Sec. 8.104. SANCTIONS. The commissioner shall develop a system of corrective actions to require of a regional education service center that the commissioner determines to be deficient in an accountability measure under Section 8.103. The actions must include, in increasing order of severity:
(1) conducting an on-site investigation of the center;
(2) requiring the center to send notice of each deficiency to each school district and campus in the center's region or served by the center the previous year;
(3) requiring the center to prepare for the commissioner's approval a plan to address each area of deficiency;
(4) appointing a master to oversee the operations of the center;
(5) replacing the executive director or board of directors; and
(6) in the case of deficient performance in two consecutive years, closing the center.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 8.103 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 1997.
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