Texas Education Code 21.357 – Performance Incentives
(a) The commissioner shall design an objective system to evaluate principals that:
(1) is based on types of information available as of January 1, 1995, through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and the state’s public school accountability system;
(2) focuses on gain at a principal’s campus and includes a statistical analysis comparing current campus performance to previous performance; and
(3) does not include subjective items.
(b) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner may award performance incentives to principals identified through the evaluation system as high-performing. Based on available appropriations, for each fiscal year, a performance incentive may not exceed:
(1) $5,000, for a principal ranked in the top quartile; or
(2) $2,500, for a principal ranked in the second quartile.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 21.357
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(c) A performance incentive awarded to a principal under this section must be distributed to the principal’s school and used in the manner determined by the campus-level committee established under § 11.253 in accordance with the requirements of § 39.264(a).
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(8), eff. June 17, 2011.