(a) The commissioner of education will annually assign a technical assistance team to a campus rated Academically Acceptable in the state accountability rating system if that campus would be rated Academically Unacceptable using the accountability standards for the subsequent year.
- (1) The current year campus performance will be evaluated against the accountability standards that have been established for the subsequent school year for each base indicator of the state accountability system.
- (2) All students and each student group evaluated in the state accountability system that meets minimum size requirements in the current school year must meet the standards established for the subsequent school year.
- (3) A technical assistance team shall be assigned to a campus evaluated under either standard or alternative education accountability procedures.
- (4) The commissioner shall annually identify campuses assigned technical assistance teams following the resolution of appeals related to the state accountability ratings, as defined in the Texas Education Code, §39.301.
(b) The commissioner may waive the requirement to assign a technical assistance team.
- (1) A campus with improvement gains over the preceding three years that are greater than or equal to the improvement needed to achieve the standards established for the subsequent school year is eligible for the waiver.
- (2) The methodology used to determine sufficient improvement gains will be based on the average gain in performance over the preceding three years compared to the improvement needed to achieve each standard established for the subsequent school year. The improvement needed is the difference between the standard established for the subsequent school year and actual performance in the current school year.
- (3) A campus must be evaluated under the same accountability procedures, either standard or alternative education accountability, in each of the preceding three years in order to be eligible for the waiver.
Source Note:The provisions of this §97.1002 adopted to be effective February 25, 2007, 32 TexReg 624.