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(faint microphone hum)

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<v Chair Bahorich>All right, Members,
let's go ahead and get started.

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And we have a
student performance

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that I'm going to call on

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Ms. Sue Melton-Malone
to introduce.

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<v Member Melton-Malone>Well,
good morning, everyone.

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Happy Friday the 13th.

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(audience laughing)

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Friday the 13th and a full moon

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is every teacher's
nightmare, so.

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(audience laughing)

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Be in prayer for all
the teachers today,

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because they are going through
a very difficult day today.

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But we are so honored to have
the Waco High Chamber Choir,

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under the direction of Carrie
Forehand and Brently Bartlett.

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And this choir is
comprised primarily

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of juniors and seniors.

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The students are the best
of the best of Waco High,

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and they make teaching
every day a true joy.

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The Choir's excited to share
the following songs with you.

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And I'm gonna make a
stab at the first one.

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"Hlonolofatsa",

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"Unclouded Day",

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"Earth Song",

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and the National Anthem.

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So please give the Waco
High Chamber Choir

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a big round of applause
to say welcome.

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(audience applauding)

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<v Choir Director>If
everyone will stand

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for the singing of
(speaking faintly).

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("Star-Spangled Banner" by
Waco High Chamber Choir)

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♪ O say can you see ♪

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♪ By the dawn's early light ♪

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♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪

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♪ At the twilight's
last gleaming ♪

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♪ Whose broad stripes
and bright stars ♪

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♪ Through the perilous fight ♪

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♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪

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♪ Were so gallantly streaming ♪

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♪ And the rockets' red glare ♪

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♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪

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♪ Gave proof through the night ♪

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♪ That our flag
was still there ♪

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♪ O say does that star-spangled
banner yet wave ♪

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♪ O'er the land of the free ♪

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♪ The land of the free ♪

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♪ And the home of the brave ♪

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♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪

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(audience applauding)

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<v Woman>Beautiful.</v>

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(woman cheering)

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("Unclouded Day" by Waco
High Chamber Choir)

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♪ Oh, they tell me of a
home far beyond the skies ♪

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♪ They tell me of
a home far away ♪

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♪ And they tell me of a home
where no storm clouds rise ♪

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♪ They tell me of
an unclouded day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
cloudless day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
an unclouded sky ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of a home
where no storm clouds rise ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of
an unclouded day ♪

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♪ They tell me of a home ♪

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♪ They tell me of a home ♪

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♪ They tell me of a home
where my friends have gone ♪

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♪ They tell me of
that land far away ♪

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♪ Where the tree of
life in eternal bloom ♪

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♪ Sheds its fragrance
through the unclouded day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
cloudless day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
an unclouded sky ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of a home
where no storm clouds rise ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of
an unclouded day ♪

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♪ They tell me of a King
in His beauty there ♪

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♪ And they tell me that
mine eyes shall behold ♪

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♪ Where He sits on the throne
that is whiter than snow ♪

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♪ In the city that
is made of gold ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
cloudless day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
an unclouded sky ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of a home
where no storm clouds rise ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of
an unclouded day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of gold and sun ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
cloudless day ♪

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♪ Oh, the land of
an unclouded sky ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of a home
where no storm clouds rise ♪

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♪ Oh, they tell me of
an unclouded day ♪

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(audience applauding)

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♪ See ♪

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♪ Be ♪

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♪ Live ♪

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♪ See ♪

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♪ This dark stormy hour ♪

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♪ The wind, it stirs ♪

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♪ The scorched earth ♪

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♪ Cries out in vain ♪

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♪ In vain ♪

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♪ O war and power ♪

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♪ You blind and blur ♪

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♪ The torn heart ♪

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♪ Cries out ♪

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♪ In pain ♪

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♪ In pain ♪

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♪ But music and singing ♪

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♪ Have been my refuge ♪

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♪ And music and singing ♪

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♪ Shall be my light ♪

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♪ A light of song ♪

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♪ Shining strong ♪

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♪ Alleleujah ♪

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♪ Alleleujah ♪

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♪ Through darkness, and
pain, and strife ♪

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♪ I'll sing ♪

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♪ I'll be ♪

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♪ I'll live ♪

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♪ See ♪

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♪ Peace ♪

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♪ Peace ♪

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("Hlonolofatsa" by Waco
High Chamber Choir)

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(student singing in
foreign language)

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(students singing in
foreign language)

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(drum beating)

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(feet tapping)

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(students clapping)

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(audience applauding)

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<v Member
Melton-Malone>Thank you.

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Carrie, if you and Brently
and Larry Carpenter,

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would make your way over here.

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Come on.

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(audience chuckling)

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Thank you so much.

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That was excellent.

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I'm always excited when groups
from my area get to come.

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<v ->Yes.</v>

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<v Member Melton-Malone> I'm
gonna brag a little bit and say,

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I know y'all have good groups,
but Waco has the best.

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(audience laughing)

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We have a certificate for you.

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It says the State Board of
Education Special Recognition

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presented to the Chamber Choir
Waco High School, Waco ISD,

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under the direction of Carrie
Forehand, Choir Director,

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Brently Barlett, Choir Director.

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In appreciation for the
outstanding performance

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at the State Board of
Education General Meeting,

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September 13th, 2019, Austin,
Texas, Sue Melton-Malone.

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<v ->Thank you so much.</v>

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<v Member Melton-Malone> Thank
you so much for coming.

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(audience applauding)

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And I don't think I told you,

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Larry is their Fine
Arts Director.

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Thank you again,
we just loved it.

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Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

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Y'all did an excellent job.

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(audience applauding)

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(people chattering faintly)

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<v Member Melton-Malone>
You want Donna in there?

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<v Chair Bahorich>You
guys did awesome.

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<v Students>Thank you.</v>

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<v Photographer>All
right, thank you.</v>

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<v ->Thank you so much.</v>

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<v Member Melton-Malone> Thank
you so much for coming.

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<v ->Thank you so much
for inviting us.</v>

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(Sue speaking faintly)

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<v Member Melton-Malone> You
guys, you did fantastic.

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Thank you all for coming.

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(people chattering faintly)

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<v ->We really enjoyed that.</v>

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<v Chair Bahorich>All
right, Members,

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I'd like to call on Pam Little
to do our prayer and pledges.

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<v Member Little>
Please pray with me.

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Father, we come to you
with such thankful hearts.

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Thankful for the
freedoms of our country.

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Thankful for all our
bright young students.

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We ask for your healing and
comfort for our fellow Texans,

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in El Paso, Midland, and Odessa.

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We ask for wisdom in our
deliberations for the future

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of our young Texas students.

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Please bless all those who
are dedicated to education.

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In thy name we pray.

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Amen.

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And now, if you will
join me in the Pledge

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to the Flag of the greatest
Nation in the World.

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<v All>I pledge allegiance
to the Flag</v>

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of the United States of America,

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and to the Republic
for which it stands,

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one Nation under
God, indivisible,

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with liberty and
justice for all.

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<v Member Little>And
now to the Texas Flag,

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the greatest State
in our Nation.

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<v All>Honor the Texas Flag.</v>

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I pledge allegiance
to thee, Texas,

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one state, under God,
one and indivisible.

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<v Chair Bahorich>Thank
you, Member Little.

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Ms. Ratcliffe, will you
please do our roll call.

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<v ->Ms. Perez?</v>
<v ->Present.</v>

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<v ->Mr. Cortez?</v>

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<v ->He's here.</v>

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<v ->Ms. Perez-Diaz?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Mr. Allen?</v>
<v ->Present.</v>

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<v ->Mr. Mercer?</v>
<v ->Present.</v>

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<v ->Mrs. Bahorich?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Dr. Robinson?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Ms. Cargill?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Dr. Ellis?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Mr. Maynard?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Ms. Hardy?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Mrs. Little?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Ms. Davis?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Mrs. Melton-Malone?</v>

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We know she's here. <v
->Yes, she's here.</v>

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<v ->And Mr. Rowley?</v>
<v ->Here.</v>

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<v Chair Bahorich> And you got Mr.
Cortez, right?

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Okay.

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All right, Members.

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Is there any correction
to the minutes

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from the June 14th
meeting, 2019?

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Hearing none, minutes are
approved as presented.

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And now we'll do Resolutions
and Presentations.

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We have a resolution honoring
our 2019 Heroes for Children.

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And Ms. Perez, our Board
Secretary will present those.

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<v Member Perez> Thank
you, good morning.

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So today we're going to do
something a little different,

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new for us.

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Just like our TEKS for
reading and language arts,

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our English and Spanish,

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and our State is moving positively
forward in dual language,

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so will our presentation
this morning be bilingual.

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I'm going to start reading

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the 2019 Heroes for
Children Award.

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Today the State Board
of Education celebrates

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the 25th year it has
recognized school volunteers

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as Heroes for Children.

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A quarter of a century shows
the Board's strong commitment

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to this program.

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But, some of the volunteers
we will honor today

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have been school volunteers
even longer than that.

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Their commitment to
this state's children

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is impressive and humbling.

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There is no doubt that
the 15 individuals

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we will honor here today
have changed the lives

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of children and
their communities.

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Collectively they have devoted

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more than 179 years of service
to our public schools.

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This is a large group,
so will the winners

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along with the State Board
of Education Members

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from Districts 1 through 7,

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please come to the
center of the circle.

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(people speaking faintly)

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(people chattering)

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<v Member Perez1 through 7.

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(people chattering)
(people chuckling)

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<v Member Perez> I would
also like to point out

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that today we're
presenting resolutions

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completely written, signed,
and presented in Spanish,

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and that is a first for the
Texas State Board of Education.

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When I call your name, if you
would please step forward

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while I tell the audience
about your contributions,

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and also to the family,
friends, and guests

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who are here with them today,

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you're welcome to step
up to the velvet ropes

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and take your photos.

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Maria Estevane from my
district, District 1.

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Senora Estevane has
been a volunteer

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at DD Hachar Elementary School
in Laredo ISD for 12 years,

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and last school year alone

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volunteered more than
2,250 volunteer hours.

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She has been recognized as the
Laredo ISD parent volunteer

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with the most service hours
for two years in a row.

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Mrs. Estevane's activities
include chaperoning field trips,

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covering cafeteria lunch duty,
decorating bulletin boards,

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and helping to develop a pool

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of 150 active school volunteers.

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Although her children have
graduated from Hachar Elementary,

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she says, this is my school,
and I will never leave it.

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Thank you, for caring
for our schools.

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(audience applauding)

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Anita Garcia from La Joya ISD,

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is our Hero for
District number 2.

00:24:59.270 --> 00:25:00.810
Mrs. Garcia is a parent leader

00:25:00.810 --> 00:25:03.330
and a hands-on volunteer
in La Joya ISD.

00:25:03.330 --> 00:25:06.530
She voluntarily teaches a
weekly theater arts class

00:25:06.530 --> 00:25:08.430
at Enrique Camarena
Elementary School

00:25:08.430 --> 00:25:10.990
and also volunteers at
Memorial Middle School.

00:25:10.990 --> 00:25:14.060
She serves on numerous committees
at her children's schools,

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:17.090
including the Site-Based
Decision Making Committee,

00:25:17.090 --> 00:25:19.380
the Superintendent's
Parent Roundtable,

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:21.640
and the Parent
Advisory Committee

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:23.510
of which she is the president.

00:25:23.510 --> 00:25:24.650
Her nominator says,

00:25:24.650 --> 00:25:28.200
Mrs. Garcia would add
glitter to any decoration,

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:30.840
which reflects her own
happy outlook on life.

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:33.920
Thank you for bringing all
the sparkles to your school.

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:38.547
(audience applauding)

00:25:42.710 --> 00:25:47.570
Julia Saenz from La Joya ISD
is our Hero from District 3.

00:25:47.570 --> 00:25:49.520
Sometimes a school
district is split

00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:51.890
between two SBOE districts.

00:25:51.890 --> 00:25:54.750
That is the case with La
Joya ISD, which is fortunate

00:25:54.750 --> 00:25:58.570
to have two Heroes for Children
Award recipients this year.

00:25:59.404 --> 00:26:02.321
(speaking Spanish)

00:26:50.288 --> 00:26:54.101
(audience applauding)

00:26:54.101 --> 00:26:57.242
And for our bilingual
participants,

00:26:57.242 --> 00:26:59.401
Mrs. Saenz has been
an active volunteer

00:26:59.401 --> 00:27:02.187
at the elementary, middle,
and high school levels

00:27:02.187 --> 00:27:04.140
in La Joya for the
past 18 years.

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.830
She is currently the president

00:27:05.830 --> 00:27:08.195
of the District's
School Health Advisory.

00:27:08.195 --> 00:27:10.148
Mrs. Saenz is also involved

00:27:10.148 --> 00:27:11.605
with the District
Advisory Council,

00:27:11.605 --> 00:27:13.760
the Language Proficiency
Assessment Committee,

00:27:13.760 --> 00:27:17.700
and the District Reading Club,
Safe School Advisory Board,

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:21.660
and School and Community
Safety Task Force.

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:24.550
She also finds time to
prepare educational material

00:27:24.550 --> 00:27:27.150
for the classroom
instruction, special events,

00:27:27.150 --> 00:27:28.880
and activities for teachers.

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:31.690
Thank you for all of your
dedication, Mrs. Saenz.

00:27:32.698 --> 00:27:36.100
(audience applauding)

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:38.820
Isn't it nice to do English
and Spanish, I love it.

00:27:39.733 --> 00:27:40.566
(audience chuckling)

00:27:40.566 --> 00:27:44.500
Juan Sorto of Houston ISD
is our Hero for District 4.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:47.710
When North Forest ISD
was consolidated

00:27:47.710 --> 00:27:51.000
with Houston ISD in 2011,
Juan Sorto decided

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:53.480
he wanted to help ease the
transition for students

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:55.520
at Shadydale Elementary School.

00:27:55.520 --> 00:27:59.520
He began working with a few
English learners in 2012.

00:27:59.520 --> 00:28:04.490
And by the last year, he
was mentoring 115 students

00:28:04.490 --> 00:28:07.600
at Shadydale and
Hilliard Elementarys.

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:10.800
After Hurricane Harvey, Mr. Sorto
organized a community fair

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:13.090
where students and their
families could receive housing,

00:28:13.090 --> 00:28:16.530
medicine, food, and
educational assistance.

00:28:16.530 --> 00:28:18.940
He also organized
Thanksgiving meals

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:23.060
and Christmas and end-of-the-year
parties for the campuses.

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:26.050
Thank you, Mr. Sorto, for
especially looking out

00:28:26.050 --> 00:28:27.750
for the most
vulnerable among us.

00:28:28.927 --> 00:28:32.094
(audience applauding)

00:28:34.830 --> 00:28:37.000
Sheryl Westwick from Eanes ISD

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.150
is our Hero for
District number 5.

00:28:40.450 --> 00:28:42.780
Being a school volunteer
is a family tradition

00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.820
for Sheryl Westwick,

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:46.710
and so is winning the
Heroes for Children award.

00:28:46.710 --> 00:28:48.630
Her parents, Alfred
and Carol Youens,

00:28:48.630 --> 00:28:51.040
previously received
this SBOE award

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:53.640
for their long-time service
to Galena Park ISD.

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:57.390
This is the first time
in the 25-year history

00:28:57.390 --> 00:29:00.870
of this program that three
family members have earned

00:29:00.870 --> 00:29:02.370
the Heroes for Children award.

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:06.090
Mrs. Westwick's father received
this award posthumously

00:29:06.090 --> 00:29:10.290
in 2016, Mrs. Youens'
received the award in 2017.

00:29:10.290 --> 00:29:13.473
And Mrs. Youens, if you're here,
would you please stand up.

00:29:14.746 --> 00:29:17.913
(audience applauding)

00:29:19.650 --> 00:29:22.650
Audience, let's give
this devoted family

00:29:22.650 --> 00:29:25.250
a round of applause, and
thank you for your service.

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:29.607
(audience applauding)

00:29:31.210 --> 00:29:33.140
Mrs. Westwick has
volunteered her time

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:37.330
in both Eanes and Austin
School Districts for 24 years.

00:29:37.330 --> 00:29:40.081
She suffered a brain
hemorrhage as a teenager,

00:29:40.081 --> 00:29:42.100
and she credits a
teacher and her mother

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:44.430
with helping her
learn to read again.

00:29:44.430 --> 00:29:46.450
She's now paying that
assistance forward

00:29:46.450 --> 00:29:48.720
by helping other
children learn to read,

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:51.630
and helping in social and
special education classrooms

00:29:51.630 --> 00:29:53.320
in Eanes' ISN.

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:55.220
Thank you to this
wonderful family

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.960
for their years of service.

00:29:58.040 --> 00:30:01.207
(audience applauding)

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:06.690
Julie Hinaman is our
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

00:30:06.690 --> 00:30:09.170
Hero for District 6.

00:30:09.170 --> 00:30:10.740
Julie Hinaman's nominator says

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:14.790
Mrs. Hinaman personifies
Cypress-Fairbanks' mission

00:30:14.790 --> 00:30:17.580
of delivering
opportunity for all.

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:21.000
Over her 12 years as a
volunteer, she has worked

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:24.120
in the school library and
mentored at-risk students.

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:27.320
Mrs. Hinaman served as a
member and later chair

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:29.370
of the Community
Leadership Committee.

00:30:29.370 --> 00:30:31.240
Through that work,
she helps educate

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:34.490
the Cy-Fair community and
the Texas Legislature

00:30:34.490 --> 00:30:38.010
about ways a strong school
district can influence industry,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:42.090
property values, and
overall community health.

00:30:42.090 --> 00:30:44.590
She also finds the time
to be a Bus Buddy,

00:30:45.690 --> 00:30:48.660
which means she rides the bus
at the beginning of the year

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:51.220
and helps our young
students get off the bus

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:53.100
at the correct location.

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.760
Thank you, Mrs. Hinaman,

00:30:54.760 --> 00:30:56.860
for advocating for
public education.

00:30:57.770 --> 00:31:00.937
(audience applauding)

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:09.580
Brenda George of Brazosport ISD
is our Hero for District 7.

00:31:10.570 --> 00:31:12.530
During a six-week
period in 2018,

00:31:12.530 --> 00:31:14.260
Brazoria County experienced

00:31:14.260 --> 00:31:16.840
14 attempted suicides
among its children,

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:20.700
and three of those
children ultimately died.

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:23.730
Brenda George decided it
was time for that to stop.

00:31:23.730 --> 00:31:28.730
And she formed Stop, Talk,
Overcome the Pain, or STOP.

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.220
Her group formed a collaboration

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:33.680
with more than two dozen
mental health organizations

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:35.770
and hosted large
outdoor rallies.

00:31:35.770 --> 00:31:39.680
STOP began participating in
hour-long programs at schools.

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:43.600
These programs, STOP representatives
talk to the students

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:45.120
about issues such as depression,

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:47.000
homelessness, and pregnancy.

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.670
The program has expanded and
now includes teacher training

00:31:49.670 --> 00:31:51.230
and a peer support group.

00:31:51.230 --> 00:31:54.000
STOP will host its first college
Mental Health Symposium

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:56.630
this month at
Brazosport College.

00:31:56.630 --> 00:31:59.890
Thank you, Mrs. George, for
literally saving lives.

00:32:01.003 --> 00:32:04.170
(audience applauding)

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:10.760
So, we're going to take a minute

00:32:10.760 --> 00:32:15.170
for all of our Awardees
to take your seats.

00:32:15.170 --> 00:32:18.210
And now we will ask
Districts 8 through 15

00:32:18.210 --> 00:32:20.560
to come to the center
with their Board Members.

00:32:21.450 --> 00:32:23.270
And thank you all
for your service.

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:28.266
(people chattering faintly)

00:32:36.330 --> 00:32:37.980
<v Member Perez>Thank you, Dr.
Robinson.

00:32:48.790 --> 00:32:50.620
Family and Friends,
you are also welcome

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:53.420
to step up to the velvet ropes
to take your photographs.

00:33:24.602 --> 00:33:26.100
Are we ready? <v ->Yeah.</v>

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.933
<v ->Okay.</v>

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:34.980
Linda Sparks of Conroe ISD
is our Hero for District 8.

00:33:35.830 --> 00:33:38.840
Linda Sparks says school
is my happy place.

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:40.270
Me too.

00:33:40.270 --> 00:33:43.040
Volunteering for her
is a work of heart.

00:33:43.040 --> 00:33:44.890
During more than seven
years as a volunteer

00:33:44.890 --> 00:33:47.180
at Conroe ISD's Bush Elementary,

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:49.320
she has helped with reading
groups, math groups,

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:52.220
copying, laminating,
cutting/pasting, bulletin boards,

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:54.410
field trips, and the library,

00:33:54.410 --> 00:33:57.420
to name just some
of her activities.

00:33:57.420 --> 00:34:00.960
She's participated in the
Bush Buddy Mentoring Program

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.630
in which she is paired
with one or two children

00:34:03.630 --> 00:34:04.940
for the school year.

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:07.850
She's become such an
integral part of the school

00:34:07.850 --> 00:34:09.860
that the Bush staff last year

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:13.830
presented her with the
Friend of Education Award.

00:34:13.830 --> 00:34:17.140
Thank you for all of your
dedication, Mrs. Sparks.

00:34:18.249 --> 00:34:21.416
(audience applauding)

00:34:24.370 --> 00:34:27.010
Ashley Gibbs of
Pleasant Grove ISD

00:34:27.010 --> 00:34:29.240
is our Hero for District 9.

00:34:30.130 --> 00:34:33.180
Ashley Gibbs, who is a graduate
of Pleasant Grove ISD,

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:36.030
has volunteered more than
1,000 hours of service

00:34:36.030 --> 00:34:39.000
to her district in the
past seven years.

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:41.060
She's organized
grandparents' breakfasts,

00:34:41.060 --> 00:34:42.480
coordinated field trips,

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.820
led Teacher Appreciation
Week activities,

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:47.240
and served as vice president
of the development

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:50.040
for the Pleasant Grove
Education Foundation.

00:34:50.040 --> 00:34:53.460
The foundation hosts events
such as Hawk Hustle,

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.800
a field day for elementary
school students,

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.850
and over the past four years,

00:34:56.850 --> 00:35:00.800
the foundation has raised
$130,000.00 for the district.

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:03.380
After a bond issue failed twice,

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:05.180
Mrs. Gibbs became
co-chair of a committee

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:08.010
that successfully
won voter approval

00:35:08.010 --> 00:35:12.730
for a $19.9 million
bond election in 2018.

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:16.990
Winning 70% of the
vote, thank you,

00:35:16.990 --> 00:35:19.510
for making the long term
impact on your hometown.

00:35:21.213 --> 00:35:24.380
(audience applauding)

00:35:27.830 --> 00:35:31.980
Kathi Walrath of Salado ISD
is our Hero for District 10.

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:35.330
Kathi Walrath began
as a room mother

00:35:35.330 --> 00:35:37.990
in her son's kindergarten
class in Salado ISD.

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:42.700
However, her volunteer
activities quickly expanded.

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:45.390
She has since served as the
Parent Teacher Organization

00:35:45.390 --> 00:35:48.120
Volunteer Coordinator
for about five years,

00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:51.700
and PTO president for
about seven years.

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:54.460
Her activities have included
organizing school holidays,

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:57.510
chaperoning field trips,
photographing school activities,

00:35:57.510 --> 00:36:01.270
chairing the Spring Fling,
working with concession stands,

00:36:01.270 --> 00:36:04.540
and organizing
numerous fundraisers.

00:36:04.540 --> 00:36:06.090
Most recently she served

00:36:06.090 --> 00:36:09.360
on Salado's Long-Range
Facilities Planning Committee,

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:13.110
which culminated with the
calling of a bond election.

00:36:13.110 --> 00:36:14.420
She then became treasurer

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:18.300
of the Vote Yes for
Salado ISD Committee.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:20.730
She campaigned vigorously
for the bond election,

00:36:20.730 --> 00:36:22.910
even making calls
form her hospital bed

00:36:22.910 --> 00:36:24.520
as she battled breast cancer.

00:36:25.510 --> 00:36:26.480
Her work paid off,

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:30.640
with an almost two-to-one
victory at the polls.

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:33.940
Thank you, Mrs. Walrath for
your unwavering commitment

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.070
to Salado ISD.

00:36:36.576 --> 00:36:39.743
(audience applauding)

00:36:45.318 --> 00:36:48.160
The late Roger Grizzard
of Weatherford ISD

00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:51.050
is our Hero for District 11.

00:36:51.050 --> 00:36:54.580
He is represented here today
by his wife, Jeanine Grizzard.

00:36:55.670 --> 00:36:58.170
The late Roger Grizzard
served Weatherford ISD

00:36:58.170 --> 00:37:00.970
for 21 years as a
social studies teacher.

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:04.110
When he opened The Pizza
Place restaurant,

00:37:04.110 --> 00:37:08.370
his passion for ensuring
student success continued.

00:37:08.370 --> 00:37:10.550
He gave many students
jobs at the restaurant.

00:37:10.550 --> 00:37:12.590
He hosted election
night watch parties

00:37:12.590 --> 00:37:14.260
and political discussion groups

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:16.730
for students at his restaurant.

00:37:16.730 --> 00:37:18.540
He served on the Weatherford ISD

00:37:18.540 --> 00:37:21.170
Education Foundation
Board of Directors.

00:37:21.170 --> 00:37:23.820
Mr. Grizzard also
sponsored fundraisers,

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.600
donated food for
concession stands,

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:27.920
and attended numerous
student events

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:31.640
such as athletic events,
theater productions,

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:34.690
and band, choir, and
drill team performances.

00:37:34.690 --> 00:37:37.890
In 2014, he became
the first recipient

00:37:37.890 --> 00:37:41.580
of the Weatherford's True
Blue Kangaroo Fan award.

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:43.630
What a big heart he
had for children.

00:37:43.630 --> 00:37:46.860
We are thankful for his
service and dedication.

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:48.590
And thank you, Mrs.
Grizzard, for being here

00:37:48.590 --> 00:37:50.290
to accept the award
on his behalf.

00:37:51.969 --> 00:37:55.136
(audience applauding)

00:38:00.570 --> 00:38:05.130
Katie Walsh of Frisco ISD is
our Hero for District 12.

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:08.370
Katie Walsh has been
an active member

00:38:08.370 --> 00:38:10.050
of the Parent
Teacher Association

00:38:10.050 --> 00:38:13.060
at Frisco ISD's Taylor
Elementary School,

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:17.020
having served as president,
vice president of programs,

00:38:17.020 --> 00:38:19.700
room parent chair,
and book fair chair.

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:23.650
Mrs. Walsh organized the school's
Walk-A-Thon for four years

00:38:23.650 --> 00:38:27.522
and served as the
mistress of ceremonies

00:38:27.522 --> 00:38:30.360
for each event each year.

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:33.000
Mrs. Walsh has organized
special events

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:36.970
at the school such as Bring
the Dallas Zoo to You,

00:38:36.970 --> 00:38:38.460
family reading night,

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:41.550
and an event called
High Touch High Tech.

00:38:41.550 --> 00:38:43.640
Frisco families know
they can depend on her

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:47.080
for creativity, support,
and enthusiasm.

00:38:47.080 --> 00:38:48.200
Thank you, Mrs. Walsh.

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.567
(audience applauding)

00:38:55.650 --> 00:39:00.473
Loretta Burns of Fort Worth ISD
is our Hero for District 13.

00:39:02.510 --> 00:39:05.310
Loretta Burns founded the AB
Christian Learning Center,

00:39:05.310 --> 00:39:07.840
which provides academic
enrichment programs.

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:09.630
As an outgrowth of this work,

00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:13.920
Mrs. Burns started the
Freedom School in 2014.

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:15.610
This is a free six-week program

00:39:15.610 --> 00:39:17.080
that focuses on summer reading

00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:18.980
and cultural
enrichment activities

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:21.020
for disadvantaged students.

00:39:21.020 --> 00:39:22.670
Instruction in this
program is delivered

00:39:22.670 --> 00:39:24.940
by trained college interns.

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:28.320
Participating students receive
a free book each week.

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:31.340
Ms. Burns is also a member
of the executive council

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:34.720
for Read Fort Worth, which
is a coalition of community

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:37.530
and business leaders who
partnered with Fort Worth ISD

00:39:37.530 --> 00:39:39.000
as it works towards the goal

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:41.230
of having 100% of
third-grade students

00:39:41.230 --> 00:39:45.590
reading at or above
grade level by 2025.

00:39:45.590 --> 00:39:49.090
Thank you for giving children
the gift of reading.

00:39:50.282 --> 00:39:53.449
(audience applauding)

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:02.880
Edith Natividad of
Copperas Cove ISD

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:05.050
is our Hero for District 14.

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:10.103
As a military spouse, Edith
Natividad began volunteering

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:15.140
to help her children
adjust to new schools.

00:40:15.140 --> 00:40:19.160
Her volunteer work has now
continued for three decades.

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:21.570
She began by helping
struggling third-grade readers

00:40:21.570 --> 00:40:23.520
in Copperas Cove ISD.

00:40:23.520 --> 00:40:26.630
She soon served as vice
president of the PTA

00:40:26.630 --> 00:40:29.850
and was involved in various
activities such as family nights

00:40:29.850 --> 00:40:33.130
that focused on different
core subjects.

00:40:33.130 --> 00:40:36.260
She launched a
Multicultural Family Night

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:39.950
that now involves a fashion
show and food tastings.

00:40:39.950 --> 00:40:43.540
She also started an
after-school hula dance club

00:40:43.540 --> 00:40:45.890
for kindergarten through
second-grade students.

00:40:46.966 --> 00:40:48.943
(audience chuckling)

00:40:48.943 --> 00:40:50.780
The children not only
learn basic hula moves,

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:54.430
but learn to tell their right
hand from their left hand

00:40:54.430 --> 00:40:55.940
while having fun.

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.869
I could use some of that.

00:40:57.869 --> 00:40:58.828
(audience chuckling)

00:40:58.828 --> 00:41:01.200
Additionally, Mrs.
Natividad works with youth

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:05.910
who have been selected as city
ambassadors and involves them

00:41:05.910 --> 00:41:09.140
in more than 5,000 hours
of service annually.

00:41:11.437 --> 00:41:15.014
(speaking Tagalog)

00:41:15.014 --> 00:41:17.529
Thank you very much, Mrs.
Natividad.

00:41:17.529 --> 00:41:20.696
(audience applauding)

00:41:22.210 --> 00:41:25.060
And for those of you who
do not speak Tagalog,

00:41:29.290 --> 00:41:31.900
which is what our friends
in the Philippines speak,

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:34.980
that was Tagalog.

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:39.390
If you would try that for
me again, Lenny. (laughing)

00:41:40.410 --> 00:41:44.810
Trilingualism, we're
all working on it.

00:41:44.810 --> 00:41:46.920
Roddy "Bud" Allred of Vega ISD

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:49.010
is our Hero for District 15.

00:41:50.050 --> 00:41:52.410
Roddy "Bud" Allred,
is a retired farmer,

00:41:52.410 --> 00:41:54.390
who has shared his
knowledge of mechanical,

00:41:54.390 --> 00:41:56.770
electrical, and
hydraulic process

00:41:56.770 --> 00:41:59.220
with Vega ISD's Ag
Mechanics program

00:41:59.220 --> 00:42:02.780
and FFA program for
more than 15 years.

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:06.240
He has taught students welding
and fabrication skills,

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:08.900
and helped high school students
on their Senior Project,

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:13.074
even when it meant staying
at school until 1:00 a.m.

00:42:13.074 --> 00:42:13.907
(audience chuckling)

00:42:13.907 --> 00:42:16.360
Mr. Allred has donated
his time and money

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:18.390
by transporting the
students' projects

00:42:18.390 --> 00:42:21.620
to the San Antonio and
Houston Ag Mechanics shows.

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:24.360
When it has been necessary
for the Ag Mechanic teacher

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:27.550
to be out for extended
periods of time

00:42:27.550 --> 00:42:29.240
due to family or
personal illness,

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:31.920
Mr. Allred has also stepped up,

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:35.110
and helped students plan
and work on their projects

00:42:35.110 --> 00:42:37.670
so that they remained on track.

00:42:37.670 --> 00:42:40.710
Thank you for sharing all of
this knowledge, Mr. Allred.

00:42:42.350 --> 00:42:45.517
(audience applauding)

00:42:50.290 --> 00:42:52.910
Board Members, I now
move that we adopt

00:42:52.910 --> 00:42:55.610
the Heroes for Children
Resolution that is before you.

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:03.639
<v Chair Bahorich>Is
there any objection?

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.514
Of course not.

00:43:04.514 --> 00:43:05.797
(audience laughing)

00:43:05.797 --> 00:43:07.319
<v Member Perez> I can't
imagine that there would be.

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:08.940
<v Chair Bahorich> We
are all for our heroes.

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:10.350
Absolutely.

00:43:10.350 --> 00:43:12.750
Hearing none, congratulations
to all of you.

00:43:12.750 --> 00:43:14.262
Thank you so much.

00:43:14.262 --> 00:43:16.506
(audience applauding)

00:43:16.506 --> 00:43:19.506
(people chattering)

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:28.630
<v Chair Bahorich>Audience, I hope that
sharing these stories

00:43:28.630 --> 00:43:31.550
have inspired you, and
that you will return

00:43:31.550 --> 00:43:35.110
to your local public schools
who will love to have you join

00:43:35.110 --> 00:43:37.920
their legion of
school volunteers.

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:42.520
I also ask our heroes to
gather together in the lobby

00:43:42.520 --> 00:43:44.170
for a group photo.

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:49.570
And as our heroes are exiting,

00:43:49.570 --> 00:43:51.230
let's give them another
round of applause,

00:43:51.230 --> 00:43:53.802
and thank them for their
remarkable service.

00:43:53.802 --> 00:43:55.055
(audience applauding)

00:43:55.055 --> 00:43:57.805
(woman cheering)

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:13.250
<v Chair Bahorich>As is our custom, we
are blessed to have

00:44:13.250 --> 00:44:17.540
the Commissioner of
Education in the house,

00:44:17.540 --> 00:44:20.820
and so, Commissioner, could
you share with us an update.

