Texas Education Code - Section 11.202. Principals
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§ 11.202. PRINCIPALS. (a) The principal of a school is
the instructional leader of the school and shall be provided with
adequate training and personnel assistance to assume that role.
(b) Each principal shall:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (d), approve all
teacher and staff appointments for that principal's campus from a
pool of applicants selected by the district or of applicants who
meet the hiring requirements established by the district, based on
criteria developed by the principal after informal consultation
with the faculty;
(2) set specific education objectives for the
principal's campus, through the planning process under Section
11.253;
(3) develop budgets for the principal's campus;
(4) assume the administrative responsibility and
instructional leadership, under the supervision of the
superintendent, for discipline at the campus;
(5) assign, evaluate, and promote personnel assigned
to the campus;
(6) recommend to the superintendent the termination or
suspension of an employee assigned to the campus or the nonrenewal
of the term contract of an employee assigned to the campus; and
(7) perform other duties assigned by the
superintendent pursuant to the policy of the board of trustees.
(c) The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a
policy for the selection of a campus principal that includes
qualifications required for that position.
(d) The superintendent or the person designated by the
superintendent has final placement authority for a teacher
transferred because of enrollment shifts or program changes in the
district.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 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 11.301
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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