82R9829 CAS-D
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 2378
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization for the appraisal of certain public
school administrators by educators supervised by the
administrators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.3541 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.3541. APPRAISAL OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS. (a) In addition to the appraisal required under
this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district may
provide an appraisal process and criteria on which to appraise the
performance of:
(1) each school assistant principal by each teacher at
the school who is the department chair for a subject area or grade
level; and
(2) each teacher who is the department chair for a
subject area or grade level, on the basis of the teacher's
performance as department chair, by the other teachers in the
subject area or at the grade level for which the department chair
has supervisory responsibilities.
(b) An assistant principal or department chair may not be
appraised under the appraisal process adopted under this section
more than once each school year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.