection (e) of this section, may be subject to
sanction of his or her certificate, including the placement of restrictions,
inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand, suspension, or revocation.
(c) Any Texas public school that fails to provide information
required by this chapter and the TEC, §21.045 and §21.0452,
as set forth in subsection (e) of this section, may be referred to
the commissioner of education with a recommendation that sanctions
upon its accreditation status be imposed for failure to comply with
this section and the TEC, §21.0452.
(d) Any open-enrollment charter school that fails to
provide information required by this chapter and the TEC, §21.045
and §21.0452, as set forth in subsection (e) of this section,
may be referred to the commissioner of education with a recommendation
that sanctions be imposed for failure to comply with this section
and the TEC, §21.0452.
(e) All required EPP data for an academic year shall
be submitted to the TEA staff annually by September 15 following the
end of that academic year. All surveys and information required to
be submitted pursuant to this chapter by principals shall be submitted
by June 15 of any academic year in which an administrator has had
experience with a first-year teacher who was a participant in an EPP.
All surveys and information required to be submitted pursuant to this
chapter by new teachers shall be submitted by June 15 of the first
full academic year after the teacher completed the requirements of
an EPP. All surveys and information required to be submitted pursuant
to this chapter by EPP candidates shall be submitted by August 31
of the academic year in which the candidate completed the requirements
of an EPP.
(f) The following apply to data submissions required
by this chapter.
(1) EPPs shall provide data for all candidates as specified
in the figure provided in this paragraph.
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(2) Candidates in an EPP shall complete a survey, in
a form approved by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC),
evaluating the preparation he or she received in the EPP. Completion
and submission to the TEA of the survey is a requirement for completion
of an EPP.
(3) Administrators in Texas public schools and open-enrollment
charter schools shall complete surveys, in a form to be approved by
the SBEC, evaluating the effectiveness of preparation for classroom
success based on experience with first-year teachers who were participants
in an EPP.
(4) New teachers in a Texas public school, including
an open-enrollment charter school, shall complete surveys, in a form
to be approved by the SBEC, evaluating the effectiveness of preparation
for classroom success.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §229.3 adopted to be effective April 18, 2010, 35 TexReg 2849; amended to be effective October 26, 2014, 39 TexReg 8395; amended to be effective December 27, 2016, 41 TexReg 10302; amended to be effective December 22, 2019, 44 TexReg 7689; amended to be effective December 29, 2022, 47 TexReg 8662; amended to be effective January 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 39 |
