Useful Links

Education-related associations and information—Includes links to various education compliance and reference sites.

Education Week
Texas Association of School Administrators
Texas Association of School Business Officials
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
Texas ISD.com
The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
University Interscholastic League
Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators (TASPA)

HR information—Includes links to HR-specific Web sites such as state and national HR associations and HR reference sites.

American Association of School Personnel Administrators
Americans with Disabilities Act Resource Center (ADA)
Job Accommodation Network (ADA information)
Workforce On Line
World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association)

Recruiting resources—Includes some eight sites specifically related to employee recruitment, retention, or job banks.

American Association for Employment in Education
Career and Technology Education Job Bank
Job Web (National Association of College and Employers)
Project Connect
Texas Association of School Administrators
Texas Association of School Boards (superintendent vacancies only)
Texas Association of School Business Officials
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
Troops to Teachers
WorkInTexas (Texas Workforce Commission)

State and federal government information—Includes 25 state and federal sites essential to the HR administrator. Among them are Social Security Administration, (Federal) Bureau of Labor Statistics, TEA, TRS, and more.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Internal Revenue Service
Social Security Administration
State Board for Educator Certification
State of Texas Government Information
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Texas Administrative Code
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Network (TENET)
Texas Register
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Texas Workforce Commission
U.S. Department of Justice (ADA)
U. S. Department of Labor
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Government Printing Office

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) model forms and lettersThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has the following sample forms for NCLB compliance available on line:

English—Sample Parent Notification regarding right-to-know the qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals

Spanish—Sample Parent Notification regarding right-to-know the qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals

English—Sample Parent Notification regarding student assigned for four or more consecutive weeks to a teacher who is not highly qualified under NCLB definition

Spanish—Sample Parent Notification regarding student assigned for four or more consecutive weeks to a teacher who is not highly qualified under NCLB definition Sample

Principal Attestation of compliance with requirements of Section 1119 Sample

Private Nonprofit School Certification concerning consultation requirements (4-03, rev 10-03)
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