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:21.653
<v Commissioner Morath>Thank you.

00:44:21.653 --> 00:44:23.590
Thank you, Madam Chair,
thank you, Members.

00:44:23.590 --> 00:44:25.400
As always, thank you
for your service.

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.750
For those watching at home,

00:44:26.750 --> 00:44:29.100
the State Board of
Education Members are paid

00:44:29.100 --> 00:44:31.350
exactly what School
Board Members are paid,

00:44:31.350 --> 00:44:33.250
which is a giant bupkis.

00:44:33.250 --> 00:44:37.600
So, I appreciate your service
to the students of Texas.

00:44:38.674 --> 00:44:39.620
And certainly your feedback

00:44:39.620 --> 00:44:42.550
on all of our
agency initiatives.

00:44:42.550 --> 00:44:46.690
I wanted to give an update
on Reading Academies.

00:44:46.690 --> 00:44:49.570
Before I get into that, just
a quick acknowledgement.

00:44:49.570 --> 00:44:53.310
I know that the Committee
on School Initiatives,

00:44:53.310 --> 00:44:54.668
did I get that right?

00:44:54.668 --> 00:44:56.830
Met yesterday or the
day before yesterday.

00:44:56.830 --> 00:45:00.210
Talked a little bit about
instructional materials portal.

00:45:00.210 --> 00:45:02.940
And there was a recommendation
from that Committee

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:06.200
that our approach to rules

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:10.530
for how materials go through
evaluation be tweaked

00:45:10.530 --> 00:45:13.330
so that it requires a
majority vote of the SBOE

00:45:13.330 --> 00:45:14.850
as opposed to an
individual member.

00:45:14.850 --> 00:45:16.980
So that makes sense to us.

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:19.670
The rule-making
process has closed,

00:45:19.670 --> 00:45:21.170
the Commissioner rule-making
process is closed,

00:45:21.170 --> 00:45:23.140
so what we'll do is
we'll reopen that up,

00:45:23.140 --> 00:45:26.130
and we'll put that
rule through a change

00:45:26.130 --> 00:45:28.496
in formal rule-making
on our end.

00:45:28.496 --> 00:45:30.050
So just wanted to let y'all know

00:45:30.050 --> 00:45:32.550
that the recommendation
made sense to us,

00:45:32.550 --> 00:45:33.850
so we'll make that change.

00:45:34.728 --> 00:45:37.100
So, then back to
the topic at hand.

00:45:37.100 --> 00:45:37.933
So Reading Academies.

00:45:37.933 --> 00:45:41.360
I don't know if we can
get it up on screen,

00:45:43.350 --> 00:45:45.900
there we go.

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:47.180
I wanted to give an
update on where we are

00:45:47.180 --> 00:45:48.620
in Reading Academies,
especially because

00:45:48.620 --> 00:45:52.700
it has significant impact
on LEAs moving forward

00:45:52.700 --> 00:45:56.490
given what happened
with House Bill 3.

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:00.580
And you'll notice
there's a little logo

00:46:00.580 --> 00:46:03.680
on the bottom of this thing,
it says House Bill 3 in 30.

00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:08.140
We should be sending
you guys our notices

00:46:08.140 --> 00:46:11.220
related to House
Bill 3 in 30 videos.

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:14.210
Each week we do a deep
dive on a specific topic

00:46:14.210 --> 00:46:15.970
related to the bill.

00:46:15.970 --> 00:46:18.110
I think June 24th was
the first deep dive.

00:46:18.110 --> 00:46:20.850
The last deep dive is
scheduled for November 21st.

00:46:20.850 --> 00:46:24.470
That just gives a, what, it's
five months of deep dives,

00:46:24.470 --> 00:46:25.740
weekly deep dives on a bill,

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:27.640
that's how expansive
this bill is.

00:46:27.640 --> 00:46:29.270
So just for my own benefit,

00:46:29.270 --> 00:46:32.070
are y'all aware of the
House Bill 3 in 30 series?

00:46:32.910 --> 00:46:35.140
Raise your hand, yes, no?

00:46:35.140 --> 00:46:37.050
Yes, okay, I just
want to make sure

00:46:37.050 --> 00:46:38.850
we're communicating
with y'all about that.

00:46:38.850 --> 00:46:41.730
If you have any feedback or
suggestions please let us know.

00:46:41.730 --> 00:46:44.050
We're just trying to help
the field understand

00:46:44.050 --> 00:46:47.100
all the implementation challenges
associated with the bill.

00:46:47.100 --> 00:46:49.740
But the bill has
significant impacts

00:46:49.740 --> 00:46:52.700
because the bill requires
every K through 3 teacher

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:55.370
to go through Reading Academies
in the next three years

00:46:55.370 --> 00:46:56.920
and really for the end of time.

00:46:58.490 --> 00:46:59.890
So I wanted to talk
about where we are

00:46:59.890 --> 00:47:01.640
on Reading Academies currently.

00:47:01.640 --> 00:47:04.810
So the screen you
see shows the model

00:47:04.810 --> 00:47:07.290
of our current iteration
of the Reading Academies.

00:47:07.290 --> 00:47:11.700
It is a very intensive
professional development series.

00:47:11.700 --> 00:47:14.530
Think of it as sort of
a year long fellowship

00:47:14.530 --> 00:47:18.200
where you start in sort of
summer before instruction

00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:21.290
with five days of
professional development.

00:47:21.290 --> 00:47:25.070
Then there are three separate
two day sessions of PD

00:47:25.070 --> 00:47:28.243
throughout the school year,
and then three days of PD

00:47:28.243 --> 00:47:30.440
after the end of the school year

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:33.590
to sort of reflect
on the practices.

00:47:33.590 --> 00:47:35.260
And then throughout the year

00:47:35.260 --> 00:47:38.840
there are significant instructional
coaching interactions

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:40.840
with all of the
program participants.

00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:43.516
This has been
designed based around

00:47:43.516 --> 00:47:48.516
all of our best knowledge on
sort of adult learning theory,

00:47:49.810 --> 00:47:52.680
and how to drive
behavior change.

00:47:52.680 --> 00:47:55.228
It's been based upon all
of the best science

00:47:55.228 --> 00:47:56.860
that we have on
reading practices.

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:59.060
When you think about K
through 3 Reading Academies

00:47:59.060 --> 00:48:04.060
in particular, that is a very
significant dive in phonics,

00:48:04.330 --> 00:48:07.750
phonological awareness,
phonemic awareness,

00:48:07.750 --> 00:48:10.120
the sort of core
foundational skills.

00:48:10.120 --> 00:48:13.198
Very tightly aligned
with the TEKS.

00:48:13.198 --> 00:48:18.198
The academies this year
involved 1,800 participants.

00:48:18.630 --> 00:48:21.010
Four different cities,
three weeks, 30 days,

00:48:21.010 --> 00:48:21.843
five Reading Academies.

00:48:21.843 --> 00:48:24.610
They are still in process, this
is just what has happened.

00:48:24.610 --> 00:48:26.860
Because if you think about
the five days in the summer

00:48:26.860 --> 00:48:29.010
that have already happened,
we have not hit yet

00:48:29.010 --> 00:48:30.850
the first two day
seminar in the fall,

00:48:30.850 --> 00:48:33.740
but the instructional
coaching has already begun.

00:48:33.740 --> 00:48:38.100
And this gives you an overview
of where those occurred.

00:48:38.100 --> 00:48:39.370
And then I wanted to
give you some data

00:48:39.370 --> 00:48:44.370
from the Reading Academies as
they have unfolded so far.

00:48:44.730 --> 00:48:47.180
So, how was the rigor
of today's session?

00:48:47.180 --> 00:48:49.650
How was the pace of
today's session?

00:48:49.650 --> 00:48:52.850
Just right, too
slow, or too fast?

00:48:52.850 --> 00:48:55.290
So you can see, this is sort
of our initial feedback

00:48:55.290 --> 00:48:57.710
on the nature of the
professional development

00:48:57.710 --> 00:48:58.890
in the Reading Academies.

00:48:58.890 --> 00:49:01.760
And what you see on the right
is sort of a word map.

00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:05.640
We asked our participants
to reflect on

00:49:05.640 --> 00:49:09.170
what they heard the most, what
was sort of most focused,

00:49:09.170 --> 00:49:12.900
and center field on that
of course is the TEKS

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:15.490
because the Reading
Academies are built

00:49:15.490 --> 00:49:16.930
in very, very tight alignment

00:49:16.930 --> 00:49:20.690
to support effective instruction
with the new ELAR TEKS.

00:49:20.690 --> 00:49:24.570
So it's really one of
the more effective ways

00:49:24.570 --> 00:49:29.570
that we can support implementation
around this in the state.

00:49:31.090 --> 00:49:35.390
So, this isn't quite right,

00:49:35.390 --> 00:49:40.150
hopefully this is
the right deck.

00:49:40.150 --> 00:49:43.750
Additionally we
asked the question,

00:49:43.750 --> 00:49:44.700
overall the Reading Academy

00:49:44.700 --> 00:49:47.410
is a high-quality professional
development experience.

00:49:47.410 --> 00:49:49.840
The Reading Academy
positively impacts

00:49:49.840 --> 00:49:52.110
my instructional practices,

00:49:52.110 --> 00:49:55.210
or to principals, my teachers'
instructional practices.

00:49:55.210 --> 00:49:56.710
I would recommend attending
the Reading Academies

00:49:56.710 --> 00:49:57.543
to a colleague.

00:49:57.543 --> 00:50:01.020
So you can see the
strongly agree and agree

00:50:01.020 --> 00:50:04.900
is very, very high
on these things.

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:09.860
These have just been
very intensely designed

00:50:09.860 --> 00:50:12.790
to help support actual
practice improvement

00:50:12.790 --> 00:50:14.080
in reading instruction.

00:50:14.080 --> 00:50:15.920
We don't just ask
people their opinions.

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:17.670
We quiz them on their knowledge,

00:50:17.670 --> 00:50:20.390
'cause this is about growth
in knowledge and skills.

00:50:20.390 --> 00:50:22.650
So there were dramatic increase

00:50:22.650 --> 00:50:24.220
between pre- and post- tests.

00:50:25.990 --> 00:50:28.620
Results in several
key topic areas.

00:50:28.620 --> 00:50:30.340
So you can see the
biggest areas of green

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:31.700
were the biggest jumps.

00:50:31.700 --> 00:50:35.364
I'll focus in on Roman
numeral three there,

00:50:35.364 --> 00:50:37.420
which is phonological awareness
and phonemic awareness.

00:50:38.290 --> 00:50:40.850
So the percentage of teachers
that could accurately identify

00:50:40.850 --> 00:50:44.740
and respond to questions
in that was pretty low

00:50:44.740 --> 00:50:46.030
at the beginning of the
Reading Academies,

00:50:46.030 --> 00:50:49.550
and it jumps to above
50% as a result

00:50:49.550 --> 00:50:51.200
of the first five day dive.

00:50:51.200 --> 00:50:55.450
What we use this information
for is continuous improvement.

00:50:55.450 --> 00:50:57.980
We want to iterate on
the Reading Academies

00:50:57.980 --> 00:51:00.800
so that the next cycle of
participants, it's better.

00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:05.410
So, there's no such thing as
a static Reading Academy.

00:51:05.410 --> 00:51:07.530
We're constantly
iterating and tweaking

00:51:07.530 --> 00:51:10.450
to make sure that what we're
delivering to teachers

00:51:10.450 --> 00:51:13.000
is the most effective
experience possible.

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:16.670
So this was the K-2 pre-
and post- test results

00:51:16.670 --> 00:51:18.860
from just the five
days, by the way.

00:51:18.860 --> 00:51:20.330
And then here's 3-5s.

00:51:20.330 --> 00:51:24.861
So you can see less
significant huge jumps.

00:51:24.861 --> 00:51:27.800
But still improvement
across the board.

00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:29.340
One of the conclusions
that I draw

00:51:29.340 --> 00:51:30.940
from these two
different data sts

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:35.940
is that the Legislature's focus
on making the availability

00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:38.800
of K-3 Reading
Academies ubiquitous

00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:40.370
was probably the right call,

00:51:40.370 --> 00:51:42.720
because when we think about the
foundational reading skills

00:51:42.720 --> 00:51:44.190
that you need in K-1, 2,

00:51:44.190 --> 00:51:47.090
and the sort of foundational
skill building is especially,

00:51:48.030 --> 00:51:51.180
what in myself I call
the phonics strand,

00:51:51.180 --> 00:51:54.160
but it's that foundation
strand in ELAR.

00:51:54.160 --> 00:51:57.610
There's pretty clear
reason for us

00:51:57.610 --> 00:51:59.330
to invest pretty heavily
in our teachers

00:51:59.330 --> 00:52:00.980
in the skill sets
in those areas.

00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:05.040
Now let's transition to
on a go-forward basis.

00:52:05.040 --> 00:52:07.378
We run into significant
challenges

00:52:07.378 --> 00:52:09.010
when scaling the
Reading Academies

00:52:09.010 --> 00:52:12.392
for the entirety of Texas as
required under House Bill 3.

00:52:12.392 --> 00:52:14.890
I think I mentioned to you last
time that we were together

00:52:14.890 --> 00:52:17.510
that we thought there were
roughly 80,000 people

00:52:17.510 --> 00:52:19.440
that would likely need to go
through the Reading Academies

00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:20.640
in the next three years.

00:52:20.640 --> 00:52:22.670
It's actually 121,000 based upon

00:52:22.670 --> 00:52:24.970
a specific run of
data out of PEIMS.

00:52:27.462 --> 00:52:28.295
So that's a lot.

00:52:30.984 --> 00:52:33.100
And we think as a result
we likely need to make

00:52:33.100 --> 00:52:36.070
some adjustments to
the delivery model.

00:52:36.070 --> 00:52:39.540
So if you look at this
as where we are today

00:52:39.540 --> 00:52:41.030
with the Reading Academies,

00:52:41.030 --> 00:52:43.620
we're gonna slim it
down a little bit,

00:52:43.620 --> 00:52:48.620
just for the sheer necessity
of dealing with that volume.

00:52:49.100 --> 00:52:53.290
But we're also gonna create
sort of a bifurcated pathway.

00:52:53.290 --> 00:52:56.210
And if you think about this
as the comprehensive model,

00:52:56.210 --> 00:53:00.440
there's also, we will be
launching a blended model

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:02.180
which will be competency based.

00:53:02.180 --> 00:53:04.120
It will require the teachers
to submit artifacts

00:53:04.120 --> 00:53:07.320
of demonstrating proficiency
in certain areas.

00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:08.740
But effectively this will allow

00:53:08.740 --> 00:53:12.246
at least some subset of
teachers in the State of Texas

00:53:12.246 --> 00:53:13.520
to test out of the
Reading Academies,

00:53:13.520 --> 00:53:16.463
and another subset of
teachers in Texas to,

00:53:20.310 --> 00:53:22.750
if the district deems
that their proficiency

00:53:22.750 --> 00:53:26.840
is sufficiently high,
the district can craft

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:29.480
a sort of customized version
of the Reading Academies,

00:53:29.480 --> 00:53:31.605
as long as they can
demonstrate proficiency

00:53:31.605 --> 00:53:35.140
in the science teaching
reading competencies

00:53:35.140 --> 00:53:38.660
that have been aligned with
what we're focusing on

00:53:38.660 --> 00:53:39.580
with the Reading Academies.

00:53:39.580 --> 00:53:43.710
And we think this is likely
the only way we can,

00:53:43.710 --> 00:53:46.470
not the only way, but this
kind of change is necessary

00:53:46.470 --> 00:53:48.310
given the scale of
Reading Academies.

00:53:48.310 --> 00:53:50.540
And clearly, not every
teacher in Texas

00:53:50.540 --> 00:53:52.427
needs the Reading Academies,

00:53:52.427 --> 00:53:53.260
we've got a lot of very
skilled reading teachers,

00:53:53.260 --> 00:53:54.490
and making them go through

00:53:54.490 --> 00:53:57.670
the Reading Academies
again is not necessary.

00:53:57.670 --> 00:53:59.620
But there are a lot,
especially brand new,

00:53:59.620 --> 00:54:02.620
and if they went through
an educator prep program

00:54:02.620 --> 00:54:04.970
that didn't have a strong
foundation skill set,

00:54:06.523 --> 00:54:10.840
a focus in terms of the phonics
and that strand in ELAR,

00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:12.950
then this is gonna
be a very big win

00:54:12.950 --> 00:54:14.900
for kids and for
teachers in Texas,

00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:16.290
but it's just a lot of work.

00:54:16.290 --> 00:54:17.650
So, one of the ways

00:54:17.650 --> 00:54:18.790
that we're gonna
deal with the scale

00:54:18.790 --> 00:54:20.350
is we're gonna let districts

00:54:20.350 --> 00:54:22.872
do the Reading
Academies themselves.

00:54:22.872 --> 00:54:24.430
We'll set up a framework
so that service centers,

00:54:24.430 --> 00:54:28.740
universities, nonprofits
that focus in this space,

00:54:28.740 --> 00:54:30.060
as well as districts themselves,

00:54:30.060 --> 00:54:33.680
can become authorized providers
of the Reading Academies.

00:54:33.680 --> 00:54:34.810
We'll have some mechanisms

00:54:34.810 --> 00:54:36.740
to maintain quality
control on that,

00:54:36.740 --> 00:54:38.950
but when you think a
lot of the districts

00:54:38.950 --> 00:54:40.870
have an existing focus on this,

00:54:40.870 --> 00:54:43.789
they have an existing instructional
coaching infrastructure,

00:54:43.789 --> 00:54:45.610
so we're gonna use their
existing infrastructure

00:54:45.610 --> 00:54:47.460
so they don't have to
pay out-of-pocket fees

00:54:47.460 --> 00:54:49.730
to some vendor to do
the Reading Academies.

00:54:49.730 --> 00:54:52.860
They can just implement
it themselves.

00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:53.693
We would be providing them

00:54:53.693 --> 00:54:55.080
with the curriculum
scope and sequence

00:54:55.080 --> 00:54:57.860
the sort of way the Reading
Academies should be structured,

00:54:57.860 --> 00:54:59.070
they'd just implement it.

00:54:59.070 --> 00:55:01.410
And there are many
districts around the state

00:55:01.410 --> 00:55:05.340
that I know from experience
that will do this very well.

00:55:05.340 --> 00:55:08.950
I think of the strength of
instructional systems in Conroe,

00:55:08.950 --> 00:55:11.710
the strength of instructional
systems in Cy-Fair,

00:55:11.710 --> 00:55:14.457
the strength of instructional
systems in Pearland,

00:55:14.457 --> 00:55:18.420
the strength of instructional
systems in so many districts.

00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:20.860
So we've got a lot of
feedback from superintendents

00:55:20.860 --> 00:55:23.350
that are trying to think
through the logistics of this,

00:55:23.350 --> 00:55:25.760
and we're just trying to make
sure that this is doable,

00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:28.410
because this is a lot of
work that has to happen.

00:55:29.590 --> 00:55:32.840
So if you have to
use a third party,

00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:34.750
we've tried to make
some estimates

00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:36.450
of how much labor
is really involved.

00:55:36.450 --> 00:55:39.870
So you think you've got five
days of PD, or that's now four,

00:55:39.870 --> 00:55:43.280
and then three, and then three
individual PD sessions,

00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:45.100
plus the instructional coaching.

00:55:45.100 --> 00:55:48.040
And then separately, with
the sort of blended system

00:55:48.040 --> 00:55:51.250
you have to have
inter-rater-reliability and mechanisms

00:55:51.250 --> 00:55:55.600
to verify the artifacts
reach the right threshold.

00:55:55.600 --> 00:55:58.000
So this is our
current estimates.

00:55:58.000 --> 00:56:00.220
This is not actual pricing.

00:56:00.220 --> 00:56:01.840
We're just trying to give
people some guidance

00:56:01.840 --> 00:56:03.850
on what we think
this might cost.

00:56:03.850 --> 00:56:06.370
We will know by the end
of this academic year.

00:56:06.370 --> 00:56:08.465
This academic year we're
essentially building

00:56:08.465 --> 00:56:10.680
the logistics and the
engineering system

00:56:10.680 --> 00:56:11.960
to support this at scale.

00:56:12.866 --> 00:56:14.300
So we'll have all these
things fully answered

00:56:14.300 --> 00:56:15.450
by the end of the year.

00:56:16.463 --> 00:56:17.780
But in order to try to scale up

00:56:17.780 --> 00:56:20.050
the existing Reading Academies,
it just took a lot of work.

00:56:20.050 --> 00:56:21.740
and this is our best estimate

00:56:21.740 --> 00:56:24.290
for what the likely cost
would be out-of-pocket

00:56:24.290 --> 00:56:27.060
if a district's not
doing it themselves.

00:56:27.060 --> 00:56:29.370
Of course if a district
is doing it themselves,

00:56:29.370 --> 00:56:31.290
it's mostly going to be free.

00:56:31.290 --> 00:56:33.964
Not entirely, there'll
be probably a small cost

00:56:33.964 --> 00:56:37.230
to deal with the sort of
blended learning system.

00:56:39.240 --> 00:56:41.320
But we're working
to try to provide

00:56:41.320 --> 00:56:44.560
this kind of guidance
to our LEAs.

00:56:44.560 --> 00:56:45.760
Every Thursday is when

00:56:45.760 --> 00:56:48.260
our House Bill 3 in 30
video series drops.

00:56:48.260 --> 00:56:49.980
This one dropped yesterday.

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:52.720
So I would definitely recommend
that everybody watch that.

00:56:52.720 --> 00:56:54.830
All the SBOE members watch that.

00:56:54.830 --> 00:56:57.640
We think that it's wise for
superintendents, CFOs,

00:56:57.640 --> 00:56:59.990
chief academic officers,
chief of school officers,

00:56:59.990 --> 00:57:01.130
all of them watch it.

00:57:01.130 --> 00:57:03.950
It is one of the more
information dense

00:57:03.950 --> 00:57:05.820
House Bill 3 in 30 videos.

00:57:05.820 --> 00:57:08.840
So in order for people to
sort of grasp all of it,

00:57:08.840 --> 00:57:10.920
they're probably gonna have to
watch it a couple of times.

00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:14.730
Now we have a little
bit of stuff in there

00:57:14.730 --> 00:57:16.270
on the science of
teaching reading

00:57:16.270 --> 00:57:18.170
and how reading
skills are built,

00:57:18.170 --> 00:57:21.200
because we think it's
part of the process.

00:57:21.200 --> 00:57:23.800
So we'd certainly encourage
y'all to watch that.

00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:27.110
But in there we talked about
logistical considerations

00:57:27.110 --> 00:57:29.210
that we think superintendents
need to be mindful of,

00:57:29.210 --> 00:57:33.070
even today before a lot of
the things are answered.

00:57:33.070 --> 00:57:35.740
So for example, if
there's gonna be three

00:57:35.740 --> 00:57:39.130
one day PD sessions,
then you might want to,

00:57:39.130 --> 00:57:41.740
when you're adopting your
calendars, say this November,

00:57:41.740 --> 00:57:44.120
you might want to think about
that for in-service days

00:57:44.120 --> 00:57:46.630
so you don't have
substitute teacher budgets

00:57:46.630 --> 00:57:48.410
that you've gotta
deal with for this.

00:57:49.610 --> 00:57:52.690
Anyways, that's a very
high level overview

00:57:52.690 --> 00:57:53.580
of the Reading Academies.

00:57:53.580 --> 00:57:56.480
If you would like a
deeper dive on it,

00:57:56.480 --> 00:58:00.730
I would encourage you to
visit TEA.Texas.gov/HB3,

00:58:00.730 --> 00:58:02.840
and watch the House
Bill 3 in 30 video

00:58:02.840 --> 00:58:04.810
that came out yesterday
on this topic.

00:58:04.810 --> 00:58:06.720
<v Woman>About how
long is it?</v>

00:58:06.720 --> 00:58:08.820
<v Commissioner Morath>House Bill 3 in 30
means we cover the topic

00:58:08.820 --> 00:58:10.920
in 30 minutes or less,
or your money back.

00:58:11.879 --> 00:58:13.869
(people laughing)

00:58:13.869 --> 00:58:15.690
So this one is like 29 minutes.

00:58:15.690 --> 00:58:20.360
This one again is pretty
intense as they go.

00:58:23.271 --> 00:58:24.640
And we have, again,
we have topics

00:58:24.640 --> 00:58:28.690
in the House Bill 3 in 30
series on Pre-K requirements,

00:58:28.690 --> 00:58:31.185
on tax reduction requirements,

00:58:31.185 --> 00:58:34.690
on budgeting requirements
related to new money

00:58:34.690 --> 00:58:36.620
in terms of the
raises for teachers.

00:58:37.540 --> 00:58:41.670
There's topics on the CCMR
funding that's in the bill.

00:58:41.670 --> 00:58:43.710
There's topics on everything

00:58:43.710 --> 00:58:45.610
that we know people
have questions on.

00:58:46.522 --> 00:58:48.690
I won't say that we have
answered every single question

00:58:48.690 --> 00:58:51.260
in the videos, but there's
also a FAQ document online,

00:58:51.260 --> 00:58:53.560
so you can, we try
to basically answer

00:58:53.560 --> 00:58:55.170
every single question
that we get.

00:58:56.720 --> 00:58:59.199
More on House Bill 3.

00:58:59.199 --> 00:59:02.590
I wanted to give y'all
just a heads-up on rules

00:59:02.590 --> 00:59:07.220
that are relevant to you, as
a body, for House Bill 3.

00:59:07.220 --> 00:59:11.740
So there are, what is
that, eight or so, rules.

00:59:11.740 --> 00:59:15.400
There's SBEC rules that of
course circle up to y'all

00:59:15.400 --> 00:59:17.270
for ratification or veto,

00:59:17.270 --> 00:59:19.080
and then there's SBOE rules.

00:59:19.080 --> 00:59:22.800
So these are all rules
that will be coming to you

00:59:22.800 --> 00:59:25.300
for consideration and adoption

00:59:26.167 --> 00:59:29.900
given rule-making
requirements for the SBOE

00:59:29.900 --> 00:59:33.240
that were built
into House Bill 3.

00:59:33.240 --> 00:59:35.980
There's a bunch of other
rules that are required

00:59:35.980 --> 00:59:38.820
for House Bill 3 that the
Agency has to implement.

00:59:38.820 --> 00:59:41.000
Some of them are part of
existing rule-making cycles.

00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:43.280
So you think the Student
Attendance Accounting Handbook,

00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:45.390
there's a lot of changes in
that because of House Bill 3,

00:59:45.390 --> 00:59:47.840
but that's just it's kind of
normal rule-making cycle.

00:59:47.840 --> 00:59:49.280
Then there's a few
sort of new rules

00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:51.250
that have to be
stood up as well.

00:59:51.250 --> 00:59:53.470
But I just wanted to make
sure that y'all had this

00:59:53.470 --> 00:59:55.020
so that you knew it was coming.

00:59:56.748 --> 00:59:58.350
So that will be
transition topics.

00:59:58.350 --> 01:00:00.510
I believe this is the first
time I have seen y'all

01:00:00.510 --> 01:00:04.300
since this year's Accountability
Ratings came out,

01:00:04.300 --> 01:00:05.950
I believe.

01:00:05.950 --> 01:00:08.900
So I wanted to give you
a high level overview

01:00:08.900 --> 01:00:10.910
of performance year to year.

01:00:10.910 --> 01:00:13.830
So these bar charts are
kind of an interesting way

01:00:13.830 --> 01:00:18.830
to look at the entire system
of schools across the state.

01:00:20.003 --> 01:00:23.060
Given we have a tiered
system of accountability

01:00:23.060 --> 01:00:24.990
so you can see improvement
at the A level,

01:00:24.990 --> 01:00:26.480
at the B level, at the C level.

01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:29.550
This is the district A
through F rating comparison

01:00:29.550 --> 01:00:30.383
year over year.

01:00:31.300 --> 01:00:34.230
And the sort of gray
line at the bottom,

01:00:34.230 --> 01:00:38.940
that's the cut point, we want
everybody above that line,

01:00:39.840 --> 01:00:41.434
sort of over time.

01:00:41.434 --> 01:00:44.100
So what you can see is good.

01:00:44.100 --> 01:00:46.682
There are fewer F districts,
fewer D districts.

01:00:46.682 --> 01:00:49.250
There are more A
and B districts.

01:00:49.250 --> 01:00:52.250
This is a result of
extraordinarily talented,

01:00:52.250 --> 01:00:54.250
hard-working administrators,
school board members,

01:00:54.250 --> 01:00:57.370
teachers, all over
the State of Texas,

01:00:57.370 --> 01:01:00.480
driving positive
change for their kids.

01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:01.590
And this is based upon the way

01:01:01.590 --> 01:01:03.730
the ratings system
works for districts.

01:01:03.730 --> 01:01:06.720
That is a very
multi-measure system.

01:01:06.720 --> 01:01:09.790
40% of it is college career,
Military readiness,

01:01:09.790 --> 01:01:11.940
and there's a bunch of
different indicators there.

01:01:11.940 --> 01:01:14.060
20% of it is graduation rate.

01:01:14.060 --> 01:01:15.760
And then 40% of it is STAAR.

01:01:16.750 --> 01:01:18.500
There is, when you
think about that,

01:01:18.500 --> 01:01:19.920
there is kind of an
interesting phenomenon,

01:01:19.920 --> 01:01:23.940
because 60% of the rating
system for a district

01:01:23.940 --> 01:01:25.520
is a combination
of college career,

01:01:25.520 --> 01:01:27.280
Military readiness,
and graduation rate,

01:01:27.280 --> 01:01:29.520
that means 60% of a
district's rating

01:01:29.520 --> 01:01:32.380
is based upon 12th
graders alone,

01:01:34.060 --> 01:01:37.190
because that's what you evaluate

01:01:37.190 --> 01:01:40.130
for graduation rate and CCMR.

01:01:40.130 --> 01:01:42.800
And then 40% is the rest of
the kids in the district.

01:01:43.937 --> 01:01:46.040
Now, when you're looking
at campus ratings,

01:01:46.040 --> 01:01:47.660
you don't have that
degree of focus

01:01:47.660 --> 01:01:49.870
on just one group of kids.

01:01:49.870 --> 01:01:52.850
It's a balanced picture
of all the kids

01:01:52.850 --> 01:01:54.820
at each individual campus.

01:01:54.820 --> 01:01:59.710
So, you still see improvement
at the campus level ratings,

01:01:59.710 --> 01:02:04.240
more As, more Bs,
slightly fewer Ds and Fs.

01:02:05.184 --> 01:02:08.110
But it's not as dramatic,
which just means

01:02:08.110 --> 01:02:10.730
that the biggest growth
in the state is happening

01:02:10.730 --> 01:02:14.260
in the CCMR and grad
rate space for our kids

01:02:14.260 --> 01:02:16.170
right at the end of the process.

01:02:18.000 --> 01:02:19.930
But, again, it's
still good news.

01:02:19.930 --> 01:02:24.770
We're seeing progress in
performance in the state.

01:02:24.770 --> 01:02:27.540
We've committed to as
much as is possible.

01:02:27.540 --> 01:02:31.460
A five year window where these
ratings are largely the same.

01:02:31.460 --> 01:02:33.830
So the sort of underlying
mechanics of the ratings

01:02:33.830 --> 01:02:36.060
are largely the same, and
that is generally true,

01:02:36.060 --> 01:02:38.530
it's not precisely true.

01:02:38.530 --> 01:02:42.190
So, for example, TELPAS was
changed, and so we had to lower

01:02:42.190 --> 01:02:46.470
the TELPAS cut scores in
the accountability system

01:02:46.470 --> 01:02:48.370
to make sure that it was
an apples to apples

01:02:48.370 --> 01:02:51.730
sort of cut score comparison.

01:02:51.730 --> 01:02:56.010
There were some new CCMR
indicators that are available.

01:02:56.010 --> 01:02:59.660
Next year, since we're
transitioning in CCMR

01:02:59.660 --> 01:03:02.180
to do only industry credentials,

01:03:02.180 --> 01:03:05.140
so that everything is
sort of demonstrable

01:03:05.140 --> 01:03:06.540
at the end of the process.

01:03:06.540 --> 01:03:09.900
Then there's currently
an evaluation

01:03:09.900 --> 01:03:14.280
of successful seat time completion
for coherent sequences.

01:03:14.280 --> 01:03:17.140
And so that was planned
to be phased out.

01:03:17.140 --> 01:03:18.770
So next year it will
be fully phased out.

01:03:18.770 --> 01:03:21.420
So there is some change in this,

01:03:21.420 --> 01:03:23.250
but it's not nearly what
we used to do as a state,

01:03:23.250 --> 01:03:24.830
where we changed lots
of things every year.

01:03:24.830 --> 01:03:27.390
There's very, very few changes.

01:03:27.390 --> 01:03:31.880
And virtually every change
this year only had the effect

01:03:31.880 --> 01:03:36.280
of sort of slightly making
it easier to go up.

01:03:36.280 --> 01:03:38.830
Next year that won't
necessarily be the same.

01:03:38.830 --> 01:03:42.050
But again, they're all
sort of minor changes.

01:03:42.050 --> 01:03:45.250
We have surfaced
feedback from the field

01:03:45.250 --> 01:03:47.430
that there are probably some
more significant changes

01:03:47.430 --> 01:03:49.640
that would need to be made
in the design of this.

01:03:49.640 --> 01:03:50.870
But we're trying
to be disciplined

01:03:50.870 --> 01:03:52.360
so we only do
significant changes,

01:03:52.360 --> 01:03:53.920
like once every five years.

01:03:56.210 --> 01:03:57.210
All that being said,

01:04:00.312 --> 01:04:02.491
one of the nice things
about having a system

01:04:02.491 --> 01:04:04.180
that can concentrate on
As, on high-performers,

01:04:04.180 --> 01:04:05.740
is you can identify
high-performers.

01:04:05.740 --> 01:04:08.320
There are 296 very
high-performing,

01:04:08.320 --> 01:04:12.310
very high-poverty campuses
in the State of Texas.

