The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has provided school districts with information regarding the 2018-2019 Texas Partnership benefits approval process, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2017 in Senate Bill 1882. Under a Texas Partnership, a school district may select a partner to operate a school under a performance contract. The partner has responsibility for staff, curriculum, calendar, assessments and other school-level decision-making while the district holds the partner accountable for academic and financial performance. Districts will have three opportunities to submit a Texas Partnership Benefits application: Dec. 13, Feb. 4 and April 1. Applications for Turnaround Partnerships or Innovation Partnerships must be submitted by either the Dec. 13 or Feb. 4 deadline. Only Innovation Partnership applications will be accepted on the April 1 deadline. For more information, please see the TEA SB 1882 information page here, and TEA’s Texas Partnership Guide here.
