1. (a) The executive director of the Board shall appoint an oversight team to make recommendations and provide assistance to an entity that is rated Accredited-Under Review.

   1. (1) The executive director shall notify in writing the chief executive officer of the entity of the appointment of an oversight team.
   2. (2) Members of the oversight team, including the chair, are appointed by the executive director. The entity under review shall be responsible for the reasonable and necessary expenses of the oversight team and, when appropriate, for the expenses of any person assigned to administer and manage the educator preparation program.
   3. (3) With the cooperation of the entity, the oversight team shall collect information about the program and develop strategies for improvement. All recommendations and reports of the progress of the program toward improvement must be provided in writing to the entity and to the executive director. The executive director shall verify whether the entity is attempting to implement the recommendations of the oversight team.
   4. (4) No later than 30 calendar days after receiving the recommendations of an oversight team, the entity shall submit to the executive director an action plan for addressing the recommendations.
   5. (5) No later than May 31 of each year that an entity is Accredited-Under Review, the entity must submit to the executive director a progress report related to the recommendations of the oversight team.
   6. (6) The executive director shall notify Texas public school districts of the change in accreditation status of a certification program.
2. (b) If, after one year, the executive director determines that an entity rated Accredited-Under Review has not fulfilled the recommendations of the oversight team, the executive director shall appoint a person to administer and manage the operations of the program.
3. (c) The executive director shall appoint a person to administer and manage the operations of a program that has been rated Accredited-Under Review for two consecutive academic years and will be rated Accredited-Under Review for a third consecutive year.
4. (d) The executive director shall, based upon the type and severity of the problems of the preparation program, inform the chief executive officer of the entity of the powers and duties a person assigned to administer and manage the program shall have. The powers and duties of the person appointed to administer and manage the program may include overseeing daily programmatic decisions, supervising staff or budget, and making curriculum-related decisions. The administrator may disapprove actions proposed by the program staff.
5. (e) An entity must achieve acceptable performance, as set by the Board, on standards required for accreditation no later than December 31 during the third academic year of being rated Accredited-Under Review.
6. (f) Considering input of the oversight team, the executive director may at any time, prior to revocation of an entity's accreditation, request that the Board limit the entity to only preparing candidates for certification in specified fields and collaborate with another entity to fully manage the program.

Source Note:The provisions of this §229.6 adopted to be effective February 3, 2002, 27 TexReg 603.