01:04:12.310 --> 01:04:14.750
We think it's always useful
to look at what is happening

01:04:14.750 --> 01:04:19.430
in these campuses as a
way to get good results,

01:04:19.430 --> 01:04:21.770
even for kids from
low-income background.

01:04:21.770 --> 01:04:24.990
I will say that just
about 1/2 of the schools

01:04:24.990 --> 01:04:26.840
are all in the Rio
Grande Valley,

01:04:28.360 --> 01:04:30.960
which is pretty remarkable,
and I have a variety of,

01:04:32.310 --> 01:04:34.300
having visited the Rio
Grande Valley now,

01:04:34.300 --> 01:04:36.710
I don't know, 1/2
dozen, a dozen times

01:04:36.710 --> 01:04:38.145
in the last three years,

01:04:38.145 --> 01:04:40.576
I have some hypothesis
as to why that is.

01:04:40.576 --> 01:04:44.790
But clearly, strong instructional
practices are happening

01:04:44.790 --> 01:04:47.543
in campuses all over
the State of Texas,

01:04:47.543 --> 01:04:51.820
and getting extremely good
results for low income kids.

01:04:51.820 --> 01:04:56.160
Of course our challenge is
to advertise the practices

01:04:56.160 --> 01:04:57.850
that are happening
in those campuses

01:04:57.850 --> 01:05:01.340
so they don't become unusual.

01:05:01.340 --> 01:05:04.240
We want this to be
the norm in Texas.

01:05:05.080 --> 01:05:07.600
Every time ratings come out
there's always this conversation

01:05:07.600 --> 01:05:11.790
about poverty and its
impact on performance.

01:05:11.790 --> 01:05:13.990
And we live in a world where
if you had the choice

01:05:13.990 --> 01:05:16.620
to choose rich parents, do that.

01:05:18.880 --> 01:05:22.950
But, we also know that
effective instruction

01:05:22.950 --> 01:05:27.950
and instructional supports can
get great results for kids

01:05:28.170 --> 01:05:29.180
regardless of their background.

01:05:29.180 --> 01:05:31.000
Just because you are
low-income does not mean

01:05:31.000 --> 01:05:33.180
that you can't read
at high levels.

01:05:33.180 --> 01:05:36.140
We know with certainty that
poverty is not destiny.

01:05:37.630 --> 01:05:40.040
But, I also try to look at
the mathematics of this

01:05:40.040 --> 01:05:43.090
just to make sure that we've
created a system that is fair.

01:05:43.090 --> 01:05:45.740
So the A through Fs system
is based on three domains.

01:05:45.740 --> 01:05:47.680
Student achievement, that's
sort of what do they know,

01:05:47.680 --> 01:05:49.430
what can they do, I don't
care how much they grew,

01:05:49.430 --> 01:05:52.010
I just want to know what
they know, what they can do.

01:05:52.010 --> 01:05:54.010
School progress is based
really on growth.

01:05:54.010 --> 01:05:56.130
It's how much better
they got year over year,

01:05:56.130 --> 01:05:58.990
or how much
higher-performing they are

01:05:58.990 --> 01:06:00.510
than similar campuses.

01:06:00.510 --> 01:06:01.910
And then closing the
gaps is looking

01:06:01.910 --> 01:06:03.570
at individual groups of kids

01:06:03.570 --> 01:06:06.320
with a mix of
proficiency and growth.

01:06:06.320 --> 01:06:09.120
And you can see there's
strong correlations

01:06:09.120 --> 01:06:10.190
between achievement and poverty,

01:06:10.190 --> 01:06:13.480
but almost no correlation
between progress and poverty.

01:06:13.480 --> 01:06:17.240
And this balances out to sort
of a low-moderate correlation

01:06:17.240 --> 01:06:18.960
between poverty and ratings.

01:06:19.840 --> 01:06:23.150
And when you look at
the data in detail,

01:06:23.150 --> 01:06:26.740
you will see significant
spread, significant outliers,

01:06:26.740 --> 01:06:28.920
and that's what I'm going to
do for just a few minutes.

01:06:28.920 --> 01:06:32.140
If you have not visited our
Texas schools.gov website,

01:06:32.140 --> 01:06:33.940
we are gonna all do
it together now.

01:06:36.385 --> 01:06:38.890
So, this the website,
Texas schools.gov.

01:06:40.170 --> 01:06:42.220
You can pull this up
and access information

01:06:42.220 --> 01:06:43.390
on any campus you like.

01:06:44.450 --> 01:06:47.350
Is there anybody that wants to
see a campus in particular?

01:06:48.580 --> 01:06:49.800
<v Member Mercer>Wimberley.

01:06:49.800 --> 01:06:51.550
<v Commissioner Morath>Wimberley, okay.

01:06:51.550 --> 01:06:53.850
Elementary, Middle,
High, the District?

01:06:53.850 --> 01:06:55.940
<v Member Mercer>ISD.

01:06:55.940 --> 01:06:57.090
<v Commissioner Morath>Did I spell it right?

01:06:57.962 --> 01:06:58.827
Wim-B, oh, there we go.

01:07:02.140 --> 01:07:03.010
Wimberley ISD.

01:07:06.440 --> 01:07:07.880
So you've got year over year

01:07:07.880 --> 01:07:09.300
performance information
in here now

01:07:09.300 --> 01:07:11.070
because this is really
about continuous improve--

01:07:11.070 --> 01:07:12.710
<v Chair Bahorich>It's not projecting.

01:07:12.710 --> 01:07:14.300
<v Commissioner Morath>Oh that's a bummer.

01:07:14.300 --> 01:07:17.590
I got it, I think I can
work the, there we go.

01:07:17.590 --> 01:07:19.316
So you have year over year

01:07:19.316 --> 01:07:21.020
performance comparison
information.

01:07:21.020 --> 01:07:22.360
This is a new feature
of the system,

01:07:22.360 --> 01:07:26.150
because we have year
over year data now.

01:07:26.150 --> 01:07:28.750
So much of why we do A through F

01:07:28.750 --> 01:07:31.430
is about giving performance
information to school boards

01:07:31.430 --> 01:07:34.290
so that they can support
their administrative team

01:07:34.290 --> 01:07:36.360
in building action plans.

01:07:36.360 --> 01:07:38.760
And then also, giving parents
very clear information

01:07:38.760 --> 01:07:40.210
about their campuses.

01:07:40.210 --> 01:07:44.620
So I'm going to spare you a
detailed tour of the website,

01:07:44.620 --> 01:07:47.230
because I think you saw
some of this last year.

01:07:47.230 --> 01:07:48.220
What I'm going to do is
I'm going to show you

01:07:48.220 --> 01:07:49.770
a couple of new features.

01:07:49.770 --> 01:07:51.870
So if you go back to
the school finder,

01:07:51.870 --> 01:07:54.230
one of the new features
that you have this year

01:07:54.230 --> 01:07:56.410
is our browse feature
is now map based.

01:07:57.660 --> 01:08:00.950
So I can pull up a map of Texas.

01:08:00.950 --> 01:08:02.640
I can type in an address.

01:08:03.882 --> 01:08:05.740
Does anybody have a,

01:08:05.740 --> 01:08:07.740
well, I'll type in our
own address here,

01:08:08.706 --> 01:08:11.843
so North Congress
Ave., Austin, Texas,

01:08:14.270 --> 01:08:19.060
and let's say I'm a parent
of future kindergartners.

01:08:21.530 --> 01:08:25.540
So we, apply filter, let's
see, does this work.

01:08:32.200 --> 01:08:33.033
Come on.

01:08:34.130 --> 01:08:36.280
It's always nice doing
a live presentation.

01:08:41.510 --> 01:08:43.810
Why is this not
cooperating for me?

01:08:47.670 --> 01:08:48.620
Do the old refresh.

01:08:51.880 --> 01:08:55.170
Okay, kindergarten, let's
try one more time.

01:08:58.690 --> 01:09:01.190
Okay, so the North Congress
was throwing them off.

01:09:03.840 --> 01:09:05.530
Okay, so here you've got a map.

01:09:05.530 --> 01:09:07.550
I can sort of
filter by distance.

01:09:08.650 --> 01:09:12.080
And this gives me all
the campuses nearby,

01:09:12.080 --> 01:09:14.080
and I can check out
any one of them.

01:09:14.080 --> 01:09:16.580
Here is a K through
6, Lee Elementary.

01:09:16.580 --> 01:09:19.370
I click on it, and it brings me

01:09:19.370 --> 01:09:20.610
to that particular
performance page.

01:09:20.610 --> 01:09:23.300
So this is a very useful
tool for parents.

01:09:23.300 --> 01:09:24.720
I thought of my own process,

01:09:24.720 --> 01:09:27.560
I have four very young children,

01:09:27.560 --> 01:09:31.099
and in case you're curious to
know, I'm still not sleeping.

01:09:31.099 --> 01:09:32.636
(audience chuckling)

01:09:32.636 --> 01:09:35.280
But I had to find a
school in Austin ISD

01:09:35.280 --> 01:09:38.460
that I thought was the
best fit for my kids.

01:09:38.460 --> 01:09:39.890
This tool didn't
exist at the time.

01:09:39.890 --> 01:09:41.960
So luckily I was
Commissioner of education,

01:09:41.960 --> 01:09:43.750
so I sort of compiled all
this information together

01:09:43.750 --> 01:09:46.630
so it would inform my process,
but we want to make sure

01:09:46.630 --> 01:09:49.610
that everybody has access to
that kind of information.

01:09:49.610 --> 01:09:51.630
So the map's a new feature.

01:09:51.630 --> 01:09:53.920
We also have a new
feature called Analyze.

01:09:54.790 --> 01:09:56.820
And this is really, when
I think about this,

01:09:56.820 --> 01:09:59.800
this is a perfect tool
for school board members

01:09:59.800 --> 01:10:02.180
and superintendents,
district administrators.

01:10:02.180 --> 01:10:06.260
So we can pull up our, I'll
show you one feature on here,

01:10:06.260 --> 01:10:09.780
Correlates, and you
can see comparisons

01:10:09.780 --> 01:10:11.550
on just about any concept
you can think of.

01:10:11.550 --> 01:10:14.050
So I'm going to look
at the relationship

01:10:14.050 --> 01:10:16.300
between poverty, economically
disadvantaged status,

01:10:16.300 --> 01:10:20.010
and overall accountability
scores at the district level.

01:10:20.010 --> 01:10:21.640
And so, this is where you see

01:10:21.640 --> 01:10:23.480
there is a mild
correlation here,

01:10:23.480 --> 01:10:25.610
but it's not a
strong correlation.

01:10:25.610 --> 01:10:28.910
The Y-axis is their
accountability score,

01:10:28.910 --> 01:10:31.590
so these are your perfect
scoring campuses

01:10:31.590 --> 01:10:32.910
in the State of Texas.

01:10:32.910 --> 01:10:36.410
And these are the
performances sort of low

01:10:36.410 --> 01:10:37.780
in the State of Texas.

01:10:37.780 --> 01:10:41.140
The X-axis is the percentage
of poverty in that campus,

01:10:41.140 --> 01:10:42.230
or I should say in that district

01:10:42.230 --> 01:10:44.380
'cause this is a
district level analysis.

01:10:45.720 --> 01:10:48.210
And then you can mouse over
and you can see, okay,

01:10:48.210 --> 01:10:53.210
here's my district, and
I can see where we are.

01:10:53.570 --> 01:10:56.800
What are these districts in
a similar poverty profile?

01:10:56.800 --> 01:10:58.100
Who are they?

01:10:58.100 --> 01:11:00.150
What's happening in
those districts?

01:11:00.150 --> 01:11:01.500
What's happening
in those campuses?

01:11:01.500 --> 01:11:03.010
So this is really designed

01:11:03.010 --> 01:11:06.080
to help empower
district data teams

01:11:06.080 --> 01:11:07.690
to help inform action planning

01:11:07.690 --> 01:11:09.180
so they can pick up the phone,

01:11:09.180 --> 01:11:14.180
call, what's going on in
those other similar campuses

01:11:14.520 --> 01:11:19.110
and see if they can help build
action plans from that.

01:11:19.110 --> 01:11:24.020
I don't yet know how
widely used this tool is.

01:11:24.020 --> 01:11:25.930
It was made available
on August 15th,

01:11:25.930 --> 01:11:27.260
but we're going to be
doing focus group work

01:11:27.260 --> 01:11:29.160
with our administrators
around the state

01:11:29.160 --> 01:11:32.000
to try to add, upgrade,
and improve this

01:11:32.000 --> 01:11:34.240
as just part of our continuous
improvement process.

01:11:34.240 --> 01:11:37.101
So, I wanted to give you
a sort of an overview--

01:11:37.101 --> 01:11:37.934
(man speaking faintly)

01:11:37.934 --> 01:11:38.897
Huh?

01:11:38.897 --> 01:11:41.550
(man speaking faintly)

01:11:41.550 --> 01:11:44.260
Yes, I will, that's
a good suggestion.

01:11:44.260 --> 01:11:46.210
Yes, I will do that,
that's a good idea.

01:11:47.940 --> 01:11:50.180
I know as a former
school board member

01:11:50.180 --> 01:11:52.180
I would have geeked
out on this big time

01:11:53.337 --> 01:11:55.270
and found it very, very helpful.

01:11:57.756 --> 01:12:00.893
All right, so switching
back, next topic.

01:12:06.230 --> 01:12:08.500
Oh, that is, that
was my last topic.

01:12:10.810 --> 01:12:13.180
However, I want to show you one
more tool that we've built.

01:12:13.180 --> 01:12:18.180
We had talked about a tool
that we were trying to launch

01:12:19.080 --> 01:12:23.340
to help people better
understand the TEKS.

01:12:23.340 --> 01:12:27.420
And so we are in beta test
mode on TEKSGuide.org.

01:12:27.420 --> 01:12:30.270
So you guys can all visit
this, it's TEKSGuide.org.

01:12:31.270 --> 01:12:34.720
We would love, love, love
your feedback on this.

01:12:34.720 --> 01:12:37.110
Where you think it's weak
and needs to be improved.

01:12:37.110 --> 01:12:38.560
Where you think it's strong.

01:12:38.560 --> 01:12:41.110
Design changes, content changes.

01:12:41.110 --> 01:12:42.970
Give us as much
feedback as possible.

01:12:42.970 --> 01:12:46.580
Let me walk you through
a quick view of it.

01:12:46.580 --> 01:12:49.670
What we have loaded so
far is ELAR and SLAR.

01:12:50.530 --> 01:12:52.300
So we'll choose
English Language Arts

01:12:52.300 --> 01:12:55.230
because I can't read Spanish.

01:12:55.230 --> 01:12:59.520
And then we'll do second grade.

01:12:59.520 --> 01:13:01.180
My daughter will be able to

01:13:01.180 --> 01:13:03.620
in two way dual language
program, as is my son.

01:13:05.987 --> 01:13:08.337
And hopefully they won't
get Alzheimers either.

01:13:09.251 --> 01:13:10.900
I don't know if you knew that,

01:13:10.900 --> 01:13:13.150
bilingualism is
positively correlated

01:13:13.150 --> 01:13:15.180
with low rates of Alzheimers.

01:13:15.180 --> 01:13:18.920
So for those of you who
only speak English like me,

01:13:18.920 --> 01:13:20.420
you better get yourself
some Rosetta Stone

01:13:20.420 --> 01:13:22.580
and be prepared for old age.

01:13:22.580 --> 01:13:23.935
So--

01:13:23.935 --> 01:13:25.859
<v Woman>Or you could just
go through with TEKS</v>

01:13:25.859 --> 01:13:26.720
(chuckling)

01:13:26.720 --> 01:13:28.160
<v Commissioner Morath>That's right,
so back, I'm sorry,

01:13:28.160 --> 01:13:32.510
let me get back to
the topic at hand.

01:13:32.510 --> 01:13:36.560
So what I've done is I've
filtered first for ELAR

01:13:36.560 --> 01:13:37.590
and then grade two.

01:13:37.590 --> 01:13:40.090
I can narrow it by strand
if I want, let me look,

01:13:40.090 --> 01:13:44.240
I'm gonna look at the
foundational skills strand,

01:13:44.240 --> 01:13:45.073
sort of re-filters.

01:13:45.073 --> 01:13:48.830
I can type in keywords, so
let's say I wanted to type in,

01:13:48.830 --> 01:13:53.830
I don't know, the verb
develop, the verb write,

01:13:53.970 --> 01:13:56.670
there's any number of things
you can type in keywords.

01:13:56.670 --> 01:13:58.840
And so let's click on one.

01:14:00.389 --> 01:14:01.222
I probably should've figured out

01:14:01.222 --> 01:14:02.055
which one I wanted to click on

01:14:02.055 --> 01:14:03.230
before I came into this meeting.

01:14:04.570 --> 01:14:07.140
Produce a series of rhyming
words, I know what that means.

01:14:07.140 --> 01:14:11.310
Okay, so I click on this,
and you can see this.

01:14:11.310 --> 01:14:16.100
So this is 2nd grade,
2.A.I, Roman numeral one.

01:14:16.100 --> 01:14:17.440
The student is expected
to demonstrate

01:14:17.440 --> 01:14:19.240
phonological awareness,
what does that mean?

01:14:19.240 --> 01:14:21.620
So I mouse over it and it tells
me, phonological awareness.

01:14:21.620 --> 01:14:23.790
It's the ability to detect
and manipulate sounds,

01:14:23.790 --> 01:14:27.390
structures of spoken language,
including, yada yada yada.

01:14:27.390 --> 01:14:29.200
Producing a series
of rhyming words.

01:14:29.200 --> 01:14:31.520
What do we mean
by rhyming words?

01:14:31.520 --> 01:14:35.120
Identical or very similar
recurring sounds in verse,

01:14:35.120 --> 01:14:35.953
just in case.

01:14:37.660 --> 01:14:41.257
This is for the strand,
so our little TEKS talk.

01:14:41.257 --> 01:14:42.560
So you can click on a video.

01:14:42.560 --> 01:14:45.720
And here you get a two minute
video review of what it,

01:14:47.791 --> 01:14:50.290
I think the audio's not on,
hold on, let me see if I can.

01:14:50.290 --> 01:14:52.350
<v ->Of strands, the key
part of developing</v>

01:14:52.350 --> 01:14:53.740
and sustaining foundation--

01:14:53.740 --> 01:14:55.400
<v Commissioner Morath>Whoops, sorry, let
me try that again.

01:14:57.853 --> 01:15:00.787
(upbeat music)

01:15:00.787 --> 01:15:03.930
The beginning reading and writing
sub-strand is a key part

01:15:03.930 --> 01:15:07.540
of developing and sustaining
foundational language skills.

01:15:07.540 --> 01:15:11.130
This sub-strand appears only in
kindergarten through Grade 5

01:15:11.130 --> 01:15:13.000
and focuses on the
skills students need

01:15:13.000 --> 01:15:15.990
to become proficient readers,
spellers, and writers.

01:15:17.176 --> 01:15:18.009
As with other strands--

01:15:18.009 --> 01:15:18.842
<v Commissioner Morath>I'm gonna
stop there.

01:15:18.842 --> 01:15:20.460
You guys can watch the video.

01:15:20.460 --> 01:15:21.650
You go down and,

01:15:23.292 --> 01:15:26.530
looking at the standards
without looking at

01:15:26.530 --> 01:15:27.570
demonstration of the standards

01:15:27.570 --> 01:15:29.810
is very difficult for
people to conceptualize.

01:15:29.810 --> 01:15:34.340
So for every single SE we want
to try to give an example of

01:15:34.340 --> 01:15:36.900
what does it mean when a student
demonstrates proficiency?

01:15:36.900 --> 01:15:39.470
How would you as a
teacher discern

01:15:39.470 --> 01:15:42.850
whether a student demonstrates
proficiency on this?

01:15:42.850 --> 01:15:46.570
So these are sort of
diagnostics, assessments.

01:15:46.570 --> 01:15:48.694
They can be performance tasks.

01:15:48.694 --> 01:15:51.770
If we're talking about a
STAAR grade and subject,

01:15:51.770 --> 01:15:54.070
then it might actually
be a STAAR sample item.

01:15:55.550 --> 01:15:57.590
So that's on here.

01:15:57.590 --> 01:16:01.040
You've got a glossary
of all the terms.

01:16:01.040 --> 01:16:03.380
We have alignment examples.

01:16:03.380 --> 01:16:08.220
So, I'll click on alignment,
give this a second.

01:16:08.220 --> 01:16:09.760
And so we'll start with
vertical alignment.

01:16:09.760 --> 01:16:12.750
So you can see this is,
of course the developing,

01:16:14.060 --> 01:16:17.780
the foundational skills strand
really stops at 5th grade,

01:16:17.780 --> 01:16:19.140
and a lot of these really
stop at 3rd grade.

01:16:19.140 --> 01:16:24.140
So you can see how this
particular strand has, or SE,

01:16:24.580 --> 01:16:27.640
is tied to things both in earlier
grades and later grades.

01:16:27.640 --> 01:16:29.670
So there is a concept of
a vertical alignment.

01:16:29.670 --> 01:16:33.350
There's breakouts if it's a
sort of multiple component SE,

01:16:33.350 --> 01:16:35.580
focal points, I'll let you guys

01:16:35.580 --> 01:16:38.050
sort of experience
this on your own.

01:16:38.050 --> 01:16:42.480
If we have resources related
to the SE, we put it here.

01:16:42.480 --> 01:16:44.890
In this one we don't have
a specific resource.

01:16:44.890 --> 01:16:45.723
So this will be stuff

01:16:45.723 --> 01:16:46.720
that we're going to
build out over time.

01:16:46.720 --> 01:16:49.760
You can see we do have a
lot of dyslexia resources

01:16:49.760 --> 01:16:51.010
that we've been
able to stand up,

01:16:51.010 --> 01:16:54.410
but we'll be building
more resources over time.

01:16:55.374 --> 01:16:56.946
(man speaking faintly)

01:16:56.946 --> 01:16:58.860
Yeah, if we have lessons
that y'all have approved

01:16:58.860 --> 01:17:00.650
for publication
under lesson study,

01:17:00.650 --> 01:17:03.610
they would be linked
for this here.

01:17:04.580 --> 01:17:05.413
(woman speaking faintly)

01:17:05.413 --> 01:17:06.570
<v Man>All core subjects?</v>

01:17:06.570 --> 01:17:09.850
<v Commissioner Morath>This will eventually be
every one of the TEKS.

01:17:09.850 --> 01:17:13.340
Right now, so far all we
have is ELAR, it's in beta.

01:17:13.340 --> 01:17:17.493
What our goal is this
year is to solicit

01:17:17.493 --> 01:17:21.120
as much feedback from teachers,
instructional coaches,

01:17:22.420 --> 01:17:26.460
chief academic officers, the
users of this, as possible.

01:17:26.460 --> 01:17:28.200
Not just actually
soliciting feedback,

01:17:28.200 --> 01:17:30.430
but also soliciting content.

01:17:30.430 --> 01:17:32.160
So think of a teacher

01:17:32.160 --> 01:17:35.610
that has built an assessment
for a particular SE,

01:17:35.610 --> 01:17:37.530
would you be willing
to share that with us.

01:17:37.530 --> 01:17:40.130
We'll put it through kind of
a quality review process,

01:17:40.130 --> 01:17:44.430
and if it can survive the
gauntlet, then we add it to this.

01:17:44.430 --> 01:17:46.530
And what I think I'm
most excited about

01:17:46.530 --> 01:17:49.320
is we want to do an open call
for student work samples.

01:17:50.330 --> 01:17:54.750
This is the first year of
the new ELAR standards

01:17:54.750 --> 01:17:58.440
sort of being ubiquitous in K-8,

01:17:58.440 --> 01:18:01.420
so we want our teachers
to give us examples

01:18:01.420 --> 01:18:04.850
of what they think a good
demonstration of work is,

01:18:04.850 --> 01:18:08.970
and what they think a lower
rigor definition is,

01:18:08.970 --> 01:18:11.350
because it's usually good for
teachers to see a comparison

01:18:11.350 --> 01:18:12.990
of like this is grade
level rigor example,

01:18:12.990 --> 01:18:14.620
this is like a below
rigor example.

01:18:14.620 --> 01:18:16.890
This is maybe an
above rigor example.

01:18:16.890 --> 01:18:21.890
And so we hope to get, I don't
know, 100,000 submissions

01:18:22.534 --> 01:18:25.780
over the course of this
year and future years,

01:18:25.780 --> 01:18:28.110
and sort of, again,
put that through

01:18:28.110 --> 01:18:29.930
a pretty critical review process

01:18:29.930 --> 01:18:31.650
and then add this as a resource.

01:18:33.413 --> 01:18:36.220
And when I talked to y'all
about this three years ago,

01:18:36.220 --> 01:18:41.220
it was, I heard feedback from
y'all and from the field,

01:18:41.580 --> 01:18:44.490
you create the student
expectations, you create the TEKS.

01:18:44.490 --> 01:18:47.230
We have a very rigorous process,

01:18:47.230 --> 01:18:52.000
and if you're in those meetings
with the teacher committees,

01:18:52.000 --> 01:18:54.280
you come out with a very rich
sense of what they mean.

01:18:54.280 --> 01:18:55.660
But if you're not in there,

01:18:55.660 --> 01:18:57.740
then it's a lot left
for interpretation.

01:18:57.740 --> 01:18:59.990
So we wanted to
basically add this

01:18:59.990 --> 01:19:02.640
as a companion
resource to the TEKS

01:19:02.640 --> 01:19:06.050
to help people actually make
much better understanding

01:19:06.050 --> 01:19:09.080
of what the expectations
are for students

01:19:09.080 --> 01:19:12.180
at the rigor level that
y'all are expecting.

01:19:13.710 --> 01:19:14.650
Anyways, I wanted y'all to know

01:19:14.650 --> 01:19:16.950
that this is now available
in beta format.

01:19:16.950 --> 01:19:21.950
It's TEKSguide.org, and would
love feedback from y'all.

01:19:22.010 --> 01:19:25.860
Critical, we'll take
congratulatory feedback as well.

01:19:25.860 --> 01:19:27.480
But we want to make it better.

01:19:28.760 --> 01:19:32.000
And of course, share this with
districts in your region.

01:19:32.000 --> 01:19:35.590
Get them to solicit and
send feedback back into us.

01:19:35.590 --> 01:19:38.460
We're still trying to
figure out the logistics

01:19:38.460 --> 01:19:42.980
of facilitating the
student work sample,

01:19:42.980 --> 01:19:45.260
because we can't just
open up an email

01:19:45.260 --> 01:19:47.020
and get 100,000
student work samples

01:19:47.020 --> 01:19:48.650
and do anything with that,
we have to figure out

01:19:48.650 --> 01:19:51.380
how we're going to process
that logistically

01:19:51.380 --> 01:19:53.520
so that we end up with
quality work samples,

01:19:53.520 --> 01:19:56.030
both on rigor and
off rigor examples.

01:19:56.030 --> 01:19:58.820
So, anyways, I
wanted to make sure

01:19:58.820 --> 01:20:00.980
that y'all knew
that this was done,

01:20:00.980 --> 01:20:02.240
'cause we had been
talking about doing this

01:20:02.240 --> 01:20:03.804
for quite some time.

01:20:03.804 --> 01:20:04.637
<v Woman>You might
want to point out</v>

01:20:04.637 --> 01:20:06.611
that the that tab on the
bottom right there--

01:20:06.611 --> 01:20:08.520
<v Commissioner Morath>Oh yeah, on every
single page you'll see

01:20:08.520 --> 01:20:10.200
this little feedback
thing right here.

01:20:10.200 --> 01:20:15.200
So we want people to tell us,
both that they are not a robot

01:20:16.950 --> 01:20:19.620
and they have very specific
hot sports opinions

01:20:19.620 --> 01:20:22.590
on this thing, so to
send that in to us.

01:20:23.430 --> 01:20:26.260
The not a robot thing
helps us cut down

01:20:26.260 --> 01:20:28.710
on the offers we get from
the Nigerian princes

01:20:28.710 --> 01:20:31.776
about money change transfers.

01:20:31.776 --> 01:20:34.655
(audience chuckling)

01:20:34.655 --> 01:20:37.587
<v Member Maynard>What's the schedule
for the other subjects?

01:20:39.210 --> 01:20:40.490
<v Commissioner Morath>Monica, you probably
know better than me.

01:20:40.490 --> 01:20:43.720
<v Monica Martinez>So we're starting
work on K-8 math now.

01:20:43.720 --> 01:20:46.633
Our hope is to have content
ready for mathematics,

01:20:46.633 --> 01:20:49.250
I'm sorry, we're
simultaneously going to do

01:20:49.250 --> 01:20:51.590
high school English
so that that's ready

01:20:51.590 --> 01:20:54.830
in advance of implementation
next year, math,

01:20:54.830 --> 01:20:57.130
and then we'll follow
shortly thereafter

01:20:57.130 --> 01:20:59.120
with science and social studies.

01:20:59.120 --> 01:21:02.040
Part of what we have been
talking about is making sure

01:21:02.040 --> 01:21:04.200
that we're aligning with
your review schedule.

01:21:04.200 --> 01:21:08.320
So any of the standards that
you're going to be reviewing

01:21:08.320 --> 01:21:10.610
short term, namely science,

01:21:10.610 --> 01:21:14.050
we would want to time the
development of this resource

01:21:14.050 --> 01:21:16.640
to support implementation
of the revised standards.

01:21:20.488 --> 01:21:22.038
<v Commissioner Morath>I need to leave
by 11:15, so.

01:21:26.854 --> 01:21:30.521
<v Chair Bahorich>Okay, yes, Mr. Cortez, and Ms.
Perez-Diaz.

01:21:31.387 --> 01:21:33.057
<v Member Cortez>Thank you,
Commissioner.

01:21:33.057 --> 01:21:35.874
It would be helpful
if you could send us

01:21:35.874 --> 01:21:38.266
both of the links
to the TEKS Guide,

01:21:38.266 --> 01:21:41.031
just like an email that
has just the link,

01:21:41.031 --> 01:21:43.478
I don't need anything else,
just the TEKS Guide--

01:21:43.478 --> 01:21:44.360
<v Commissioner Morath>TEKS Guide link and
the TXschools.gov?

01:21:44.360 --> 01:21:45.193
<v Member Cortez>Yes.

01:21:46.059 --> 01:21:46.920
<v Commissioner Morath>Okay, we'll do
a quick email,

01:21:46.920 --> 01:21:48.830
just these are the two links.

01:21:48.830 --> 01:21:50.260
We'll get that out
after this meeting,

01:21:50.260 --> 01:21:51.526
Debbie could you take a--

01:21:51.526 --> 01:21:53.460
<v Member Cortez>Like a copy of the link then
send it onto me as text,

01:21:53.460 --> 01:21:55.430
and use it on other
mediums that--

01:21:55.430 --> 01:21:57.050
<v Commissioner Morath>Well, we'll put a little
one sentence summary

01:21:57.050 --> 01:21:58.250
of what the resource is.

01:21:58.274 --> 01:22:00.274
(inaudible)

01:22:01.847 --> 01:22:03.073
<v Commissioner Morath>(laughing) If you
would like it.

01:22:03.073 --> 01:22:05.260
<v Member Cortez>And I did want to ask
a couple of questions,

01:22:05.260 --> 01:22:06.700
well let me ask first,

01:22:07.540 --> 01:22:10.230
before I get into one of the
House Bill 3 questions,

01:22:10.230 --> 01:22:13.120
renewable energy,
what are we doing?

01:22:13.120 --> 01:22:15.420
Are we going to do anything
on wind and solar?

01:22:17.130 --> 01:22:19.320
<v Commissioner Morath>Like am I building
windmills, I'm sorry?

01:22:19.320 --> 01:22:20.340
<v Member Cortez>No, are we going
to do anything

01:22:20.340 --> 01:22:25.340
to create new strands on wind
and solar here at the agency.

01:22:26.210 --> 01:22:29.630
<v Commissioner Morath>I'm sorry, that one
caught me off-guard.

01:22:29.630 --> 01:22:31.950
You're talking about a
renewable energy strand

01:22:31.950 --> 01:22:33.900
in the science?

01:22:33.900 --> 01:22:38.283
<v Member Cortez>Or CTE, I know we have
some stuff in the Ag,

01:22:40.270 --> 01:22:43.090
but we don't have any
standalone strands on--

01:22:43.090 --> 01:22:44.760
<v Commissioner Morath>I literally have no idea
what we're doing on that,

01:22:44.760 --> 01:22:46.560
so I'll have to get
back to get you.

01:22:46.560 --> 01:22:49.120
Let me try to get up to speed
on where renewable energy

01:22:49.120 --> 01:22:51.110
shows up in the TEKS and
I'll come to you with it.

01:22:51.110 --> 01:22:52.820
<v Member Cortez>Yeah, it shows up
in very few places,

01:22:52.820 --> 01:22:54.443
that's why I'm asking.

01:22:54.443 --> 01:22:55.541
(woman speaking faintly)

01:22:55.541 --> 01:22:56.805
<v Commissioner Morath>It's in world
geography, okay.

01:22:56.805 --> 01:22:59.452
(women speaking faintly)

01:22:59.452 --> 01:23:01.730
<v Member Cortez>I know we have a lot
more wind energy companies

01:23:01.730 --> 01:23:06.480
in Texas, and if we can
prepare our kids as we're--

01:23:06.480 --> 01:23:10.080
<v Commissioner Morath>Absolutely, yeah, well there's
actually an interesting,

01:23:10.080 --> 01:23:13.730
there's a school in West
Texas that's pioneered

01:23:13.730 --> 01:23:18.730
a drone pilot credential to
repair and monitor windmills.

01:23:21.470 --> 01:23:24.680
Roscoe, and they're out
in the wind fields.

01:23:24.680 --> 01:23:29.680
<v Member Cortez>And then the other thing I
wanted to ask is about HB 3.

01:23:32.260 --> 01:23:34.249
Obviously there was a provision

01:23:34.249 --> 01:23:39.249
that included money being paid
to help cover school raises.

01:23:40.170 --> 01:23:42.950
My understanding is
there are some schools,

01:23:42.950 --> 01:23:44.850
some teachers that
are still waiting.

01:23:44.850 --> 01:23:48.140
I don't know if you've
heard any of this.

