Source: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/July72017/Proposed%20Rules/19.EDUCATION.html
Timestamp: 2018-01-18 01:45:23
Document Index: 271515023

Matched Legal Cases: ['§150', '§150', '§21', '§2001', '§21', '§21', '§150']

The Texas Education Agency proposes an amendment to §150.1001, concerning teacher appraisal. The proposed amendment would clarify language relating to measures of student performance to reflect an agreement between the commissioner and concerned stakeholders.
Title 19 TAC Chapter 150, Subchapter AA, describes the current state-recommended appraisal system for teachers, the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS), which has been in place since July 2016.
The proposed amendment to 19 TAC §150.1001 would clarify and solidify interpretation of the phrase "the performance of teachers' students" in the TEC, §21.351(a)(2), as a measure of student growth at the individual teacher level, a required component of both the state-recommended teacher appraisal system and any locally developed teacher appraisal system beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.
The proposed amendment would also clarify the flexibility a school district has in choosing and weighting student growth measures for teacher appraisal.
FISCAL NOTE. Martin Winchester, deputy commissioner for educator support, has determined that for the first five-year period the amendment is in effect, there will be no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result of enforcing or administering the amendment. There is no effect on local economy for the first five years that the proposed amendment is in effect; therefore, no local employment impact statement is required under Texas Government Code, §2001.022.
PUBLIC BENEFIT/COST NOTE. Mr. Winchester has determined that for each year of the first five years the amendment is in effect the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing the amendment will be allowing public school districts to access an appraisal process that can improve instruction and student performance. There is no anticipated economic cost to persons who are required to comply with the proposed amendment.
REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. The public comment period on the proposal begins July 7, 2017, and ends August 7, 2017. Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez, Rulemaking, Texas Education Agency, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701. Comments may also be submitted electronically to rules@tea.texas.gov. A request for a public hearing on the proposal submitted under the Administrative Procedure Act must be received by the commissioner of education not more than 14 calendar days after notice of the proposal has been published in the Texas Register on July 7, 2017.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The amendment is proposed under the Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.351, which requires the commissioner of education to adopt a state-recommended appraisal process for teachers, and the TEC, §21.352, which details the local role for school districts as it relates to teacher appraisal, including locally adopted appraisal processes and appraisal timelines and frequency.
§150.1001.General Provisions.
(2) The performance of teachers' students is how the individual teacher's students progress academically in response to the teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual teacher level by one or more [of the following] student growth measures.[:]
[(A) student learning objectives;]
[(B) student portfolios;]
[(C) pre- and post-test results on district-level assessments; or]
[(D) value-added data based on student state assessment results.]
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