January 2020 Committee on School Initiatives
THURSDAY
January 30, 2020
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. Recommendation for Appointments to the Boys Ranch Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of two reappointments to the board of trustees of the Boys Ranch Independent School District. The reappointments are necessary due to the expiration of the term of office for two board members. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC) 11.352, and Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 61.2.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
2. Recommendation for Appointments to the Randolph Field Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of three reappointments to the board of trustees of the Randolph Field Independent School District. The reappointments are necessary due to the expiration of the term of office for the board members. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC) 11.352, and Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 61.2.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
This item presents for second reading and final adoption proposed amendments to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 61, School Districts, Subchapter A, Board of Trustees Relationship. The proposed amendment to §61.1 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 amendment to §61.2 would address the required number of nominees for trustee candidates for military reservation districts. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.159, as amended by HB 403, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; TEC, §11.185 and §11.186, as added by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; and TEC, §11.352.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
4. Open-Enrollment Charter School Updates on the Generation 25 and Generation 26 Applications
The director of the Division of Charter School Administration will present to the Committee on School Initiatives updates on the Generation 25 and Generation 26 Open-Enrollment Charter School Application process. Statutory authority for this item is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.110.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION
Texas Government Code, §2001.039, establishes a four-year rule review cycle for all state agency rules, including State Board of Education (SBOE) rules. This item presents the review of 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 100, Charters, Subchapter A, Open-Enrollment Charter Schools, and Subchapter B, Home-Rule School District Charters. Subchapter A establishes a provision for a State Board member to be designated as the liaison for charter selection for charters proposed under Chapter 12, Subchapter D; charter selection procedures for charters granted under the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 12, Subchapters D; and provisions for a 90-day no-contact requirement. Subchapter B sets forth provisions for adverse action on a home-rule school district charter. The statutory authority for the rule review is the Texas Government Code (TGC), §2001.039. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 100, Subchapter A, is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 100, Subchapter B, is TEC, §§7.102(c)(8), 12.028, 12.101(b), 12.101(b-0).
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO 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 249, Disciplinary Proceedings, Sanctions, and Contested Cases, Subchapter B, Enforcement Actions and Guidelines. The proposed amendments would implement House Bill (HB) 3, Senate Bills (SBs) 1230, 1476, and 37, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, by reflecting new reporting requirements for superintendents, principals, and directors of public schools and private school administrative officers; adding individuals listed on the registry of persons ineligible to work in public schools to the people that must be fired or refused employment by a certified educator; and removing the reference to student loan default as a ground for discipline by the SBEC. The proposed amendments would also make technical changes to improve the readability of provisions and to align citations. The SBEC made changes to the proposed text in response to public comment. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 249, Subchapter B, is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§21.006(a), (b), (b-1), (b-2), (c), (c-1), (c-2), as amended by HB 3 and SB 1476, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, (f), (g), (g-1), as added by HB 3 and SB 1476, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; and (i), as amended by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 21.0062, as added by SB 1230, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 21.007; 21.009(e); 21.031(a); 21.035; 21.041; 21.058; 21.0581; 21.060; 21.105(c); 21.160(c); 21.210(c); 22.082; 22.0831; 22.085, as amended by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 22.087; 22.092, as added by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; and 22.093, as added by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; Texas Government Code (TGC), §411.090 and §2001.058(e); Texas Family Code (TFC), §261.308(d) and (e) and §261.406(a) and (b), as amended by SB 1231, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; Texas Occupations Code (TOC), §§53.021(a), as amended by SB 1342, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 53.022 and 53.023, as amended by SB 1342, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, 53.024, 53.025, 53.051, as amended by SB 1342, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, 53.052, and 56.003, as amended by SB 37, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), 20 United States Code (USC), §7926.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – ACTION