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TCOLE outlines risk-based oversight, deactivation options for under-staffed agencies and a task force on academy performance
Summary
Executive staff described a risk-based matrix for agency audits and said TCOLE has begun collaborative deactivation of agencies that cannot sustain minimum standards; staff also formed a task force to evaluate why some academies succeed and others do not.
Executive Director Greg Stevens and enforcement staff reported that TCOLE is re-focusing oversight toward a risk-based approach under post‑sunset minimum standards.
Stevens said the agency is using a risk-based matrix to vary oversight frequency: agencies without findings may remain on a five-year cycle while agencies with repeat findings would be audited sooner and moved to shorter follow-up intervals. Stevens told commissioners that the new minimum standards (effective June 1 for existing agencies) require review of sustainable funding sources, written policies and documentation of…
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