1. (a) Each individual who holds the Standard Principal or Mid-Management Certificate, issued on or after September 1, 1999, is subject to Chapter 232, Subchapter R of this title (relating to Certificate Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements), except that 200 hours of continuing professional education must be completed every five years.
2. (b) Individuals holding the Standard Principal Certificate or Standard Mid-Management must select an assessment from the list approved under §241.35 of this title and should participate in the assessment the first year of employment as a principal or assistant principal. Follow-up assessments should be completed in the first year of each five-year renewal period. The individual seeking to renew is solely responsible for selecting the assessment used to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
3. (c) Based on the results of the assessment required under subsection (b) of this section, each individual shall develop a professional growth plan which is directly related to the standards identified in §241.15 of this title (relating to Standards for the Principal Certificate), and must allow for the prioritization of professional growth needs.
4. (d) Consistent with TEC §21.054(b), the results of the individual assessment and the professional growth plan shall be used exclusively for professional growth purposes, and may only be released with the approval of the individual assessed.

5. (e) An individual who holds a valid Texas professional administrator certificate issued prior to September 1, 1999, and who is employed as a principal or assistant principal or fulfills the functions of a principal or assistant principal:

   1. (1) must complete an assessment approved under §241.35 of this title (relating to Assessment Process Definition and Approval of Individual Assessments) and develop a professional growth plan as described in subsection (c) no later than August 31, 2004 and once in each subsequent five year period; and
   2. (2) may voluntarily comply with the requirements of subsection (a) under procedures adopted by the executive director under Subchapter R, §232.810 of this title (relating to Voluntary Renewal of Current Texas Educators). The executive director shall report to the employing school district those individuals who choose to renew under this subsection.
6. (f) An individual who holds a valid Texas professional administrator certificate issued prior to September 1, 1999, and who is not employed as an assistant principal or principal may voluntarily comply with the requirements of this section under procedures adopted by the executive director under Subchapter R, §232.810 of this title.

Source Note:The provisions of this §241.30 adopted to be effective March 14, 1999, 24 TexReg 1616; amended to be effective September 2, 1999, 24 TexReg 6751; amended to be effective June 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 3929.