Education Code § 21.7011

Sec. 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. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 948 (H.B. 1751), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.