01:23:48.140 --> 01:23:52.228
What are you doing to
make sure, as an agency,

01:23:52.228 --> 01:23:57.210
that the school systems are
giving the portion of the money

01:23:57.210 --> 01:23:58.742
that they're supposed to?

01:23:58.742 --> 01:23:59.575
And I've heard
some good stories.

01:23:59.575 --> 01:24:01.340
There are some systems
that are giving more,

01:24:01.340 --> 01:24:02.870
which is exciting.

01:24:02.870 --> 01:24:05.280
But is there some that
haven't released?

01:24:05.280 --> 01:24:06.780
And I'm just wondering
what you're going to do

01:24:06.780 --> 01:24:08.080
to monitor some of that?

01:24:08.080 --> 01:24:10.569
That was one of the
questions that I have.

01:24:10.569 --> 01:24:11.462
<v Commissioner Morath>Great question.

01:24:11.462 --> 01:24:12.560
Yeah, there's a provision
in House Bill 3

01:24:12.560 --> 01:24:14.920
that requires all the
school systems in Texas

01:24:14.920 --> 01:24:17.410
to report to the Legislature

01:24:17.410 --> 01:24:19.110
what they've done
on their raises.

01:24:20.440 --> 01:24:22.630
Interestingly, it doesn't
tell us to collect the data,

01:24:22.630 --> 01:24:24.990
it tells the school district
to tell the Legislature.

01:24:24.990 --> 01:24:26.270
I don't know if they were
just gonna write them

01:24:26.270 --> 01:24:29.099
a handwritten letter and
send it to all 181.

01:24:29.099 --> 01:24:33.070
So what we're doing is we are
in the process of building

01:24:33.070 --> 01:24:36.620
a survey, basically, a
data collection on this,

01:24:36.620 --> 01:24:39.780
to facilitate doing
that properly.

01:24:39.780 --> 01:24:42.160
I think that survey
is likely to hit

01:24:42.160 --> 01:24:45.815
in like October or
November of this year,

01:24:45.815 --> 01:24:48.620
probably more like
November than October.

01:24:48.620 --> 01:24:52.000
And then we would give that
information to the Legislature.

01:24:52.000 --> 01:24:53.854
I know there'll be
interim hearings

01:24:53.854 --> 01:24:55.030
in both the House and
Senate on that topic

01:24:55.030 --> 01:24:57.960
to discern what course of
action districts took.

01:24:58.860 --> 01:25:01.830
Technically they have
all year to do this.

01:25:01.830 --> 01:25:06.830
They have to have done, used
a third of their, roughly,

01:25:06.850 --> 01:25:08.630
a third of their new
money need to be spent

01:25:08.630 --> 01:25:11.960
on their teachers, and they
need to have done that

01:25:11.960 --> 01:25:13.600
for the '19-'20 school year.

01:25:13.600 --> 01:25:15.410
So I know that there's
a number of districts

01:25:15.410 --> 01:25:16.840
that there's so
many moving parts

01:25:16.840 --> 01:25:19.290
they don't actually know
what that third is,

01:25:20.200 --> 01:25:21.420
'cause they haven't
figured out exactly

01:25:21.420 --> 01:25:22.910
how much new money
they're getting.

01:25:22.910 --> 01:25:26.280
And so some districts have sort
of staggered their raises.

01:25:26.280 --> 01:25:27.930
They've done some now and
they're planning on doing

01:25:27.930 --> 01:25:30.270
a follow up later
in the school year.

01:25:30.270 --> 01:25:34.220
Some they haven't yet done
it but they're planning to,

01:25:34.220 --> 01:25:35.540
they're just waiting
to make sure

01:25:35.540 --> 01:25:37.220
they had a little bit
more budget clarity.

01:25:37.220 --> 01:25:39.950
So anyways, I think the
most immediate answer

01:25:39.950 --> 01:25:42.080
to your question is
we're facilitating

01:25:42.080 --> 01:25:43.320
a data collection on this,

01:25:43.320 --> 01:25:45.410
and then we'll be presenting
it to the Legislature.

01:25:45.410 --> 01:25:48.340
<v Member Cortez>Okay, and it
would be helpful

01:25:48.340 --> 01:25:49.390
if you could share that with us.

01:25:49.390 --> 01:25:53.575
I'd like to know who's holding
back, who's not doing it.

01:25:53.575 --> 01:25:56.438
I mean, obviously we have
hardworking educators out there,

01:25:56.438 --> 01:25:59.505
and every extra dollar
they get helps.

01:25:59.505 --> 01:26:02.110
And I wanted to just go
back on one of the slides

01:26:02.110 --> 01:26:05.880
that you talked about, about
the new A through F rating.

01:26:07.390 --> 01:26:10.070
And you talked about
the correlation,

01:26:10.070 --> 01:26:13.010
you talked about the
economically disadvantaged,

01:26:13.010 --> 01:26:15.950
and yes, Rio Grande Valley
is doing very, very well.

01:26:18.383 --> 01:26:21.000
I think we're the
only region in Texas

01:26:21.000 --> 01:26:25.840
that got an A B rating
in the entire State.

01:26:27.009 --> 01:26:27.842
<v Commissioner Morath>Yeah, I don't think
there's a single,

01:26:27.842 --> 01:26:29.860
I know there's no D
and F districts,

01:26:29.860 --> 01:26:31.680
there might not even
be any C districts,

01:26:31.680 --> 01:26:32.760
there might be a
couple of C districts,

01:26:32.760 --> 01:26:33.850
but, yeah, it's pretty amazing.

01:26:33.850 --> 01:26:36.350
<v Member Cortez>Yeah, I think we were the
only A B in the state.

01:26:37.680 --> 01:26:40.600
But, as you talked
about some of that,

01:26:41.930 --> 01:26:45.150
some of the lowest
scoring schools

01:26:45.150 --> 01:26:47.680
are in high poverty
areas, right?

01:26:47.680 --> 01:26:51.210
Obviously we all know that
those schools deserve better.

01:26:51.210 --> 01:26:53.930
And one of the things
that I was wondering is,

01:26:53.930 --> 01:26:56.630
as you shared some of this
information on this website,

01:26:56.630 --> 01:26:59.930
what is the agency going to
do to help those schools?

01:26:59.930 --> 01:27:02.860
Outside of going in and
trying to take them over,

01:27:02.860 --> 01:27:06.460
which some of us aren't
necessarily in agreement with,

01:27:06.460 --> 01:27:10.010
what are you going to do,
now that we have this data?

01:27:10.010 --> 01:27:12.620
<v Commissioner Morath>I greatly prefer not
to be forced by statute

01:27:12.620 --> 01:27:15.360
to take over any school,

01:27:15.360 --> 01:27:20.340
but we actually have a huge set

01:27:20.340 --> 01:27:22.200
of technical assistance
and supportive work

01:27:22.200 --> 01:27:24.460
to help drive the school
improvement process.

01:27:25.437 --> 01:27:28.480
So we've recently rolled
out something we call

01:27:28.480 --> 01:27:29.750
the effective schools framework,

01:27:29.750 --> 01:27:34.070
which is a sort of
diagnostic framework

01:27:34.070 --> 01:27:37.510
to help districts identify
the most critical areas

01:27:37.510 --> 01:27:39.870
that we know from
research are tied

01:27:39.870 --> 01:27:44.870
to the biggest
instructional gains.

01:27:44.940 --> 01:27:47.040
We've piloted that with a
number of districts around,

01:27:47.040 --> 01:27:49.693
I think I see HD
in the audience,

01:27:49.693 --> 01:27:54.040
Alief has been a very
helpful thought partner

01:27:54.040 --> 01:27:56.240
in building these resources out.

01:27:56.240 --> 01:27:59.550
We've trained north of 350
people around the state

01:27:59.550 --> 01:28:02.540
on facilitating that process

01:28:02.540 --> 01:28:05.575
in developing action
plans from it.

01:28:05.575 --> 01:28:10.080
And then we use federal
funds, Title one funds,

01:28:10.080 --> 01:28:14.550
to provide dedicated sort
of extra surge resources

01:28:14.550 --> 01:28:17.450
for districts to execute
their improvement plans

01:28:17.450 --> 01:28:18.320
under that framework.

01:28:18.320 --> 01:28:21.592
So the preliminary
data that we have

01:28:21.592 --> 01:28:22.770
would lead us to believe that

01:28:22.770 --> 01:28:25.760
that is a very
positive development

01:28:25.760 --> 01:28:28.020
in helping improve
instructional outcomes

01:28:28.020 --> 01:28:31.700
for campuses that have some
performance struggles to date.

01:28:31.700 --> 01:28:35.340
So we're optimistic that as
that becomes more widespread

01:28:35.340 --> 01:28:38.360
in the State of Texas
that will be supported.

01:28:38.360 --> 01:28:41.160
But that has been a
significant work in progress

01:28:41.160 --> 01:28:42.930
that's a full three
years in the making,

01:28:42.930 --> 01:28:44.390
getting that out there.

01:28:44.390 --> 01:28:48.370
So there's a significant
investment in the agency

01:28:48.370 --> 01:28:51.560
in capacity to support
school improvement efforts.

01:28:51.560 --> 01:28:52.890
<v Member Cortez>Okay, thank you.

01:28:53.830 --> 01:28:54.760
<v Chair Bahorich>Ms. Perez-Diaz.

01:28:54.760 --> 01:28:55.593
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Thank you, Madam Chair.

01:28:55.593 --> 01:28:56.950
Good morning, Commissioner.

01:28:56.950 --> 01:28:57.980
So I think first and foremost,

01:28:57.980 --> 01:29:00.290
thank you so much for your work,

01:29:00.290 --> 01:29:03.460
and for staff's work
on the TEKS Guide.

01:29:03.460 --> 01:29:05.910
I think this is really
important work,

01:29:05.910 --> 01:29:09.720
especially for newer educators
coming into the classroom.

01:29:09.720 --> 01:29:13.040
So I think for that piece,
just one question is,

01:29:14.120 --> 01:29:18.360
for feedback, is it simply a
matter of using that link,

01:29:18.360 --> 01:29:20.130
and then hitting that
feedback gray marker,

01:29:20.130 --> 01:29:21.360
that's all it entails?

01:29:21.360 --> 01:29:23.030
<v Commissioner Morath>Yeah, right now,
that's all you need to do.

01:29:23.030 --> 01:29:23.890
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Okay, fantastic.

01:29:23.890 --> 01:29:26.330
So as I share this information
out with my districts

01:29:26.330 --> 01:29:28.590
I will guide them, but if
anything changes in the process,

01:29:28.590 --> 01:29:30.600
and you have a different way
of collecting feedback,

01:29:30.600 --> 01:29:33.300
if you'll please share
that with the Board,

01:29:33.300 --> 01:29:35.440
that way we can then share
with our districts.

01:29:35.440 --> 01:29:37.850
<v Commissioner Morath>And I would say the more precise
the feedback the better.

01:29:37.850 --> 01:29:40.480
So for example, I don't
agree with your definition

01:29:40.480 --> 01:29:42.450
of the word structure, I
think it should be this.

01:29:42.450 --> 01:29:45.640
Or this page layout, it would
be a little bit easier

01:29:45.640 --> 01:29:48.420
for me to see if it was organized
this first versus this.

01:29:48.420 --> 01:29:52.590
Or if we had this
extra resource here,

01:29:52.590 --> 01:29:55.910
and maybe you could link
to X Y and Z right now.

01:29:57.527 --> 01:30:00.530
The more specific feedback we
get I think the easier it is

01:30:00.530 --> 01:30:03.640
for us to use that and iterate
on the design of the system.

01:30:03.640 --> 01:30:04.473
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Fantastic.

01:30:04.473 --> 01:30:06.060
And then, Monica,
thank you so much

01:30:06.060 --> 01:30:09.020
for speaking to the
alignment with our process,

01:30:09.020 --> 01:30:10.710
because that was in one
of my other questions

01:30:10.710 --> 01:30:14.890
in terms of as we roll
out our new TEKS,

01:30:14.890 --> 01:30:19.890
whether or not this
resource will be already up

01:30:20.150 --> 01:30:23.310
and available prior to
that implementation.

01:30:23.310 --> 01:30:26.870
I guess from what I understand
that would be the plan,

01:30:26.870 --> 01:30:27.790
is that correct?

01:30:27.790 --> 01:30:28.800
<v Monica Martinez>I think it depends.

01:30:28.800 --> 01:30:31.969
So we'll put math
up pretty quickly.

01:30:31.969 --> 01:30:35.610
You don't have a review of
math for several years.

01:30:35.610 --> 01:30:38.270
Our thought with science
was that we might wait

01:30:38.270 --> 01:30:40.850
until you complete
your revision.

01:30:40.850 --> 01:30:42.900
So we'll want to be
thoughtful about that,

01:30:42.900 --> 01:30:44.910
and we talked with the
Committee on Instruction

01:30:44.910 --> 01:30:49.910
about a plan that we have to
also realign existing resources

01:30:50.680 --> 01:30:53.730
to ensure that they're
completely appropriate

01:30:53.730 --> 01:30:54.770
for the new standards,

01:30:54.770 --> 01:30:57.050
we've gone through that process

01:30:57.050 --> 01:31:00.030
for the K-8 reading,
language arts already.

01:31:00.030 --> 01:31:01.650
<v Commissioner Morath>And I think we might
also want to talk about

01:31:01.650 --> 01:31:04.560
as y'all are going through
the standards review process

01:31:04.560 --> 01:31:07.480
that teacher committees
that come together and,

01:31:09.120 --> 01:31:10.700
with a few tweaks they
could actually produce

01:31:10.700 --> 01:31:12.890
some extra documentation
during that process

01:31:12.890 --> 01:31:15.640
that would sort of be
automatically loaded

01:31:15.640 --> 01:31:17.370
in the TEKS Guide, as it were.

01:31:17.370 --> 01:31:18.990
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Perfect, very
good, thank you.

01:31:18.990 --> 01:31:20.540
And then I want to
shift a little bit.

01:31:20.540 --> 01:31:23.180
I have some questions
regarding the accountability

01:31:23.180 --> 01:31:24.470
I think, first and foremost,

01:31:24.470 --> 01:31:27.620
we're looking at
student progress,

01:31:27.620 --> 01:31:30.383
the student progress domain,
or school progress domain.

01:31:30.383 --> 01:31:31.565
<v Commissioner Morath>School
progress, yep.

01:31:31.565 --> 01:31:32.930
<v Member Perez-Diaz>And so I noted that
it has two portions,

01:31:32.930 --> 01:31:35.240
the academic growth and
the relative performance.

01:31:35.240 --> 01:31:36.670
And so what I'm looking at,

01:31:36.670 --> 01:31:39.250
I had a chance to sit down
with a couple of individuals

01:31:39.250 --> 01:31:42.010
who oversee accountability in
different school districts

01:31:42.010 --> 01:31:44.390
and one concern that keeps
coming up is the fact

01:31:44.390 --> 01:31:47.960
that if an exam is taken in
one language in one year,

01:31:47.960 --> 01:31:49.340
and then a student takes it

01:31:49.340 --> 01:31:51.730
the following year in
a different language,

01:31:51.730 --> 01:31:56.030
but they're scoring
either at the same level,

01:31:56.030 --> 01:31:57.940
or there is actual growth,

01:31:57.940 --> 01:32:01.750
the school district is not
getting any credit for,

01:32:01.750 --> 01:32:04.000
I think they're progress
measure credit?

01:32:04.000 --> 01:32:07.410
<v Commissioner Morath>You actually get
credit if you maintain.

01:32:07.410 --> 01:32:10.250
So if you are meets grade
level even in one language,

01:32:10.250 --> 01:32:12.300
and your meets grade level
in the next language

01:32:13.138 --> 01:32:14.850
in the next year, that's
a full point of growth.

01:32:15.740 --> 01:32:18.800
And if your approaches, and
you maintain at approaches,

01:32:18.800 --> 01:32:22.310
it's only a half
point of growth.

01:32:22.310 --> 01:32:24.210
<v Member Perez-Diaz>And that's between
two different tests--

01:32:24.210 --> 01:32:26.782
<v Commissioner Morath>Even when you switch
languages, yeah.

01:32:26.782 --> 01:32:28.515
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Okay, that's good
information to know,

01:32:28.515 --> 01:32:30.060
because I've gotten it from
several individuals who,

01:32:30.060 --> 01:32:32.300
I think the exact
question I received was

01:32:32.300 --> 01:32:34.430
is there a way to give
progress measure credit

01:32:34.430 --> 01:32:37.090
for those that succeeded
in a Spanish exam,

01:32:37.090 --> 01:32:40.040
and the following year did
it in an English exam.

01:32:40.040 --> 01:32:41.440
<v Commissioner Morath>Did not in
an English exam?

01:32:41.440 --> 01:32:43.720
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Did it in an
English exam.

01:32:43.720 --> 01:32:45.928
<v Commissioner Morath>Did in an
English, yeah.

01:32:45.928 --> 01:32:46.761
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Mm hm, as well.

01:32:46.761 --> 01:32:47.700
<v Commissioner Morath>As long as, well,

01:32:47.700 --> 01:32:51.210
we look at growth longitudinally
in two different ways.

01:32:51.210 --> 01:32:53.550
One is a vertical
scale score jump.

01:32:53.550 --> 01:32:56.550
And the other is
proficiency based.

01:32:56.550 --> 01:32:58.620
So if you go from
approaches to meets,

01:32:58.620 --> 01:33:00.540
whether it was Spanish
to English or whatever,

01:33:00.540 --> 01:33:02.410
then that's a full point.

01:33:02.410 --> 01:33:04.420
If you're approaches to
approaches, it's a half point,

01:33:04.420 --> 01:33:06.370
but if it's meets to
meets it's a full point.

01:33:06.370 --> 01:33:07.430
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Understood.

01:33:07.430 --> 01:33:08.360
<v Commissioner Morath>We have a
chart on that,

01:33:08.360 --> 01:33:10.150
if you want I can
share it with you.

01:33:11.580 --> 01:33:13.710
I'm almost certain this
is the way that it works,

01:33:13.710 --> 01:33:16.810
but given this question, I'm
gonna confirm with our team

01:33:16.810 --> 01:33:18.910
that even on a language
switch that's also true.

01:33:18.910 --> 01:33:20.720
<v Member Perez-Diaz>And I think that's
the concern,

01:33:20.720 --> 01:33:23.310
it's just the type
of exam change.

01:33:23.310 --> 01:33:26.020
So from year to year, if
it's a different exam

01:33:26.020 --> 01:33:28.810
that they're not, that there's
a concern that there isn't

01:33:28.810 --> 01:33:30.670
progress measure
credit that's being--

01:33:30.670 --> 01:33:32.700
<v Commissioner Morath>Yeah, if for some
reason I'm incorrect

01:33:32.700 --> 01:33:34.850
on the language switch issue,
I'll follow up with you,

01:33:34.850 --> 01:33:37.880
and then we'll just change our
process, 'cause we should be.

01:33:38.976 --> 01:33:40.265
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Please do, thank you,
I appreciate that.

01:33:40.265 --> 01:33:42.310
And then my second question
has to do with CCMR.

01:33:42.310 --> 01:33:47.310
So I know that there's a lot
of emphasis place on CCMR,

01:33:48.680 --> 01:33:52.550
and from what I've seen
it's helped some districts

01:33:52.550 --> 01:33:53.870
in their ratings over the year,

01:33:53.870 --> 01:33:58.870
but I do have some concern
regarding how the calculation

01:33:59.150 --> 01:34:03.510
is being assessed for the
Military readiness piece.

01:34:03.510 --> 01:34:06.710
And I don't know if there's
a process in place with TEA

01:34:06.710 --> 01:34:10.260
to, I guess, better assess
whether or not students

01:34:10.260 --> 01:34:12.110
are actually moving
into the Military,

01:34:12.110 --> 01:34:13.700
because I think that while,

01:34:14.890 --> 01:34:18.220
I absolutely believe
that CCMR is critical,

01:34:18.220 --> 01:34:19.700
but for those individuals

01:34:19.700 --> 01:34:22.350
who are meeting with
their counselors

01:34:22.350 --> 01:34:26.330
or whoever their academic
person is on that campus,

01:34:26.330 --> 01:34:28.487
and they're claiming
that they're going

01:34:28.487 --> 01:34:30.210
into Military readiness,
from what I understand,

01:34:30.210 --> 01:34:33.400
there isn't a standard
form or a standard process

01:34:33.400 --> 01:34:37.160
in place currently for
districts to share with TEA

01:34:37.160 --> 01:34:39.563
that this is actually happening.

01:34:39.563 --> 01:34:40.440
And I think that's a disservice

01:34:40.440 --> 01:34:43.940
for some of our students
who sort of fall into that

01:34:43.940 --> 01:34:46.200
and nowhere else
on the CCMR scale.

01:34:46.200 --> 01:34:49.090
So are you all doing
something to address that?

01:34:49.090 --> 01:34:50.630
<v Commissioner Morath>The short
version is yes.

01:34:50.630 --> 01:34:52.790
There are several indicators
in the CCMR system

01:34:52.790 --> 01:34:54.430
that are self-reported.

01:34:54.430 --> 01:34:55.360
Military is one of them.

01:34:55.360 --> 01:34:57.810
Industry based credentials
in currently one of them.

01:34:57.810 --> 01:34:59.630
This is an administrative
burden on districts

01:34:59.630 --> 01:35:02.080
who have to figure that out
and then self report it.

01:35:02.080 --> 01:35:05.880
And then it also allows
for some squishy-ness.

01:35:05.880 --> 01:35:07.580
And nobody's really interested

01:35:07.580 --> 01:35:09.040
in either of those two
things continuing.

01:35:09.040 --> 01:35:10.850
So we've been in conversations

01:35:10.850 --> 01:35:12.610
with the Defense Department
for the last three years

01:35:12.610 --> 01:35:13.443
to try to figure out
if there's a way

01:35:13.443 --> 01:35:15.234
that we can get a direct feed.

01:35:15.234 --> 01:35:16.290
We believe that this Spring

01:35:16.290 --> 01:35:18.310
we will probably
have that stood up,

01:35:18.310 --> 01:35:19.890
which will save the
districts all this time

01:35:19.890 --> 01:35:21.080
because they won't
actually have to get

01:35:21.080 --> 01:35:23.600
that information any more,
we'll just get it directly,

01:35:23.600 --> 01:35:26.330
and we'll know that
everyone's operating

01:35:26.330 --> 01:35:29.050
under the same standard,
it's actually enlistment.

01:35:29.050 --> 01:35:30.040
We are going to start working

01:35:30.040 --> 01:35:32.890
with vendors of the
industry credentials

01:35:32.890 --> 01:35:34.780
to try to get direct
feeds from them,

01:35:34.780 --> 01:35:36.710
because we get that
direct feed right now

01:35:37.564 --> 01:35:39.060
on STAAR results,
on SAT, on ACT,

01:35:39.060 --> 01:35:42.150
it comes just directly
from the testing vendor,

01:35:42.150 --> 01:35:45.670
so the districts don't have
a big lift logistically.

01:35:45.670 --> 01:35:49.040
So we'll do that separately.

01:35:49.040 --> 01:35:53.600
In the event that we suspect
there may be some problems

01:35:53.600 --> 01:35:57.830
in data submission, whether
intentional or unintentional,

01:35:57.830 --> 01:35:59.480
we have an investigative process

01:35:59.480 --> 01:36:01.210
to get to the bottom of that.

01:36:01.210 --> 01:36:04.120
If we find that people
have been deliberate,

01:36:04.120 --> 01:36:07.460
there are very serious
consequences if that happens.

01:36:08.414 --> 01:36:09.480
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Okay, very good.

01:36:09.480 --> 01:36:11.410
As you all have
progress in that,

01:36:11.410 --> 01:36:15.140
and you all start to establish
those sort of relationships

01:36:15.140 --> 01:36:16.460
and processes for the districts,

01:36:16.460 --> 01:36:18.850
will you also communicate
that out to the Board,

01:36:18.850 --> 01:36:20.520
so that we can communicate
that to the districts?

01:36:20.520 --> 01:36:21.353
<v Commissioner Morath>Yep.

01:36:21.353 --> 01:36:22.186
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Thank you.

01:36:23.333 --> 01:36:27.183
<v Chair Bahorich>Ms. Hardy, Mr. Rowley,
and then Mr. Mercer.

01:36:27.183 --> 01:36:28.130
<v Member Hardy>Thank you.

01:36:28.130 --> 01:36:30.710
<v Chair Bahorich>We don't have too
much time left,

01:36:30.710 --> 01:36:32.600
and so one question,
I'm gonna have to,

01:36:32.600 --> 01:36:34.790
I know you guys got a bunch of
questions, but let's just--

01:36:34.790 --> 01:36:36.206
<v Member Hardy>No, I've just got one.

01:36:36.206 --> 01:36:37.091
<v Chair Bahorich>Okay.

01:36:37.091 --> 01:36:42.091
<v Member Hardy>Commissioner, HB 3906,
the Advisory Committee.

01:36:42.700 --> 01:36:44.010
<v Commissioner Morath>Mm hm.

01:36:44.010 --> 01:36:46.400
<v Member Hardy>I know that the deadline
has already been met.

01:36:46.400 --> 01:36:48.070
Where are we with that?

01:36:48.070 --> 01:36:51.280
<v Commissioner Morath>I think we'll
announce this month,

01:36:51.280 --> 01:36:53.760
this calendar month,
all of the committees,

01:36:53.760 --> 01:36:56.410
the four for House Bill
3, and the one for 3906,

01:36:56.410 --> 01:36:58.710
I believe that's all being
announced this month.

01:36:58.710 --> 01:37:02.130
<v Member Hardy>And what do you
anticipate on the 3906,

01:37:02.130 --> 01:37:05.860
what the outcome, the goal?

01:37:05.860 --> 01:37:07.440
<v Commissioner Morath>For the?

01:37:07.440 --> 01:37:10.370
I know the bill, but just
to clarify the question.

01:37:11.370 --> 01:37:12.346
<v Member Hardy>It's one
on the testing.

01:37:12.346 --> 01:37:13.929
<v Commissioner Morath>Do you mean for the
Advisory Committee,

01:37:13.929 --> 01:37:15.070
or where the bill as
a whole is going?

01:37:15.070 --> 01:37:17.130
<v Member Hardy>Where the bill
as a whole is going.

01:37:17.130 --> 01:37:21.713
<v Commissioner Morath>Oh, well that's, so one thing
the bill asked us to do

01:37:21.713 --> 01:37:24.410
is to logistically
stand up the concept

01:37:24.410 --> 01:37:26.650
of having a little
baby STAAR tests,

01:37:26.650 --> 01:37:29.530
so if you logistically don't
want to have one, say,

01:37:29.530 --> 01:37:32.550
four hour chunk in your campus,

01:37:32.550 --> 01:37:34.720
if you would like to over,
say, a two week period,

01:37:34.720 --> 01:37:38.330
do three 45 minutes chunks,

01:37:38.330 --> 01:37:40.430
and try to integrate
them into the classroom.

01:37:40.430 --> 01:37:41.510
So that's one of the things

01:37:41.510 --> 01:37:43.900
that we'll be
trying to stand up,

01:37:43.900 --> 01:37:46.400
and that'll be sort of
optional for districts,

01:37:46.400 --> 01:37:48.140
so maybe if they just want to
run it as a four hour chunk,

01:37:48.140 --> 01:37:50.520
they just run all three little
mini tests back to back,

01:37:50.520 --> 01:37:53.460
all at once, or they
can spread it out.

01:37:53.460 --> 01:37:54.910
So that's something.

01:37:54.910 --> 01:37:57.460
There is a work
where we're trying

01:37:57.460 --> 01:38:02.460
to sort of very methodically
support more school systems

01:38:02.780 --> 01:38:04.990
in doing online assessments.

01:38:04.990 --> 01:38:07.720
The benefit of that is,
in a lot of online,

01:38:07.720 --> 01:38:09.920
if you did a lot more
online assessments,

01:38:09.920 --> 01:38:11.930
like as soon as a kid
submits the button,

01:38:11.930 --> 01:38:14.410
you could give the results back
to the kid and the school,

01:38:14.410 --> 01:38:18.910
in at least a subset of those,
so faster response times

01:38:18.910 --> 01:38:22.370
for teachers and parents to
react to that information.

01:38:22.370 --> 01:38:25.960
There is also a,

01:38:26.930 --> 01:38:30.340
kind of an R and D process
contemplated in the bill,

01:38:30.340 --> 01:38:33.590
for us to see if there
is a way for us to build

01:38:33.590 --> 01:38:36.730
more formative assessment
supports for districts,

01:38:36.730 --> 01:38:41.130
so you could do
kind of a October,

01:38:41.130 --> 01:38:42.810
like six weeks kind of an exam,

01:38:43.848 --> 01:38:46.680
and that's really just an R
and D concept, it's not,

01:38:46.680 --> 01:38:48.020
so we have to figure
out, logistically,

01:38:48.020 --> 01:38:48.860
is there a way to do that

01:38:48.860 --> 01:38:52.770
where we don't intrude
on the locals' ability

01:38:52.770 --> 01:38:56.320
to control scope and sequences
in this sort of thing.

01:38:56.320 --> 01:38:59.180
And then, another one that
I think is interesting

01:38:59.180 --> 01:39:02.890
is that we have to build more
non-multiple choice questions

01:39:02.890 --> 01:39:03.880
on all the tests.

01:39:03.880 --> 01:39:06.170
So no more than 75%
of the questions

01:39:06.170 --> 01:39:08.980
on any of the exams can
be multiple choice.

01:39:08.980 --> 01:39:10.290
So these are free response

01:39:10.290 --> 01:39:12.620
or gradable response,
or open answers.

01:39:12.620 --> 01:39:17.450
And sure, the richer you make
the assessment question,

01:39:17.450 --> 01:39:19.860
then that should,
theoretically, have an effect

01:39:19.860 --> 01:39:21.000
on classroom instruction,

01:39:21.000 --> 01:39:22.940
'cause when you're prepping
for a test like that

01:39:22.940 --> 01:39:24.540
you don't give kids
multiple choice worksheets,

01:39:24.540 --> 01:39:28.920
you give them sort of the
richer assessment examples,

01:39:28.920 --> 01:39:30.900
all still tightly
aligned with the TEKS,

01:39:30.900 --> 01:39:32.840
all still sort of
assessing core,

01:39:32.840 --> 01:39:34.280
did you master the
knowledge or skill

01:39:34.280 --> 01:39:36.030
or didn't you kind of thing.

01:39:36.030 --> 01:39:37.850
<v Member Hardy>Would that committee
be in a position

01:39:37.850 --> 01:39:41.040
to estimate the difficulty
of the reading level?

01:39:42.527 --> 01:39:43.870
<v Commissioner Morath>I'm sorry?

01:39:44.880 --> 01:39:47.389
<v Member Hardy>Would that question,

01:39:47.389 --> 01:39:48.800
(people chattering faintly)

01:39:48.800 --> 01:39:50.560
I'm sorry, that threw me off,

01:39:50.560 --> 01:39:52.610
would that committee
be in a position

01:39:52.610 --> 01:39:54.400
to look at the reading level

01:39:54.400 --> 01:39:56.290
or reading difficulty
of the tests?

01:39:56.290 --> 01:40:00.100
<v Commissioner Morath>We also have a study on the
reading levels of the exam--

01:40:00.100 --> 01:40:01.590
<v Member Hardy>Is that through
that committee?

01:40:01.590 --> 01:40:03.290
<v Commissioner Morath>No, that's through
a university.

01:40:04.600 --> 01:40:06.530
We had to sort of give
it the university

01:40:06.530 --> 01:40:07.960
and tell them to study
it and come back to us,

01:40:07.960 --> 01:40:11.430
but we will be asking the
educatory advisor committees

01:40:11.430 --> 01:40:12.790
and the technical
advisory committees

01:40:12.790 --> 01:40:14.940
to sort of give us
feedback on a process

01:40:14.940 --> 01:40:18.110
to how do we, for example,
triangulate on building questions

01:40:18.110 --> 01:40:21.070
in math, science, and social
studies where the reading is

01:40:21.070 --> 01:40:22.890
deliberately calibrated
below grade level,

01:40:22.890 --> 01:40:25.670
while the content is deliberately
calibrated at grade level,

01:40:25.670 --> 01:40:28.500
so we're sort of interested
in going in that direction

01:40:28.500 --> 01:40:29.880
with assessment development.

01:40:29.880 --> 01:40:30.713
<v Member Hardy>Thank you.

01:40:30.713 --> 01:40:31.546
<v Chair Bahorich>Mr. Mercer.

01:40:32.580 --> 01:40:33.413
<v Member Mercer>Mr. Commissioner,

01:40:33.413 --> 01:40:34.550
it's kind of an atta-boy
moment we're caught at,

01:40:34.550 --> 01:40:36.010
do you realize what an
incredible difference

01:40:36.010 --> 01:40:36.960
you're making, sir?

01:40:38.147 --> 01:40:40.620
<v Commissioner Morath>Uh, well,
thank you, go on.

01:40:40.620 --> 01:40:43.010
No, uh uh, um.
(chuckling) (laughing)

01:40:43.010 --> 01:40:46.330
<v Member Mercer>Wimberly ISD, which had
a devastating flood

01:40:46.330 --> 01:40:47.660
a few years back,
and you were there,

01:40:47.660 --> 01:40:49.660
and you had over 150
people come to hear you

01:40:49.660 --> 01:40:51.440
at the Chamber of
Commerce at Wimberley,

01:40:51.440 --> 01:40:54.990
and you were addressing HB 3,
and very, very well-received,

01:40:54.990 --> 01:40:56.440
and that's why I
chose Wimberley,

01:40:56.440 --> 01:41:00.620
I'm so happy, that this ISD
who has suffered so much

01:41:00.620 --> 01:41:03.750
had an A, not as a school,
but as a district, A rating.

01:41:04.668 --> 01:41:05.510
And the difference
you're making.

