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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to performance appraisal of public school principals and |
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assistant principals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.354, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) The appraisal of a principal or assistant principal |
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shall include consideration of: |
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(1) the performance of a principal's or assistant |
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principal's campus on the indicators established under Section |
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39.051 and the campus's objectives established under Section |
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11.253, including performance gains of the campus and the |
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maintenance of those gains; |
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(2) the performance of students at the principal's or |
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assistant principal's campus, based on objective, quantifiable |
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measures of the student achievement and progress, such as state |
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assessment instruments, local benchmarking systems, portfolio |
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assessments, and value-added assessments, and using measures of |
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student progress whenever possible; |
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(3) the discipline management procedures used by the |
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principal or assistant principal; |
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(4) efforts by the principal or assistant principal to |
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involve parents in the educational process; and |
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(5) the instructional leadership and support provided |
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to staff on the principal's or assistant principal's campus. |
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(f) The majority of an appraisal of a principal or assistant |
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principal must be based on consideration of student performance |
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under Subsection (e)(2), and at least 25 percent of the portion of |
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the appraisal based on student performance must be based on |
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objective, quantifiable measures, as described by Subsection |
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(e)(2). |
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SECTION 2. The commissioner of education shall: |
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(1) adopt a revised recommended appraisal process in |
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compliance with Section 21.354, Education Code, as amended by this |
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Act, not later than September 1, 2008; |
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(2) develop training for school districts regarding |
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use of the revised recommended appraisal process not later than |
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September 1, 2009; |
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(3) provide the training developed under Subdivision |
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(2) of this section to appropriate school district personnel not |
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later than September 1, 2010; and |
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(4) complete implementation of the revised |
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recommended appraisal process not later than September 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |