Section 229.3 - Required Submissions of Information, Surveys, and Other Data(a) Educator preparation programs (EPPs), EPP candidates, first-year teachers, new teachers, beginning teachers, field supervisors, administrators, mentors, site supervisors, and cooperating teachers shall provide to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff all data and information required by this chapter, as set forth in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.(b) Any individual holding a Texas-issued educator certificate who fails to provide information required by this chapter and the Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.045 and §21.0452, as set forth in subsection (e) of this section, may be subject to sanction of his or her certificate, including the placement of restrictions, inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand, suspension, or revocation.(c) Any Texas public school that fails to provide information required by this chapter and the TEC, § 21.045 and § 21.0452, as set forth in subsection (e) of this section, may be referred to the commissioner of education with a recommendation that sanctions upon its accreditation status be imposed for failure to comply with this section and the TEC, § 21.0452.(d) Any open-enrollment charter school that fails to provide information required by this chapter and the TEC, § 21.045 and § 21.0452, as set forth in subsection (e) of this section, may be referred to the commissioner of education with a recommendation that sanctions be imposed for failure to comply with this section and the TEC, § 21.0452.(e) All required EPP data for an academic year shall be submitted to the TEA staff annually by September 15 following the end of that academic year. All surveys and information required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter by principals shall be submitted by June 15 of any academic year in which an administrator has had experience with a first-year teacher who was a participant in an EPP. All surveys and information required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter by new teachers shall be submitted by June 15 of the first full academic year after the teacher completed the requirements of an EPP. All surveys and information required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter by EPP candidates shall be submitted by August 31 of the academic year in which the candidate completed the requirements of an EPP.(f) The following apply to data submissions required by this chapter.(1) EPPs shall provide data for all candidates as specified in the figure provided in this paragraph. Attached Graphic
(2) Candidates in an EPP shall complete a survey, in a form approved by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC), evaluating the preparation he or she received in the EPP. Completion and submission to the TEA of the survey is a requirement for completion of an EPP.(3) Administrators in Texas public schools and open-enrollment charter schools shall complete surveys, in a form to be approved by the SBEC, evaluating the effectiveness of preparation for classroom success based on experience with first-year teachers who were participants in an EPP.(4) New teachers in a Texas public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, shall complete surveys, in a form to be approved by the SBEC, evaluating the effectiveness of preparation for classroom success.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 229.3
The provisions of this §229.3 adopted to be effective April 18, 2010, 35 TexReg 2849; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 43, October 24, 2014, TexReg 8395, eff. 10/26/2014; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 52, December 23, 2016, TexReg 10307, eff. 12/27/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 50, December 13, 2019, TexReg 7689, eff. 12/22/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 51, December 23, 2022, TexReg 8662, eff. 12/29/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 01, January 5, 2024, TexReg 0039, eff. 1/8/2024