TEA News

Preliminary ISD/Charter Fiscal Ratings
The preliminary 2019-20 Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) ratings released by the TEA (Aug. 6) reflects a near 100 percent passing rate for ISDs and charters. See table:

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The ratings are based on Fiscal Year 2019 data (ending either June 30 or Aug. 31, 2019).

The ISDs receiving preliminary failing F = Substandard Achievement ratings are: 1) Culberson County-Allamoore, 2) Divide, 3) Floresville, 4) Jim Hogg County, 5) Karnes City, 6) Leander, 7) Lytle, 8) Meridian, 9) Rio Hondo and 10) Roscoe Collegiate.

Charters receiving preliminary F = Substandard Achievement ratings are: 1) Priority Charter Schools (Bell County), 2) Bridgeway Preparatory Academy (Dallas County) and 3) Texas Serenity Academy (Montgomery County).

Also, the state’s eight college/university-affiliated charters all received passing FIRST ratings under a pass/fail system that considers seven individual indicators.

The deadline for filing appeals over the preliminary ratings is Sept. 8, and final ratings are expected to be posted by the TEA in November.

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TEA Rule News
Adopted (with effective date) — Click here for more info:
  • Implementing HB3 requirements for the new Local Optional Teacher Designation System. (July 21)

  • Providing alternative methods to determine a student’s eligibility for state compensatory education funding. (July 21)

  • Ensuring that charter school special-ed funding allotments are not reduced from year to year. (July 30)

  • Allocating $50 in Career and Technology Education Allotments per student attending Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) campuses or New Tech Network-member campuses. (July 30)

  • Ensuring that education service center personnel who are nonadministrators and are not subject to the minimum salary schedule will continue to receive state funded pay supplements. (July 30)

Proposed (with comment deadline) — Click here for more info:
  • Providing STAAR testing flexibility for ISDs and charters choosing to test online. (Aug. 24)

  • Implementing rules for disaster remediation expense reimbursements to ISDs/charters located in governor-declared disaster areas. (Aug. 24)

  • Revising Bond Guarantee Program rules that mostly apply to charters. (Sept. 21)