July 2015 Committee of the Full Board Wednesday Item 7
Approval of Proclamation 2017 Questions and Answers
July 17, 2015
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: Proclamation 2017, issued by the State Board of Education (SBOE) in April 2015, calls for instructional materials in career and technical education, languages other than English, Special Topics in Social Studies, Statistics, and Algebraic Reasoning. Publishers and other stakeholders were given an opportunity to submit questions regarding the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), the proclamation, and the review and adoption process during an online webinar held on April 2, 2015. Proclamation 2017 Questions and Answers contains questions received during the webinar and questions from previous proclamations that continue to be pertinent. The question and answer document is presented for board approval.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.022.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: None.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Following the adoption of instructional materials in November 1999 under Proclamation 1997, the SBOE requested that staff responses to publishers’ questions related to interpretation of TEKS be presented to the SBOE for approval. Subsequently, the SBOE has approved staff responses to publishers’ questions beginning with Proclamation 1998.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
PUBLIC AND STUDENT BENEFIT: The question and answer document for Proclamation 2017 will provide clarification to publishers regarding the proclamation and submission of instructional materials for adoption.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None.
ALTERNATIVES: None.
OTHER COMMENTS AND RELATED ISSUES: None.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve Proclamation 2017 Questions and Answers.
Staff Members Responsible:
Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner
Standards and Programs
Kelly Callaway, Division Director
Instructional Materials and Educational Technology
Attachment:
Statutory Citations (PDF, 20KB)
Separate Exhibit:
Proclamation 2017 Questions and Answers
(to be provided prior to the July SBOE meeting)