Tex. Education Code § 21.357
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 21.357, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 21.357. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.
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(a) The commissioner shall design an objective system to evaluate principals that:
(1) is based on types of information available as of January 1, 1995, through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and the state's public school accountability system;
(2) focuses on gain at a principal's campus and includes a statistical analysis comparing current campus performance to previous performance; and
(3) does not include subjective items.
(b) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner may award performance incentives to principals identified through the evaluation system as high-performing. Based on available appropriations, for each fiscal year, a performance incentive may not exceed:
(1) $5,000, for a principal ranked in the top quartile; or
(2) $2,500, for a principal ranked in the second quartile.
(c) A performance incentive awarded to a principal under this section must be distributed to the principal's school and used in the manner determined by the campus-level committee established under Section 11.253 in accordance with the requirements of Section 39.264(a).
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(8), eff. June 17, 2011.
(1) is based on types of information available as of January 1, 1995, through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and the state's public school accountability system;
(2) focuses on gain at a principal's campus and includes a statistical analysis comparing current campus performance to previous performance; and
(3) does not include subjective items.
(b) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner may award performance incentives to principals identified through the evaluation system as high-performing. Based on available appropriations, for each fiscal year, a performance incentive may not exceed:
(1) $5,000, for a principal ranked in the top quartile; or
(2) $2,500, for a principal ranked in the second quartile.
(c) A performance incentive awarded to a principal under this section must be distributed to the principal's school and used in the manner determined by the campus-level committee established under Section 11.253 in accordance with the requirements of Section 39.264(a).
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(8), eff. June 17, 2011.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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