Section 21.7011 - Purposes The purposes of the educator excellence innovation program are to:
(1) systemically transform:(A) educator quality and effectiveness through improved and innovative school district-level recruitment, preparation, hiring, induction, evaluation, professional development, strategic compensation, career pathways, and retention; and(B) district administrative practices to improve quality, effectiveness, and efficiency; and(2) use the enhanced educator and administrative quality and effectiveness to improve student learning and student academic performance, especially the learning and academic performance of students enrolled in districts that:(A) receive federal funding under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.); and(B) have at a majority of district campuses a student enrollment of which at least 50 percent is educationally disadvantaged.Tex. Educ. Code § 21.7011
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 948,Sec. 3, eff. applicable beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.