THURSDAY
July 21, 2011
8:30 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES - Room 1-111
Members: Ken Mercer, Chair; Charlie Garza, Vice Chair; Mavis B. Knight; Gail Lowe; and Michael Soto. 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 at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=3958.
1. Recommendation for Appointment to the Randolph Field Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of one appointment to the board of trustees of the Randolph Field Independent School District. The appointment is necessary due to the vacancy of office for one board member. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.352, and 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §61.2.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
2. Recommendation for Appointments to the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of appointments to the board of trustees of the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District. The appointments are necessary due to the expiration of the term of office for three board members. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.352, and 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §61.2.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
3. Recommendation for Appointments to the Boys Ranch Independent School District Board of Trustees
This item provides an opportunity for board consideration of appointments to the board of trustees of the Boys Ranch Independent School District. The appointments are necessary due to the expiration of the term of office for two board members. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.352, and 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §61.2.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - CONSENT
4. Proposed Guidelines and Application for Open-Enrollment Charters
This item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to adopt the request for application and timeline for the seventeenth generation of open-enrollment charter schools. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101 and §12.110.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
5. Adoption of Governance Reporting Form for Open-Enrollment Charter Schools
This item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to approve a governance reporting form for open-enrollment charter schools. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.119.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
6. Proposed Guidelines and Application for Public College or University Charters
This item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to adopt the request for application form for public college or university open-enrollment charters. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.152 and §12.154.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
NOTE: The chair may permit the board to take up and discuss any of the discussion items on a committee agenda, including hearing any invited presentations to a committee, based upon a recommendation from the committee or inability of the committee to complete its agenda on a preceding day.