September 2018 Committee of the Full Board Tuesday Item 3
Adoption of Long-Range Plan for Public Education
September 14, 2018
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item presents for review and adoption the proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, which sets educational goals through the year 2030.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(1) and 32.001(a)(1)-(4).
TEC, §7.102(c)(1), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to develop and update a long-range plan for public education.
TEC, §32.001(a)(1)-(4) requires the board to develop a long-range plan for technology.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The board in September 2016 approved a work plan crafted by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the board’s consultant, that outlines the process to be followed in creating a Long-Range Plan for Public Education. The board in November 2016 approved a process for selecting members of the Long-Range Plan Steering Committee. The members of the steering committee were selected in June and July 2017. The 18-member steering committee, which includes five SBOE members, met from September 2017 through May 2018.
The committee crafted vision statements and recommendations based on research, discussions, results from ten in-person and two video-based community meetings held around the state, and survey findings. Almost 11,500 Texans responded to the online survey. The SBOE, which received updates on the committee’s work on the long-range plan at each board meeting, adopted the vision statements and recommendations at the June 2018 meeting. That information has been used to craft the Long-Range Plan for Public Education to be considered by the board at this meeting.
A 15-member Long-Range Plan for Technology Advisory Committee met in March 2018 to consider updates to the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. The updated Long-Range Plan for Technology is included as an addendum to the Long-Range Plan for Public Education.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: The proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, entitled Building a Stronger Texas, focuses on three topics: educator preparation, recruitment, and retention; student engagement and empowerment; and family engagement and empowerment, with the overarching theme of equity and access covering all issues.
The Long-Range Plan Steering Committee considered other key strategic reports such as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s 60x30 report and the Texas Education Agency’s TEA Strategic Plan 2019-2023 as it prepared recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Texas Education Agency, The Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC) at American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Meadows Foundation are providing in-kind or financial assistance for Phase II of the project.
PUBLIC AND STUDENT BENEFIT: Students, educators, and the public will benefit from thoughtful, well-researched long-term goals for the state’s public schools.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: This project will result in a new long-range plan report.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Summaries of comments received at the community meetings are posted on the board’s long-range plan page on the Texas Education Agency’s website. Results of the survey are posted there as well.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve the Long-Range Plan for Public Education.
Staff Members Responsible:
Debbie Ratcliffe, Executive Director
Division of State Board of Education Support
Attachment: Statutory Citations
Separate Exhibit: Building a Stronger Texas, Long-Range Plan for Public Education