WEDNESDAY
November 16, 2011
1:30 p.m.
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD - Room 1-104
1. Work Session on Discussion of Proposed Cycle for the Adoption of Instructional Materials
The Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 31, requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to adopt a review and adoption cycle for textbooks for elementary grade levels, including prekindergarten, and secondary grade levels for each subject in the required curriculum. This item will provide the board an opportunity to discuss the review and adoption cycle. Statutory authority is the TEC, §31.022.
COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION
SBOE - NO ACTION
2. Work Session on Update on Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Review
This item provides the opportunity for staff to present an update on the review of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Statutory authority is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, and 28.025.
COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION
SBOE - NO 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.