THURSDAY
March 11, 2010
8 a.m.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL INITIATIVES - Room 1-111
Members: Bob Craig, Chair; Mavis B. Knight, Vice Chair; Mary Helen Berlanga; Pat Hardy; and Don McLeroy. 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. Review of Proposed Repeal of 19 TAC Chapter 229, Accountability System for Educator Preparation, and Proposed New 19 TAC Chapter 229, Accountability System for Educator Preparation ProgramsThis item provides the State Board of Education (SBOE) an opportunity to review the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) rule actions that would repeal 19 TAC Chapter 229, Accountability System for Educator Preparation, and propose new 19 TAC Chapter 229, Accountability System for Educator Preparation Programs. The proposed rule actions would be necessary as a result of Senate Bill (SB) 174, 81st Texas Legislature, 2009, which requires expanded accountability requirements for SBEC-approved educator preparation programs (EPPs). Proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 229 would specify requirements for the new accountability system for EPPs, including the assignment of an EPP accreditation status, and would allow the SBEC to intervene in cases of low-performance. In addition, SB 174 requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to develop a website with consumer information to assist teacher candidates in selecting an EPP and to assist school districts in hiring decisions. The statutory authority for the proposed rule actions to 19 TAC Chapter 229 is the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§21.041(c) and (d), 21.045, 21.0451, and 21.0452.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
2. Consider for Action Any Changes to the Charters of Imagine International Academy of North Texas and Imagine International Academy Williamson County
This item provides the board an opportunity to consider and take action on changes to the charters of Imagine International Academy of North Texas and Imagine International Academy Williamson County. Statutory authority for this action is Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - ACTION
3. Review of Open-Enrollment Charter School Applications Removed from Consideration for Incompleteness
This item provides the Committee on School Initiatives an opportunity to review and confirm the removal of fifteenth generation open-enrollment charter school applications from consideration because of incompleteness. If an application removed from consideration by the agency because of incompleteness is determined by the committee to be complete, then the committee will direct TEA to return the application to the applicant pool. Statutory authority for this action is Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101 and §12.110.
COMMITTEE - ACTION
SBOE - NO ACTION
4. Update on Residential Treatment Facility Charter Awarded to the Burke Center
This item provides staff the opportunity to update the board on the residential treatment facility charter awarded to the Burke Center on January 15, 2010. Statutory authority is Texas Education Code (TEC), §12.101.
COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION
SBOE - NO ACTION