November 2025 Consent Agenda

CONSENT AGENDA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

November 21, 2025

(1) Adoption of Review of 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements

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 the review of 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter A, Required Curriculum, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, Subchapter C, Other Provisions, Subchapter F, Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2007-2008, and Subchapter G, Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2012-2013. The rules being reviewed provide curriculum requirements for school districts, outline graduation requirements, and include other provisions that relate to curriculum requirements. Statutory authority is the Texas Government Code (TGC), §2001.039. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 74, Subchapters A-C, F, and G, is Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102, as amended by House Bill (HB) 2 and Senate Bill (SB) 568, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025; 25.007, as amended by SB 569, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025; 28.002, as amended by HB 824, SB 12, SB 24, SB 25, and SB 1207, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025; 28.0021; 28.0023; 28.008; 28.011; 28.012; 28.014; 28.018; 28.023; 28.025, as amended by HB 2, HB 27, SB 568, and SB 2314, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025; 28.0256; 28.053; 28.054; 29.907; 33.081; and 38.003, as amended by HB 2 and SB 568, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025.

(2) Approval of Costs to Administer the 2025–2026 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 2025–2026 school year. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code, §39.033, which states that through an agreement with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), private schools may administer adopted assessment instruments if private schools reimburse TEA the cost for administering the assessment. The per-student cost of administering adopted assessments is determined by the SBOE.