Texas Education Code - Section 11.201. Superintendents
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§ 11.201. SUPERINTENDENTS. (a) The superintendent is the
educational leader and the chief executive officer of the school
district.
(b) The board of trustees of an independent school district
may employ by contract a superintendent for a term not to exceed
five years.
(c) For purposes of this subsection, "severance payment"
means any amount paid by the board of trustees of an independent
school district to or in behalf of a superintendent on early
termination of the superintendent's contract that exceeds the
amount earned by the superintendent under the contract as of the
date of termination, including any amount that exceeds the amount
of earned standard salary and benefits that is paid as a condition
of early termination of the contract. The board of trustees that
makes a severance payment to a superintendent shall report the
terms of the severance payment to the commissioner. The
commissioner shall reduce the district's Foundation School Program
funds by any amount that the amount of the severance payment to the
superintendent exceeds an amount equal to one year's salary and
benefits under the superintendent's terminated contract. The
commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this
subsection.
(d) The duties of the superintendent include:
(1) assuming administrative responsibility and
leadership for the planning, operation, supervision, and
evaluation of the education programs, services, and facilities of
the district and for the annual performance appraisal of the
district's staff;
(2) assuming administrative authority and
responsibility for the assignment and evaluation of all personnel
of the district other than the superintendent;
(3) making recommendations regarding the selection of
personnel of the district other than the superintendent, as
provided by Section 11.163;
(4) initiating the termination or suspension of an
employee or the nonrenewal of an employee's term contract;
(5) managing the day-to-day operations of the district
as its administrative manager;
(6) preparing and submitting to the board of trustees
a proposed budget as provided by Section 44.002;
(7) preparing recommendations for policies to be
adopted by the board of trustees and overseeing the implementation
of adopted policies;
(8) developing or causing to be developed appropriate
administrative regulations to implement policies established by
the board of trustees;
(9) providing leadership for the attainment of student
performance in the district based on the indicators adopted under
Section 39.051 and other indicators adopted by the State Board of
Education or the district's board of trustees;
(10) organizing the district's central
administration; and
(11) performing any other duties assigned by action of
the board of trustees.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 955, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
Section: 11.164 11.165 11.166 11.167 11.168 11.168 11.170 11.201 11.202 11.203 11.251 11.252 11.253 11.254 11.255
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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