SBOE to meet Nov. 15-18

Nov. 9, 2016

AUSTIN – The State Board of Education will meet in Austin Nov. 15-18. Because of the Veterans Day Holiday, the public registration period will open Thursday, Nov. 10, which is one day earlier than usual.
Registration will be open from 8 a.m. Thursday through 5 p.m. Monday.

 Information about how to register is available at http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Leadership/State_Board_of_Education/SBOE_Meetings/Public_Testimony_Registration_Instructions_and_Procedures/.

The full agenda is posted online at http://tea.texas.gov/sboe/agenda/.

Agenda items of interest include:
·    Proposed adoption of 500 new instructional materials for the following areas: career and technical education, languages other than English, Special Topics in Social Studies, Algebraic Reasoning and Statistics;
·    Revisions to the charter Bond Guarantee Program;
·    Updates to educator certification rules; and
·    Discussions about proposed revisions to the English and Spanish Language Arts and Reading Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and science TEKS.

Meetings begin at 9 a.m. each day and are streamed live at http://www.adminmonitor.com/tx/tea/.