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Educator misconduct reporting
Texas law requires school leaders to report specified educator misconduct or separation information to the appropriate state certification authorities within prescribed deadlines.
Ask whether the conduct and the separation trigger a report, then calendar the deadline immediately.
In plain English
Certain allegations, evidence, resignations, and terminations involving educator misconduct must move beyond the local personnel file to a state report.
- What it looks like in business
- When an educator resigns during an investigation, HR and the superintendent identify the alleged conduct, the reporting trigger, the evidence, the deadline, and the notice owed to the educator.
- Why it matters
- Waiting for a criminal conviction or a finished local process can miss a separate statutory reporting duty.
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Phase 3: Hard Conversations
A fair process for performance, complaints, accommodations, and exits so the owner is not both the boss and the only adult in the room.