April 2020 Committee on School Initiatives
THURSDAY
April 16, 2020
11:00 a.m. or upon adjournment of the Committee of the Full Board
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES
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 Appointment to the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for the board to consider an appointment to the board of trustees of the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District. The appointment is necessary due to the expiration of the term of office for a board member. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC) 11.352.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
2. Recommendation for Appointments to the Lackland Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for the board to consider two appointments to the board of trustees of the Lackland Independent School District. The appointments 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.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
3. Open-Enrollment Charter School Generation 25 Application Updates
The director of the Division of Charter School Administration will discuss updates regarding the Generation Twenty-Five Open-Enrollment Charter Application cycle. Statutory authority for this item is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.110.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION
4. Adoption of Review of 19 TAC Chapter 100, Charters, Subchapter A, Open-Enrollment Charter Schools, and Subchapter B, Home-Rule School District Charters
(Adoption of Review)
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 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 an SBOE member to be designated as the liaison for charter selection for charters proposed under Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 12, Subchapter D; charter selection procedures for charters granted under the TEC, Chapter 12, Subchapter 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), and 12.101(b-0).
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – 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 230, Professional Educator Preparation and Certification, Subchapter C, Assessment of Educators, Subchapter D, Types and Classes of Certificates Issued, Subchapter E, Educational Aide Certificate, and Subchapter G, Certificate Issuance Procedures. The proposed amendments would implement the statutory requirements of Senate Bill (SB) 1839 and House Bills (HBs) 2039 and 3349, 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, and HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019. The proposed amendment to Subchapter C, Assessment of Educators, would reduce the amount of time for computer- and paper-based examination retakes from 45 to 30 days and would update the figure specifying the required test for issuance of the standard certification, including the removal of the master teacher certification class and the Principal: Early Childhood-Grade 12 certificate and the addition of Early Childhood-Grade 3 (EC-3), Science of Teaching Reading, and Trade and Industrial Workforce Training. The proposed amendment to Subchapter D, Types and Classes of Certificates Issued, would require the English as a Second Language Supplemental assessment for issuance of an intern certificate obtained through the intensive pre-service route. The proposed amendment to Subchapter E, Educational Aide Certificate, would allow the Educational Aide I certificate to be issued to high school students who have completed certain career and technical education courses. Proposed changes to Subchapter G, Certificate Issuance Procedures, would clarify that requests for certificate corrections be submitted to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) within six weeks from the original date of issuance. The proposed changes would also implement the requirement specified in statute that certified classroom teachers must complete training prior to receiving test approval for the Early Childhood: Prekindergarten-Grade 3 certificate. The SBEC made changes to the proposed text in Figure: 19 TAC §230.21(e) in response to public comment and to revert text for future rulemaking. Statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 230 is the Texas Education Code (TEC) §§21.041(b)(1), (2), and (4); 21.044(a); 21.048, as amended by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 21.050, as amended by HB 3217, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 21.051, as amended by SB 1839, 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2017; 21.064, as amended by HB 3, 86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2019; 22.082; and Texas Occupations Code (TOC), §54.003, for Subchapter C; 21.003(a); 21.031; 21.041(b)(1)-(5) and (9); 21.051, as amended by SB 1839, 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2017; 22.064; and 22.0831(c) and (f) for Subchapter D; 21.041(a) and (b)(1)-(4) for Subchapter E; and 21.031(a); 21.041(b)(1)-(5) and (9) and (c); 21.044(a), (e), and (f); 21.048, as amended by SB 1839, 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2017; 21.0485; 21.0489; 21.050, as amended by HB 3217, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 21.054(a), as amended by SBs 7, 179, and 1839, 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, and HB 2424, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019; 22.082; and 22.0831(c) and (f); and TOC, §53.105, for Subchapter G.
COMMITTEE –ACTION
SBOE – ACTION