1. (a) The local accountability system rating standards established by the commissioner of education under Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.0544, shall be used by school districts to locally evaluate the performance of districts, campuses, and charter schools. The procedures and criteria required to determine campus grades by the districts will be annually published in official Texas Education Agency publications. These publications will be widely disseminated and cover the following:

   1. (1) acceptable indicators, standards, and procedures used to approve a local accountability plan, district calculations, and campus local accountability grades; and
   2. (2) procedures for submitting a rating appeal.
2. (b) The procedures by which districts, campuses, and charter schools can locally rate their campuses for 2018 are based upon specific criteria and standards, which are described in the 2019 Local Accountability System Manual provided in this subsection.
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3. (c) Ratings may be revised as a result of investigative activities by the commissioner as authorized under TEC, §39.057(d) and (e).
4. (d) The specific criteria and standards used in the local accountability system manual are established annually by the commissioner and communicated to all school districts and charter schools.

Source Note:The provisions of this §97.1003 adopted to be effective August 5, 2019, 44 TexReg 4044.