September 2019 Committee on School Initiatives
THURSDAY
September 12, 2019
9 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES – ROOM 1-111
Members: Barbara Cargill, chair; Marisa B. Perez-Diaz, vice chair; Ruben Cortez, Jr; Keven Ellis;
Matt Robinson. A quorum of the State Board of Education may attend the committee meeting and discuss items on the committee agenda.
Public testimony – Individual testimony will be taken at the time the related item comes up for committee discussion or action. The procedures for registering and taking public testimony at State Board of Education committee meetings and general board meetings are provided online.
1. Open-Enrollment Charter School Generation 25 Application Updates
The director of the Division of Charter School Administration will discuss updates regarding the Generation Twenty-Five Open-Enrollment Charter Application. Statutory authority for this item is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.110.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION
2. Recommendation for Appointment to the Boys Ranch Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of an appointment to the board of trustees of the Boys Ranch Independent School District. The appointment is necessary due to the resignation of one board member. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.352, and 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §61.2.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – CONSENT
This item presents for second reading and final adoption proposed amendment to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 157, Hearings and Appeals, Subchapter D, Independent Hearing Examiners, §157.41, Certification Criteria for Independent Hearing Examiners. The proposed amendment would allow the commissioner of education to take action against the certificate of an independent hearing examiner if it is determined that the law firm with which the independent hearing examiner is associated, during the time the independent hearing examiner has been certified, meets specified criteria. No changes are recommended since approved for first reading. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.252.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – ACTION
This item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to review the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) rule actions that would propose revisions to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 231, Requirements for Public School Personnel Assignments, Subchapter C, Grades 6-8 Assignments, Subchapter D, Electives, Disciplinary Courses, Local Credit Courses, and Innovative Courses, Grades 6-12 Assignments, Subchapter E, Grades 9-12 Assignments, and Subchapter H, Assignments for Teachers Certified Before 1966. The proposed revisions would incorporate courses approved by the SBOE, would update the list of credentials appropriate for placement into an assignment, would make technical edits, and would delete an outdated subchapter. Statutory authority for this action is Texas Education Code (TEC), §§21.003(a), 21.031(a), and 21.041(b)(1)-(2).
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – ACTION
This item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to review the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) rule actions that would propose amendments to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 230, Professional Educator Preparation and Certification, Subchapter A, General Provisions, §230.1, Definitions, Subchapter C, Assessment of Educators, §230.21, Educator Assessment, Subchapter D, Types and Classes of Certificates Issued, §230.36, Intern Certificates, and §230.37, Probationary Certificates, and Subchapter G, Certificate Issuance Procedures, §230.101, Schedule of Fees for Certification Services. The proposed amendments would update the figure specifying required tests for issuance of the standard certificate; would create new requirements for issuance of intern and probationary certificates for the proposed new intensive pre-service option; as currently proposed in Chapter 228, Requirements for Educator Preparation Programs; would update the list of certification testing fees to include the performance-based assessment, edTPA, and content certification (subject-matter only) examinations; would provide technical edits; and would remove redundancies. Statutory authority for this action is 19 TAC §230.1 is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§21.041(b)(1), (2), and (4) and (c), 21.044(a); 21.048, 21.050, and 22.082. The statutory authority for 19 TAC §230.21 is the TEC, §§21.041(b)(1), (2), and (4); 21.044(a); 21.048; 21.050; 22.082; and the Texas Occupations Code (TOC), §54.003. The statutory authority for 19 TAC §230.36 and §230.37 is the TEC, §§21.003(a), 21.031, 21.041(b)(1)-(5) and (9), 21.051, and 22.0831(c) and (f). The statutory authority for 19 TAC §230.101 is the TEC, §§21.031(a); 21.041(b)(1)-(5) and (9) and (c); 21.044(a), (e), and (f); 21.048, 21.0485, 21.050, 21.054(a); 22.082; and 22.0831(f); and TOC, §53.105.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – ACTION
6. Review of Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 228, Requirements for Educator Preparation Programs
This item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to review the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) rule actions that would propose revisions to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 228, Requirements for Educator Preparation Programs. The proposed revisions would establish requirements for an optional intensive pre-service preparation and certification pathway, for educator preparation program (EPP) name changes, and for a candidate seeking certification in two categories to have clinical teaching in both. A technical edit would correct an accreditation status reference. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 228 is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§21.031; 21.041(b)(1) and (2); 21.044; 21.0442(c); 21.0443; 21.0453; 21.0454; 21.0455; 21.046(b); 21.0485; 21.0487(c); 21.0489(c); 21.049(a); 21.0491; 21.050; 21.051; and the Texas Occupations Code (TOC), §55.007.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – ACTION
This item provides an opportunity for the Committee on School Initiatives to discuss proposed amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 61, School Districts, Subchapter A, Board of Trustees Relationship. The proposed amendments would reflect changes made by House Bill (HB) 3 and HB 403, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, to the State Board of Education’s (SBOE’s) duty to provide training courses for independent school district trustees. The proposed amendments would also address the required number of nominees for trustee candidates for military reservation districts. Statutory authority for this item is Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.159, as amended by HB 403, TEC, §11.185 and §11.186 as added by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, and TEC, §11.352.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION
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