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Texas Education Agency Texas Education Agency TH HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION JANUARY 30 2019 PRESENTATION 1 TEA ® TEA Presentations Outline Texas Education Agency 1. Commissioner Mike Morath 4. Ryan Franklin, Associate Commissioner of Current Education Landscape Educator Leadership and Quality Educator Certification Texas Education Agency Operations and Strategic Plan 5. Lily Laux, Deputy Commissioner of School Legislative Appropriations Requests Programs Assessments & STAAR College, Career, and Military Readiness 6. Justin Porter, State Director – Special 2. Jamie Crowe, Executive Director – Education Performance Reporting SPED Strategic Plan Accountability (HB 22 85th) 3. Joe Siedlecki, Associate Commissioner of School Improvement, innovation, and charters SB 1882, 85th Charter Schools 2 Current Education Landscape 3 TEA ® Student Achievement and Attainment Summary Texas Education Agency 100 +1% 90 80 70 ~ . • 60 • ...... -2% • . i::: 50 I Q) 55 (.) 5a I Goal: 60% ~ so 50 1 s [ Q) 40 I n... 47 ■ 45 43 IA8 47 I 30 I I I No Change No Change r 20 ■ I I I I I 10 ■ I I I I 0 I I I I Kindergarten■ 3rd Grade 3rd Grade 8th Grade 8th Grade SAT/ACT High College College Readiness Reading Math Read ing Math/ Passing School Enrollment Completion Local di strict STAAR STAAR STAAR EOC Graduates Completion HS Graduates HS Graduates reading Meets Meets Meets STAAR Attaining Students Enrolled in with an Industry assessments, Grade Level Grade Level Grade Level Meets College Graduating Public/Private Certification, 2-Year Fall 2017'.. or Above. or Above, or Above, Grade Level Ready Within College Within Degree, or 4-Year 12 Spring Spring Spring or Above. Score, 4 Years, 1 Year, 2016 . Degree in Texas 201ar, 20187• 201aa. Spring 2017.'" 2017". Within 6 Years, 2018". 2011 '". 1/29/2019 4 TEA. Texas Education Agency SAT/ACT Performance By Socioeconomic Status 1996 - 2017 % Above "Passing" on SAT/ACT 30.0% 25.0% 6.1 point rise 31% increase 20.0% 15.0% ----------------------------------------- 10.0% 5.0% 1.8 point rise t 45% increase 0.0% 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 - Economically disadvantaged - Not economically disadvantaged --All 1/29/2019 5 Texas Education Agency TEA ® Texas Education Agency Rise in Student Poverty In Texas 1996 - 2018 % Economically Disadvantaged 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 1996 30.0% % Econ-Dis 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1/29/2019 6 Texas Education Agency TEA ® Public Education Spending in Texas Texas Education Agency $60,846,916,156 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• TOTAL ANNUAL FUNDING ■ Total Statewide ~ Total Statewide Total Statewide ■ Total Statewide State Funding ~ Recapture Funding Local Funding Federal Funding $708 $608 -(/) C 0 $50B ..__.co - ~ Ol $40B C - "O C ::, $30B LL (lj g- $20B $10B $0 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 7 TEA ® Texas Education Agency Texas Education Agency: Operations and Strategic Plan 8 TEA ® Texas Education Agency FY 2019 TEA Agency Budget: $27.2 Billion The Texas Education Agency is responsible for the wise fiduciary stewardship of $27.2B in state and federal funding and agency administrative costs totaling $147.4 M Pass-through Dollars Foundation School Program $21.6 Billion Administration: $147.4 Million Titles I-VI: $2.2 Billion Nutrition: $2.1 Billion Special Education: $1.1 Billion State, General Revenue & IAC’s: $0.2 Billion 9 TEA ® FY 2019 Annual TEA Administrative Budget: $147,369,728 Texas Education Agency Interagency Certification Contracts & HB1 86th Permanent Assessment $46.2 TEA ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET 2010-2019 School Funds GENERAL REVENUE $60 $28 M $56.2 $30.4 M $55 $46.7 $50 $57.3 ••• $45 $48.9 •• •••• $40 $44.2 •• $42.3 $41.9 •••• $41.9M $41.9 •••• $35 •••• •••• •♦ $46.7M $30 $33.4 $33.5 Federal $25 Funds 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 General Revenue 10 TEA ® TEA Strategic Priorities and Enablers Texas Education Agency Every child, prepared for success in college, a career or the military. - - Recruit, support, Build a Connect high Improve low- retain teachers foundation of school to career performing Strategic priorities Strategic and principals reading and math and college schools Increase transparency, fairness and rigor in district and •~-------,!campus academic and financial performance Ensure compliance, effectively implement legislation ........ and inform policymakers ........ Enablers • -------- .......................... ~ Strengthen organizational foundations -~· (resource efficiency, culture, capabilities, partnerships) ..........., .