THURSDAY
September 15, 2011
2:00 p.m.
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION - Room 1-104
Members: Terri Leo, Vice Chair; Mary Helen Berlanga; Barbara Cargill; George Clayton; and Marsha Farney. A quorum of the State Board of Education may attend the committee meeting and discuss items on the committee agenda.
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1. Election of Chair
This item provides the Committee on Instruction an opportunity to elect a chair due to the resignation of the current committee chair. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.107.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - NO ACTION
2. Proposed Repeal of 19 TAC Chapter 113, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, Subchapter A, Elementary, §§113.1-113.7, Subchapter B, Middle School, §§113.21-113.24, and Subchapter C, High School, §§113.31-113.39, and 19 TAC Chapter 118, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits, Subchapter A, High School, §118.1 and §118.2, and Proposed Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 113, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, §§113.10, 113.17, and 113.40, and 19 TAC Chapter 118, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits, §118.3
(Second Reading and Final Adoption)
This item presents for second reading and final adoption the proposed repeal of 19 TAC Chapter 113, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, Subchapter A, Elementary, §§113.1-113.7, Subchapter B, Middle School, §§113.21-113.24, and Subchapter C, High School, §§113.31-113.39, and 19 TAC Chapter 118, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits, Subchapter A, High School, §118.1 and §118.2. The proposed repeal would remove the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) adopted to be effective in 1998 for Kindergarten-Grade 8 and high school social studies and economics courses, and related implementation language, that will be superseded by 19 TAC §§113.10-113.20 and 113.40-113.48 and 19 TAC §118.3 and §118.4 of these chapters beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. This item also presents for second reading and final adoption proposed amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 113, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, §§113.10, 113.17, and 113.40, and 19 TAC Chapter 118, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Economics with Emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Benefits, §118.3, to remove references to rules that would be repealed. No additional changes are recommended since approved for first reading. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, and 28.025.
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3. Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 89, Adaptations for Special Populations, Subchapter C, General Educational Development
(First Reading and Filing Authorization)
This item presents for first reading and filing authorization proposed revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 89, Adaptations for Special Populations, Subchapter C, General Educational Development. The proposed revisions would incorporate changes resulting from Senate Bill (SB) 1094, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011, and recent board discussion. Statutory authority for this action is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.111, as amended by SB 1094, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011.
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.