(a) Pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 655 (regarding
Merit Selection Principles), the following principles will be effective
if the Board becomes required by federal law or regulation to use
a merit system of personnel administration for the Board or for a
program administered under the Board.
(b) The Board shall establish policies and procedures
to ensure compliance with the federal requirements; and the recruitment,
selection, and advancement of highly competent Board personnel.
(c) The Board shall ensure that it:
  (1) recruits, selects, and promotes its employees according
to the relative abilities, knowledge, and skills of the applicants
or employees;
  (2) provides equitable and adequate compensation to
an employee;
  (3) provides any employee training necessary to ensure
performance of a high quality;
  (4) uses the adequacy of an employee's job performance
to determine whether the employee will be retained;
  (5) treats a job applicant or employee fairly in all
aspects of personnel administration;
  (6) complies fully with state and federal equal opportunity
and nondiscrimination laws;
  (7) protects an employee against coercion for partisan
political purposes and prohibits the employee from using employment
status to interfere with or affect the result of an election or nomination
for office; and
  (8) implements any additional merit principles required
by federal law or regulation.


Source Note: The provisions of this §80.2 adopted to be effective September 13, 2015, 40 TexReg 5788