Jan-Feb 2017 Committee on School Initiatives
THURSDAY
February 2, 2017
9 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES - Room 1-111
Members: Marty Rowley, Chair; Donna Bahorich; Erika Beltran; Ruben Cortez, Jr; Georgina C. Pérez. 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. Election of Chair
(no agenda exhibit)
State Board of Education (SBOE) operating rules call for each committee to elect a chair from among its members. This item provides an opportunity for each of the SBOE standing committees to elect a chair at this meeting if the SBOE retains the existing committee structure. The chair may then appoint a vice chair. If the board changes the committee structure, the committee may elect a member to preside over this first meeting only. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code, §7.107.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
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 one appointment to the board of trustees of the Boys Ranch Independent School District. The appointment is necessary due to the resignation prior to the completion of the term of office for 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
3. Recommendation for Appointment to the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of one appointment to the board of trustees of the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District. The appointment is necessary due to the resignation prior to the completion of the term of office for 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
4. Recommendation for Appointment to the Randolph Field Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of one appointment to the board of trustees of the Randolph Field Independent School District. The appointment is necessary due to the resignation prior to the completion of the term of office for 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
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 adoption of the review of 19 TAC Chapter 30, Administration, Subchapter A, State Board of Education: General Provisions. The rule being reviewed establishes the SBOE process for petitioning the adoption of changes to SBOE rules, as required by Texas Government Code, §2001.021. Statutory authority for the rule review is Texas Government Code, §2001.039. Statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter A, is Texas Government Code, §2001.021.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
6. Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 30, Administration, Subchapter A, State Board of Education: General Provisions, §30.1, Petition for Adoption of Rule Changes
(First Reading and Filing Authorization)
This item presents for first reading and filing authorization a proposed amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 30, Administration, Subchapter A, State Board of Education: General Provisions, §30.1, Petition for Adoption of Rule Changes. The proposed amendment would update the petition form adopted in rule to require the petitioner to indicate that the petitioner meets one of the four definitions of an interested person specified in statute. Statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter A, is Texas Government Code, §2001.021.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - ACTION