November 2024 Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund
THURSDAY
November 21, 2024
9:00 a.m.
PSF Corporation meeting starts upon adjournment of the SF/PSF meeting but no earlier than 10:00 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FINANCE/PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND – Room 1-104
Members: Tom Maynard, chair; Marisa Perez-Diaz, vice chair; Keven Ellis; Patricia Hardy; Aaron Kinsey. A quorum of the State Board of Education may attend the committee meeting and discuss items on the committee agenda. A quorum of the Committee of Investment Advisors to the Permanent School Fund 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 public testimony at State Board of Education committee meetings and general board meetings are provided in SBOE Operating Rules.
1. Approval of Costs to Administer the 2024–2025 State-Developed Assessments to Private School Students
Texas Education Code, §39.033, allows a private school to voluntarily assess its students with the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) and the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) assessments. The State Board of Education (SBOE) must approve the per-student cost to private schools, which may not exceed the cost of administering the same assessment to a student enrolled in a public-school district. This item requests approval of these costs for the 2024–2025 school year. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.033.
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 review of 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 30, Administration, Subchapter B, State Board of Education: Purchasing and Contracts. The rules in Subchapter B address the historically underutilized business (HUB) program and outline the procedures for vendor protests, dispute resolution, and appeals relating to purchasing and contract issues in accordance with Texas Government Code requirements. The statutory authority for the rule review is Texas Government Code (TGC), §2001.039. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter B, is Texas Government Code, §§2161.003, 2155.076, and 2260.052.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION