(a) - (d)(No change.)
(e)The TEA will base the financial accountability
rating of a school district on its overall performance on the financial
measurements, ratios, and other indicators established by the commissioner,
as shown in the figures provided in this subsection. Financial accountability
ratings for a rating year are based on the data from the immediate
prior fiscal year.
(1) - (3)(No change.)
(4)The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 are based on
financial data from fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively,
and are provided in the figure in this paragraph entitled "School
FIRST - Rating Worksheet Dated April 2020 [June 2019]
for rating years 2017-2018 through 2019-2020." The financial accountability
rating indicators for rating years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020
will use the same calculations and scoring method provided in the
figure in this paragraph.
Attached Graphic
[Figure: 19 TAC §109.1001(e)(4)]
(5)The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating year 2020-2021 are based on fiscal year 2020 financial
data and are provided in the figure in this paragraph entitled "School
FIRST - Rating Worksheet Dated April 2020 [June 2019]
for rating year 2020-2021." The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating years after 2020-2021 will use the same calculations and
scoring method provided in the figure in this paragraph.
Attached Graphic
[Figure: 19 TAC §109.1001(e)(5)]
(6)(No change.)
(f)The TEA will base the financial accountability
rating of an open-enrollment charter school on its overall performance
on the financial measurements, ratios, and other indicators established
by the commissioner, as shown in the figures provided in this subsection.
Financial accountability ratings for a rating year are based on the
data from the immediate prior fiscal year.
(1) - (3)(No change.)
(4)The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 are based on
financial data from fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively,
and are provided in the figure in this paragraph entitled "Charter
FIRST - Rating Worksheet Dated April 2020 [June 2019]
for rating year 2017-2018." The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 will use the
same calculations and scoring method provided in the figure in this
paragraph.
Attached Graphic
[Figure: 19 TAC §109.1001(f)(4)]
(5)The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating year 2020-2021 are based on fiscal year 2020 financial
data and are provided in the figure in this paragraph entitled "Charter
FIRST - Rating Worksheet Dated April 2020 [June 2019]
for rating year 2020-2021." The financial accountability rating indicators
for rating years after 2020-2021 will use the same calculations and
scoring method provided in the figure in this paragraph.
Attached Graphic
[Figure: 19 TAC §109.1001(f)(5)]
(6)(No change.)
(g) - (h)(No change.)
(i)The types of financial accountability ratings that
school districts or open-enrollment charter schools may receive for
the rating year 2015-2016 and all subsequent rating years are as follows.
(1) - (4)(No change.)
(5)No Rating. Beginning with the financial accountability
rating for rating year 2016-2017 and all subsequent rating years,
in accordance with the procedures established in this section, a school
district receiving territory due to an annexation order by the commissioner
under the TEC, §13.054, or consolidation under the TEC, Chapter
49 [41] , Subchapter H, will not receive a rating
for two consecutive rating years beginning with the rating year that
is based on financial data from the fiscal year in which the order
of annexation becomes effective. After the second rating year, the
receiving district will be subject to the financial accountability
rating system established by the commissioner in this section.
(j)(No change.)
(k)The commissioner may lower a financial accountability
rating based on the findings of an action conducted under the TEC,
Chapter 39 or 39A, or change a financial accountability
rating in cases of disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel
curtailment, or another calamity.
(l) - (q)(No change.)
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on April 13, 2020
TRD-202001438 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: May 24, 2020
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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