September 8, 2020 Committee of the Full Board Item 1
Public Hearing Regarding Instructional Materials Submitted for Adoption by the State Board of Education Under Proclamation 2021
September 8, 2020
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: A public hearing before the State Board of Education (SBOE) is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Testimony will be presented regarding instructional materials submitted for adoption under Proclamation 2021. This proclamation called for instructional materials for prekindergarten. Products submitted in response to Proclamation 2021 were reviewed in the summer of 2020.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.110 and §31.022.
TEC, §7.110, requires the SBOE to create and implement policies that allow the public an opportunity to appear before and speak to the board.
TEC, §31.022(b), requires the SBOE to adopt rules to provide for a full and complete investigation of instructional materials for each subject in the foundation curriculum. The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: Proclamation 2021 was issued by the SBOE in June 2019. Amendments to Proclamation 2021 were approved at the January 2020 SBOE meeting. The board ratified a deadline extension in Proclamation 2021 for publishers unable to meet the published deadline for providing pre-adoption samples, final correlations to the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, Certification of Editorial Review, Affidavit of Authorship or Contribution, and Report on Interoperability and Ease of Use due to closures and business disruptions related to COVID-19 in July 2020.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: The review of Proclamation 2021 instructional materials concluded in June 2020.
Staff Members Responsible:
Melissa Lautenschlager, Director, Instructional Materials and Implementation
Amie Williams, Director, Review and Adoption