__. ,----.;;::=----------'~ 11 TEA Priority 1: Recruit, Support and Retain Teachers Texas Education Agency® & Principals High priority initiatives include: TEXAS LEGISLATURE TEXAS LEGISLATURE JI RIDER 53 - ]I Lesson Study RIDER 41 Texas Instructional 85th Legislative Session th 11111111 85 Legislative Session Leadership Initiative A teacher-driven approach to collaborative professional development A focused principal fellowship designed Recruit, support, and that also produces lessons that raise to grow leadership skills. The 2017-18 retain teachers and student outcomes. Teacher retention is participants saw a 117% increase in principals 2.0% higher for participants. campuses receiving an A or B. TEXAS LEGISLATURE TEXAS LEGISLATURE Protect Students Grow Your Own RIDER 41 RIDER 72 85th Legislative Session 85th Legislative Session from Inappropriate Teachers are the most Relationships Additional resources to ensure all important in-school A competitive grant to produce over allegations are investigated and prosecuted factor effecting student 1000 highly trained and qualified to keep students safe. The number of days outcomes. teachers primarily in rural communities to complete an investigation was reduced over the next 10 years. from 120 to 108 days. 12 TEA ® Texas Education Agency Priority 2: Build A Foundation of Reading and Math High priority initiatives include: TEXAS LEGISLATURE TEXAS LEGISLATURE Math Innovation Pre-K Partnerships RIDER 42 RIDER 41 85th Legislative Session and CLI 85th Legislative Session Zones Partner with CLI to provide free resources to improve Pre-K and A system approach to improve student Kindergarten quality and support outcomes in math with high quality Build a foundation of resources for school systems. 243,925 blended learning curriculum and reading and math students served. instructional coaching. Pilot includes 9,000 students. TEXAS LEGISLATURE Reading and Math TEXAS LEGISLATURE Instructional Materials RIDERS 61, 62, 63, 64 RIDER 57 85th Legislative Session Academies 85th Legislative Session Support It’s much easier to address the Intense summer training institutes for Optional, free, high-quality instructional achievement gap if we reading and math teachers combined materials (OER) and a resource never let it start. with targeted year-long instructional (Instructional Materials Portal) for coaching supports. Over 38,000 school systems to more easily find and teachers trained. identify quality instructional materials. 13 Priority 3: Connect High School To Career and TEA ® Texas Education Agency College High priority initiatives include: TEXAS LEGISLATURE Innovative Academies: Connect High Beyond Grad RIDERS 48, 49, 67 0 85th Legislative Session ECHS, P-TECH & T-STEM School to career and college Technical support to transform traditional Working in partnership with OnCourse, high schools into models that promote direct TEA is implementing several initiatives to college and career outcomes. Seventy-three ensure students are prepared to navigate percent of students who earn an associate’s the transition from K-12 to college and degree do so through a College and Career career. Readiness School Model. Rigor & relevance matter. 14 TEA ® Texas Education Agency Priority 4: Improve Low-Performing Schools High priority initiatives include: TEXAS LEGISLATURE School Improvement TEXAS LEGISLATURE System of Great RIDER 74 RIDER 44 85th Legislative Session and Governance 85th Legislative Session Schools/SB 1882 Helps to implements HB 1842 by Helps districts turnaround low- Improve shifting turnaround support to focus on performing schools and replicate great low-performing systemic issues. Work covers 349 options. Cohort includes 609 campuses. schools Improvement Required campuses. TEXAS LEGISLATURE Lone Star TEXAS LEGISLATURE RIDER 74 RIDER 43 Student Success 85th Legislative Session th Governance 85 Legislative Session Initiative Every child. Assists schools in implementing a Created first-in-the-nation governance Every classroom. comprehensive support program by guide and workshops to empower Every day. leveraging academic, community and school boards to provide district governmental supports. Eight school oversight with a focus on student transformations are underway in the outcomes. 46 districts have participated pilot. in LSG. 15 Enabler 1: Increase transparency, fairness and rigor in TEA ® Texas Education Agency district and campus academic and financial performance Annual Report A-F Accountability System STAAR Report Card Effectively communicate to parents the •In 2017, TEA developed, for the first Continue• to develop, implement, and • outcomes of STAAR assessments and time, an annual report on the state of effectively communicate the state’s test questions as
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