Texas Education Code
§ 11.201 — SUPERINTENDENTS
ED § 11.201Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE · Ch. 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS · Art. E. SUPERINTENDENTS AND PRINCIPALS
Statute text
View on source(a)The superintendent is the educational leader and the chief executive officer of the school district.
(b)The board of trustees of an independent school district may employ by contract a superintendent for a term not to exceed five years.
(c)For purposes of this subsection, "severance payment" means any amount paid by the board of trustees of an independent school district to or in behalf of a superintendent on early termination of the superintendent's contract that exceeds the amount earned by the superintendent under the contract as of the date of termination, including any amount that exceeds the amount of earned standard salary and benefits that is paid as a condition of early termination of the contract. The board of trustees that makes a severance payment to a superintendent shall report the terms of the severance payment to the commissioner. The commissioner shall reduce the district's Foundation School Program funds by any amount that the amount of the severance payment to the superintendent exceeds an amount equal to one year's salary and benefits under the superintendent's terminated contract. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this subsection.
(d)The duties of the superintendent include:
(1)assuming administrative responsibility and leadership for the planning, organization, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the education programs, services, and facilities of the district and for the annual performance appraisal of the district's staff;
(2)except as provided by Section 11.202, assuming administrative authority and responsibility for the assignment, supervision, and evaluation of all personnel of the district other than the superintendent;
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (H.B. 189), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1244 (H.B. 2563), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 8, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1042 (H.B. 1706), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1177 (H.B. 3372), Sec. 2, eff. June 22, 2025.