Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION › Chapter 229 - ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 229.3 - Required Submissions of Information, Surveys, and Other Data

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Educator preparation programs (EPPs), EPP
				candidates, first-year teachers, new teachers, beginning teachers, field
				supervisors, administrators, mentors, site supervisors, and cooperating
				teachers shall provide to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff all data and
				information required by this chapter, as set forth in subsections (e) and (f)
				of this section.
(b) Any individual
				holding a Texas-issued educator certificate who fails to provide information
				required by this chapter and the Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.045 and
				§21.0452, as set forth in subsection (e) of this section, may be subject
				to sanction of his or her certificate, including the placement of restrictions,
				inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand, suspension, or revocation.
(c) Any Texas public school that fails to
				provide information required by this chapter and the TEC, §
									21.045 and §
									21.0452, as set forth
				in subsection (e) of this section, may be referred to the commissioner of
				education with a recommendation that sanctions upon its accreditation status be
				imposed for failure to comply with this section and the TEC, §
									21.0452.
(d) Any open-enrollment charter school that
				fails to provide information required by this chapter and the TEC, §
									21.045 and §
									21.0452, as set forth
				in subsection (e) of this section, may be referred to the commissioner of
				education with a recommendation that sanctions be imposed for failure to comply
				with this section and the TEC, §
									21.0452.
(e) All required EPP data for an academic
				year shall be submitted to the TEA staff annually by September 15 following the
				end of that academic year. All surveys and information required to be submitted
				pursuant to this chapter by principals shall be submitted by June 15 of any
				academic year in which an administrator has had experience with a first-year
				teacher who was a participant in an EPP. All surveys and information required
				to be submitted pursuant to this chapter by new teachers shall be submitted by
				June 15 of the first full academic year after the teacher completed the
				requirements of an EPP. All surveys and information required to be submitted
				pursuant to this chapter by EPP candidates shall be submitted by August 31 of
				the academic year in which the candidate completed the requirements of an
				EPP.
(f) The following apply to
				data submissions required by this chapter.
(1)
				EPPs shall provide data for all candidates as specified in the figure provided
				in this paragraph.
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(2)
				Candidates in an EPP shall complete a survey, in a form approved by the State
				Board for Educator Certification (SBEC), evaluating the preparation he or she
				received in the EPP. Completion and submission to the TEA of the survey is a
				requirement for completion of an EPP.
(3) Administrators in Texas public schools
				and open-enrollment charter schools shall complete surveys, in a form to be
				approved by the SBEC, evaluating the effectiveness of preparation for classroom
				success based on experience with first-year teachers who were participants in
				an EPP.
(4) New teachers in a Texas
				public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, shall complete
				surveys, in a form to be approved by the SBEC, evaluating the effectiveness of
				preparation for classroom success.