January-February 2023 Committee on School Initiatives
THURSDAY
February 2, 2023
9:00 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES – Room 1-111
Members: Will Hickman; Aicha Davis; LJ Francis; Aaron Kinsey; Julie Pickren. A quorum of the State Board of Education may attend the committee meeting and discuss items on the committee agenda.
Public testimony – Individual testimony will be taken at the time the related item comes up for committee discussion or action. The procedures for registering and taking public testimony at State Board of Education committee meetings and general board meetings are provided online.
State Board of Education (SBOE) operating rules call for each committee to elect a chair from among its members. This item provides an opportunity for the Committee on School Initiatives to elect a chair at this meeting if the SBOE retains the existing committee structure. The chair may then appoint a vice chair. If the board changes the committee structure, the committee may elect a member to preside over this first meeting only. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code, §7.107(b).
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – NO ACTION
2. Recommendation for One Appointment to the Boys Ranch Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for the board to consider one appointment to the board of trustees of Boys Ranch Independent School District (ISD). The appointment is necessary due to the resignation of one board member. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code (TEC), 11.352.
COMMITTEE – ACTION
SBOE – CONSENT
Texas Government Code, §2001.039, establishes a four-year rule review cycle for all state agency rules, including State Board of Education (SBOE) rules. This item presents the review of 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 157, Hearings and Appeals, Subchapter A, General Provisions for Hearings Before the State Board of Education, and Subchapter D, Independent Hearing Examiners. Subchapter A establishes the procedures for appeals heard by the SBOE regarding administrative penalties for violations of textbook requirements. Subchapter D sets forth the certification criteria for independent hearing examiners who conduct due process termination, nonrenewal, and suspension without pay hearings at the school district level. Statutory authority for the rule review is TGC, §2001.039. The statutory authority for the rule review is Texas Government Code (TGC), §2001.039. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 157, Subchapter A, is Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.151 and TGC, §2001.004. The statutory authority for 19 TAC Chapter 157, Subchapter D, is TEC, §21.252.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION
4. Discussion of Ongoing State Board for Educator Certification Activities
This item provides the Committee on School Initiatives the opportunity to receive information on current and upcoming State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) activities and proposed SBEC rules and amendments. The Texas Education Code (TEC), §21.031 and §21.041, authorize the SBEC to adopt rules to regulate and oversee all aspects of the certification, continuing education, and standards of conduct of public school educators. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§21.031, 21.035, 21.041, and 21.042.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION
5. Open-Enrollment Charter School Generation 28 Application Updates
This item provides an opportunity for the committee to receive updates regarding the Generation 28 Open-Enrollment Charter Application cycle. Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101.
COMMITTEE – DISCUSSION
SBOE – NO ACTION