Texans provide input at Community Conversations

The State Board of Education and its Long-Range Plan for Public Education Steering Committee hosted community meetings around the state during the 2017-2018 school year to gather comments on the four identified topics.  This information was used to shape the proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, which will be considered for adoption by the board in September 2018.

Below are documents summarizing public comments gathered during small-group discussions at these events.

Summary of Community Conversations presented to the State Board of Education on April 12, 2018 (PDF, 1,269 KB)

Community Conversations Findings Matrix (PDF, 399 KB) / Excel

Summary of Nov. 2, 2017 El Paso Community Conversation (PDF, 455 KB)

Summary of Nov. 14, 2017 Kilgore Community Conversation (PDF, 425 KB)

Summary of Dec. 5, 2017 Fort Worth Community Conversation (PDF, 477 KB)

Summary of Dec. 6, 2017 Dallas Community Conversation (PDF, 527 KB)

Summary of Jan. 9, 2018 San Antonio Community Conversation (PDF, 304 KB)

Summary of Jan. 18, 2018 Salado Community Conversation (PDF, 430 KB)

Summary of Feb. 7, 2018 Edinburg Community Conversation (PDF, 491 KB)

Summary of Feb. 7 2018 Community Conversations held in Corpus Christi and Victoria via teleconferencing (PDF, 449 KB)

Summary of Feb. 8, 2018 Houston Community Conversation (PDF, 444 KB)

Summary of Feb. 20, 2018 Austin Community Conversation (PDF, 438 KB)

Summary of Feb. 28, 2018 Amarillo Community Conversation (PDF, 444 KB)