01:41:05.510 --> 01:41:07.820
And then a second part,
and it's a one question,

01:41:07.820 --> 01:41:11.070
but same, really, the
difference you're making,

01:41:11.070 --> 01:41:13.690
Schenck Elementary,
I went there again,

01:41:13.690 --> 01:41:14.950
and you just lit 'em up--

01:41:14.950 --> 01:41:16.290
<v Commissioner Morath>Oh, in San
Antonio, yeah.

01:41:16.290 --> 01:41:18.320
<v Member Mercer>You went through the
same presentation here,

01:41:18.320 --> 01:41:22.420
and I literally walked in the
school with Senator Flores,

01:41:23.602 --> 01:41:25.620
and your staff had
materials for me,

01:41:25.620 --> 01:41:28.840
every state rep by area, what
our districts were doing,

01:41:28.840 --> 01:41:32.780
which is fantastic, it'd only
been 24 or 48 hours, whatever,

01:41:32.780 --> 01:41:34.200
you already had it
prepared for us.

01:41:34.200 --> 01:41:38.850
<v Commissioner Morath>It was a very busy
24 hours for us, yes.

01:41:38.850 --> 01:41:39.683
<v Member Mercer>I hope you saw it.

01:41:39.683 --> 01:41:41.720
It wasn't just the principal,
it was the educators,

01:41:41.720 --> 01:41:44.020
it was the IT staff, it
was the nursing staff,

01:41:44.886 --> 01:41:48.164
it was the librarian was just,
you had 'em so excited, sir.

01:41:48.164 --> 01:41:49.870
<v Commissioner Morath>It was a great, what
he's talking about,

01:41:49.870 --> 01:41:52.190
on August 15th we did events

01:41:52.190 --> 01:41:53.590
at three very high performing,

01:41:53.590 --> 01:41:55.570
very high poverty
schools in Texas,

01:41:55.570 --> 01:41:56.780
and I think it was
Schenck Elementary

01:41:56.780 --> 01:41:59.350
in San Antonio went from a--

01:41:59.350 --> 01:42:00.810
<v Member Mercer>77 to 92.

01:42:00.810 --> 01:42:02.970
<v Commissioner Morath>Yeah, a C to an
A in one year.

01:42:04.240 --> 01:42:07.610
And we just wanted to pour
some love on the staff.

01:42:07.610 --> 01:42:09.510
So we were there.

01:42:09.510 --> 01:42:11.130
A bunch of elected
officials were there.

01:42:11.130 --> 01:42:13.020
The Lieutenant-Governor
was there.

01:42:13.020 --> 01:42:17.055
Everybody was, it was a
very positive, warm day

01:42:17.055 --> 01:42:18.640
for all those educators.

01:42:18.640 --> 01:42:20.840
<v Member Mercer>Well thank you for making a
very positive difference, sir.

01:42:20.840 --> 01:42:22.146
<v Commissioner Morath>Thank you.</v>

01:42:22.146 --> 01:42:23.957
<v Member Mercer>And someone who understands
analysis paralysis,

01:42:23.957 --> 01:42:25.540
I loved this.

01:42:25.540 --> 01:42:26.540
<v Commissioner Morath>(chuckling)
Thank you.</v>

01:42:28.031 --> 01:42:30.070
<v Chair Bahorich>All right, Dr.
Robinson.</v>

01:42:30.070 --> 01:42:32.490
<v Member Dr. Robinson>Back to one of the
slides on accountability,

01:42:32.490 --> 01:42:35.870
that one that had like
290 something campuses?

01:42:35.870 --> 01:42:37.450
<v Commissioner Morath>This one, yes sir.</v>

01:42:37.450 --> 01:42:38.890
<v Member Dr. Robinson>Yeah, yeah that one.

01:42:38.890 --> 01:42:42.400
What I want to know is does this
seem like a good way to get

01:42:42.400 --> 01:42:46.460
some diagnostic stuff out
of from the STAAR test.

01:42:46.460 --> 01:42:50.923
If y'all can identify best
practices in those places,

01:42:50.923 --> 01:42:53.060
and then when it comes
to the districts

01:42:53.060 --> 01:42:54.670
that have hit rock bottom,

01:42:54.670 --> 01:42:56.730
that are about to
be or have been

01:42:56.730 --> 01:42:58.190
basically taken
over by the state,

01:42:58.190 --> 01:43:00.940
school board dissolved, had
the board of directors,

01:43:00.940 --> 01:43:03.140
if y'all cannot just suggest,

01:43:03.140 --> 01:43:08.140
but require those places to
do these best practices,

01:43:08.170 --> 01:43:10.240
is that something that
legally you can do

01:43:10.240 --> 01:43:12.460
or would you feel
like you could do it?

01:43:12.460 --> 01:43:15.420
<v Commissioner Morath>So we, you know, we're always
sensitive to local control,

01:43:15.420 --> 01:43:18.810
and then we function within
the statutory framework.

01:43:19.907 --> 01:43:23.800
There is an improvement
planning requirement framework

01:43:23.800 --> 01:43:26.320
set out in statute
that we support.

01:43:26.320 --> 01:43:30.160
So a district that has a
a low performing campus

01:43:30.160 --> 01:43:32.540
is subject to certain
planning requirements.

01:43:32.540 --> 01:43:35.580
It used to be that
the planning process

01:43:35.580 --> 01:43:39.130
was a sort of tabula rasa,
do a needs assessment,

01:43:39.130 --> 01:43:42.930
but you, yourself
figure out the needs.

01:43:42.930 --> 01:43:46.590
With our shift to a effective
schools framework,

01:43:46.590 --> 01:43:50.400
what we've done is, having
identified the practices

01:43:50.400 --> 01:43:53.651
in these high performing,
high poverty campuses,

01:43:53.651 --> 01:43:56.290
we've built a sort of
diagnostic framework

01:43:56.290 --> 01:44:00.250
based around those most
effective practices

01:44:00.250 --> 01:44:04.640
to try to help steer the
campus administrators

01:44:04.640 --> 01:44:07.200
in the most effective
direction for their kids.

01:44:09.240 --> 01:44:11.380
Clearly, we in Austin, we're
not running these schools.

01:44:11.380 --> 01:44:12.460
It's the local administrators,

01:44:12.460 --> 01:44:13.760
the local teachers doing
all the hard work.

01:44:13.760 --> 01:44:15.760
We just want to make sure
that we can give them

01:44:15.760 --> 01:44:19.880
as much supportive
resources as possible

01:44:19.880 --> 01:44:21.840
to build these effective
action plans.

01:44:21.840 --> 01:44:24.060
There is a point in
that process though

01:44:24.060 --> 01:44:28.390
where they actually have to
be actually approved by TEA.

01:44:28.390 --> 01:44:31.260
So second year of an F status,

01:44:31.260 --> 01:44:33.170
you're required to write
a turnaround plan.

01:44:33.170 --> 01:44:35.450
And if the Commissioner
does not approve

01:44:35.450 --> 01:44:39.400
your turnaround plan,
bad things can happen.

01:44:39.400 --> 01:44:41.660
So there is a point
where we can be

01:44:41.660 --> 01:44:43.596
a little bit more directive.

01:44:43.596 --> 01:44:46.130
Again we try to to
maintain a balance

01:44:48.080 --> 01:44:51.180
because even if we
wanted to be directive,

01:44:51.180 --> 01:44:53.270
we're not on that campus every
day, so we need to make sure

01:44:53.270 --> 01:44:58.060
that we're helping the
principals and staff there

01:44:58.060 --> 01:45:02.780
execute action plans based
upon what we believe to be,

01:45:02.780 --> 01:45:04.530
and what the research
has told us,

01:45:04.530 --> 01:45:07.400
are the most effective
instructional practices.

01:45:07.400 --> 01:45:09.748
<v Chair Bahorich>Dr. Ellis.</v>

01:45:09.748 --> 01:45:13.181
<v Member Dr. Ellis>You mentioned that
the assessment study,</v>

01:45:13.181 --> 01:45:14.858
you mentioned that
the assessment study

01:45:14.858 --> 01:45:18.950
has been handed out to an
institute of higher education.

01:45:18.950 --> 01:45:20.640
Can you speak to the
timeline of that?

01:45:20.640 --> 01:45:24.250
Can you speak to if the
STAAR test from 2019

01:45:24.250 --> 01:45:26.350
have been released
yet, and if not,

01:45:26.350 --> 01:45:30.710
will that study have
the 2019 start data?

01:45:30.710 --> 01:45:34.370
<v Commissioner Morath>So the study is due, I
believe, December 1st.

01:45:34.370 --> 01:45:37.630
And all the items for the 2019,

01:45:37.630 --> 01:45:41.130
so the study has to look
at the 2019 results.

01:45:42.090 --> 01:45:45.610
We ran into some internal
logistics problems

01:45:45.610 --> 01:45:47.030
that have caused a delay

01:45:47.030 --> 01:45:50.540
in the traditional
release of the items.

01:45:50.540 --> 01:45:53.780
That delay will be remedied
within about the next 30 days.

01:45:53.780 --> 01:45:57.010
But all the items have been
released on texasassessment.com,

01:45:57.010 --> 01:45:59.810
that's sort of a nontraditional
way of getting them out.

01:46:02.140 --> 01:46:05.850
So the answer to have the
2019 items been released,

01:46:05.850 --> 01:46:07.270
sort of partially, yes,

01:46:07.270 --> 01:46:08.770
and then they'll be
completely released

01:46:08.770 --> 01:46:10.470
in the traditional
format pretty soon,

01:46:10.470 --> 01:46:14.050
I think within the next 60
days or something like that.

01:46:14.050 --> 01:46:16.930
<v Member Dr. Ellis>It hasn't been announced who's
doing the study for the?

01:46:16.930 --> 01:46:19.424
<v Commissioner Morath>It hasn't been, but I
can tell you, it's UT.

01:46:19.424 --> 01:46:20.732
<v Member Dr. Ellis>Okay.</v>

01:46:20.732 --> 01:46:21.840
<v Chair Bahorich>Mr. Allen, and that'll
be our last question.</v>

01:46:21.840 --> 01:46:22.890
<v Member Allen>Last question.

01:46:22.890 --> 01:46:25.350
Commissioner, 50% of my district

01:46:25.350 --> 01:46:26.810
is in Houston Independent
School District,

01:46:26.810 --> 01:46:28.980
so I'm trying to get
a response from you

01:46:28.980 --> 01:46:32.110
of when we can anticipate
hearing about your decision

01:46:32.110 --> 01:46:34.430
in terms of whether we will
have a board of managers

01:46:34.430 --> 01:46:36.510
or the closing of
Wheatley High School?

01:46:36.510 --> 01:46:38.770
And exactly how that
process is going,

01:46:38.770 --> 01:46:40.560
because every time
we move to one step,

01:46:40.560 --> 01:46:43.390
I hear of a new increment or
something else taking place,

01:46:43.390 --> 01:46:46.650
some kind of an appeal or
something that I'm not aware of.

01:46:46.650 --> 01:46:49.400
So a lot of people are running
for office for school board,

01:46:49.400 --> 01:46:51.077
and just really want to know

01:46:51.077 --> 01:46:51.950
how that process is
going to play out.

01:46:51.950 --> 01:46:55.350
<v Commissioner Morath>Yeah, well, let me address
the last point first.

01:46:55.350 --> 01:46:59.360
Regardless of what happens
with regard to a board,

01:46:59.360 --> 01:47:00.850
you want to have the
best people possible

01:47:00.850 --> 01:47:02.240
and encourage them
to run for office,

01:47:02.240 --> 01:47:05.180
because even if a board of
managers is placed in a district,

01:47:06.528 --> 01:47:09.360
we try to leave as
quickly as possible.

01:47:09.360 --> 01:47:10.690
So if you think about somebody

01:47:10.690 --> 01:47:12.890
that's on a four
year trustee term,

01:47:14.000 --> 01:47:17.450
it's entirely likely that they
would serve at some point.

01:47:17.450 --> 01:47:20.870
So just on the point of who
would be running for office.

01:47:22.650 --> 01:47:25.360
That being said, no decision
has been made yet in Houston

01:47:25.360 --> 01:47:27.310
because we're waiting for
the process to unfold.

01:47:27.310 --> 01:47:32.030
Where we are is there's a
investigation that's ongoing,

01:47:32.030 --> 01:47:37.030
and that's in a
preliminary report phase.

01:47:38.140 --> 01:47:40.670
So that would need to be
finalized, and then from that

01:47:40.670 --> 01:47:43.750
any potential enforcement
action could be taken.

01:47:43.750 --> 01:47:48.220
And then secondarily,
Wheatley of course is,

01:47:48.220 --> 01:47:53.220
across the five F threshold, I
think was actually seven Fs.

01:47:53.520 --> 01:47:55.370
But they have appealed
their rating.

01:47:55.370 --> 01:47:58.280
So we have to process the appeal
and discern whether or not

01:47:58.280 --> 01:48:00.920
that is in fact going
to continue to be an F.

01:48:00.920 --> 01:48:04.390
We typically finish those
appeals sort of early November.

01:48:06.303 --> 01:48:09.020
And then after that we would
need to make a decision

01:48:09.020 --> 01:48:10.010
as to what would happen

01:48:10.010 --> 01:48:13.610
if it does in fact
sustain its rating.

01:48:13.610 --> 01:48:15.590
We have a few documents online

01:48:15.590 --> 01:48:17.520
that kind of describe an
outline of this process.

01:48:17.520 --> 01:48:19.470
So given your question,
which is about the process,

01:48:19.470 --> 01:48:21.990
what I'll try to do is we'll
follow up with an email,

01:48:21.990 --> 01:48:23.770
just showing you where these,

01:48:23.770 --> 01:48:25.980
some of these process
documents are linked,

01:48:25.980 --> 01:48:29.140
just to help folks
understand timelines.

01:48:29.140 --> 01:48:30.020
<v Member Allen>Thank you.</v>

01:48:30.870 --> 01:48:31.880
<v Chair Bahorich>Commissioner,
thank you very much.</v>

01:48:31.880 --> 01:48:34.093
We really appreciate
your time today.

01:48:34.093 --> 01:48:34.926
<v Commissioner Morath>Thank you, Members, thank
you for your service.

01:48:34.926 --> 01:48:36.480
<v Chair Bahorich>Absolutely.

01:48:36.480 --> 01:48:39.970
All right, members, we
have one more resolution.

01:48:39.970 --> 01:48:42.970
And usually for the
outgoing chair,

01:48:42.970 --> 01:48:45.800
that's something that takes
place after you're gone.

01:48:45.800 --> 01:48:50.430
But we're gonna do (chuckling)
the resolution now,

01:48:50.430 --> 01:48:52.400
recognizing my service
as Lord Chair.

01:48:52.400 --> 01:48:55.090
I'm gonna call on Gina
Perez and Barbara Cargill.

01:49:12.682 --> 01:49:15.932
(men speaking faintly)

01:49:21.860 --> 01:49:23.060
<v Member Cargill>I told her no crying.

01:49:23.988 --> 01:49:25.510
(chuckling) <v Member Perez>I
made no promises.</v>

01:49:25.510 --> 01:49:27.710
<v Member Cargill>She made no promises,
zero promises, yeah.

01:49:28.860 --> 01:49:32.650
So, this is an honor to
be able to share reading

01:49:32.650 --> 01:49:35.540
the resolution with our
Secretary, so thank you.

01:49:35.540 --> 01:49:36.908
<v Member Perez>You're welcome.

01:49:36.908 --> 01:49:38.170
<v Member Cargill>For letting me
say a few words.

01:49:38.170 --> 01:49:39.003
<v Member Perez>A Few.

01:49:39.003 --> 01:49:40.640
<v Member Cargill>A few, yeah, I'll
stick to the script

01:49:40.640 --> 01:49:42.580
because I could talk
forever about Donna,

01:49:42.580 --> 01:49:45.400
who is one of my
dearest friends.

01:49:46.790 --> 01:49:49.360
What a wonderful feeling to
know that you're putting

01:49:49.360 --> 01:49:51.840
the Chairmanship in
excellent, excellent hands.

01:49:51.840 --> 01:49:54.090
And you have proven that
over and over again.

01:49:55.380 --> 01:49:58.260
The resolution is,
whereas Donna Bahorich

01:49:58.260 --> 01:50:01.830
concludes four years
of, four years plus,

01:50:01.830 --> 01:50:04.000
of outstanding service as Chair

01:50:04.000 --> 01:50:06.250
of the State Board of Education,

01:50:06.250 --> 01:50:10.810
and whereas she built a
reputation as an inclusive leader

01:50:10.810 --> 01:50:12.360
who reached across the aisle

01:50:12.360 --> 01:50:14.390
and across different
stakeholder groups

01:50:14.390 --> 01:50:17.910
to solicit input,
guidance, and wisdom

01:50:17.910 --> 01:50:19.730
from people in all
walks of life,

01:50:21.050 --> 01:50:23.120
and whereas she was
always striving

01:50:23.120 --> 01:50:26.510
to bring current and
best practices to Texas,

01:50:26.510 --> 01:50:29.770
such as the rotating TEKS
Review Panel process

01:50:29.770 --> 01:50:32.730
that allows more educators,
business people,

01:50:32.730 --> 01:50:34.690
and other citizens
to be involved

01:50:34.690 --> 01:50:37.460
in a standards revision
than ever before,

01:50:38.350 --> 01:50:42.130
and whereas Donna Bahorich
created the Learning Roundtable,

01:50:42.130 --> 01:50:43.670
an annual free conference

01:50:43.670 --> 01:50:46.580
that attracts hundreds
of attendees each year,

01:50:47.610 --> 01:50:49.890
and whereas she
worked to increase

01:50:49.890 --> 01:50:53.280
the public's accessibility
to instructional material

01:50:53.280 --> 01:50:55.960
proposed for use in
Texas public schools,

01:50:56.970 --> 01:51:00.570
and whereas Donna Bahorich
has been a strong supporter

01:51:00.570 --> 01:51:04.677
of charter schools throughout
her tenure on the board, and.

01:51:06.933 --> 01:51:07.766
<v Member Perez>Thank you.

01:51:09.180 --> 01:51:12.260
Whereas she has helped
spearhead efforts

01:51:12.260 --> 01:51:15.340
to create a new Long-Range
Plan for Public Education

01:51:15.340 --> 01:51:18.620
after gathering information
from Texans across the state,

01:51:18.620 --> 01:51:21.090
whereas Donna Bahorich
coordinated a statewide effort

01:51:21.090 --> 01:51:23.620
to gather public input
about the State's

01:51:23.620 --> 01:51:26.420
student assessment and
accountability systems,

01:51:26.420 --> 01:51:28.100
whereas under her leadership,

01:51:28.100 --> 01:51:29.530
the board came
together to create

01:51:29.530 --> 01:51:34.330
the first State of Texas
approved ethnic studies course,

01:51:34.330 --> 01:51:37.460
and whereas Donna Bahorich
forged strong ties

01:51:37.460 --> 01:51:39.100
with the Texas Education Agency,

01:51:39.100 --> 01:51:42.230
the Commissioner of Education,
and the Texas Legislature,

01:51:42.230 --> 01:51:44.490
now, therefore, be it resolved

01:51:46.060 --> 01:51:48.910
that the Texas State Board
of Education offers

01:51:48.910 --> 01:51:52.640
its deepest gratitude
for your tireless work

01:51:52.640 --> 01:51:54.050
as the chair of this body.

01:51:55.740 --> 01:51:57.620
Please witness our signatures

01:51:57.620 --> 01:52:02.620
this 13th day of September,
2019, in Austin, Texas.

01:52:02.630 --> 01:52:04.077
Thank you.

01:52:04.077 --> 01:52:07.244
(audience applauding)

01:52:20.191 --> 01:52:22.858
(man chuckling)

01:52:24.100 --> 01:52:28.320
<v Member Cargill>Members, I would like to ask
permission from the body,

01:52:28.320 --> 01:52:32.290
we have a few people that would
like to make some comments.

01:52:32.290 --> 01:52:34.430
And if there's no
objection to that,

01:52:34.430 --> 01:52:35.560
may I call them forward.

01:52:35.560 --> 01:52:40.510
We have Zeph Capo, the new
President of Texas AFT,

01:52:40.510 --> 01:52:44.240
and HD Chambers, Alief
ISD Superintendent,

01:52:44.240 --> 01:52:48.030
and Kevin Brown, Executive
Director of TASA.

01:52:48.030 --> 01:52:50.230
And so you may come all
together, or you can?

01:52:51.308 --> 01:52:52.141
<v Man>Go separately.</v>

01:52:52.141 --> 01:52:53.168
<v Member Perez>One at a time.</v>

01:52:53.168 --> 01:52:54.262
<v Member Cargill>One at a time, however
you want to do it.

01:52:54.262 --> 01:52:55.210
<v Member Perez>Madam Chair,
can you tell them</v>

01:52:55.210 --> 01:52:57.780
the rules of where to sit and
where to stand, and when to--

01:52:57.780 --> 01:52:59.928
<v ->Yeah.</v> <v
->Your last hurrah.</v>

01:52:59.928 --> 01:53:02.570
(chuckling)

01:53:02.570 --> 01:53:05.630
<v Member Cargill>Identify yourself
so (speaking faintly)</v>

01:53:05.630 --> 01:53:07.700
<v Zeph Capo>Thank you, Madam
Secretary.

01:53:07.700 --> 01:53:09.170
Good morning, my
name is Zeph Capo.

01:53:09.170 --> 01:53:10.003
I'm the President

01:53:10.003 --> 01:53:12.060
of the Texas American
Federation of Teachers.

01:53:12.060 --> 01:53:17.060
And I am here today to honor our
Chairwoman, Donna Bahorich.

01:53:17.130 --> 01:53:19.420
Many of you may not know
that I got to know Donna

01:53:19.420 --> 01:53:24.310
over a period of time through
our local chapter president

01:53:24.310 --> 01:53:26.030
in Spring Branch.

01:53:26.030 --> 01:53:30.407
I'll be honest, at first I
wasn't sure what to expect,

01:53:32.250 --> 01:53:35.020
but Donna was very open
at listening to people,

01:53:35.020 --> 01:53:37.540
at building those relationships.

01:53:37.540 --> 01:53:40.620
And we did some work
together very early on.

01:53:40.620 --> 01:53:42.040
And one of those
pieces of work was

01:53:42.040 --> 01:53:43.800
she came to where I
serve as a trustee

01:53:43.800 --> 01:53:45.620
at the Houston
Community College,

01:53:45.620 --> 01:53:47.970
and we did some
listening sessions.

01:53:47.970 --> 01:53:50.640
And those went on around
the State of Texas.

01:53:50.640 --> 01:53:52.440
And they resulted in a survey

01:53:52.440 --> 01:53:57.000
of thousands of Texans'
voices about testing,

01:53:57.000 --> 01:53:59.880
and when I saw the first
survey results, I said, boy,

01:53:59.880 --> 01:54:02.230
this is gonna give a couple
of people some heartburn.

01:54:02.230 --> 01:54:05.090
Are these survey results
gonna see the light of day?

01:54:05.090 --> 01:54:08.580
And true to her word, they
were out for everybody.

01:54:08.580 --> 01:54:10.810
They were out in public
because they were the words

01:54:10.810 --> 01:54:12.760
of our fellow Texans.

01:54:12.760 --> 01:54:14.680
And regardless of ideology,

01:54:14.680 --> 01:54:17.400
regardless of
position on one side,

01:54:17.400 --> 01:54:19.350
what Donna has proven to me is

01:54:19.350 --> 01:54:21.090
that she truly is
a representative

01:54:21.090 --> 01:54:25.940
for the people that she's
there for in SBOE 6,

01:54:25.940 --> 01:54:29.270
that she lets the cards fall
on the table as they may,

01:54:29.270 --> 01:54:32.500
that she speaks the
truth that she sees,

01:54:32.500 --> 01:54:34.760
it's okay to have your opinion,

01:54:34.760 --> 01:54:37.000
it's okay to have
your own position,

01:54:37.000 --> 01:54:38.860
but listen and work with others.

01:54:38.860 --> 01:54:40.840
We know where we're not
going to get along,

01:54:40.840 --> 01:54:44.050
but we don't bother wasting
time in those areas,

01:54:44.050 --> 01:54:47.410
we spend our time where we
know we can make a difference,

01:54:47.410 --> 01:54:49.780
that we can focus
and work together.

01:54:49.780 --> 01:54:51.020
I appreciate you for that.

01:54:51.020 --> 01:54:52.660
I thank you for your leadership.

01:54:52.660 --> 01:54:56.960
And I look forward to
continuing to work with you

01:54:56.960 --> 01:54:58.130
back home in Houston.

01:54:59.110 --> 01:55:00.930
Thank you very much.

01:55:00.930 --> 01:55:02.660
I couldn't be up
here at this dais

01:55:02.660 --> 01:55:04.590
as well too without
giving thanks

01:55:04.590 --> 01:55:07.800
to my personal State Board
of Education Member,

01:55:07.800 --> 01:55:09.130
Mr. Lawrence Allen.

01:55:09.130 --> 01:55:12.250
I appreciate you for
being a support

01:55:12.250 --> 01:55:14.550
to our sister back in Houston.

01:55:14.550 --> 01:55:15.740
Thank you for y'all's time,

01:55:15.740 --> 01:55:17.770
and I appreciate the
opportunity to speak today.

01:55:17.770 --> 01:55:19.255
<v Chair Bahorich>Thank you.</v>

01:55:19.255 --> 01:55:22.250
(audience applauding)

01:55:22.250 --> 01:55:24.847
<v Member Perez>We'll let you go
behind the ropes today.</v>

01:55:24.847 --> 01:55:27.229
(audience chuckling)

01:55:27.229 --> 01:55:29.210
<v ->I wasn't expecting
flowers, that's amazing.</v>

01:55:30.576 --> 01:55:33.909
(Zeph speaking faintly)

01:55:37.866 --> 01:55:39.449
<v ->Okay, who's next?</v>

01:55:46.040 --> 01:55:48.196
<v HD Chambers>I didn't bring
flowers, Donna.

01:55:48.196 --> 01:55:49.701
(audience chuckling)

01:55:49.701 --> 01:55:50.550
(chuckling) I'm
not a flower guy.

01:55:51.390 --> 01:55:54.250
My name's HD Chambers, and
I'm Superintendent of Alief.

01:55:54.250 --> 01:55:56.590
And I'm here for a
couple of reasons.

01:55:56.590 --> 01:55:59.370
One, I'm gonna represent
the school districts

01:55:59.370 --> 01:56:03.200
that are in the SBOE 6 District,
there's several of us.

01:56:04.932 --> 01:56:06.740
And for many of you that have
been on the Board for a while,

01:56:06.740 --> 01:56:09.570
if you've paid attention,
there was a point in time

01:56:09.570 --> 01:56:11.420
where superintendents
and state board members

01:56:11.420 --> 01:56:15.200
didn't really get along, as
a body and individually.

01:56:15.200 --> 01:56:18.402
And there were a lot of
adversarial positions

01:56:18.402 --> 01:56:23.402
that still come up, but I
give Donna a lot of credit,

01:56:23.810 --> 01:56:26.087
and I give Barbara
credit as well,

01:56:26.087 --> 01:56:29.060
as we were kind of transitioning

01:56:29.060 --> 01:56:31.030
a graduation plan
several years ago,

01:56:31.030 --> 01:56:32.880
and there were very
controversial topics

01:56:32.880 --> 01:56:35.430
that were placed
in this body's lap

01:56:35.430 --> 01:56:38.290
to make decisions on in
terms of rule-making.

01:56:38.290 --> 01:56:41.030
And myself and a few others
were very instrumental

01:56:41.030 --> 01:56:43.410
in having these conversations.

01:56:43.410 --> 01:56:45.710
And for the first time,
at least in my career,

01:56:46.720 --> 01:56:48.940
we saw a different side of the
State Board of Education,

01:56:48.940 --> 01:56:52.960
and think Donna and the way
she approached things,

01:56:52.960 --> 01:56:55.130
which many of you are aware of,

01:56:55.130 --> 01:56:58.320
was instrumental in
keeping us at the table

01:56:58.320 --> 01:56:59.810
and actually getting things done

01:56:59.810 --> 01:57:01.320
that was in the best
interest of kids

01:57:01.320 --> 01:57:02.620
across the State of Texas.

01:57:03.540 --> 01:57:07.500
As a chairperson, I
don't have very often

01:57:07.500 --> 01:57:08.840
where people show up
to a board meeting

01:57:08.840 --> 01:57:11.110
and tell me how good
a job I'm doing.

01:57:11.110 --> 01:57:12.110
(audience chuckling)

01:57:12.110 --> 01:57:13.330
That's one reason I'm here.

01:57:13.330 --> 01:57:15.060
I drove from Houston to,

01:57:16.969 --> 01:57:19.726
I think when people do good
jobs, and they do things well,

01:57:19.726 --> 01:57:22.100
they need to be
commended for that.

01:57:22.940 --> 01:57:25.386
And it's pretty simple.

01:57:25.386 --> 01:57:29.610
I think as chair of anything,
it's easy to manage a meeting,

01:57:29.610 --> 01:57:32.960
it's easy to go
through an agenda,

01:57:33.803 --> 01:57:35.470
but it's really hard to lead.

01:57:35.470 --> 01:57:36.800
And I think you've
been a leader.

01:57:36.800 --> 01:57:39.910
You've been a leader more than
you've been a chairperson.

01:57:39.910 --> 01:57:42.040
And for that we're grateful.

01:57:42.040 --> 01:57:45.270
And so, on behalf of all the
superintendents across Texas,

01:57:45.270 --> 01:57:49.880
and all the folks which we
represent, the 5.4 million kids,

01:57:49.880 --> 01:57:52.480
we appreciate the effort and
energy you put into it.

01:57:53.890 --> 01:57:57.330
One thing I will tell you that
Alief has had the pleasure,

01:57:57.330 --> 01:57:59.330
she kind of calls on
me and Alief a lot.

01:58:00.191 --> 01:58:02.340
(audience chuckling)

01:58:02.340 --> 01:58:04.420
So a lot of our
fingerprints are on things,

01:58:04.420 --> 01:58:06.120
and a lot of it's
my personal opinion

01:58:06.120 --> 01:58:07.940
and my professional opinion.

01:58:07.940 --> 01:58:11.430
But on behalf of my staff,
Earl Snyder, our Elementary,

01:58:11.430 --> 01:58:13.310
when we went through the
elementary math standard

01:58:13.310 --> 01:58:16.750
several years ago, Cathy
Jahn and the ELA standards,

01:58:16.750 --> 01:58:19.450
I mean, I've got
individuals on our team

01:58:19.450 --> 01:58:24.110
that respect you gratefully,
they're grateful, tremendously,

01:58:24.110 --> 01:58:26.860
And they appreciate your
asking their opinion.

01:58:26.860 --> 01:58:29.380
And then actually using
what they have to tell you.

01:58:29.380 --> 01:58:31.250
So on behalf of everyone,
thank you, Donna.

01:58:31.250 --> 01:58:32.083
I appreciate it.

01:58:32.083 --> 01:58:33.310
I know you're not
leaving the board,

01:58:33.310 --> 01:58:34.910
but in terms of your leadership,

01:58:35.960 --> 01:58:39.472
good luck to the next chair,
they got big shoes to fill.

01:58:39.472 --> 01:58:40.305
<v Woman>Absolutely.</v>

01:58:40.305 --> 01:58:41.352
<v HD Chambers>All right, thank
you, thank you.

01:58:41.352 --> 01:58:44.519
(audience applauding)

01:58:49.080 --> 01:58:50.080
<v Kevin Brown>Good morning.

01:58:50.080 --> 01:58:51.080
My name's Kevin Brown.

01:58:51.080 --> 01:58:52.090
I'm Executive Director

01:58:52.090 --> 01:58:55.370
for the Texas Association
of School Administrators.

01:58:55.370 --> 01:58:57.280
I am here to honor our chair

01:58:57.280 --> 01:58:59.690
of the State Board of
Education, Donna Bahorich,

01:58:59.690 --> 01:59:02.390
for her incredible
work that she's done,

01:59:02.390 --> 01:59:04.400
and the legacy
that she's leaving

01:59:04.400 --> 01:59:07.270
on the State Board of Education.

01:59:07.270 --> 01:59:08.540
I'm gonna echo
some of the things

01:59:08.540 --> 01:59:10.490
that were said previous to me.

01:59:10.490 --> 01:59:14.810
But it's my 29th
year in education,

01:59:14.810 --> 01:59:16.990
28 years in public
schools and one year

01:59:16.990 --> 01:59:19.900
at the Texas Association
of School Administrators,

01:59:19.900 --> 01:59:22.940
and I think that
one of the things

01:59:22.940 --> 01:59:25.910
that Donna brought the most,
that I appreciate the most,

01:59:25.910 --> 01:59:29.876
is providing educators
a voice at the table.

01:59:29.876 --> 01:59:32.420
We don't always have to
agree on everything,

01:59:32.420 --> 01:59:34.410
in fact nobody has all
the right answers

01:59:34.410 --> 01:59:38.700
about how we educate
5.4 million children.

01:59:38.700 --> 01:59:41.270
But educators have a
place at the table,

01:59:41.270 --> 01:59:44.240
whether you're teachers,
principals, superintendents,

01:59:44.240 --> 01:59:46.930
board members, community
members, parents.

01:59:46.930 --> 01:59:49.390
And I think Donna has
done a great job

01:59:49.390 --> 01:59:51.650
of being an excellent listener.

01:59:51.650 --> 01:59:54.760
She reaches out all the
time and asks questions.

01:59:54.760 --> 01:59:55.940
She seeks input.

01:59:55.940 --> 01:59:58.710
I think she has a lot of
grace and professionalism.

01:59:59.560 --> 02:00:02.160
Integrity in everything
that she does,

02:00:02.160 --> 02:00:04.390
which I think is really,
really important.

02:00:05.230 --> 02:00:08.310
She's always had
a listening ear.

02:00:08.310 --> 02:00:12.060
She's been a trusted person
in the Education community.

02:00:12.060 --> 02:00:15.220
She's collaborative
and she's collegial.

02:00:15.220 --> 02:00:17.020
And I think that
goes a long way.

