Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(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.
