The 80th Texas legislature provided direction (HB 2237) and funding for the statewide implementation of adolescent literacy academies for teachers of grades 6 through 8. These academies are intended to give English language arts/reading and content area teachers successful, research-based strategies for improving their students' academic literacy.
There will be a 4-day English Language Arts (ELA) Academy for English and reading teachers in grades 6-8 and a 2-day Content Area Academy for mathematics, science and social studies teachers of grades 6-8. The academies for grade 6 teachers will begin in the summer of 2008 and those for grades 7 and 8 teachers will begin in the summer of 2009. Teachers who complete all of the requirements for the ELA Academy will receive a $500 stipend, and those who complete the Content Area Academy will receive a $250 stipend.
Attendance for most teachers is voluntary. However, educators that meet the criteria for attendance and teach in a campus labeled Academically Unacceptable (AU) are required by HB 2237 to attend these academies. Grade 6 teachers on campuses that are rated AU as of the final accountability rating released by November 1, 2007 will attend the academies in 2008. Teachers in grades 7 and 8 on campuses that are rated AU as of the final accountability rating released by November 1, 2008 will participate in the academies in 2009. The academies will be managed by the 20 regional education service centers (ESC's). Detailed information about the sessions in your region will be forthcoming from your ESC. Additional information regarding the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies, please visit www.tea.state.tx.us/tala. The web site should be active September 1, 2007, but it may not become active until later in the month.

This is an awareness and overview of the new Texas Records Exchange System (TREx) via NET3 on
Thursday, August 30, 2007 from 2:00PM-3:00PM.
TREx Training Materials for NET3

District information for the conversion cycle, processes and status regarding conversions from WinSchool to RSCCC.

For the 2007-2008 school year the following districts are to be converted in the order as shown:
1 - Tidehaven ISD
2 - Van Vleck ISD
3 - Industrial ISD
4 - East Bernard ISD
5 - Needville ISD
6 - Weimar ISD
7 - Columbus ISD
8 - Sweet Home ISD

March - December 2007 Conversion Timeline	August, 2007 RSCCC New User Workshops
January - May 2008 Conversion Timeline	WinSchool to RCCCC Conversion Responsibilities

Starting in the spring of 2007, Daylight Savings Time (DST) start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Find details on how to support the DST changes on Microsoft Windows operating systems. Click Here for more info.

The Texas Education Agency has enhanced and updated their web interface to school district discipline data summary reports. Several years of additional data have been added. Click here to view the updated site.

The STaR Chart is about technology instruction and technology funding, therefore all active campuses that are listed in the TEA AskTED database were included as required campuses for STaR chart and e-Plan.

You can see your campus listings by accessing AskTED (http://askted.tea.state.tx.us/)

In order to request a campus removal from the STaR Chart requirement, the following conditions must exist:

Question 1: Does the campus receive any E-Rate funds or NCLB-Title II Part D funds (formula and/or discretionary)? If so, they need to complete the STaR Chart.

Question 2: Is the campus required to teach any of the Technology Applications TEKS (K-8) and/or Secondary Courses specific to Tech Apps -- or alternatives to Tech Apps (CATE, Tech Ed, etc.)? If so, they need to complete the STaR Chart.

Question 3: Do you provide teachers to this campus; if not what district (provide name and district id #) is responsible for staffing the campus?

Sometimes campuses have closed and just need to be removed from askTED at TEA.

Based on your answers, you may send a request to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   requesting the campus be removed. Be sure to include the campus number and the reason for the request.