02:00:19.200 --> 02:00:22.940
She also led the Long Range
Planning with the State Board,

02:00:22.940 --> 02:00:27.380
and I think worked with my
predecessor, Johnny Veselka,

02:00:27.380 --> 02:00:30.350
in getting some funding from
the Meadows Foundation,

02:00:30.350 --> 02:00:34.710
and Dawson Orr, I think Marty
Rowley helped get that funding

02:00:34.710 --> 02:00:38.216
and I think the TASA
visioning document was used

02:00:38.216 --> 02:00:39.690
as one of the examples
of the kind of ways

02:00:39.690 --> 02:00:42.280
that you can set goals and
think long term and visionary

02:00:42.280 --> 02:00:44.590
for our children in the state.

02:00:44.590 --> 02:00:48.720
And we appreciate that and I
want to honor Johnny and Marty

02:00:48.720 --> 02:00:51.320
as well as Donna in being
able to put that together.

02:00:52.740 --> 02:00:56.530
The SBOE Roundtables I think
were really important.

02:00:56.530 --> 02:00:58.620
And we were able
to work with Donna

02:00:58.620 --> 02:01:00.510
at the TASA Midwinter
Conference.

02:01:00.510 --> 02:01:03.230
I think you had at least
three of them there,

02:01:03.230 --> 02:01:06.200
and over 700 people signed
up for one of them,

02:01:06.200 --> 02:01:08.108
that must been a fun meeting.

02:01:08.108 --> 02:01:09.660
(audience chuckling)

02:01:09.660 --> 02:01:11.600
But the fact that
you're seeking input,

02:01:11.600 --> 02:01:13.560
and listening, and
being collaborative,

02:01:13.560 --> 02:01:15.810
to me is a really big deal.

02:01:15.810 --> 02:01:19.890
Re-writing the ELAR
standards is no easy task.

02:01:19.890 --> 02:01:21.970
But she sought input
from educators.

02:01:22.930 --> 02:01:25.940
And we were able to
invite certain people

02:01:25.940 --> 02:01:27.710
that were experts in the field.

02:01:27.710 --> 02:01:30.300
And I think when you go
through a process like that,

02:01:30.300 --> 02:01:31.530
we ought to have
teachers in there

02:01:31.530 --> 02:01:32.363
that know what they're doing,

02:01:32.363 --> 02:01:34.090
and curriculum folks that
know what they're doing,

02:01:34.090 --> 02:01:36.400
and hearing from a
variety of voices,

02:01:36.400 --> 02:01:39.380
and so we really
appreciate that very much.

02:01:40.380 --> 02:01:42.810
Her desire to protect the
Permanent School Fund,

02:01:42.810 --> 02:01:45.250
and be thoughtful and
intentional about that,

02:01:45.250 --> 02:01:47.020
was really important.

02:01:47.020 --> 02:01:50.110
And we talked many
times about that,

02:01:50.110 --> 02:01:52.020
one of which I think
was a day or two

02:01:52.020 --> 02:01:53.380
after she had knee replacement,

02:01:53.380 --> 02:01:56.300
and she was still,
she did not appear

02:01:56.300 --> 02:01:58.350
to be under the influence
of any narcotic,

02:01:58.350 --> 02:02:00.890
but I've had five knee
surgeries, and I don't know,

02:02:00.890 --> 02:02:02.000
I don't know how she did that,

02:02:02.000 --> 02:02:05.340
but I was like, what are you
doing calling me about this?

02:02:05.340 --> 02:02:07.462
But I think that
goes to the fact

02:02:07.462 --> 02:02:09.060
that she cares a great deal.

02:02:09.930 --> 02:02:12.476
And she wants to serve.

02:02:12.476 --> 02:02:16.130
I have not found her to have
a strong ego in the work

02:02:16.130 --> 02:02:19.180
that she does, but I think
the strongest leaders

02:02:19.180 --> 02:02:22.680
are those who build capacity
in others around them,

02:02:22.680 --> 02:02:26.280
and listen and are
able to lift them up,

02:02:26.280 --> 02:02:28.020
and lift their voices up.

02:02:28.020 --> 02:02:30.750
And so I appreciate
all the phone calls

02:02:30.750 --> 02:02:33.530
and the listening ears,
and the collaboration,

02:02:33.530 --> 02:02:35.700
and having a voice at the table.

02:02:35.700 --> 02:02:40.300
And so on behalf of 1,024
superintendents in the state,

02:02:40.300 --> 02:02:42.520
and a whole lot of
central office folks,

02:02:42.520 --> 02:02:45.410
and our educator friends,
we just want to say,

02:02:45.410 --> 02:02:47.380
thanks for being a great model

02:02:47.380 --> 02:02:49.710
of leadership and collaboration.

02:02:49.710 --> 02:02:51.700
And I know that this
board will continue

02:02:51.700 --> 02:02:55.280
to operate in that way
and in that spirit.

02:02:55.280 --> 02:02:57.961
So thank you, appreciate
you very much.

02:02:57.961 --> 02:03:01.128
(audience applauding)

02:03:02.400 --> 02:03:05.360
<v Member Rowley>Well members, we need
to adopt the resolution.

02:03:05.360 --> 02:03:08.010
I've been reminded by
our parliamentarian,

02:03:08.010 --> 02:03:10.590
so all in favor
of the resolution

02:03:10.590 --> 02:03:12.450
that was presented with
regard to Chairman Bahorich,

02:03:12.450 --> 02:03:14.859
signify by saying aye.

02:03:14.859 --> 02:03:15.886
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:03:15.886 --> 02:03:16.950
<v Member Rowley>It's unanimous.

02:03:18.156 --> 02:03:23.156
<v ->Okay, a moment for a
hug, hold on a second.</v>

02:03:26.260 --> 02:03:27.813
Thank you, guys.

02:03:27.813 --> 02:03:30.388
Thank you so much.

02:03:30.388 --> 02:03:31.937
<v ->Absolutely, thank you.</v>

02:03:31.937 --> 02:03:34.080
<v ->Thank you for your
leadership, appreciate it.</v>

02:03:34.080 --> 02:03:36.117
<v ->'Til next time.</v>
<v ->It's not over.</v>

02:03:36.117 --> 02:03:37.685
<v ->You betcha.</v>

02:03:37.685 --> 02:03:38.939
Zeph, thank you.

02:03:38.939 --> 02:03:40.143
(Zeph speaking faintly)

02:03:40.143 --> 02:03:42.549
(women speaking faintly)

02:03:42.549 --> 02:03:43.743
<v ->Oh, she'll be here.</v>

02:03:43.743 --> 02:03:45.523
<v ->Yeah, I will be.</v>

02:03:45.523 --> 02:03:50.523
<v ->We're gonna do awesome.</v>

02:03:53.812 --> 02:03:56.775
<v Chair Bahorich>All right, Members.

02:03:56.775 --> 02:03:57.937
Now, let's get to this agenda

02:03:57.937 --> 02:04:02.265
because I know some folks
have to catch a plane.

02:04:02.265 --> 02:04:03.978
<v Member Perez>Well, would you
like your resolution?</v>

02:04:03.978 --> 02:04:05.851
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, I would like my resolution.
(laughing)

02:04:05.851 --> 02:04:07.310
(audience laughing)

02:04:07.310 --> 02:04:08.143
Thank you.

02:04:08.143 --> 02:04:08.976
<v Member Perez>We're trying
to give it to you.</v>

02:04:08.976 --> 02:04:10.820
<v Chair Bahorich>Thank you, thank
you, that was great.

02:04:11.930 --> 02:04:16.080
Okay Members, we're gonna look
first at the Consent Agenda,

02:04:16.080 --> 02:04:20.340
which is on page, what
page is that in the book?

02:04:20.340 --> 02:04:21.290
You guys have that?

02:04:22.720 --> 02:04:24.040
Page 27 in the book.

02:04:26.982 --> 02:04:31.982
And the first item on
the Consent Agenda

02:04:32.170 --> 02:04:33.910
is Procedures for
Selecting Nominees

02:04:33.910 --> 02:04:35.670
for appointment to the
School Land Board.

02:04:35.670 --> 02:04:39.023
Item two, Planning for the
Annual Meeting between

02:04:39.023 --> 02:04:40.790
the State Board of Education
and the School Land Board.

02:04:40.790 --> 02:04:44.350
Number three was pulled
from the Consent Agenda

02:04:44.350 --> 02:04:45.900
and will be discussed later.

02:04:45.900 --> 02:04:48.640
Number four, Ratification
of the Purchases and Sales

02:04:48.640 --> 02:04:50.940
of the Investment Portfolio
of the Permanent School Fund

02:04:50.940 --> 02:04:54.230
for the Months of May,
June, and July, 2019.

02:04:55.160 --> 02:04:57.550
Number five, Determination
as to whether

02:04:57.550 --> 02:04:59.770
Transfers may be made from
the Permanent School Fund

02:04:59.770 --> 02:05:01.830
to the Available School Fund.

02:05:01.830 --> 02:05:04.010
Number six, Proposed Amendments

02:05:04.010 --> 02:05:06.430
to the Investment
Procedures Manual.

02:05:07.370 --> 02:05:09.080
Number seven, Review

02:05:09.080 --> 02:05:11.500
of the Permanent School
Fund Liquid Account.

02:05:11.500 --> 02:05:14.920
Number eight, Per Capita
Apportionment Rate

02:05:14.920 --> 02:05:17.700
for 2019-2020 School Year.

02:05:17.700 --> 02:05:19.700
Number nine, Recommendation
for Appointment

02:05:19.700 --> 02:05:22.830
to the Boys Ranch
Independent School District

02:05:22.830 --> 02:05:24.380
Board of Trustees.

02:05:27.330 --> 02:05:28.290
Is there any,

02:05:31.340 --> 02:05:35.770
we'll just go ahead and
approve the Consent Agenda.

02:05:35.770 --> 02:05:37.880
All those in favor say aye.

02:05:37.880 --> 02:05:38.713
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:05:38.713 --> 02:05:39.640
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:05:40.760 --> 02:05:43.520
The Consent Agenda
is approved as read.

02:05:46.195 --> 02:05:49.310
And item number three is
what we're gonna pull up

02:05:49.310 --> 02:05:51.680
because we've got
a flight I think

02:05:54.399 --> 02:05:55.853
that also has to take place,

02:05:55.853 --> 02:05:56.850
so it's the Ad Hoc
Committee Recommendations,

02:05:56.850 --> 02:06:00.400
we're gonna move
to that one next,

02:06:00.400 --> 02:06:03.100
Related to Instructional
Materials Quality Evaluation.

02:06:04.853 --> 02:06:06.390
And that was Committee
of the Full Board.

02:06:07.230 --> 02:06:09.020
And Mr. Rowley, why don't
you go ahead and start

02:06:09.020 --> 02:06:11.190
with that one, and then we'll
go through the agenda.

02:06:11.190 --> 02:06:12.023
<v Member Rowley>Okay.

02:06:17.520 --> 02:06:20.770
Sorry, I had the
other one pulled up.

02:06:25.130 --> 02:06:26.170
Ah, there we go.

02:06:26.170 --> 02:06:28.300
Okay, we're on page two

02:06:28.300 --> 02:06:31.220
of the Committee of the
Full Board Minutes.

02:06:33.455 --> 02:06:35.332
(woman speaking faintly)

02:06:35.332 --> 02:06:39.290
Page two, action item, it's
item three, I believe,

02:06:39.290 --> 02:06:42.130
on the Committee of the Full
Board, is that where we are.

02:06:42.130 --> 02:06:42.963
<v Chair Bahorich>That's
where we are.</v>

02:06:42.963 --> 02:06:44.260
<v Member Rowley>Okay, and we'll just take
these recommendations

02:06:44.260 --> 02:06:47.530
one at a time without reading
them in total, if that's okay.

02:06:47.530 --> 02:06:51.340
Okay, so it's recommended that
the State Board of Education

02:06:51.340 --> 02:06:54.300
adopt recommendation number one

02:06:54.300 --> 02:06:58.010
of the Texas Resource
Review Ad Hoc Committee

02:06:58.010 --> 02:06:59.400
as set out in attachment A.

02:07:02.710 --> 02:07:05.150
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:07:05.150 --> 02:07:05.983
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:07:05.983 --> 02:07:06.816
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:07:08.692 --> 02:07:10.110
<v Chair Bahorich>The ayes have it.

02:07:10.110 --> 02:07:11.450
<v Member Rowley>Okay, it's recommended

02:07:11.450 --> 02:07:15.990
that the State Board of Education
adopt recommendation two

02:07:15.990 --> 02:07:19.021
of the Texas Resource
Review Ad Hoc Committee

02:07:19.021 --> 02:07:20.980
as set out in attachment A.

02:07:22.030 --> 02:07:23.863
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:07:23.863 --> 02:07:24.696
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:07:24.696 --> 02:07:26.590
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:07:26.590 --> 02:07:27.880
Ayes have it.

02:07:27.880 --> 02:07:30.760
<v Member Rowley>It's recommended that the
State Board of Education

02:07:30.760 --> 02:07:32.570
adopt recommendation
number three

02:07:32.570 --> 02:07:35.290
of the Texas Resource
Review Ad Hoc Committee

02:07:35.290 --> 02:07:36.640
as set out in attachment A.

02:07:37.690 --> 02:07:39.805
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:07:39.805 --> 02:07:40.798
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:07:40.798 --> 02:07:41.770
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:07:42.723 --> 02:07:43.760
The ayes have it.

02:07:43.760 --> 02:07:45.800
<v Member Rowley>It's recommended that the
State Board of Education

02:07:45.800 --> 02:07:47.560
adopt recommendation four

02:07:47.560 --> 02:07:50.290
of the Texas Resource
Review Ad Hoc Committee

02:07:50.290 --> 02:07:51.650
as set out in attachment A.

02:07:53.030 --> 02:07:54.770
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:07:54.770 --> 02:07:55.603
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:07:55.603 --> 02:07:56.740
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say nay.

02:07:57.748 --> 02:07:58.720
The ayes have it.

02:07:58.720 --> 02:08:01.540
<v Member Rowley>Okay, it's recommended that
the State Board of Education

02:08:01.540 --> 02:08:04.920
amend its operating
rules in section 4.4

02:08:04.920 --> 02:08:06.870
so that a State Board
of Education member

02:08:06.870 --> 02:08:10.330
shall not nominate instructional
materials for submittal

02:08:10.330 --> 02:08:13.870
to the Texas Resource Review
without a majority vote

02:08:13.870 --> 02:08:16.360
of the board endorsing
said nomination.

02:08:21.391 --> 02:08:22.690
<v Chair Bahorich>We'll do a
show of hands.

02:08:22.690 --> 02:08:24.570
And I hope it caught
everyone's attention

02:08:24.570 --> 02:08:26.120
that the Commissioner
has already decided

02:08:26.120 --> 02:08:29.160
he's gonna go back in and adjust
that in the rules anyway,

02:08:29.160 --> 02:08:30.810
in his rules.

02:08:30.810 --> 02:08:31.730
<v Member Rowley>Can I speak
to this--</v>

02:08:31.730 --> 02:08:33.049
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, please.

02:08:33.049 --> 02:08:34.010
<v Member Rowley>Motion and
recommendation?</v>

02:08:34.010 --> 02:08:34.843
<v Chair Bahorich>Mr. Rowley.

02:08:34.843 --> 02:08:36.243
<v Member Rowley>I'm very much
appreciative.

02:08:36.243 --> 02:08:38.293
I texted the Commissioner
after we voted.

02:08:39.639 --> 02:08:44.190
But in the interim time,
the rule as written

02:08:44.190 --> 02:08:48.120
would be in effect, unless
we take this action.

02:08:48.120 --> 02:08:50.780
And so I think it's great

02:08:50.780 --> 02:08:52.620
that the Commissioner's
going to do that,

02:08:52.620 --> 02:08:55.070
but I'm gonna speak in
favor of the motion still.

02:08:57.130 --> 02:08:57.963
<v Chair Bahorich>Terrific.

02:08:57.963 --> 02:09:02.470
So in that case, all those
in favor of the motion,

02:09:02.470 --> 02:09:03.303
raise your hand.

02:09:11.760 --> 02:09:14.040
'Kay, keep them up there
for a minute there.

02:09:14.040 --> 02:09:14.873
Just to be sure.

02:09:17.770 --> 02:09:19.520
All those opposed,
raise your hand.

02:09:22.050 --> 02:09:25.750
So that is amended by
that two-thirds vote.

02:09:25.750 --> 02:09:26.750
Thank you very much.

02:09:28.760 --> 02:09:29.593
<v Member Rowley>We ready to
move on then?</v>

02:09:29.593 --> 02:09:31.399
<v Chair Bahorich>Mm hm, ready
to move on.

02:09:31.399 --> 02:09:33.399
<v Member Rowley>Okay, this is
on page three.

02:09:33.399 --> 02:09:36.349
It's item five on your Committee
of the Full Board Minutes.

02:09:37.809 --> 02:09:40.660
It's recommended that the
State Board of Education

02:09:40.660 --> 02:09:44.490
approve Proclamation 2021
Questions and Answers.

02:09:46.470 --> 02:09:48.260
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:09:48.260 --> 02:09:49.093
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:09:49.093 --> 02:09:51.890
<v Chair Bahorich>Oh, this one actually I need
a show of hands on this one,

02:09:51.890 --> 02:09:53.800
actually, I apologize.

02:09:53.800 --> 02:09:55.350
All those in favor
please raise your hand.

02:09:55.350 --> 02:09:59.080
Kind of keep those up
so Monica can check.

02:10:05.080 --> 02:10:08.690
All those not in favor
raise your hand.

02:10:08.690 --> 02:10:10.760
Okay, that's
everyone, all right.

02:10:14.335 --> 02:10:15.210
<v Chair Bahorich>Is there another?

02:10:15.210 --> 02:10:19.270
<v Member Rowley>Well, item six, I'm gonna ask Ms.
Crews,

02:10:19.270 --> 02:10:21.780
so do we need to recommend

02:10:21.780 --> 02:10:24.910
the suspension of the Board
Operating Rules first?

02:10:24.910 --> 02:10:26.620
<v Kay>No, it's all in
a single motion.</v>

02:10:26.620 --> 02:10:27.820
<v Member Rowley>Oh, okay, all right.

02:10:27.820 --> 02:10:32.780
And so that is going to be
on the bottom of page five,

02:10:32.780 --> 02:10:37.780
I believe, this is item
six, bottom of page five.

02:10:41.530 --> 02:10:44.040
It's recommended that the
State Board of Education

02:10:44.040 --> 02:10:45.880
suspend the Board
Operation Procedures

02:10:45.880 --> 02:10:47.910
in accordance with
Section 5.2.a,

02:10:49.216 --> 02:10:50.780
to allow consideration
at first reading

02:10:50.780 --> 02:10:52.560
and filing authorization,

02:10:52.560 --> 02:10:55.040
and approve for first reading
and filing authorization

02:10:55.040 --> 02:10:59.140
proposed revisions to
19 TAC Chapter 66,

02:10:59.140 --> 02:11:02.000
State Adoption and Distribution
of Instructional Materials,

02:11:02.000 --> 02:11:06.260
Subchapter B, State Adoption
of Instructional Materials,

02:11:06.260 --> 02:11:07.093
as amended.

02:11:09.680 --> 02:11:11.910
<v Chair Bahorich>Members, I just want to
make you aware of something

02:11:11.910 --> 02:11:13.100
I caught in the notes,

02:11:14.650 --> 02:11:17.100
that we'll fix in the notes
when we publish them.

02:11:18.802 --> 02:11:20.750
But I want to make
sure I read the right.

02:11:20.750 --> 02:11:23.730
<v Monica Martinez>It's page four, the
second motion invoked.

02:11:26.300 --> 02:11:28.113
<v Chair Bahorich>Page four?</v>
<v Monica Martinez>Yes, ma'am.</v>

02:11:32.194 --> 02:11:33.300
<v Chair Bahorich>Okay, great.

02:11:33.300 --> 02:11:34.280
If you'll go to page four,

02:11:34.280 --> 02:11:36.720
I just want to point
this out to you here,

02:11:38.530 --> 02:11:41.970
that the second motion and
vote, you see on page four,

02:11:41.970 --> 02:11:43.170
does everybody see that?

02:11:44.100 --> 02:11:48.660
It should not say publishers
of instructional content

02:11:48.660 --> 02:11:50.980
accessed electronically
through the internet,

02:11:50.980 --> 02:11:53.370
it's just accessed
electronically, period,

02:11:53.370 --> 02:11:54.830
not just through the internet.

02:11:54.830 --> 02:11:59.380
Any electronics resource
would need to be submitted

02:11:59.380 --> 02:12:00.280
for public review.

02:12:02.130 --> 02:12:04.292
Does that make
sense to everyone?

02:12:04.292 --> 02:12:05.260
And that's the way
we had amended it,

02:12:05.260 --> 02:12:07.240
and it just didn't show
up in the notes right.

02:12:07.240 --> 02:12:09.800
So I just wanted to
point that out to you.

02:12:09.800 --> 02:12:11.590
It's just any
electronic resource.

02:12:12.750 --> 02:12:13.583
Okay?

02:12:13.583 --> 02:12:14.416
Okay, all right.

02:12:14.416 --> 02:12:17.100
Now we're back to the,
there's no change there,

02:12:17.100 --> 02:12:18.310
we're just gonna fix the notes

02:12:18.310 --> 02:12:20.960
because that's what we did
during the Committee.

02:12:22.310 --> 02:12:24.940
All those in favor
raise your hands.

02:12:32.850 --> 02:12:36.010
All those not in favor
raise your hand.

02:12:37.743 --> 02:12:40.920
Okay, two-thirds vote, and
so those rules are adopted.

02:12:40.920 --> 02:12:41.820
All right, now.

02:12:43.274 --> 02:12:45.570
<v Member Rowley>I believe there's an
item nine on page eight

02:12:45.570 --> 02:12:47.850
of the Committee
of the Full Board,

02:12:47.850 --> 02:12:50.550
after the consent matters.

02:12:52.600 --> 02:12:53.920
<v Chair Bahorich>Item nine.</v>

02:12:53.920 --> 02:12:56.200
<v Member Rowley>Item nine, bottom
of page eight

02:12:57.433 --> 02:12:59.410
of the Committee of the Full
Board minutes, correct?

02:12:59.410 --> 02:13:01.280
<v Chair Bahorich>Okay, update
on the, yes.</v>

02:13:01.280 --> 02:13:02.113
<v Member Rowley>Right.</v>

02:13:03.089 --> 02:13:04.040
Okay, it's recommended that
the State Board of Education

02:13:04.040 --> 02:13:06.976
approve the TEKS and
Instructional Materials Review

02:13:06.976 --> 02:13:11.360
and Adoption Schedule, and
Projected Adoption Cycle,

02:13:11.360 --> 02:13:14.160
September, 2019, as set
out in attachment B.

02:13:15.410 --> 02:13:17.264
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.</v>

02:13:17.264 --> 02:13:18.097
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:13:18.097 --> 02:13:19.530
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say nay.

02:13:19.530 --> 02:13:21.680
Ayes have it, all right, next.

02:13:21.680 --> 02:13:23.240
<v Member Rowley>Madam Chair, I believe
that's all the items</v>

02:13:23.240 --> 02:13:24.490
off of the Committee
of the Full Board.

02:13:24.490 --> 02:13:26.160
<v Chair Bahorich>That's it for the Committee
of the Full Board,

02:13:26.160 --> 02:13:26.993
that's great.

02:13:26.993 --> 02:13:29.790
Committee on Instruction, so Ms.
Melton-Malone,

02:13:29.790 --> 02:13:30.980
I believe that's you.

02:13:30.980 --> 02:13:32.990
<v Member
Melton-Malone>Thank you, Madam Chair.

02:13:32.990 --> 02:13:34.950
If you would look
on your minutes

02:13:36.362 --> 02:13:38.020
for the Committee
on Instruction,

02:13:38.020 --> 02:13:41.600
number one is the one we
pulled off the Consent Agenda.

02:13:43.560 --> 02:13:47.640
And you also have a handout
that you were given earlier

02:13:47.640 --> 02:13:52.640
to list the lessons that
we were looking at,

02:13:52.800 --> 02:13:54.940
the ELAR lessons that
we were looking at.

02:13:58.790 --> 02:14:03.480
And I would, I want to make
the motion, and then--

02:14:03.480 --> 02:14:04.313
<v Chair Bahorich>Ms. Melton-Malone,</v>

02:14:04.313 --> 02:14:05.930
which page is it
on, on the notes?

02:14:05.930 --> 02:14:07.330
<v Member
Melton-Malone>It's on page
one. <v ->Okay.

02:14:09.965 --> 02:14:10.860
<v Chair Bahorich>Okay, okay.</v>

02:14:12.740 --> 02:14:14.610
<v Member
Melton-Malone>On behalf of the
Committee on Instruction,

02:14:14.610 --> 02:14:17.130
I move the State Board
of Education ratify

02:14:17.130 --> 02:14:22.130
the third set of TXLS, Texas
Lesson Study Resources,

02:14:22.316 --> 02:14:24.390
presented in attachment A,

02:14:24.390 --> 02:14:27.590
with the exception of
the resource titled,

02:14:27.590 --> 02:14:30.410
"The Adventures of Trixie
and Knuffle Bunny."

02:14:32.210 --> 02:14:33.710
<v Chair Bahorich>Would you like
to speak to that?</v>

02:14:33.710 --> 02:14:35.829
<v Member
Melton-Malone>I would, thank
you, Madam Chair.

02:14:35.829 --> 02:14:39.260
If you would look at the
handout that you were given,

02:14:39.260 --> 02:14:43.570
under the TEKS,
everything is aligned

02:14:43.570 --> 02:14:48.360
to our current ELAR TEKS with
the exception of that one,

02:14:49.215 --> 02:14:53.030
and it has no direct
alignment to the new TEKS.

02:14:53.030 --> 02:14:55.850
So we felt like we would
like to pull that out

02:14:57.440 --> 02:14:59.820
since it is not aligned
to the current TEKS

02:14:59.820 --> 02:15:01.020
that we're working with.

02:15:03.700 --> 02:15:05.110
<v Chair Bahorich>Is there any
objection to that?</v>

02:15:05.110 --> 02:15:07.570
Oh yes, Ms. Perez.

02:15:07.570 --> 02:15:09.320
<v Member Perez>I'm not raising my
hand in objection

02:15:09.320 --> 02:15:12.870
to pulling this lesson
off of the TLS,

02:15:12.870 --> 02:15:15.040
I'm raising my hand to speak,

02:15:15.040 --> 02:15:17.890
not only in agreement
to pulling that,

02:15:17.890 --> 02:15:21.440
but against the ratification
of this overall.

02:15:22.470 --> 02:15:26.311
First I wanted to thank
Member Little for recognizing

02:15:26.311 --> 02:15:28.440
that these TEKS were
not in alignment,

02:15:28.440 --> 02:15:33.410
and because it has gone through
so many levels of review

02:15:33.410 --> 02:15:37.700
and there were still items
that were questionable,

02:15:37.700 --> 02:15:40.150
not only with this one, and thank you Ms.
Little for that.

02:15:40.150 --> 02:15:42.740
But Member Davis also
found a few issues

02:15:42.740 --> 02:15:46.460
with the science lessons
that are there,

02:15:46.460 --> 02:15:49.540
and I want to correct my
statement, not our lessons,

02:15:49.540 --> 02:15:52.960
with the lessons that
are listed there.

02:15:52.960 --> 02:15:56.420
And I'll go back to my
original objection,

02:15:56.420 --> 02:15:59.800
which is focused on the TRR,

02:15:59.800 --> 02:16:02.410
which is formerly
known as the IMQE.

02:16:02.410 --> 02:16:04.820
And my objection to
this remains the same.

02:16:04.820 --> 02:16:07.410
We're going very far
down the slippery slope

02:16:07.410 --> 02:16:10.180
of telling districts
which materials to use,

02:16:10.180 --> 02:16:13.030
and now we're telling districts
which lessons to use,

02:16:13.030 --> 02:16:16.300
and it appears to me that
where CSCOPE failed,

02:16:16.300 --> 02:16:18.060
we're taking another
bite at the apple

02:16:18.060 --> 02:16:21.400
to see if we can accomplish
the goal of state censorship,

02:16:21.400 --> 02:16:25.710
and far too much control
in the classroom.

02:16:25.710 --> 02:16:29.980
And so I'm speaking against
the ratification of TLS.

02:16:29.980 --> 02:16:30.813
Thank you.

02:16:32.570 --> 02:16:35.740
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, Ms. Davis and Mr.
Rowley.

02:16:35.740 --> 02:16:37.680
<v Member Davis>I also had some
major issues

02:16:37.680 --> 02:16:40.340
with some of the lessons
that were uploaded.

02:16:40.340 --> 02:16:43.950
My biggest thing is that
it's only aligned to TEKS

02:16:43.950 --> 02:16:47.700
and no College and Career
Readiness Standards whatsoever.

02:16:47.700 --> 02:16:51.300
So you have very, very
basic information,

02:16:51.300 --> 02:16:53.880
and I know that teachers
put in a lot of work

02:16:53.880 --> 02:16:55.700
to produce these lessons,

02:16:55.700 --> 02:16:58.010
but I think it's some problems
with the expectations

02:16:58.010 --> 02:17:01.220
that were given to
them from the agency.

02:17:01.220 --> 02:17:03.480
So you have lessons that
are supposed to help

02:17:03.480 --> 02:17:05.440
new teachers or
struggling teachers

02:17:05.440 --> 02:17:07.760
be able to reach their students,

02:17:07.760 --> 02:17:10.220
but this doesn't quite
offer enough information

02:17:10.220 --> 02:17:12.710
so that they can thoroughly
teach their students.

02:17:12.710 --> 02:17:14.820
And as Member Perez pointed out,

02:17:14.820 --> 02:17:17.560
because this is available
from the State,

02:17:17.560 --> 02:17:19.960
it's kind of like, okay, well
this is all I need to do

02:17:19.960 --> 02:17:21.590
and this is sufficient.

02:17:21.590 --> 02:17:25.020
I've talked about this several
times to several people

02:17:25.020 --> 02:17:27.960
in the agency and they're
hoping that in the future

02:17:27.960 --> 02:17:31.740
they'll get more submissions
so they'll have more choices.

02:17:31.740 --> 02:17:34.650
But as of right now if you
look at the lessons in there,

02:17:34.650 --> 02:17:38.160
they would not sufficiently
and fully teach a student

02:17:38.160 --> 02:17:42.320
how to apply whatever it
is they are learning.

02:17:42.320 --> 02:17:44.120
And so that's my problem
with the lessons

02:17:44.120 --> 02:17:45.620
that are available now.

02:17:45.620 --> 02:17:48.980
<v Monica Martinez>Madam Chair,
I just wanted

02:17:48.980 --> 02:17:52.120
to make one correction
to that statement,

02:17:52.120 --> 02:17:55.260
and just remind everyone
that you have embedded

02:17:55.260 --> 02:17:57.270
the College and Career
Readiness Standards

02:17:57.270 --> 02:18:00.140
in your Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills.

02:18:00.140 --> 02:18:04.280
There are alignment charts that
you had to adopt into rule

02:18:04.280 --> 02:18:07.030
and that are available
on the website.

02:18:07.030 --> 02:18:10.710
So we don't separately call out

02:18:10.710 --> 02:18:12.280
the College and Career
Readiness Standards

02:18:12.280 --> 02:18:14.160
because you've already
shown that alignment

02:18:14.160 --> 02:18:16.110
in your Essential
Knowledge and Skills

02:18:16.110 --> 02:18:18.950
in all of the four
foundation subjects.

02:18:18.950 --> 02:18:19.783
<v Member Davis>Thank you.

02:18:19.783 --> 02:18:21.890
I did specifically ask
about that yesterday,

02:18:21.890 --> 02:18:25.070
and it was only brought to us
that it was just TEKS aligned,

02:18:25.070 --> 02:18:27.370
and it wasn't any
emphasis on that,

02:18:27.370 --> 02:18:29.020
or the other skills
that would be--

02:18:29.020 --> 02:18:30.640
<v Monica Martinez>I'm sorry, Ms. Davis, I
don't know who you asked

02:18:30.640 --> 02:18:33.700
that question of, but
you have embedded

02:18:33.700 --> 02:18:36.060
the CCRS in your Essential
Knowledge and Skills.

02:18:36.060 --> 02:18:37.582
<v Chair Bahorich>That's good to have
that clarification,</v>

02:18:37.582 --> 02:18:38.440
'cause that is true,
we went through,

02:18:38.440 --> 02:18:40.540
over the last few years
we've gone through

02:18:41.900 --> 02:18:45.140
meetings where we've had
to approve alignments,

02:18:45.140 --> 02:18:46.490
because we needed to align.

02:18:47.520 --> 02:18:48.700
So yeah, absolutely.

02:18:50.008 --> 02:18:50.850
Mr. Rowley.

02:18:52.000 --> 02:18:54.720
<v Member Rowley>Yeah, and with all due
respect to Member Davis

02:18:54.720 --> 02:18:58.790
and Member Perez, I appreciate
their perspective on this.

02:18:58.790 --> 02:19:02.910
And we had a full and robust
conversation about it

02:19:02.910 --> 02:19:03.810
yesterday in committee.

02:19:03.810 --> 02:19:08.030
I would also invite, if the
court would, court, excuse me,

02:19:08.030 --> 02:19:10.447
if the Chair,
(audience laughing)

02:19:10.447 --> 02:19:12.152
I've been in court too often.

02:19:12.152 --> 02:19:16.040
Maybe Ms. Claussen, Blair might
be able to come forward,

02:19:16.040 --> 02:19:19.950
she's the kind of the project
coordinator behind this,

02:19:19.950 --> 02:19:22.950
and I'll make a comment and
then maybe turn it over to her.

02:19:22.950 --> 02:19:24.950
And that is, what we
were asked to do,

02:19:24.950 --> 02:19:29.220
and what we're voting on right
now, is to approve a set of,

02:19:29.220 --> 02:19:32.380
I think it's a third
set of lessons

02:19:32.380 --> 02:19:35.220
that have been developed
through this Gateway project.

