Public Hearing on Proposed New 19 TAC Chapter 117, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Fine Arts, Subchapter D, Elementary, Subchapter E, Middle School, and Subchapter F, High School
January 30, 2013
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: A public hearing before the State Board of Education (SBOE) is scheduled for Wednesday, January 30, 2013, in the William B. Travis Building, Room 1-104. Testimony will be presented regarding proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 117, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Fine Arts, Subchapter D, Elementary, Subchapter E, Middle School, and Subchapter F, High School.
BOARD RESPONSE: This item is presented for review and comment.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The State Board of Education (SBOE) adopted the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Fine Arts effective September 1, 1998. In January 2011, the board approved revisions to the process for review and revision of the TEKS. This process is being used for the review and revision of the fine arts TEKS.
A discussion item regarding the proposed new fine arts TEKS was presented to the Committee of the Full Board during the November 2012 meeting.
FUTURE ACTION EXPECTED: Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 117, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Fine Arts, Subchapters D-F, are presented for first reading and filing authorization as a separate item in this agenda.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Applications for appointment to fine arts TEKS review committees were accepted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from October 2010 to early January 2011. Applications received prior to the November 2010 SBOE meeting were provided to SBOE members at the November meeting so that members could begin nominating individuals to serve on these committees. Applications received after the November 2010 SBOE meeting were provided to SBOE members at the January 2011 meeting so that board members could complete the nominations. Nominations for expert reviewers and fine arts TEKS review committee members were made in February 2011.
The fine arts TEKS review committees were convened in Austin in May 2012 to begin work on draft recommendations for revisions to the TEKS. The committees met again in June 2012 to complete their initial draft recommendations. In July 2012, the first draft recommendations were provided to the board and to the board-appointed expert reviewers and posted to the TEA website for informal public feedback. At the July 2012 Committee of the Full Board meeting, expert reviewers and representatives from the TEKS review committees provided invited testimony on the first draft recommendations. In August, expert reviewers provided feedback on the committees' draft recommendations. Copies of the reviews provided by the expert reviewers were distributed to the TEKS review committee members and posted to the TEA website in September.
The fine arts TEKS review committees met again in September 2012 to review feedback and complete recommendations for revisions to the fine arts TEKS. The final recommendations from the review committees were provided to the Committee of the Full Board at the November 2012 meeting and were posted on the TEA website.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None.
ALTERNATIVES: None.
OTHER COMMENTS AND RELATED ISSUES: Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 117, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Fine Arts, Subchapter D, Elementary, Subchapter E, Middle School, and Subchapter F, High School, are included for first reading and filing authorization as a separate item in this agenda.
Staff Members Responsible:
Anita Givens, Associate Commissioner
Standards and Programs
Monica Martinez, Managing Director
Curriculum