November 2025 Committee on Instruction Item 5
Discussion of Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.14, Performance Acknowledgments
November 20, 2025
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the committee to discuss possible amendments to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.14, Performance Acknowledgments, to align language related to ACT with language related to SAT and to consider addition of the Classic Learning Test® to appropriate performance acknowledgments.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4) and §28.025(c-5).
TEC, §7.102(c)(4), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements.
TEC, §28.025(c-5), requires the SBOE to adopt rules permitting a student to earn a performance acknowledgment on the student's transcript for outstanding performance in a dual credit course; in bilingualism and biliteracy; on a college advanced placement test or international baccalaureate examination; on an established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment instrument used to measure a student's progress toward readiness for college and the workplace; or on an established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced assessment instrument used by colleges and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions process; or for earning a state recognized or nationally or internationally recognized business or industry certification or license.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the links above.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: The SBOE adopted rules in 19 TAC Chapter 74, Subchapter B, to implement the Foundation High School Program effective July 8, 2014. In April 2018, the SBOE adopted an amendment to update the number of subject tests on the ACT Aspire™ examination that are required to earn a performance acknowledgement and to update the qualifying score on the SAT® exam to a single composite score of 1310. The committee was recently made aware that the amended language that was adopted in 2018 for SAT and ACT is inconsistent. This item provides the opportunity for the committee to discuss a possible amendment to correct the inconsistency. Additionally, this item would allow the committee to discuss the addition of the Classic Learning Test® to appropriate performance acknowledgments.
Staff Member Responsible:
Jessica Snyder, Senior Director, Curriculum Standards and Student Support
Attachment:
Text of 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.14, Performance Acknowledgments