The Texas Education Agency has advised all school districts and charters of the summer deadlines to submit locally-assigned performance ratings. HB 5 requires a local committee or committees to determine the criteria that the district uses to evaluate and assign performance ratings and to evaluate the district’s compliance with statutory reporting and policy requirements. The Texas Education Agency will begin collecting information regarding locally-assigned district and campus community and student engagement ratings beginning in late June.
The commissioner’s rule on the reporting requirements for Community and Student Engagement was filed with the Texas Register on June 5, with an effective date of June 25. The adoption was published in the June 20 issue. The adopted rule can be viewed online at the following link: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=25769811926.
Under House Bill 5, districts must post the ratings and compliance status for the district and each campus on the school district’s website by August 8, 2014.
The Texas Education Agency is required to report the performance ratings and compliance statuses on the TEA website no later than October 1, 2014. Please note that while TEA has reporting responsibilities under House Bill 5, the agency has no authority to provide policy guidance to districts regarding the criteria for determining the community and student engagement performance ratings and compliance statuses.