July 2015 Committee on Instruction Item 2
Proposed Repeal of 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
(Second Reading and Final Adoption)
July 17, 2015
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item presents for second reading and final adoption 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 proposed repeal of 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. The proposed repeal would remove the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for career and technical education (CTE) that will be superseded by the new CTE TEKS. The proposal recommends an effective date of the 2017-2018 school year to coincide with the implementation of the new CTE TEKS.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, and 28.025.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The proposed effective date of the proposed repeal is August 28, 2017.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The State Board of Education (SBOE) initially adopted the TEKS for 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 new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Subchapters A and B, and proposed new 19 TAC 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.
The SBOE approved for second reading and final adoption proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Subchapters A and B, and proposed new Chapter 130, Subchapters C, D, E, F, I, J, M, and N, at the April 2015 meeting. At that time, the SBOE postponed final action on §130.256, Food Chemistry (One Credit), Adopted 2015, §130.362, Introduction to Welding (One Credit), Adopted 2015, §130.363, Welding I (Two Credits), Adopted 2015, §130.364, Welding II (Two Credits), Adopted 2015, §130.365, Welding II Lab (One Credit), Adopted 2015, and §130.387, Practicum in Marketing I (Two to Three Credits), Adopted 2015, until the July 2015 meeting. Also at the April 2015 SBOE meeting, the board approved for first reading and filing authorization proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Subchapters A, B, G, H, K, L, O, and P, and §130.183, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: 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. 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.
At the April 2015 SBOE meeting, a public hearing on the proposed new CTE TEKS was held. At the meeting the board approved for second reading and final adoption the first portion of the proposed new CTE TEKS, proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127, Subchapters A and B, and Chapter 130, Subchapters C, D, E, F, I, J, M, and N. The board postponed until the July 2015 meeting final action for six CTE courses to allow additional time to review recommendations.
The board approved for first reading and filing authorization the second portion of CTE TEKS courses, including proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Subchapters A, B, G, H, K, L, O, and P, and §130.183, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015, at the April 2015 meeting. The SBOE also directed Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff to prepare a new second-level practicum course for each proposed practicum and a new Marketing Dynamics course for consideration at a future meeting.
Subsequent to the April 2015 SBOE meeting, the original section number for the proposed new Financial Mathematics TEKS was changed to §130.180. This was necessary to ensure the Financial Mathematics TEKS take effect August 24, 2015, the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year. The section number originally proposed is currently assigned and will not be repealed and available for use as a section number until August 2017.
With the implementation of the new CTE TEKS in the 2017-2018 school year, the current CTE TEKS in 19 TAC Chapters 127 and 130, adopted effective August 2010, will no longer be needed and may be repealed, with an effective date of August 28, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT: The TEA has determined that there are no additional costs to persons or entities required to comply with the proposed rule actions. In addition, there is no direct adverse economic impact for small businesses and microbusinesses; therefore, no regulatory flexibility analysis, specified in Texas Government Code, §2006.002, is required.
PUBLIC AND STUDENT BENEFIT: Benefits include better alignment of the TEKS and coordination of the standards with the adoption of instructional materials.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: The proposed repeal would have no procedural and reporting requirements.
LOCALLY MAINTAINED PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS: The proposed repeal would have no locally maintained paperwork requirements.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Following the April 2015 SBOE meeting, notice of the proposed repeal of 19 TAC Chapters 127 and 130 was filed with the Texas Register, initiating the official public comment period. No comments had been received at the time this item was prepared. A summary of any public comments received regarding the proposal will be provided to the SBOE at the July 2015 meeting.
ALTERNATIVES: None.
OTHER COMMENTS AND RELATED ISSUES: To reduce the volume of the agenda and the cost of printing, the text of the proposed repeal of 19 TAC Chapters 127 and 130 is not presented in this agenda. A copy of the text will be available at the meeting. The text can also be viewed on the TEA Administrative Rules webpage at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter127/index.html for Chapter 127 and http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter130/index.html for Chapter 130.
The following related proposals are presented as separate items in this agenda.
A public hearing regarding proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, is included as a separate item in this agenda.
Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 130, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career and Technical Education, Relating to New Marketing and Second-level Practicum Courses, is presented for first reading and filing authorization.
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, Subchapter F, Finance, §130.180, Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015, Subchapter I, Hospitality and Tourism, §130.256, Food Chemistry (One Credit), Adopted 2015, Subchapter M, Manufacturing, §130.362, Introduction to Welding (One Credit), Adopted 2015, §130.363, Welding I (Two Credits), Adopted 2015, §130.364, Welding II (Two Credits), Adopted 2015, §130.365, Welding II Lab (One Credit), Adopted 2015, and Subchapter N, Marketing, §130.387, Practicum in Marketing I (Two to Three Credits), Adopted 2015, are presented for second reading and final adoption.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve for second reading and final adoption proposed repeal of 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, with an effective date of August 28, 2017.
Staff Members Responsible:
Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner
Standards and Programs
Shelly Ramos, Division Director
Curriculum
Attachment:
Statutory Citations (PDF, 49KB)