January 2021 Committee on School Initiatives
THURSDAY
January 28, 2021
9:00 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES – Room 1-111
Members: Marisa B. Perez-Diaz, vice chair; Ruben Cortez, Jr; Keven Ellis; Matt Robinson; Audrey Young. 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
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 the Committee on School Initiatives 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(b).
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – NO ACTION
2. Open-Enrollment Charter School Generation 26 Application Updates
The director of the Division of Charter School Authorizing and Administration will discuss updates regarding the Generation Twenty-Six Open-Enrollment Charter Application cycle. Statutory authority for this item is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101.
COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION
SBOE - NO ACTION
3. Adoption of Review of 19 TAC Chapter 30, Administration, Subchapter A, State Board of Education: General Provisions
(Adoption of Review)
Texas Government Code (TGC), §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 review of 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 30, Administration, Subchapter A, State Board of Education: General Provisions. Subchapter A establishes the SBOE process for petitioning the adoption of changes to SBOE rules, as required by TGC, §2001.021. Statutory authority for the rule review is TGC, §2001.039. Statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter A, is TGC, §2001.021.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
4. 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 Texas Administrative Code (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 State Board of Education (SBOE) petition procedures to allow for electronic submission of a petition authorized under Texas Government Code (TGC), §2001.021. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Government Code (TGC), §2001.021.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
5. Proposed New 19 TAC Chapter 61, School Districts, Subchapter B, Special Purpose School Districts, §61.111, Applicability of State Law to Boys Ranch Independent School District
(First Reading and Filing Authorization)
This item presents for first reading and filing authorization proposed new 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 61, School Districts, Subchapter B, Special Purpose School Districts, §61.111, Applicability of State Law to Boys Ranch Independent School District. The proposed new rule would identify provisions of the Texas Education Code (TEC) that are not applicable to Boys Ranch Independent School District. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.351 and §11.352.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE - ACTION