02:19:35.220 --> 02:19:37.600
The Gateway project,
as I understand it,

02:19:37.600 --> 02:19:42.600
is classroom teachers
putting together lessons

02:19:42.729 --> 02:19:47.729
that are filtered, screened,
critiqued, scrutinized,

02:19:48.730 --> 02:19:52.470
in fact there's pre
and post assessment

02:19:52.470 --> 02:19:54.570
with regard to these lessons
as to whether or not

02:19:54.570 --> 02:19:59.500
the students have gained
mastery and knowledge

02:19:59.500 --> 02:20:02.270
of the particular TEKS that
are being covered by that.

02:20:02.270 --> 02:20:05.660
They're being provided
strictly as a resource.

02:20:05.660 --> 02:20:07.720
There's nothing
mandated about it.

02:20:07.720 --> 02:20:09.260
It's developed by teachers

02:20:10.240 --> 02:20:15.240
and put out there for
publication by TEA,

02:20:16.430 --> 02:20:20.280
so it's really not TEA lesson
plans, it's their program,

02:20:20.280 --> 02:20:23.260
but nevertheless it's being
done by classroom teachers.

02:20:24.400 --> 02:20:26.150
These teachers have
spent a lot of time,

02:20:26.150 --> 02:20:31.150
effort and resources to
develop these lesson plans,

02:20:31.900 --> 02:20:36.900
and they seem to be utilized
on a pretty wide basis.

02:20:37.480 --> 02:20:41.502
Being from a predominantly
rural district,

02:20:41.502 --> 02:20:46.502
my SBOE district has 85% of
our districts are rural,

02:20:48.660 --> 02:20:50.320
I think it's very valuable,

02:20:50.320 --> 02:20:53.950
and for those types of
teachers to have access

02:20:53.950 --> 02:20:57.420
to these materials if
they choose to use them,

02:20:57.420 --> 02:21:01.320
and they're tested, critiqued,
and seem to be valid.

02:21:01.320 --> 02:21:02.750
But anything more

02:21:02.750 --> 02:21:04.730
that Ms. Claussen would
want to add to that,

02:21:04.730 --> 02:21:08.470
with the permission of the
Board, I would invite that.

02:21:18.110 --> 02:21:19.560
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:21:20.449 --> 02:21:21.282
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:21:21.282 --> 02:21:23.082
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:21:23.082 --> 02:21:24.090
<v ->No.</v> <v ->No.</v>

02:21:24.090 --> 02:21:25.550
<v Chair Bahorich>Ayes have it.

02:21:25.550 --> 02:21:26.383
All right, thank you.

02:21:27.548 --> 02:21:29.030
(audience laughing)

02:21:29.030 --> 02:21:32.250
<v Chair Bahorich>Oh sorry, sorry, Blair, I
forgot to have you speak.

02:21:32.250 --> 02:21:34.420
But I, you know, I
think we're done.

02:21:34.420 --> 02:21:35.328
(laughing)

02:21:35.328 --> 02:21:36.161
<v Woman>We are now.</v>

02:21:36.161 --> 02:21:37.730
<v Chair Bahorich>We are now done.

02:21:37.730 --> 02:21:41.130
<v Member
Melton-Malone>Well, as Mr.
Rowley said,

02:21:41.130 --> 02:21:44.520
we had a very lengthy
discussion yesterday,

02:21:44.520 --> 02:21:49.520
and so I think we have alerted
staff to be on the lookout

02:21:49.870 --> 02:21:53.100
for some things and to
monitor some things,

02:21:53.100 --> 02:21:56.260
and we'll be getting
reports regularly on this.

02:21:57.750 --> 02:21:59.870
Moving on, it's item number two.

02:22:01.808 --> 02:22:02.840
It's on page two.

02:22:04.610 --> 02:22:07.160
On behalf of the Committee
on Instruction,

02:22:07.160 --> 02:22:08.970
I move that the State
Board of Education

02:22:08.970 --> 02:22:11.630
approve for second reading
and final adoption

02:22:11.630 --> 02:22:16.130
the proposed amendment
to 19 TAC Chapter 74,

02:22:16.130 --> 02:22:20.200
Curriculum Requirements,
Subchapter C, Other Provisions,

02:22:20.200 --> 02:22:25.060
74.28, Students with Dyslexia
and Related Disorders,

02:22:25.060 --> 02:22:28.770
as amended and make an
affirmative finding

02:22:28.770 --> 02:22:31.800
that immediate adoption
of the proposed amendment

02:22:31.800 --> 02:22:35.960
to 19 TAC Chapter 74,
Curriculum Requirements,

02:22:35.960 --> 02:22:40.190
Subchapter C, Other
Provisions, 74.28,

02:22:40.190 --> 02:22:44.480
Students with Dyslexia and
Related Disorders, is necessary

02:22:44.480 --> 02:22:48.090
and shall have an effective
date of 20 days after filing

02:22:48.090 --> 02:22:51.180
as adopted with the
Texas Register.

02:22:51.180 --> 02:22:52.030
And Madam Chair?
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes.</v>

02:22:52.030 --> 02:22:55.190
<v Member Melton-Malone>The language that we
inserted is just above that,

02:22:56.460 --> 02:22:59.870
the words that are underlined,
that's the language

02:22:59.870 --> 02:23:01.620
that we inserted into there.

02:23:03.820 --> 02:23:04.653
<v Chair Bahorich>That's the
amendments?</v>

02:23:04.653 --> 02:23:06.864
<v Member
Melton-Malone>That's the amendments,
yes, ma'am.

02:23:06.864 --> 02:23:07.810
<v Chair Bahorich>That's the amendments,
yeah, absolutely.

02:23:07.810 --> 02:23:09.800
All those in favor
raise your hands.

02:23:16.390 --> 02:23:18.090
All those opposed
raise your hand.

02:23:18.970 --> 02:23:20.710
All right, the
motion is adopted.

02:23:21.750 --> 02:23:24.880
<v Member Melton-Malone>Item number three,
on page three,

02:23:24.880 --> 02:23:26.850
on behalf of the
Committee on Instruction

02:23:26.850 --> 02:23:28.840
I move that the State
Board of Education

02:23:28.840 --> 02:23:32.090
approve for second reading
and filing adoption

02:23:32.090 --> 02:23:35.730
the proposed and final
adoption, excuse me,

02:23:35.730 --> 02:23:39.500
the proposed amendment
to 19 TAC Chapter 74,

02:23:39.500 --> 02:23:43.610
Curriculum Requirements,
Subchapter C, Other Provisions,

02:23:43.610 --> 02:23:47.730
74.30, Identification
of Honors Courses,

02:23:47.730 --> 02:23:51.530
and make an affirmative finding
that immediate adoption

02:23:51.530 --> 02:23:55.400
of the proposed amendment
to 19 TAC Chapter 74,

02:23:55.400 --> 02:23:59.090
Curriculum Requirements,
Subchapter C, Other Provisions,

02:23:59.090 --> 02:24:04.090
74.30, Identification of
Honors Courses, is necessary,

02:24:04.520 --> 02:24:07.910
and shall have an effective
date of 20 days after filing

02:24:07.910 --> 02:24:10.010
as adopted with the
Texas Register.

02:24:12.310 --> 02:24:16.090
<v Chair Bahorich>All right, all those in
favor raise your hands.

02:24:22.310 --> 02:24:24.060
All those opposed
raise your hands.

02:24:25.120 --> 02:24:26.360
Okay, motion is adopted.

02:24:27.830 --> 02:24:29.150
<v Member
Melton-Malone>Item number four.

02:24:30.740 --> 02:24:32.510
On behalf of the Committee
on Instruction,

02:24:32.510 --> 02:24:34.440
I move that the State
Board of Education

02:24:34.440 --> 02:24:37.580
approve for first reading
and filing authorization

02:24:37.580 --> 02:24:41.280
the proposed amendment
to 19 TAC Chapter 74,

02:24:41.280 --> 02:24:45.110
Curriculum Requirements,
Subchapter C, Other Provisions,

02:24:45.110 --> 02:24:50.110
74.27, Innovative Courses
and Programs, as amended.

02:24:55.460 --> 02:24:57.840
<v Chair Bahorich>Let me get, sorry, I'm
not on the right page.

02:24:57.840 --> 02:25:00.310
All those in favor say aye.

02:25:00.310 --> 02:25:01.143
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:25:01.143 --> 02:25:02.580
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say nay.

02:25:03.570 --> 02:25:05.140
Ayes have it, motion's adopted.

02:25:10.756 --> 02:25:14.173
<v Member
Melton-Malone>Let me see, all right,
item number six.

02:25:17.740 --> 02:25:21.400
It's on page four, the
motion's on page four.

02:25:21.400 --> 02:25:23.380
On behalf of the
Committee on Instruction

02:25:23.380 --> 02:25:26.410
I move that the State Board of
Education postpone the vote

02:25:26.410 --> 02:25:30.860
to approve the request
from Eduspark Incorporated

02:25:30.860 --> 02:25:35.860
to update, Ms. Perez, would
you like to read the Spanish?

02:25:37.329 --> 02:25:38.769
(chuckling)

02:25:38.769 --> 02:25:40.580
<v Chair Bahorich>Oh wow, yeah.</v>

02:25:40.580 --> 02:25:41.979
<v Member
Melton-Malone>Page four.

02:25:41.979 --> 02:25:46.979
<v Member Perez>Yes, ma'am.

02:25:47.560 --> 02:25:49.405
Okay, I'm gonna start over.

02:25:49.405 --> 02:25:50.550
It was moved by Ms. Little
and seconded by me,

02:25:50.550 --> 02:25:53.250
and carried unanimously
to recommend

02:25:53.250 --> 02:25:55.080
that the State Board of
Education postpone the vote

02:25:55.080 --> 02:25:57.520
to approve the request
from Eduspark Inc.

02:25:57.520 --> 02:25:59.690
to include (speaking Spanish).

02:26:08.423 --> 02:26:12.506
Adopted in November 2018
under Proclamation 2019.

02:26:13.650 --> 02:26:17.640
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in favor raise
your hand, or sorry, say aye.

02:26:17.640 --> 02:26:18.490
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:26:18.490 --> 02:26:23.010
<v Chair Bahorich>All those opposed raise your
hand, or, sorry (laughing)

02:26:23.010 --> 02:26:25.310
I'm doing too many things
at once here, sorry.

02:26:26.156 --> 02:26:28.180
All those opposed say no.

02:26:29.100 --> 02:26:31.600
Ayes have it, motion's adopted.

02:26:31.600 --> 02:26:33.810
<v Member
Melton-Malone>And Madam Chair, on
the Discussion Items,

02:26:33.810 --> 02:26:38.199
we did have a motion,
and we will be bringing

02:26:38.199 --> 02:26:42.340
the African American Studies,
it's going to be placed

02:26:42.340 --> 02:26:44.830
on the agenda of the
Committee of the Full Board

02:26:44.830 --> 02:26:47.580
for discussion at the
November SBOE meeting,

02:26:47.580 --> 02:26:49.890
and that a public
hearing on the course

02:26:49.890 --> 02:26:51.750
be placed on the
November agenda.

02:26:54.865 --> 02:26:55.698
<v Chair Bahorich>All right.</v>

02:26:55.698 --> 02:26:57.040
<v Member Perez>May we
speak to this?</v>

02:26:57.040 --> 02:26:58.294
<v Chair Bahorich>Sure.

02:26:58.294 --> 02:26:59.127
<v Member Perez>Thank you.</v>

02:26:59.127 --> 02:27:01.924
<v Chair Bahorich>No, wait a minute, I've got
to see our parliamentarian.

02:27:01.924 --> 02:27:03.800
<v Kay>There's not a
motion on the floor.

02:27:03.800 --> 02:27:05.400
<v Chair Bahorich>Oh, there's not a
motion on the floor.

02:27:05.400 --> 02:27:08.390
<v Member Perez>Well we're not asking for
anybody to do anything.

02:27:08.390 --> 02:27:10.162
<v Chair Bahorich>Did you want to make
a quick comment?

02:27:10.162 --> 02:27:11.810
<v Member Perez>Make a quick comment.</v>

02:27:11.810 --> 02:27:13.160
May I make a
quick comment?

02:27:13.160 --> 02:27:14.719
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, a quick comment.

02:27:14.719 --> 02:27:16.429
<v Member Perez>Thank you.

02:27:16.429 --> 02:27:19.470
I'd want to just
let everybody know

02:27:19.470 --> 02:27:23.640
that the amount of work that
was put into this course

02:27:23.640 --> 02:27:28.560
is beyond what I think Ms.
Davis and I even imagined,

02:27:28.560 --> 02:27:31.370
and when we first started
the development of this.

02:27:31.370 --> 02:27:35.500
We have included universities
across the State of Texas,

02:27:35.500 --> 02:27:39.270
Dean's of African American
studies, Black studies,

02:27:39.270 --> 02:27:41.620
from many of our
UT schools, UNT,

02:27:42.640 --> 02:27:44.550
Prairie View, Lamar, et cetera.

02:27:45.740 --> 02:27:47.640
There's just been an
incredible amount

02:27:47.640 --> 02:27:50.180
of outpouring of support.

02:27:51.260 --> 02:27:54.910
We've had the innovative
course online

02:27:54.910 --> 02:27:56.840
for a couple of months
for people to review.

02:27:56.840 --> 02:27:58.760
Several comments
have been received.

02:27:58.760 --> 02:28:01.650
100% of them have
been in support of.

02:28:01.650 --> 02:28:06.190
There was only one comment
that asked for an addition.

02:28:06.190 --> 02:28:08.650
And I say all of that
just to let you know

02:28:08.650 --> 02:28:11.700
that in addition to the
NAACP and LULAC support,

02:28:11.700 --> 02:28:14.560
and all of the organizations
that worked together

02:28:14.560 --> 02:28:17.810
to bring this forward, not
only are we very pleased

02:28:17.810 --> 02:28:19.960
with what we have
in front of us,

02:28:19.960 --> 02:28:23.840
but we're also very
excited to be on the path

02:28:23.840 --> 02:28:25.710
to make Texas the third
state in the Nation

02:28:25.710 --> 02:28:27.210
to offer African
American studies

02:28:27.210 --> 02:28:28.960
to all high school students.

02:28:28.960 --> 02:28:30.040
Thank you.

02:28:30.040 --> 02:28:31.200
<v Chair Bahorich>Thank you, Ms. Perez.

02:28:31.200 --> 02:28:32.033
Yes, Ms. Melton-Malone.

02:28:32.033 --> 02:28:34.820
<v Member
Melton-Malone>Madam Chair, I would like
to thank Member Perez

02:28:34.820 --> 02:28:38.290
and Member Davis and the
staff for all of the work

02:28:38.290 --> 02:28:40.590
and hours that they
have put in on this.

02:28:40.590 --> 02:28:42.950
I think you're going to be
really pleasantly surprised

02:28:42.950 --> 02:28:47.070
when you see this course roll
out at the November meeting,

02:28:47.070 --> 02:28:51.270
and there's been a lot of work
and effort and collaboration

02:28:51.270 --> 02:28:55.270
and everything that you need
to bring a course together.

02:28:55.270 --> 02:28:57.390
And this course will allow us

02:28:57.390 --> 02:29:02.110
to be able to further have
additional courses down the road

02:29:02.110 --> 02:29:04.570
because we'll be able to use
this course as a guideline

02:29:04.570 --> 02:29:06.190
for how it needs to be done.

02:29:06.190 --> 02:29:09.290
So thank you, to everyone who
worked so diligently on this

02:29:09.290 --> 02:29:10.870
to get it ready.

02:29:10.870 --> 02:29:12.560
<v ->Thank you.</v>
<v Chair Bahorich>Absolutely.</v>

02:29:12.560 --> 02:29:13.640
Thank you for your report.

02:29:13.640 --> 02:29:16.490
Mr. Maynard, I believe
you are up next.

02:29:16.490 --> 02:29:19.070
<v Woman>Well we
have item eight.</v>

02:29:19.070 --> 02:29:20.070
<v Chair Bahorich>I think that's it.

02:29:20.916 --> 02:29:22.735
(woman speaking faintly)

02:29:22.735 --> 02:29:23.568
Yeah, I think that's it.

02:29:26.370 --> 02:29:29.440
<v Member Maynard>Madam Chair, I'll just, we
do have a few action items,

02:29:29.440 --> 02:29:34.440
and then let me give the
Board just a few updates.

02:29:35.040 --> 02:29:37.630
Remember, you always get
two sets of minutes,

02:29:37.630 --> 02:29:39.880
and we're gonna start with
the School Finance Items.

02:29:41.760 --> 02:29:44.600
And you can see that motion
on the bottom of page one.

02:29:46.070 --> 02:29:49.060
Madam Chair, I move that the
State Board of Education

02:29:49.060 --> 02:29:51.980
approve for first reading
and filing authorization

02:29:51.980 --> 02:29:55.690
the proposed amendment
to 19 TAC Chapter 129,

02:29:55.690 --> 02:29:57.740
Student Attendance,
Subchapter B,

02:29:57.740 --> 02:29:59.480
Student Attendance Accounting,

02:29:59.480 --> 02:30:04.480
129.21, Requirements for
Student Attendance Accounting

02:30:04.560 --> 02:30:05.910
for State funding purposes.

02:30:08.485 --> 02:30:11.832
<v Chair Bahorich>You've heard the motion,
all those in favor say aye.

02:30:11.832 --> 02:30:12.665
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:30:12.665 --> 02:30:14.442
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:30:14.442 --> 02:30:16.476
<v Member Maynard>Madam Chair, just a--</v>

02:30:16.476 --> 02:30:17.330
<v Chair Bahorich>The ayes have it, the
motion's been adopted.

02:30:17.330 --> 02:30:19.890
<v Member Maynard>And then just so everybody
understands what that is,

02:30:19.890 --> 02:30:22.320
and what change is
being made in that,

02:30:22.320 --> 02:30:25.030
is currently school
districts are required

02:30:25.030 --> 02:30:27.900
to take attendance either on

02:30:27.900 --> 02:30:29.740
the second or fifth
hour of the day,

02:30:29.740 --> 02:30:32.040
and this will give school
districts some flexibility

02:30:32.040 --> 02:30:33.970
in terms of when they take roll.

02:30:33.970 --> 02:30:37.140
So it's just a little
bit more local control.

02:30:38.294 --> 02:30:42.325
Okay, all right, I
believe, let's see,

02:30:42.325 --> 02:30:44.310
I think that that is all,

02:30:45.349 --> 02:30:46.620
everything else went
onto the Consent Agenda.

02:30:48.530 --> 02:30:52.890
Just briefly, Board, because
we haven't had the opportunity

02:30:52.890 --> 02:30:55.190
to discuss at one of
the big discussions

02:30:55.190 --> 02:30:57.210
which is related to
the Liquid Fund.

02:30:59.310 --> 02:31:03.980
And of course that is
legislation that addressed

02:31:03.980 --> 02:31:07.650
what we called the cash drag
on the School Land Board.

02:31:07.650 --> 02:31:10.300
The School Land Board
voted on August the 29th

02:31:10.300 --> 02:31:15.240
to move $3.9 billion
into the Liquid Fund

02:31:15.240 --> 02:31:18.070
to be managed by the State
Board of Education.

02:31:18.940 --> 02:31:22.740
Understand that it is
going to take some time

02:31:22.740 --> 02:31:27.600
to deploy three-point,
nearly $4 billion in cash.

02:31:27.600 --> 02:31:29.090
And so that will be a process

02:31:29.090 --> 02:31:30.490
that will take place over time.

02:31:30.490 --> 02:31:35.000
The other thing that I think
is worth noting, June,

02:31:35.000 --> 02:31:38.110
we're going to undertake
another analysis

02:31:38.110 --> 02:31:43.110
of our allocation and
our asset classes.

02:31:44.960 --> 02:31:46.820
And in the course of doing that

02:31:46.820 --> 02:31:49.890
we're going to take a few,
really some serious deep dives,

02:31:49.890 --> 02:31:52.716
on several of those
asset classes,

02:31:52.716 --> 02:31:54.040
starting with the hedge funds.

02:31:54.040 --> 02:31:56.419
We're going to look
at that in November.

02:31:56.419 --> 02:32:00.320
And the reason for that
is is that understand

02:32:00.320 --> 02:32:01.900
that there are certain
asset classes

02:32:01.900 --> 02:32:06.900
that are intended to be kind
of downside protection.

02:32:07.630 --> 02:32:12.160
The question is, is it
actually doing that?

02:32:12.160 --> 02:32:14.180
I think there are several
of us on that committee

02:32:14.180 --> 02:32:16.380
that have a concern
when you look at that,

02:32:16.380 --> 02:32:20.037
and it's highly correlated
to our domestic equities,

02:32:20.037 --> 02:32:22.720
which means is that,
well I don't know

02:32:22.720 --> 02:32:24.990
how much downside protection
it's actually going to give us.

02:32:24.990 --> 02:32:27.070
And by the way, the hedge funds
are extremely expensive.

02:32:27.070 --> 02:32:29.230
That's 90% of our fees
come out of that,

02:32:29.230 --> 02:32:30.900
that one asset class.

02:32:30.900 --> 02:32:33.180
And so I think that
it's incumbent on us

02:32:33.180 --> 02:32:36.360
as a committee and as a board
to take a serious look at that

02:32:36.360 --> 02:32:38.720
and make sure that it's
doing what it needs to do.

02:32:39.840 --> 02:32:40.860
That is all.

02:32:40.860 --> 02:32:43.550
<v Chair Bahorich>Thank you,
Chairman Maynard.

02:32:43.550 --> 02:32:44.480
Members, I've been asked

02:32:44.480 --> 02:32:47.100
to take just a quick
necessary break,

02:32:47.100 --> 02:32:49.730
so let's literally just
be gone for five minutes.

02:32:49.730 --> 02:32:51.220
I know folks are trying
to get out of here.

02:32:51.220 --> 02:32:55.843
So let's be gone for five
minutes and be back at 12:05.

02:33:05.210 --> 02:33:10.210
<v Chair Bahorich>Your committee is the
next on the hot seat.

02:33:10.280 --> 02:33:15.050
<v Member Cargill>All right, so Members,
we are on page three

02:33:15.050 --> 02:33:19.540
of the Committee on School
Initiatives handout.

02:33:19.540 --> 02:33:21.073
<v Chair Bahorich>Page three?</v>

02:33:21.073 --> 02:33:21.956
<v Member Cargill>Yeah.</v>

02:33:21.956 --> 02:33:22.789
<v Chair Bahorich>Let me get
to the right.</v>

02:33:22.789 --> 02:33:23.622
<v Member Cargill>At the bottom.</v>

02:33:24.475 --> 02:33:26.079
<v Chair Bahorich>Wait, wait, wait,
wait a minute, I--</v>

02:33:26.079 --> 02:33:26.912
<v Member Cargill>And it said the
recommendation is</v>

02:33:26.912 --> 02:33:30.090
that the State Board of
Education take no action

02:33:30.090 --> 02:33:33.670
on the proposed revisions
to 19 TAC Chapter 230,

02:33:33.670 --> 02:33:38.670
Professional Educator
Preparation and Certification,

02:33:39.230 --> 02:33:43.830
Subchapter A, General Provisions,
Definitions, Subchapter C,

02:33:43.830 --> 02:33:47.700
Assessment of Educators,
Section 230.21,

02:33:47.700 --> 02:33:50.440
Educator Assessment,
Subchapter D,

02:33:50.440 --> 02:33:53.810
Types and Classes of
Certificates Issues,

02:33:53.810 --> 02:33:57.580
Section 230.36,
Intern Certificates,

02:33:57.580 --> 02:34:01.350
and Section 230.37,
Probationary Certificates,

02:34:01.350 --> 02:34:05.370
and Subchapter G, Certificate
Issuance Procedures,

02:34:05.370 --> 02:34:08.880
Section 230.101,
Schedule of Fees

02:34:08.880 --> 02:34:10.700
for Certification Services.

02:34:12.520 --> 02:34:14.848
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:34:14.848 --> 02:34:15.681
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:34:15.681 --> 02:34:16.900
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:34:17.790 --> 02:34:18.960
Ayes have it.

02:34:18.960 --> 02:34:19.793
Yes.

02:34:19.793 --> 02:34:22.714
<v Member Perez-Diaz>I'm trying to speak really
quickly to the item.

02:34:22.714 --> 02:34:26.190
Just a quick heads-up
for the Board,

02:34:26.190 --> 02:34:30.280
so item number five,
Section 230.36,

02:34:30.280 --> 02:34:33.320
so the bilingual
education certification

02:34:33.320 --> 02:34:34.580
and ESL certifications

02:34:34.580 --> 02:34:37.600
are no longer mentioned in the
rule text as a requirement

02:34:37.600 --> 02:34:40.150
prior to being hired
as teacher of record

02:34:40.150 --> 02:34:42.910
in bilingual education and ESL.

02:34:42.910 --> 02:34:46.750
And so that was something that
was brought to my attention

02:34:46.750 --> 02:34:48.310
by several organizations.

02:34:48.310 --> 02:34:52.175
And so this was a discussion
in the committee hearing

02:34:52.175 --> 02:34:57.175
because special education
certifications are still mentioned

02:34:57.330 --> 02:35:00.730
and are still a requirement
prior to being hired

02:35:00.730 --> 02:35:01.650
as teacher of record,

02:35:01.650 --> 02:35:04.630
in fact they're needed prior
to becoming an intern.

02:35:04.630 --> 02:35:08.930
So this was something that I
asked staff to look into,

02:35:08.930 --> 02:35:11.310
and they've already
taken note of this.

02:35:11.310 --> 02:35:13.740
It'll come before
SBEC in October.

02:35:13.740 --> 02:35:14.820
So it's still up for discussion.

02:35:14.820 --> 02:35:16.900
And then I asked
that staff come back

02:35:16.900 --> 02:35:20.990
and report to the board what
those changes look like,

02:35:20.990 --> 02:35:23.330
or if there's any
changes to be made.

02:35:23.330 --> 02:35:25.450
<v Chair Bahorich>Thank you for
that information.

02:35:25.450 --> 02:35:28.780
All right, members, go ahead, Ms.
Cargill.

02:35:28.780 --> 02:35:30.330
<v Member Cargill>Just because I
like to spice things up,</v>

02:35:30.330 --> 02:35:32.458
we're going to go backwards.

02:35:32.458 --> 02:35:33.517
<v Chair Bahorich>We're gonna go
backwards, yep.

02:35:33.517 --> 02:35:37.500
<v Member Cargill>Yeah, we'll go
back to page two,</v>

02:35:37.500 --> 02:35:42.211
which I have highlighted very
boldly, and just blew over.

02:35:42.211 --> 02:35:43.166
(chuckling)

02:35:43.166 --> 02:35:44.640
<v Chair Bahorich>No problem.</v>

02:35:44.640 --> 02:35:48.030
<v Member Cargill>All right, so
it's recommended</v>

02:35:48.030 --> 02:35:49.860
that the State Board
of Education approve

02:35:49.860 --> 02:35:53.410
for second reading and final
adoption the proposed amendment

02:35:53.410 --> 02:35:58.410
to 19 TAC Chapter 157, Hearings
and Appeals, Subchapter D,

02:35:58.640 --> 02:36:02.970
Independent Hearing
Examiners, Section 157.41,

02:36:02.970 --> 02:36:06.280
Certification Criteria for
Independent Hearing Examiners,

02:36:06.280 --> 02:36:10.190
and make an affirmative finding
that immediate adoption

02:36:10.190 --> 02:36:13.963
of the proposed amendments
to 19 TAC Chapter 157,

02:36:13.963 --> 02:36:16.330
Hearings and Appeals,
Subchapter D,

02:36:16.330 --> 02:36:21.050
Independent Hearing
Examiners, Section 157.41,

02:36:21.050 --> 02:36:24.130
Certification Criteria for
Independent Hearing Examiners,

02:36:24.130 --> 02:36:27.010
is necessary and shall
have an effective date

02:36:27.010 --> 02:36:30.530
of 20 days after filing as
adopted by the Texas Register.

02:36:32.260 --> 02:36:36.760
<v Chair Bahorich>Absolutely, okay, Members,
this is a show of hands.

02:36:36.760 --> 02:36:38.960
So all those in favor
raise your hand.

02:36:40.700 --> 02:36:43.240
Hold them up there, make
sure staff gets it.

02:36:48.320 --> 02:36:50.250
All those opposed,
raise your hands.

02:36:50.250 --> 02:36:53.150
Motion's adopted, all right,
you've got one more I think.

02:36:53.150 --> 02:36:55.460
<v Member Cargill>Same page, it
is recommended</v>

02:36:55.460 --> 02:36:58.180
that the State Board of
Education take no action

02:36:58.180 --> 02:37:02.170
on the proposed revisions
to 19 TAC Chapter 231,

02:37:02.170 --> 02:37:06.600
Requirements for Public
School Personnel Assignments.

02:37:06.600 --> 02:37:08.484
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:37:08.484 --> 02:37:09.317
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:37:09.317 --> 02:37:11.190
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say nay.

02:37:11.190 --> 02:37:13.650
Ayes have it, all right,
do you have any more?

02:37:13.650 --> 02:37:15.914
<v Member Cargill>I think I have one
more on page four.</v>

02:37:15.914 --> 02:37:18.205
<v Chair Bahorich>One more, okay.</v>

02:37:18.205 --> 02:37:21.760
<v Member Cargill>Okay, so the Committee
also recommends</v>

02:37:21.760 --> 02:37:24.940
that the State Board of
Education take no action

02:37:24.940 --> 02:37:28.600
on the proposed revisions
to 19 TAC Chapter 228,

02:37:28.600 --> 02:37:31.170
Requirements for Educator
Preparation Programs.

02:37:32.570 --> 02:37:34.692
<v Chair Bahorich>All those in
favor say aye.

02:37:34.692 --> 02:37:35.525
<v All>Aye.</v>

02:37:35.525 --> 02:37:36.970
<v Chair Bahorich>All those
opposed say no.

02:37:38.057 --> 02:37:41.250
and ayes have that,
that motion is adopted.

02:37:42.590 --> 02:37:43.990
<v Member Cargill>If I could mention
just one thing.</v>

02:37:43.990 --> 02:37:45.261
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, please.</v>

02:37:45.261 --> 02:37:49.050
<v Member Cargill>We also discussed the
charter school applications.</v>

02:37:49.050 --> 02:37:52.370
And for those of you who
like to plan way ahead,

02:37:52.370 --> 02:37:55.360
it looks like the applicant
interview week will be the week,

02:37:55.360 --> 02:37:57.830
and they don't have the
dates exactly pinned down,

02:37:57.830 --> 02:38:02.600
but July 27th to
July 31st, 2020.

02:38:02.600 --> 02:38:07.202
So July 27th through July 31st
just somewhere in that time

02:38:07.202 --> 02:38:09.100
depending on how many
make it through that far.

02:38:10.658 --> 02:38:12.500
<v Member Dr. Robinson>That's a lot further
out than this year's.

02:38:12.500 --> 02:38:14.259
<v Woman>A lot further out.</v>

02:38:14.259 --> 02:38:15.660
<v Member Perez>Yeah, because the
last one was on May 21st.

02:38:15.660 --> 02:38:16.790
<v ->Uh huh.</v> <v ->Yep.</v>

02:38:16.790 --> 02:38:19.030
<v Chair Bahorich>So it's the
end of July?</v>

02:38:19.030 --> 02:38:20.320
<v Member Cargill>Yep, this is correct?</v>

02:38:20.320 --> 02:38:22.170
There are no charter
school people here,

02:38:22.170 --> 02:38:23.970
yeah, there you are.

02:38:23.970 --> 02:38:25.221
<v Woman>I'm not
opposed to it.</v>

02:38:25.221 --> 02:38:26.679
<v Member Cargill>No, you're not charter.</v>

02:38:26.679 --> 02:38:28.282
(laughing)

02:38:28.282 --> 02:38:30.860
<v Member Cargill>Well you want to be, you
don't want to be, okay.</v>

02:38:30.860 --> 02:38:32.790
They're all shaking
their heads now.

02:38:32.790 --> 02:38:34.760
All right, well that's what's on

02:38:34.760 --> 02:38:36.180
my little fancy thingy here, so.

02:38:36.180 --> 02:38:37.540
<v Chair Bahorich>Okay, gotcha.</v>

02:38:37.540 --> 02:38:39.980
<v Member Cargill> I'll talk to Heather
and maybe get them</v>

02:38:39.980 --> 02:38:41.560
to send out these dates.

02:38:41.560 --> 02:38:43.280
<v Chair Bahorich>Yeah, that
would be great.

02:38:43.280 --> 02:38:45.420
And Debbie, did we send out
the dates of the meetings

02:38:45.420 --> 02:38:46.570
for 2020 again yet?

02:38:48.766 --> 02:38:52.221
(inaudible response)

02:38:52.221 --> 02:38:55.000
<v Chair Bahorich>Yeah, only because
it came up

02:38:55.000 --> 02:38:56.320
that one of the members said

02:38:56.320 --> 02:38:58.030
they didn't know
what the dates were,

02:38:58.030 --> 02:38:59.080
and I wanted to make sure

02:38:59.080 --> 02:39:01.350
we'd just get another
email about it.

02:39:01.350 --> 02:39:02.610
And then I'm sending you,

02:39:02.610 --> 02:39:04.960
because I failed to do
so a couple of days ago,

02:39:06.460 --> 02:39:09.100
the sample, I just
wanted to remind folks

02:39:09.100 --> 02:39:11.230
that we need more,
particularly educators,

02:39:11.230 --> 02:39:13.440
to help us with the review

02:39:13.440 --> 02:39:16.730
for health and PE
curriculum standards,

02:39:16.730 --> 02:39:18.690
they're really
looking for people.

02:39:18.690 --> 02:39:23.690
So please copy and paste so
that you don't have to worry

02:39:24.960 --> 02:39:26.745
about the links or any of that,

02:39:26.745 --> 02:39:27.690
because that's all
included in the email.

02:39:27.690 --> 02:39:28.523
All right.

02:39:29.967 --> 02:39:31.990
And okay, I think that
concludes our business.

02:39:31.990 --> 02:39:34.880
And we need to catch
up on everybody.

02:39:34.880 --> 02:39:35.920
<v Monica Martinez>Madam Chair?</v>

02:39:35.920 --> 02:39:36.753
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes?

