Texas Register, Volume 19, Number 41, Pages 4291-4362, June 3, 1994 Page: 4,337
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(b) A district's accreditation status
may be raised or lowered based on the
district's performance or may be lowered
based on the unacceptable performance of
one or more campuses in the district. The
commissioner must review at least annually
the performance of a district for which the
accreditation rating has been lowered due to
unacceptable student performance and shall
raise the rating of the district based on
demonstrated improved student perfor-
mance and other established criteria
(c) The commissioner shall estab-
lish the level of frequency of on-site visits,
and the level of investigative review
needed, dependent upon the district's or
campus' performance as measured annually
on the academic excellence indicators.
(d) If an annual review indicates
low performance on one or more of the
academic excellence indicators on one or
more campuses in a district, the agency may
conduct an on-site review to determine the
extent to which the district is effectively
planning to address the deficiencies cited in
its low performing campus or campuses, as
well as the effectiveness of the plan for site-
based decision making
(e) The accreditation on-site review
and intervention process shall normally be
conducted by a select group of peers of
professional district staff. Whenever practi-
cable, the majority of the members of the
accreditation review teams shall be com-
posed of trained persons who have experi-
ence in school districts similar to the
districts they are assigned to review as part
of the accreditation review process Agency
staff will manage and facilitate the peer
review process. The team will review,
gather, and analyze data pertaining to stu-
dent performance, district and campus plan-
ning and decision making, compliance,
equity, governance, health, and safety. The
team shall report its on-site visit findings to
the commissioner. Agency staff will review
all performance reports, compliance reports,
other pertinent district records and findings
of the review team, and the commissioner
will determine the level of technical assis-
tance or intervention necessary to improve
student performance in respect to standards
established by the commissioner of educa-
tion.
(f) Districts that receive the status
of accredited, warned, will be reviewed on-
site at least annually to determine the level
of oversight, technical assistance, and/or
level of intervention required, and to moni-
tor progress in respect to student perfor-
mance, compliance, and other indicators of
improvement
(g) The Central Education Agency
shall give written notice to the superinten-
dent and board of trustees of each district at
least six weeks before a regularly scheduled
accreditation peer review visit.(h) The procedures followed during
the on-site accreditation visits will be estab-
lished by the commissioner of education
and provided to the district along with the
notice of visitation. The procedures shall
include protocols for obtaining information
from campus administrators, teachers, par-
ents, and students.
(i) At the conclusion of a district's
accreditation visit, the, accreditation team
shall orally report its preliminary findings to
the superintendent and to the extent practi-
cable: members of the board of trustees;
members of the district-level committee as
established in the Texas Education Code,
21.930; and others as deemed appropriate.
A written report shall be sent to the district
within 45 working days. The written report
is a public document subject to the provi-
sions of the Texas Open Records Act
(j) At the conclusion of the cam-
pus' visit, the peer intervention team shall
orally report its preliminary findings to the
campus principal and site-based decision
making committee established under the
Texas Education Code, 21.931, and to the
extent practicable, members of the board of
trustees, the superintendent, and others as
deemed appropriate. A written report shall
be sent to the district within 45 working
days. The written report is a public docu-
ment subject to the provisions of the Texas
Open Records Act
97.7. Special Investigations.
(a) Under certain circumstances,
the commissioner of education may order a
review team of Texas Education Agency
(TEA) staff to conduct an on-site special
investigation. The commissioner may raise
or lower a school district's accreditation
rating and may apply any sanction or inter-
vention provided in statute as a result of the
investigation. The commissioner may order
the investigation under the following cir-
cumstances:(1) when excessive
absences of students eligible to
state assessment instruments
mined;numbers of
be tested on
are deter-(2) when excessive numbers of
allowable exemptions from the required
state assessment are determined; or
(3) in response to a complaint
submitted to the Central Education Agency
regarding any of the following:
(A) alleged violations of
civil rights or other requirements imposed
on the state by federal law or court order;
(B) alleged violations of the
accreditation criteria related to effective
governance operations; or(C) established compliance
reviews of the district's fiscal management
and financial accounting practices, state and
federal program requirements, and State
Board of Education (SBOE) rule.
(b) The commissioner shall deter-
mine separately the process for special in-
vestigative visits in each case.
(c) A written report shall be sent to
the district within 30 working days after the
investigation is complete The written report
is a public document subject to the provi-
sions of the Texas Open Records Act
97.8. 7'he Appeal Proc c.s.
(a) The provisions of this section
apply to 97.6 of this title (relating to The
Accreditation Process) and 97 7 (relating
to Special Investigations) Within 15 work-
ing days after receiving the accreditation or
special investigation report, the school dis-
trict may request resolution of any disagree-
ment by submitting to agency staff a written
response containing objections to the report.
The district waives any objections not con-
tained in the response The time line may be
extended under special circumstances, as
determined by agency staff Agency staff
must respond within 15 working days after
receiving the written response. If the
objections are not resolved within 15 work-
ing days after the agency receives the dis-
trict's objections, the district will be
notified that it must choose between infor-
mal or formal resolution. The commissioner
or the commissioner's designee shall review
the report for informal or formal resolution,
as described under the Administrative Pro-
cedures Act.
(b) At the next regularly scheduled
board meeting, the school district board of
trustees must review the complete written
report as modified by any appeals.
This agency hereby certifies that the rule as
adopted has been reviewed by legal counsel
and found to be a valid exercise of the agen-
cy's legal authority.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on May 25, 1994.
TRD-9441390 Cnss Cloudt
Associate Commissioner,
Policy Planning and
Evaluation
Texas Education Agency
Effective date June 15, 1994
Proposal publication date January 18, 1994
For further information, please call. (512)
463-9701
* 19 TAC 97.4-97.6
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) adopts
the repeal of 97.4-97 6, concerning re-
qurements and procedures for school ac-* ADOPTED RULES June 3, 1994 19 TexReg 4337
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