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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (State Board for Career and Technology Education) DONNA BAHORICH, Houston Chair of the State Board of Education District 6 MARTY ROWLEY, Amarillo RUBEN CORTEZ, JR., Brownsville Vice Chair of the State Board of Education Secretary of the State Board of Education District 15 District 2 Board Members LAWRENCE A. ALLEN, JR., Houston TOM MAYNARD, Florence District 4 District 10 BARBARA CARGILL, Conroe SUE MELTON-MALONE, Robinson District 8 District 14 AICHA DAVIS, Dallas KEN MERCER, San Antonio District 13 District 5 KEVEN ELLIS, Lufkin GEORGINA PĚREZ, El Paso District 9 District 1 PATRICIA HARDY, Fort Worth MARISA B. PEREZ-DIAZ, Converse District 11 District 3 PAM LITTLE, Fairview MATT ROBINSON, Friendswood District 12 District 7 Committees of the State Board of Education INSTRUCTION Sue Melton-Malone, Chair Donna Bahorich Georgina C. Pérez Aicha Davis Pam Little SCHOOL FINANCE/PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Tom Maynard, Vice Chair Lawrence A. Allen, Jr. Patricia Hardy Ken Mercer Matt Robinson SCHOOL INITIATIVES Barbara Cargill, Chair Marisa B. Perez-Diaz, Vice Chair Ruben Cortez, Jr. Keven Ellis Marty Rowley January 28, 2019 State Board of Education Austin, Texas I certify that this is the official agenda of the State Board of Education for its meeting on January 28- February 1, 2019. Agenda items have been prepared and reviewed by Texas Education Agency staff and are presented for the board's discussion and consideration. Where appropriate, I have proposed an action. Mike Morath Commissioner of Education January-February 2019 William B. Travis Building 1701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas SCHEDULE AND AGENDAS Committees and Board State Board of Education, Austin, Texas Meeting Times January 28, 29, 30, 31, and February 1, 2019 Monday, January 28, 2019 11:30 am General Meeting (Room 1-104) Tuesday, January 29, 2019 9:00 am Committee of the Full Board (1-104) Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:30 am Committee of the Full Board – Work Session (Austin Convention Center) Learning Roundtable: Building a Stronger Texas Thursday, January 31, 2019 9:00 am Committee on Instruction (Room 1-100) 9:00 am Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund (Room 1-104) 9:00 am Committee on School Initiatives (Room 1-111) Friday, February 1, 2019 9:00 am General Meeting (Room 1-104) *If the General Meeting does not finish Monday, it will resume its meeting in Room 1-104 on Tuesday. If the Committee of the Full Board does not complete its agenda Tuesday, it will resume its meeting in Room 1-104 on Thursday and/or Friday. If the Committee on Instruction does not complete its agenda Thursday, it will resume its meeting in Room 1-100 on Friday. If the Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund does not complete its agenda Thursday, it will resume its meeting in Room 1-104 on Friday. If the Committee on School Initiatives does not complete its agenda Thursday, it will resume its meeting in Room 1-111 on Friday. Current State Board of Education (SBOE) Operating Rules, §1.2, Committees of the Board, establish the standing committees of the SBOE as the Committee on Instruction, the Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund, and the Committee on School Initiatives. Pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Education Code, §7.107, at the board’s first regular meeting after the election and qualification of new members, the board shall organize and adopt rules of procedure. Adoption of SBOE Operating Rules may change the existing standing committees. However, due to deadlines for posting notices of open meetings with the Texas Register, it is necessary for the existing standing committees of the SBOE to meet during the January 28, 29, 30, 31, and February 1, 2019 board meeting. If the SBOE elects to retain the existing committee If the SBOE elects to revise the committee structure, the prior standing committees of structure, newly selected members of the Committee the SBOE must meet during this first meeting because of Texas Register requirements. on Instruction, the Committee on School New members of the SBOE would serve on the prior committees of former members Finance/Permanent School Fund, and the Committee who represented the districts to which the new members were elected. Election of new on School Initiatives will meet and will have the committee chairs would take place at the next scheduled 2019 SBOE meeting as the opportunity to elect new committee chairs. first item of business on each standing committee schedule. NOTE: The chair may permit the board to take up and discuss any of the discussion items on a committee agenda, including hearing any invited presentations to a committee, based upon a recommendation from the committee or inability of the committee to complete its agenda on a preceding day. If during the course of the State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting or any committee meeting of the SBOE, discussion of any item on the agenda may be held in a closed meeting, the SBOE or committee of the SBOE may conduct a closed meeting in accordance with Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E. Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting. All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting. Agenda is online at http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Leadership/State_Board_of_Education/SBOE_Meetings/State_Board_of_Education_Agenda/ on the Texas Education Agency website. The posted information contains links to board action items including rule items and rule text, and selected discussion items. Public comments on proposed rules may be submitted electronically. All agenda items and rule text are subject to change at any time prior to each board meeting. To the extent possible, copies of changes made after the agenda and the schedule are published will be available at the board meeting. 1 State Board of Education, January-February 2019 Committee Meetings MONDAY January 28, 2019 11:30 am GENERAL MEETING (Room 1-104) 1. Swearing-in Ceremony for Members of the State Board SBOE - ACTION of Education (Board agenda page SBOE-1) Oaths of office will be administered to the newly elected State Board of Education members during a ceremony. After the swearing-in ceremony, the State Board of Education will hold a reception in Room 1-104. No official SBOE business will be discussed during the reception. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.107(b). 2. Review and Adoption of State Board of Education SBOE - ACTION Operating Rules (Board agenda page SBOE-2) Pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.107(b), at the first regular meeting after the election and qualification of new members, the board shall adopt rules of procedure. This item provides an opportunity for the board to review existing operating rules to determine if changes and revisions are needed. 3. Election of State Board of Education Officers SBOE - ACTION (Board agenda page SBOE-28) Pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.107(b), at the first regular meeting after the election and qualification of new State Board of Education (SBOE) members, the board shall elect by separate votes, a vice chair and a secretary. The current operating rules establish the terms of office for the vice chair and secretary of the board as two years and until their successors are elected. 4. Announcement of Membership of Committees SBOE - ACTION (Board agenda page SBOE-29) Pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Education Code, (TEC), §7.107(b), at the board’s first regular meeting after the election and qualification of new members, the board shall organize. This item provides the opportunity to announce appointments to the committees of the State Board of Education (SBOE). 2 State Board of Education, January-February 2019 Committee Meetings TUESDAY January 29, 2019 9 a.m. COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD – Room 1-104 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 at http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Leadership/State_Board_of_Education/SBOE_Meetings/SBOE_Operating _Rules_Amended_1-31-17/ or in the information section (yellow pages) of the agenda. 1. Commissioner’s Comments COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION (Board agenda page I-1) SBOE – NO ACTION This item provides an opportunity for the board to be briefed on current agenda items, agency operations, policy implementation, and public education-related legislation. COMMITTEE - ACTION 2. Consideration of Petition for Amendment to 19 TAC SBOE - ACTION Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.12, Foundation High School Program (Board agenda page I-2) A petition to amend 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.12, Foundation High School Program, has been received from the Texas Speech Communication Association. The petition requests that the rule be changed to allow students to satisfy a fine arts graduation requirement by successfully completing Debate I, II, or III; Oral Interpretation I, II, or III; or Public Speaking I, II, or III and competing in speech or debate competitions. This item provides an opportunity for the State Board of Education (SBOE) to consider the petition. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Government Code,