(a)The provisions of Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapters
39 and 39A, and this subchapter shall be construed and applied to
achieve the purposes of accreditation statuses assigned under TEC, §39.051
and §39.052, and the purposes of accreditation sanctions, which
are to:
(1)inform the parents of students enrolled in the
district, property owners in the district, general public, and policymakers
of the academic, fiscal, and compliance performance of each district
or campus on the standards adopted by the commissioner of education
under TEC, §39.052(b) and (c), and/or listed in §97.1059
of this title (relating to Standards for All Accreditation Sanction
Determinations);
(2)encourage the district or campus to improve its
academic, fiscal, and/or compliance performance by addressing each
area of deficiency identified by the commissioner of education;
(3)enable the parents of students enrolled in the
district, property owners in the district, general public, and policymakers
to assist the district or campus in improving the district or campus
performance by addressing each area of deficiency identified by the
commissioner;
(4)encourage other districts or campuses to improve
their performance so as to avoid similar action and to retain their
accreditation; and
(5)improve the Texas public school system by eliminating
poor academic, fiscal, and compliance performance by districts and
campuses on the standards listed in §97.1059 of this title.
(b)The accreditation status assigned a district under §97.1055
of this title (relating to Accreditation Status) generally reflects
performance under the state academic accountability rating system
and financial accountability rating system beginning with the district's
2006 ratings. However, performance under these systems for earlier
years shall be considered for purposes of accreditation statuses and
sanctions under this subchapter. Accordingly:
(1)consideration of or failure to consider any rating
of the district under §97.1055 of this title does not preclude
consideration of that rating when determining accreditation sanctions
under this subchapter; and
(2)when determining accreditation sanctions under
this subchapter, the commissioner shall consider the entire ratings
history of the district and its campuses to the extent it is material.
(c)The provisions of TEC, Chapters 39 and 39A, and
this subchapter apply in the same manner to an open-enrollment charter
school as to a district.
The
agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal
authority.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on January 8, 2018
TRD-201800059 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: January 28, 2018
Proposal publication date: September 29, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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