April 2015 Committee of the Full Board Item 2
Public Hearing on Proposed New 19 TAC Chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development, and 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education
April 15, 2015
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: A public hearing before the State Board of Education (SBOE) is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in the William B. Travis Building, Room 1-104. Testimony will be presented regarding proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development, Subchapter A, Middle School, and Subchapter B, High School, and proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter A, Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Subchapter B, Architecture and Construction, Subchapter C, Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications, Subchapter D, Business Management and Administration, Subchapter E, Education and Training, Subchapter F, Finance, Subchapter G, Government and Public Administration, Subchapter H, Health Science, Subchapter I, Hospitality and Tourism, Subchapter J, Human Services, Subchapter K, Information Technology, Subchapter L, Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security, Subchapter M, Manufacturing, Subchapter N, Marketing, Subchapter O, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and Subchapter P, Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, 28.00222, and 28.025.
BOARD RESPONSE: This item is presented for review and comment.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The SBOE initially adopted the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for career and technical education (CTE) courses effective September 1, 1998. The CTE TEKS were revised by the SBOE in July 2009 effective August 23, 2010. In April 2014, the board approved revisions to the process for review and revision of the TEKS to include more specific direction to TEKS review committees. The revised process is being used for the current review and revision of the CTE TEKS.
At the February 2015 SBOE meeting, the board approved for first reading and filing authorization proposed revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 127, Subchapters A and B, and Chapter 130, Subchapters C, D, E, F, I, J, M, and N. The SBOE postponed first reading and filing authorization of proposed new 19 TAC §130.183, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015, until the April 2015 meeting.
FUTURE ACTION EXPECTED: Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter A, Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Subchapter B, Architecture and Construction, Subchapter G, Government and Public Administration, Subchapter H, Health Science, Subchapter K, Information Technology, Subchapter L, Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security, Subchapter O, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Subchapter P, Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics, and Subchapter F, Finance, §130.183, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015, are presented for first reading and filing authorization as a separate item in this agenda.
Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development, Subchapter A, Middle School, and Subchapter B, High School, and 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter C, Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications, Subchapter D, Business Management and Administration, Subchapter E, Education and Training, Subchapter F, Finance, Subchapter I, Hospitality and Tourism, Subchapter J, Human Services, Subchapter M, Manufacturing, and Subchapter N, Marketing, are presented for second reading and final adoption as a separate item in this agenda.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Applications for appointment to CTE TEKS review committees were accepted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from October 2013 through January 10, 2014. Nominations for CTE TEKS review committees were made in spring 2014 and committee members were notified of the appointment in May 2014. The CTE TEKS review committees convened in Austin in June 2014 to begin work on draft recommendations for the TEKS. The committees met again in July 2014 to complete their initial draft recommendations. Mathematics and science educators were also in attendance at the July meeting to provide content expertise to the CTE TEKS review committees in the revision and development of TEKS for courses that may satisfy a mathematics or science credit. In September 2014 the first draft recommendations were posted to the TEA website for informal feedback, and the TEA shared the draft recommendations with numerous stakeholders, including professional organizations and educators. At the September 2014 SBOE meeting, one representative from each CTE TEKS review committee provided invited testimony to the Committee on Instruction. In October 2014, the CTE TEKS review committees met for a third time in order to continue work to finalize their recommendations for revisions to the CTE TEKS.
Due to the number of CTE courses included in the CTE TEKS review, the SBOE has divided the adoption of the CTE TEKS revisions into two portions. The final recommendations from the CTE TEKS review committees for 19 TAC Chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development, Subchapter A, Middle School, and Subchapter B, High School, and 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter C, Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications, Subchapter D, Business Management and Administration, Subchapter E, Education and Training, Subchapter F, Finance, Subchapter I, Hospitality and Tourism, Subchapter J, Human Services, Subchapter M, Manufacturing, and Subchapter N, Marketing, were posted on the TEA website in November 2014 and were shared with SBOE members as a discussion item at the November 2014 meeting. A public hearing on the proposed revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 127, Subchapters A and B, and Chapter 130, Subchapters C, D, E, F, I, J, M, and N, was held in February 2015 and the SBOE approved the proposal for first reading and filing authorization. At that time, the board postponed action on proposed new §130.183, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015, until its April 2015 meeting to allow additional time to review recommendations. Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Subchapters A and B, and Chapter 130, Subchapters C, D, E, F, I, J, M, and N, are presented for second reading and final adoption as a separate item in this agenda.
The final recommendations from the CTE TEKS review committees for the second portion of the CTE TEKS, those included in 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter A, Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Subchapter B, Architecture and Construction, Subchapter G, Government and Public Administration, Subchapter H, Health Science, Subchapter K, Information Technology, Subchapter L, Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security, Subchapter O, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and Subchapter P, Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics, were posted to the TEA website in December 2014 and were provided to the board as a discussion item at the February 2015 SBOE meeting. Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Subchapters A, B, G, H, K, L, O, and P, and §130.183 are presented for first reading and filing authorization as a separate item in this agenda.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None.
ALTERNATIVES: None.
OTHER COMMENTS AND RELATED ISSUES: The following related proposals are presented as separate items in this agenda.
Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development, Subchapter A, Middle School, and Subchapter B, High School, and 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter C, Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications, Subchapter D, Business Management and Administration, Subchapter E, Education and Training, Subchapter F, Finance, Subchapter I, Hospitality and Tourism, Subchapter J, Human Services, Subchapter M, Manufacturing, and Subchapter N, Marketing, are presented for second reading and final adoption.
Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter A, Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Subchapter B, Architecture and Construction, Subchapter G, Government and Public Administration, Subchapter H, Health Science, Subchapter K, Information Technology, Subchapter L, Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security, Subchapter O, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Subchapter P, Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics, and Subchapter F, Finance, §130.183, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015, are presented for first reading and filing authorization.
Proposed repeal of 19 TAC Chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development, Subchapter A, Middle School, and Subchapter B, High School, and 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Subchapter A, Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Subchapter B, Architecture and Construction, Subchapter C, Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications, Subchapter D, Business Management and Administration, Subchapter E, Education and Training, Subchapter F, Finance, Subchapter G, Government and Public Administration, Subchapter H, Health Science, Subchapter I, Hospitality and Tourism, Subchapter J, Human Services, Subchapter K, Information Technology, Subchapter L, Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security, Subchapter M, Manufacturing, Subchapter N, Marketing, Subchapter O, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and Subchapter P, Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics, are presented for first reading and filing authorization.
Staff Members Responsible:
Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner
Standards and Programs
Shelly Ramos, Division Director
Curriculum