Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) If a campus's performance is below any
standard under Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.054(e), the campus shall
engage in interventions as described by the Texas Education Agency
(TEA).
(b) A school district,
open-enrollment charter school, district campus, or charter school campus that
is assigned a rating of D that qualifies under TEC, §
39.0543(b),
shall develop and implement a local improvement plan using the guidance
provided by TEA. The school district, open-enrollment charter school, district
campus, or charter school campus shall:
(1)
conduct a data analysis related to areas of low performance;
(2) conduct a needs assessment based on the
results of the data analysis, as follows.
(A)
The needs assessment shall include a root cause analysis.
(B) Root causes identified through the needs
assessment will be addressed in the local improvement plan; and
(3) create a local improvement
plan, as follows.
(A) Input must be gathered
from the principal; campus-level committee established under TEC, §
11.251; parents; and
community members, prior to the development of the local improvement plan,
using the following steps.
(i) The campus
must hold a public meeting at the campus. The campus shall take reasonable
steps to conduct the meeting at a time and in a manner that would allow a
majority of stakeholders to attend and participate. The campus may hold more
than one meeting if necessary.
(ii)
The public must be notified of the meeting 15 days prior to the meeting by way
of the district and campus website, local newspapers or other media that reach
the general public, and the parent liaison, if present on the campus.
(iii) All input provided by family and
community members should be considered in the development of the final local
improvement.
(B) The
completed local improvement plan must be presented at a public hearing and
approved by the board of trustees.
(c) The commissioner shall assign members to
a campus intervention team (CIT) as outlined in §
97.1063 of this title (relating to
Campus Intervention Team) and TEC, §
39A.052.
(d) The campus shall establish a campus
leadership team (CLT) that includes the campus principal and other campus
leaders responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of the
targeted improvement plan.
(e) The
campus intervention team shall:
(1) conduct a
data analysis related to areas of low performance;
(2) conduct a needs assessment based on the
results of the data analysis, as follows.
(A)
The needs assessment shall include a root cause analysis.
(B) Root causes identified through the needs
assessment will be addressed in the targeted improvement plan and, if
applicable, campus turnaround plan;
(3) assist in the creation of a targeted
improvement plan, as follows.
(A) Input must
be gathered from the principal; campus-level committee established under TEC,
§
11.251; parents; and
community members, prior to the development of the targeted improvement plan,
using the following steps.
(i) The campus
must hold a public meeting at the campus. The campus shall take reasonable
steps to conduct the meeting at a time and in a manner that would allow a
majority of stakeholders to attend and participate. The campus may hold more
than one meeting if necessary.
(ii)
The public must be notified of the meeting 15 days prior to the meeting by way
of the district and campus website, local newspapers or other media that reach
the general public, and the parent liaison, if present on the campus.
(iii) All input provided by family and
community members should be considered in the development of the final targeted
improvement plan submitted to the TEA.
(B) The completed targeted improvement plan
must be presented at a public hearing and approved by the board of
trustees.
(C) The targeted
improvement plan must be submitted to the commissioner of education for
approval according to TEA procedures and guidance; and
(4) assist the commissioner in monitoring the
implementation of the targeted improvement plan. The campus will submit updates
to the TEA as requested that include:
(A) a
description of how elements of the targeted improvement plan are being
implemented and monitored; and
(B)
data demonstrating the results of interventions from the targeted improvement
plan.
(f) If
a campus is assigned an unacceptable rating under TEC, §
39.054(e),
for a second consecutive year, the campus must engage in the processes outlined
in subsections (a), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, and the campus must
develop a campus turnaround plan to be approved by the commissioner as
described in §
97.1064 of this title (relating to
Campus Turnaround Plan).
(g) If a
campus is assigned an unacceptable rating under TEC, §
39.054(e),
for a third or fourth consecutive year, the campus must engage in the processes
outlined in subsections (a), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, and the campus
must implement the commissioner-approved campus turnaround plan as described in
§
97.1064 of this title.
(h) If a campus is assigned an unacceptable
rating under TEC, §
39.054(e),
for a fifth consecutive year, the commissioner shall order the appointment of a
board of managers to govern the district or closure of the campus.
(i) Based on a campus's progress toward
improvement, the commissioner may order a hearing if a campus's performance is
below any standard under TEC, §
39.054(e).
(j) Interventions and sanctions listed under
this section begin upon release of preliminary ratings and may be adjusted
based on final accountability ratings.
