Summary: The amendment adopts by reference the 2020-2021 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook. The amendment was adopted without changes since published as proposed; however, the handbook adopted by reference in the rule includes changes to Sections 3 and 5 at adoption.

Effective Date: November 18, 2020
Please see the TEA website to view adopted commissioner of education rules.
 

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Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions, Division 1, Status, Standards, and Sanctions, §97.1055, Accreditation Status
Summary: The proposed amendment would modify the rule to indicate that the Texas Education Agency will not issue accreditation statuses in the 2020-2021 academic year due to the lack of accountability ratings for the prior academic year and that, for purposes of issuing lowered accreditation statuses based on consecutive years of performance, the 2019 and the 2021 academic accountability ratings are consecutive.

Publication in the Texas Register: November 13, 2020

Public Comment Period: November 13, 2020-December 14, 2020. A form for submitting public comments is available on the proposed commissioner of education rules web page.

Proposed Effective Date: February 14, 2021
 
Please see the TEA website to view proposed commissioner of education rules.