Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 8.104 - Sanctions The commissioner shall develop a system of corrective actions to require of a regional education service center that the commissioner determines to be deficient in an accountability measure under Section 8.103. The actions must include, in increasing order of severity:
(1) conducting an on-site investigation of the center;(2) requiring the center to send notice of each deficiency to each school district and campus in the center's region or served by the center the previous year;(3) requiring the center to prepare for the commissioner's approval a plan to address each area of deficiency;(4) appointing a master to oversee the operations of the center;(5) replacing the executive director or board of directors; and(6) in the case of deficient performance in two consecutive years, closing the center.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. 5/30/1995. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 8.103 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 5/26/1997.