State Board of Education Special Meeting

December 1, 2021
12:00 p.m.

William B. Travis Building, Room 1-100
1701 N. Congress Avenue

Livestream

The purpose of this special SBOE meeting is to formally adopt the following proposed rule actions as recommended by the SBOE Committee of the Full Board at the November 2021 SBOE meeting.
No public testimony will be taken at this special meeting.

1.  Proposed New 19 TAC Chapter 112, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science, Subchapter A, Elementary, §§112.1-112.7, and Subchapter B, Middle School, §§112.25-112.28
(Second Reading and Final Adoption)

This item presents for second reading and final adoption proposed new 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapter 112, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science, Subchapter A, Elementary, §112.1, Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science, Elementary, Adopted 2021; §112.2, Science, Kindergarten, Adopted 2021; §112.3, Science, Grade 1, Adopted 2021; §112.4, Science, Grade 2, Adopted 2021; §112.5, Science, Grade 3, Adopted 2021; §112.6, Science, Grade 4, Adopted 2021; and §112.7, Science, Grade 5, Adopted 2021, and Subchapter B, Middle School, §112.25, Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science, Middle School, Adopted 2021; §112.26, Science, Grade 6, Adopted 2021; §112.27, Science, Grade 7, Adopted 2021; and §112.28, Science, Grade 8, Adopted 2021. The proposed new sections would update the standards to better align the content and ensure the standards remain current. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4) and §28.002(a), (c), and (j).

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