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Texas Education Code - Section 11.203. School Leadership Pilot Program For Principals

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§ 11.203. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM FOR 
PRINCIPALS.                 

Text of section effective until September 1, 2010
	(a)  The agency shall develop and implement a school 
leadership pilot program for principals in cooperation with a 
nonprofit corporation that has substantial experience in 
developing best practices to improve leadership skills, student 
achievement, student graduation rates, and teacher retention.
	(b)  The agency shall consult business schools, departments, 
or programs at institutions of higher education to develop program 
course work that focuses on management and business training.
	(c)  A principal or a person interested in becoming a 
principal may apply for participation in the program, in a form and 
manner determined by the commissioner.
	(d)  A principal of a campus rated academically 
unacceptable, as well as any person employed to replace that 
principal, shall participate in the program and complete the 
program requirements not later than a date determined by the 
commissioner.
	(e)  To pay the costs of administering the program, the 
commissioner may use funds appropriated to the agency and available 
for that purpose.

Text of subsec. (e-1) effective until August 31, 2007
	(e-1)  For the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 
2005, the amount the commissioner may use to finance activities 
under this section may not exceed $3.6 million.  This subsection 
expires August 31, 2007.
	(f)  To implement and administer the program, the 
commissioner may accept grants, gifts, and donations from public 
and private entities.
	(g)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to 
administer this section.  
	(h)  During the first semester of the 2008-2009 school year, 
the agency shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program in 
developing and enhancing the ability of principals participating in 
the program to provide school leadership and improve student 
achievement and graduation rates and teacher retention.  Not later 
than January 1, 2009, the agency shall submit a report explaining 
the results of the study to the governor, lieutenant governor, 
speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officers 
of the standing committees of each house of the legislature with 
primary jurisdiction over public education.
	(i)  This section expires September 1, 2010.                                   

Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 5, § 4.01, eff. May 
26, 2006.

Last modified: August 10, 2007