02:39:36.753 --> 02:39:40.210
<v Monica Martinez>If we could, because we think
it was probably helpful

02:39:40.210 --> 02:39:44.250
to you, for health and PE, we'd
like to give you a deadline

02:39:44.250 --> 02:39:48.530
of November 1st, to identify
your science content advisors.

02:39:48.530 --> 02:39:51.690
So we will need to know who
your content advisors are

02:39:51.690 --> 02:39:53.620
before you come back.

02:39:53.620 --> 02:39:56.310
<v Chair Bahorich>A little concern that I
have, I will be honest,

02:39:56.310 --> 02:39:58.670
on the science advisors,
is I want to make sure

02:39:59.583 --> 02:40:01.330
we have enough of variety,
and not like all biology,

02:40:01.330 --> 02:40:03.930
or like all chemistry,
or all physics.

02:40:03.930 --> 02:40:08.837
You have to kind of
think about that,

02:40:08.837 --> 02:40:12.050
having a mix, I guess, is
what I'm trying to say.

02:40:12.050 --> 02:40:14.960
<v Monica Martinez>And I believe, because
that's a foundation subject,

02:40:14.960 --> 02:40:18.020
we would also be reaching
out to Higher Ed--

02:40:18.020 --> 02:40:19.241
<v Chair Bahorich>Yeah, we will.

02:40:19.241 --> 02:40:22.140
<v Monica Martinez>To identify some
additional advisors

02:40:22.140 --> 02:40:25.920
so it would probably be good
for us to try and coordinate

02:40:25.920 --> 02:40:28.880
some of that with you to
the extent that we can.

02:40:29.890 --> 02:40:31.340
<v Chair Bahorich>Yeah, I think
that's great.

02:40:32.279 --> 02:40:34.450
All right, so just kind of be
thinking about that when you,

02:40:34.450 --> 02:40:37.790
and again, two
members would agree

02:40:37.790 --> 02:40:41.650
on an advisor that would
be brought forward.

02:40:43.230 --> 02:40:45.646
Okay, Members, let's
catch up on Personal.

02:40:45.646 --> 02:40:47.058
(Debbie speaking faintly)

02:40:47.058 --> 02:40:47.891
Okay, I'm sorry.

02:40:47.891 --> 02:40:49.740
<v Debbie Ratcliffe>We did have one person
sign up to testify.

02:40:49.740 --> 02:40:51.030
We're not sure
they're still here,

02:40:51.030 --> 02:40:53.450
but could you call them please.

02:40:55.120 --> 02:40:56.100
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, we did have
one other person.

02:41:02.590 --> 02:41:03.690
Are you going to call?

02:41:06.371 --> 02:41:07.220
<v Monica Martinez>Josh Nedson.

02:41:12.650 --> 02:41:14.300
<v Chair Bahorich>Do you know what that
person was speaking on,

02:41:14.300 --> 02:41:16.000
do you happen to know?

02:41:16.000 --> 02:41:18.680
<v Monica Martinez>It says social emotional
learning technology.

02:41:18.680 --> 02:41:20.080
<v Chair Bahorich>Oh, okay.

02:41:20.080 --> 02:41:21.080
<v ->They're not here.</v>

02:41:21.913 --> 02:41:24.790
Okay, all right.

02:41:24.790 --> 02:41:27.240
Okay, Members, got just
a couple of things

02:41:27.240 --> 02:41:28.330
that I was made aware of.

02:41:28.330 --> 02:41:29.990
Pam Little has been nominated

02:41:29.990 --> 02:41:31.990
for the Texas Federation
of Republican Women

02:41:31.990 --> 02:41:35.612
for the Kaye Bailey
Hutchison Leadership Award.

02:41:35.612 --> 02:41:37.265
<v ->Wow.</v> <v ->Oh, wow.</v>

02:41:37.265 --> 02:41:39.030
<v Chair Bahorich>Which is impressive,
congratulations.

02:41:39.030 --> 02:41:41.360
(audience applauding)

02:41:41.360 --> 02:41:42.420
Pat was selected--

02:41:44.213 --> 02:41:45.046
<v Member Melton-Malone>No, just being
nominated is cool.</v>

02:41:45.046 --> 02:41:46.485
<v Chair Bahorich>That is cool.

02:41:46.485 --> 02:41:47.350
Pat was selected as
the State Winner

02:41:47.350 --> 02:41:50.240
for the Delta Kappa Gamma
Society International's

02:41:50.240 --> 02:41:54.529
Advocate for Education
from the Alpha State,

02:41:54.529 --> 02:41:57.875
from the Alpha State, what?

02:41:57.875 --> 02:41:58.954
<v Member Hardy>I don't know.</v>

02:41:58.954 --> 02:42:00.950
(laughing)

02:42:00.950 --> 02:42:02.949
Anyway, it was their
state organization.

02:42:02.949 --> 02:42:06.520
<v Chair Bahorich>It is State Educational
Foundation, yes.

02:42:06.520 --> 02:42:07.585
Congratulations.

02:42:07.585 --> 02:42:08.418
(audience applauding)

02:42:08.418 --> 02:42:09.930
<v Member Hardy>Why thank you.</v>

02:42:09.930 --> 02:42:12.050
<v Chair Bahorich>Did anybody else
have any other awards

02:42:12.050 --> 02:42:15.340
or honors or recognitions
that we've missed out on?

02:42:15.340 --> 02:42:16.660
Yes, Dr. Ellis?

02:42:16.660 --> 02:42:18.430
<v Member Dr. Ellis>There's two things,
and one of them is

02:42:18.430 --> 02:42:20.180
because a staff member's spouse

02:42:20.180 --> 02:42:21.850
is an interesting
Twitter follower.

02:42:21.850 --> 02:42:23.520
I did find out that one
of our staff members

02:42:23.520 --> 02:42:26.970
had an anniversary this week, Ms.
Debbie Ratcliffe.

02:42:26.970 --> 02:42:29.600
<v ->Well. (audience
applauding)</v>

02:42:29.600 --> 02:42:32.030
<v Woman>What number,
what is it?</v>

02:42:32.030 --> 02:42:33.367
<v Man>Thirty or?</v>

02:42:33.367 --> 02:42:34.936
<v Woman>32 years of what?</v>

02:42:34.936 --> 02:42:35.769
<v Chair Bahorich>32.</v>

02:42:35.769 --> 02:42:37.378
(audience laughing)

02:42:37.378 --> 02:42:38.480
<v Debbie Ratcliffe>Of delightful
marriage.

02:42:38.480 --> 02:42:43.146
<v Chair Bahorich>Exactly, wedded bliss, right.
(laughing)

02:42:43.146 --> 02:42:44.781
<v ->32 years working here.</v>

02:42:44.781 --> 02:42:46.060
<v ->There you go.</v>
<v ->There you go.</v>

02:42:47.335 --> 02:42:50.050
<v Member Dr. Ellis>And, am I correct that our
Board Chair, is it today?

02:42:51.030 --> 02:42:52.696
has birthday today?

02:42:52.696 --> 02:42:53.837
<v Chair Bahorich>Tomorrow.</v>

02:42:53.837 --> 02:42:54.670
<v ->Tomorrow, tomorrow.</v>
<v ->Tomorrow.</v>

02:42:54.670 --> 02:42:55.503
<v Member Dr. Ellis>Close enough.

02:42:55.503 --> 02:42:56.336
<v Chair Bahorich>Yeah, exactly.</v>

02:42:56.336 --> 02:42:57.350
<v ->So Happy Birthday.</v>

02:42:57.350 --> 02:42:58.183
<v Chair Bahorich>Thank you,
thank you.</v>

02:42:58.183 --> 02:42:59.404
<v Member Dr. Ellis>Shall we sing?

02:42:59.404 --> 02:43:00.360
<v Chair Bahorich>And I think Matt
had just had his.</v>

02:43:00.360 --> 02:43:02.831
<v Member Dr. Ellis>Barbara's going to
lead us in the song.</v>

02:43:02.831 --> 02:43:04.520
<v Woman>Who has the
good voice?</v>

02:43:04.520 --> 02:43:06.540
<v Chair Bahorich>Matt's had his too.

02:43:06.540 --> 02:43:07.373
Just had his.

02:43:08.712 --> 02:43:09.850
<v Woman>Matt's birthday
was last week.</v>

02:43:09.850 --> 02:43:11.272
<v Chair Bahorich>Yeah.

02:43:11.272 --> 02:43:13.430
<v All>♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

02:43:13.430 --> 02:43:16.616
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

02:43:16.616 --> 02:43:21.111
♪ Happy birthday
Matt and Donna ♪

02:43:21.111 --> 02:43:24.528
♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

02:43:25.380 --> 02:43:26.438
<v Chair Bahorich>Exactly, exactly.
(laughing)

02:43:26.438 --> 02:43:27.418
(audience applauding)

02:43:27.418 --> 02:43:28.640
(woman speaking faintly)

02:43:28.640 --> 02:43:30.880
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes, Ms. Perez-Diaz.

02:43:30.880 --> 02:43:32.760
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Yes, ma'am, just wanted
to share with the group

02:43:32.760 --> 02:43:36.620
that at the end of October
I will be joining

02:43:36.620 --> 02:43:40.500
a panel discussion
with MALDEF with UTSA

02:43:40.500 --> 02:43:44.300
to discuss our
historical decision

02:43:44.300 --> 02:43:46.000
for Mexican-American studies

02:43:46.000 --> 02:43:48.410
at the American Educational
Association Studies

02:43:48.410 --> 02:43:50.340
Conference in Baltimore.

02:43:50.340 --> 02:43:51.540
<v Chair Bahorich>Oh, very cool.

02:43:54.410 --> 02:43:57.290
Awesome, anybody else?

02:43:58.380 --> 02:43:59.750
Have anything going on?

02:43:59.750 --> 02:44:03.100
Yeah, we need to hear about
grandkids and such like that.

02:44:03.100 --> 02:44:04.870
Yes, Matt Robinson.

02:44:04.870 --> 02:44:07.379
<v Member Dr. Robinson>I can talk about my children,
but I won't do that.

02:44:07.379 --> 02:44:11.370
Next Thursday I'll be
at TASA talking to the,

02:44:11.370 --> 02:44:14.880
addressing the TASA
Executive Committee

02:44:14.880 --> 02:44:16.980
on just SBOE matters and things.

02:44:18.040 --> 02:44:19.794
Next Thursday in Dallas.

02:44:19.794 --> 02:44:21.144
<v ->Okay.</v>
<v Chair Bahorich><v->That's terrific.</v></v>

02:44:22.170 --> 02:44:23.450
Dr. Ellis, I think I saw you,

02:44:23.450 --> 02:44:26.184
you're gonna be at
Texas Tribune Fest.

02:44:26.184 --> 02:44:28.820
<v Member Dr. Ellis>Yes, Tribfest in two weeks,
speaking on rural schools.

02:44:28.820 --> 02:44:31.640
Representative Ken King and
a couple of superintendents

02:44:31.640 --> 02:44:33.387
from small schools.

02:44:33.387 --> 02:44:34.220
<v Woman>That's great.</v>

02:44:34.220 --> 02:44:36.080
<v Chair Bahorich>Anybody else have any big
events they're speaking at?

02:44:36.080 --> 02:44:37.204
<v Kay>If I may?</v>

02:44:37.204 --> 02:44:38.320
<v Chair Bahorich>Yes.

02:44:38.320 --> 02:44:41.130
<v Kay>Next month, speaking
of rural schools,

02:44:41.130 --> 02:44:43.150
next month I will
be in Indianapolis

02:44:43.150 --> 02:44:46.380
as a celebrity parliamentary
procedure judge

02:44:46.380 --> 02:44:48.100
for the National FFA.

02:44:48.100 --> 02:44:49.611
<v ->Oo!</v> <v ->Oh!</v>

02:44:49.611 --> 02:44:52.861
(faint microphone hum)

02:44:59.290 --> 02:45:00.123
<v Kay>Good point.

02:45:00.123 --> 02:45:03.140
I will also be going next
week for my first meeting

02:45:03.140 --> 02:45:06.060
as the new parliamentarian
for the National PTA.

02:45:07.022 --> 02:45:09.254
<v ->Wow.</v> <v
->Congratulations.</v>

02:45:09.254 --> 02:45:10.410
(audience applauding)

02:45:10.410 --> 02:45:11.800
<v Member Maynard>And, Kay, in addition to
being a judge though,

02:45:11.800 --> 02:45:13.934
but you're also the
parliamentarian

02:45:13.934 --> 02:45:16.920
for the National FFA Delegate
Business Section as well.

02:45:16.920 --> 02:45:19.357
<v Kay>Yes sir, I will be doing
that with them too.

02:45:19.357 --> 02:45:21.513
<v ->Well those guys
know how to do it.</v>

02:45:21.513 --> 02:45:23.150
<v ->Right.</v>

02:45:23.150 --> 02:45:25.410
<v Chair Bahorich>Any, yes, Ms. Perez.

02:45:25.410 --> 02:45:28.900
<v Member Perez>On October 5th, we
will be welcoming

02:45:28.900 --> 02:45:32.930
our Class of 2020 cohort to
the third mentorship program,

02:45:32.930 --> 02:45:35.650
which is my Education and
Scholarship Foundation.

02:45:35.650 --> 02:45:38.600
Every year we have
more and more students

02:45:38.600 --> 02:45:42.410
and more and more scholarships,
and our Class of 2019

02:45:42.410 --> 02:45:45.520
received almost $200,000.00
in scholarships.

02:45:45.520 --> 02:45:50.250
So we hope to, of course,
surpass that, and it is for all

02:45:50.250 --> 02:45:52.830
of the graduating
seniors in 2020

02:45:52.830 --> 02:45:54.570
in El Paso area high schools.

02:45:54.570 --> 02:45:57.390
And so very much looking
forward to October 5th.

02:45:59.350 --> 02:46:01.330
<v Chair Bahorich>Dr. Sandra West, I see
you sitting back there,

02:46:01.330 --> 02:46:03.600
why don't you
introduce your folks

02:46:03.600 --> 02:46:04.820
that you brought with you.

02:46:06.895 --> 02:46:11.895
<v Dr. Sandra West>These are 7-12 My Science, so
either have biology degrees,

02:46:12.727 --> 02:46:17.678
and, their names, my goodness.

02:46:17.678 --> 02:46:19.170
(chuckling)

02:46:19.170 --> 02:46:21.010
This is Karissa Valaszuela.

02:46:21.010 --> 02:46:23.945
She is in the 8th grade
in (speaking faintly)

02:46:23.945 --> 02:46:27.179
and (inaudible) who
is in high school,

02:46:27.179 --> 02:46:29.768
9th grade (speaking faintly).

02:46:29.768 --> 02:46:30.706
<v Chair Bahorich>Welcome.</v>

02:46:30.706 --> 02:46:31.539
(audience applauding)

02:46:31.539 --> 02:46:33.630
Thanks for coming.

02:46:34.470 --> 02:46:37.720
(faint microphone hum)

02:46:38.720 --> 02:46:41.480
Catch up we need to do.

02:46:41.480 --> 02:46:42.624
Board, if y'all just,

02:46:42.624 --> 02:46:44.510
I promise I won't
hold you much longer,

02:46:44.510 --> 02:46:46.070
but I want to just
kind of go over

02:46:46.070 --> 02:46:47.850
some of the stuff you
heard mentioned today,

02:46:47.850 --> 02:46:50.710
but I just wanted a
couple of moments

02:46:50.710 --> 02:46:54.990
to kind of talk about
this last four years

02:46:54.990 --> 02:46:56.940
because it's been
pretty amazing for me.

02:46:56.940 --> 02:46:58.590
There's so many
thoughts and emotions

02:46:58.590 --> 02:47:00.860
kind of running through
my mind about this.

02:47:00.860 --> 02:47:02.738
This is kind of
bittersweet moment

02:47:02.738 --> 02:47:06.260
'cause as I think
about stepping away

02:47:06.260 --> 02:47:09.880
from this role as the chair
that I've been able to do

02:47:09.880 --> 02:47:12.583
for the last four years
and almost three months,

02:47:12.583 --> 02:47:16.500
and I just wanted to
reflect for just a minute

02:47:16.500 --> 02:47:18.611
on a lot of the work
that we've done.

02:47:18.611 --> 02:47:21.580
It has been such a
whirlwind of a time

02:47:21.580 --> 02:47:25.220
because it seemed
like it went so fast,

02:47:25.220 --> 02:47:28.200
because our agendas
were constantly full

02:47:28.200 --> 02:47:33.200
and it was just this cascade of
a lot of work for all of us.

02:47:34.290 --> 02:47:36.540
Of course the thing
that I'm most proud of

02:47:36.540 --> 02:47:40.740
is our development of the
2018 Long Range Plan.

02:47:40.740 --> 02:47:45.240
Just a reminder we had 12,000
folks, over 12,000 engaged,

02:47:45.240 --> 02:47:47.270
in public meetings and
the online server,

02:47:47.270 --> 02:47:51.720
12,000 Texans were
engaged in that process,

02:47:51.720 --> 02:47:53.230
that's a significant process.

02:47:53.230 --> 02:47:55.800
And I think we can be
very proud of that work.

02:47:55.800 --> 02:47:58.400
And I think it's something
that's going to live on

02:47:58.400 --> 02:48:02.660
past this particular board
that has approved that.

02:48:02.660 --> 02:48:07.260
And I've heard from a lot of
folks in the State of Texas,

02:48:07.260 --> 02:48:09.460
and from educators outside
the State of Texas

02:48:09.460 --> 02:48:13.310
that were clued into what we did
there, about how visionary,

02:48:13.310 --> 02:48:16.000
practical, and on
target that plan is.

02:48:16.000 --> 02:48:19.910
So I think that's gonna live
and have some long shelf life,

02:48:19.910 --> 02:48:22.640
and I think we can all be
very proud of that work.

02:48:22.640 --> 02:48:26.880
Those no-cost roundtables that
were mentioned by Dr. Brown,

02:48:26.880 --> 02:48:29.430
I think that was something that,

02:48:29.430 --> 02:48:32.480
where we stepped up to
talk about big topics,

02:48:32.480 --> 02:48:34.860
and just as a reminder we had,

02:48:34.860 --> 02:48:38.220
our first one was educating
the digital generation,

02:48:38.220 --> 02:48:39.990
we're right in that transition

02:48:39.990 --> 02:48:42.790
between text books
that were hard copy

02:48:42.790 --> 02:48:47.680
to more technology use, and
so we had that roundable

02:48:47.680 --> 02:48:51.410
just as that transition
was taking place.

02:48:51.410 --> 02:48:53.390
And there were several
things that came out of that

02:48:53.390 --> 02:48:54.640
that were important.

02:48:54.640 --> 02:48:58.020
Educating the children of
poverty was our second one.

02:48:58.020 --> 02:49:00.740
Recruiting, preparing,
retaining top teachers

02:49:00.740 --> 02:49:04.200
was the third roundtable, and
building a stronger Texas,

02:49:04.200 --> 02:49:06.490
acting on the long-range
plan for public education.

02:49:06.490 --> 02:49:08.230
I'm very proud of that work.

02:49:08.230 --> 02:49:11.190
Appreciate all your participation
in sending us folks

02:49:11.190 --> 02:49:13.998
who would be great panelists,
we had very engaging folks.

02:49:13.998 --> 02:49:17.570
And the biggest comment that
I got about our roundtables

02:49:17.570 --> 02:49:22.330
was that they don't usually see
people at that high level,

02:49:22.330 --> 02:49:25.800
at both state and national
experts and practitioners

02:49:25.800 --> 02:49:28.300
without a significant
fee involved.

02:49:28.300 --> 02:49:30.170
And this was a no-cost resource,

02:49:30.170 --> 02:49:31.280
and they really appreciated it.

02:49:31.280 --> 02:49:33.871
And the fact that we
archived that online,

02:49:33.871 --> 02:49:34.930
and people could go back to it,

02:49:34.930 --> 02:49:36.570
I heard from several
people that they got

02:49:36.570 --> 02:49:41.530
a lot of meaningful content
out of those roundtables.

02:49:41.530 --> 02:49:43.680
So I really appreciate
your support behind that.

02:49:43.680 --> 02:49:46.250
I know that was kind of
out-of-the-box thing for us to do,

02:49:46.250 --> 02:49:48.630
but I still think that
was an important thing,

02:49:48.630 --> 02:49:50.530
how we partnered with others to,

02:49:50.530 --> 02:49:52.580
like the Texas Association
of School Administrators,

02:49:52.580 --> 02:49:55.830
to make that happen, it's
high-quality work in my opinion.

02:49:57.170 --> 02:49:59.320
And arguably, the most
impactful decision

02:49:59.320 --> 02:50:01.140
that we've made has been
on the distribution

02:50:01.140 --> 02:50:05.040
of about $3.8 billion
to the classrooms

02:50:05.040 --> 02:50:07.540
through the earnings of the
Permanent School Fund.

02:50:08.710 --> 02:50:11.620
That is a significant
contribution

02:50:11.620 --> 02:50:15.140
directly to the
children of Texas,

02:50:15.140 --> 02:50:18.380
and we want to continue
that high quality work

02:50:18.380 --> 02:50:21.380
as the Permanent School
Fund fiduciaries.

02:50:21.380 --> 02:50:23.760
And I know we'll
continue to do that.

02:50:23.760 --> 02:50:26.040
We greatly broadened
and deepened

02:50:26.040 --> 02:50:29.160
our ways of engaging
with policymakers,

02:50:29.160 --> 02:50:31.970
higher education, educators,
and the public in general

02:50:31.970 --> 02:50:33.030
in everything that we do.

02:50:33.030 --> 02:50:36.330
We made significant changes
to our major processes

02:50:37.310 --> 02:50:40.140
to improve our
approval processes

02:50:40.140 --> 02:50:42.915
for both textbooks and
instructional materials,

02:50:42.915 --> 02:50:45.580
textbooks and
curriculum standards.

02:50:45.580 --> 02:50:47.260
And I think they're more robust,

02:50:47.260 --> 02:50:50.020
I think they're more inviting
than they've ever been before.

02:50:50.020 --> 02:50:53.392
And I know this engagement
will just continue to grow

02:50:53.392 --> 02:50:55.695
in coming years.

02:50:55.695 --> 02:50:59.100
For curriculum standards,
it was mentioned earlier,

02:50:59.100 --> 02:51:02.390
we partnered with Higher
Education Coordinating Board

02:51:02.390 --> 02:51:04.090
when we were doing our
English Language Arts

02:51:04.090 --> 02:51:08.820
and Reading revision, and Spanish
Language Arts and Reading.

02:51:08.820 --> 02:51:13.820
There was over 1,300 educators
involved in that process,

02:51:13.840 --> 02:51:16.160
'cause we had an online
forum as you will recall,

02:51:16.160 --> 02:51:19.870
with a moderator, that
Texas Council of Teachers

02:51:19.870 --> 02:51:24.870
of English Language Arts partnered
with us on, and paid for.

02:51:24.950 --> 02:51:27.390
That was a significant thing
that we've never done

02:51:27.390 --> 02:51:32.390
that I think was really part
of the mindset of outreach

02:51:32.600 --> 02:51:35.170
that we've had for
the entire time

02:51:35.170 --> 02:51:38.140
that I've been
involved as the chair.

02:51:39.010 --> 02:51:44.010
And fortunately built on what Ms.
Cargill was able to start

02:51:45.120 --> 02:51:48.600
with getting with all
of the eight groups

02:51:48.600 --> 02:51:49.860
for English language
arts and reading,

02:51:49.860 --> 02:51:51.360
she got us started with that.

02:51:51.360 --> 02:51:54.460
That created framework, and
then we built on top of that

02:51:54.460 --> 02:51:59.460
with the Texas Council, as I
said, with the online forum.

02:52:00.100 --> 02:52:02.170
And though it wasn't required,

02:52:02.170 --> 02:52:04.310
and it greatly added
to the full schedule,

02:52:04.310 --> 02:52:07.710
I know Ms. Martinez knows.

02:52:07.710 --> 02:52:10.590
When we decided to
go ahead voluntarily

02:52:10.590 --> 02:52:13.750
and streamline science and
our social studies standards

02:52:13.750 --> 02:52:17.870
and get involved in those,
that was a huge amount of work

02:52:17.870 --> 02:52:19.850
that we took on because we knew

02:52:19.850 --> 02:52:23.260
that our policymakers and
educators ask for it.

02:52:23.260 --> 02:52:24.890
And we voluntarily did that

02:52:24.890 --> 02:52:27.560
rather than having
some direction

02:52:27.560 --> 02:52:29.990
from somebody else to
say, you must do it.

02:52:29.990 --> 02:52:31.440
We did it ourselves.

02:52:31.440 --> 02:52:34.740
And that's because we are
listening to the public,

02:52:34.740 --> 02:52:36.280
and we're listening
to our educators,

02:52:36.280 --> 02:52:38.130
and we take on that kind of work

02:52:38.130 --> 02:52:40.780
because it's important to
them, it's important to us.

02:52:42.234 --> 02:52:45.960
Of course, as was already
mentioned in the resolution

02:52:45.960 --> 02:52:49.560
about our Mexican American
scholars, friends, and neighbors,

02:52:49.560 --> 02:52:52.560
when they came out
100 plus strong

02:52:52.560 --> 02:52:55.560
and in support for Mexican
American studies,

02:52:55.560 --> 02:52:57.890
the first in the nation,
Mexican American studies,

02:52:57.890 --> 02:52:59.540
ethnic studies course.

02:52:59.540 --> 02:53:01.620
And we also set a
pattern, of course,

02:53:01.620 --> 02:53:05.500
for future adoption for
African American studies,

02:53:05.500 --> 02:53:06.890
as we talked about earlier.

02:53:06.890 --> 02:53:09.530
Asian Pacific Islander studies,
Native American studies,

02:53:09.530 --> 02:53:11.190
and Latino studies.

02:53:11.190 --> 02:53:15.390
And these courses, I
believe, invite students

02:53:15.390 --> 02:53:20.390
to engage and connect more
in a way that is important

02:53:21.870 --> 02:53:23.110
for the future of the country.

02:53:23.110 --> 02:53:25.850
I think America is
and always has been

02:53:25.850 --> 02:53:28.095
a land of dreams and hopes,

02:53:28.095 --> 02:53:30.630
where everyone has a
vital part to play.

02:53:30.630 --> 02:53:35.630
And so we can be both
proud of our own story,

02:53:35.630 --> 02:53:37.450
our own culture,
our own heritage,

02:53:37.450 --> 02:53:40.100
and yet hold close to our hearts

02:53:40.100 --> 02:53:43.170
what it means to be deeply
proud Americans as well.

02:53:43.170 --> 02:53:45.440
And that's what I'm
very happy about

02:53:45.440 --> 02:53:49.370
with our ethnic study courses
that we've been working on.

02:53:49.370 --> 02:53:51.870
We became the first
state in the country

02:53:51.870 --> 02:53:54.124
to require textbook publishers

02:53:54.124 --> 02:53:58.300
to use Texas specific digitized
curriculum standards.

02:53:58.300 --> 02:54:01.487
This was a big project that
Monica and staff took on

02:54:01.487 --> 02:54:04.870
in developing their
instructional materials.

02:54:04.870 --> 02:54:07.610
And though it's hard to really
quantify what that means,

02:54:07.610 --> 02:54:10.710
'cause it's all kind of
technical to a lot of people,

02:54:10.710 --> 02:54:13.760
this requirement will
save and has, I'm sure,

02:54:13.760 --> 02:54:15.050
as it's being implemented,

02:54:15.050 --> 02:54:17.180
thousands of hours of
time and frustration

02:54:17.180 --> 02:54:21.210
because our digital textbooks
will have to now have

02:54:21.210 --> 02:54:24.739
a consistency from one
platform to the next

02:54:24.739 --> 02:54:27.857
when students and teachers
are searching for content

02:54:27.857 --> 02:54:32.270
to cover our required Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills.

02:54:32.270 --> 02:54:34.630
That is a big deal 'cause
it's not different

02:54:34.630 --> 02:54:37.520
from one publisher to
another publisher.

02:54:37.520 --> 02:54:40.520
And so that is an
important accomplishment

02:54:40.520 --> 02:54:44.030
that we changed in
the textbook area.

02:54:44.030 --> 02:54:46.430
And this series of
community conversations

02:54:46.430 --> 02:54:48.590
and that large online
survey that we did

02:54:48.590 --> 02:54:50.920
on accountability
and state testing,

02:54:50.920 --> 02:54:53.430
you know, 27,000 responders,
just to remind you,

02:54:53.430 --> 02:54:58.040
27,000 Texans responded
to that online survey

02:54:58.040 --> 02:55:00.070
on assessments and
accountability.

02:55:00.070 --> 02:55:02.130
I believe that that
work and that report

02:55:02.130 --> 02:55:06.267
was used in numerous
testimonies before the office,

02:55:07.509 --> 02:55:11.960
our office holders across the
street in the pink building.

02:55:11.960 --> 02:55:15.210
And I believe we ended up
with several of these things

02:55:15.210 --> 02:55:18.130
that came out of the voices
of Texans from that survey

02:55:18.130 --> 02:55:20.410
back in 2015, 2016,
it's hard to believe

02:55:20.410 --> 02:55:23.680
it's been that long ago that
we did that extensive report.

02:55:25.030 --> 02:55:27.260
And, you know I could
just go on and on,

02:55:27.260 --> 02:55:30.250
but these are just some
of the highlights for me.

02:55:30.250 --> 02:55:33.710
And I want to thank the
Governor once again

02:55:33.710 --> 02:55:36.320
for placing confidence
in me to do this work.

02:55:36.320 --> 02:55:37.880
Commissioner Morath has been

02:55:38.733 --> 02:55:40.260
an incredible supportive partner

02:55:40.260 --> 02:55:42.560
that I was blessed
to serve alongside.

02:55:42.560 --> 02:55:46.140
I'm incredibly grateful to
the Texas Education staff,

02:55:46.140 --> 02:55:48.270
particularly Monica
Martinez and her team.

02:55:49.250 --> 02:55:52.249
They make us all look
good, all the time.

02:55:52.249 --> 02:55:53.781
(audience chuckling)

02:55:53.781 --> 02:55:55.530
And we're so, so
grateful, Monica.

02:55:55.530 --> 02:55:58.570
Look over here, thank you very much.
(laughing)

02:55:58.570 --> 02:56:00.850
She likes to stay in the
background over there,

02:56:00.850 --> 02:56:02.400
but we greatly appreciate it.

02:56:04.184 --> 02:56:06.660
And Von Byer and Chris Maska

02:56:06.660 --> 02:56:09.630
have always kept us out
of any legal high water,

02:56:09.630 --> 02:56:11.180
and we greatly appreciate that,

02:56:12.700 --> 02:56:14.780
and I've been the
benefit of that.

02:56:14.780 --> 02:56:16.500
And Kay Crews, our
parliamentarian,

02:56:16.500 --> 02:56:18.830
always keep this moving
forward professionally

02:56:20.090 --> 02:56:22.590
when we get stuck, and we
can get stuck sometimes,

02:56:23.482 --> 02:56:24.360
so we greatly appreciate it.

02:56:24.360 --> 02:56:26.590
And I know that you all agree

02:56:28.090 --> 02:56:31.010
that they support us superbly
in everything we do.

02:56:31.010 --> 02:56:35.650
And Debbie Radcliffe and Lenny
Sanchez in the SBOE office

02:56:35.650 --> 02:56:37.280
have been my sounding boards,

02:56:37.280 --> 02:56:40.280
and absolutely an
irreplaceable support for me

02:56:40.280 --> 02:56:41.360
and the entire board.

02:56:41.360 --> 02:56:44.930
And I know that you are
grateful for them everyday,

02:56:44.930 --> 02:56:47.900
as they support all
of us so well.

02:56:47.900 --> 02:56:50.120
And so a thank you to them,

02:56:50.120 --> 02:56:52.630
it's just not enough,
Debbie and Lenny,

02:56:53.541 --> 02:56:55.130
it's just not, you know,
that's just inadequate,

02:56:55.130 --> 02:56:56.460
but thank you very much.

02:56:57.860 --> 02:57:00.456
And finally, I just want
to thank each and every,

02:57:00.456 --> 02:57:04.820
(clearing throat) dang it,
I almost got through it.

02:57:04.820 --> 02:57:06.090
<v Woman>She almost
got through it.</v>

02:57:06.090 --> 02:57:08.100
<v Chair Bahorich>I almost got
through it.

02:57:08.100 --> 02:57:11.390
I want to thank each and every
member around this table.

02:57:13.830 --> 02:57:17.440
You've enriched my life greatly.

02:57:18.740 --> 02:57:21.320
And I have tremendous respect
for each one of you,

02:57:21.320 --> 02:57:23.800
and I'm so incredibly
proud to have served

02:57:23.800 --> 02:57:26.430
as the chair of this State
Board of Education.

02:57:26.430 --> 02:57:30.190
And I hope you're as proud of
all the work that we've done,

02:57:30.190 --> 02:57:32.930
together, in collaboration
and cooperation,

02:57:32.930 --> 02:57:35.460
in support, with
so many partners

02:57:35.460 --> 02:57:37.940
for the 5.4 million
students of Texas,

02:57:37.940 --> 02:57:40.990
it's been a lot of work,
and it's been good work.

02:57:41.900 --> 02:57:43.830
And outside of raising my boys,

02:57:45.640 --> 02:57:49.410
this is the best, most
fulfilling job I've ever had.

02:57:49.410 --> 02:57:50.243
Thank you.

02:57:51.353 --> 02:57:54.520
(audience applauding)

02:57:59.779 --> 02:58:01.910
<v Chair Bahorich>I'll be okay, Ms.
Perez-Diaz.

02:58:01.910 --> 02:58:02.743
<v Member Perez-Diaz>Yes, ma'am.

02:58:02.743 --> 02:58:04.970
Before I hear the
stage music rise,

02:58:04.970 --> 02:58:07.291
'cause I know everybody's ready
to go, I just want to say--

02:58:07.291 --> 02:58:08.550
(Donna speaking faintly)

02:58:08.550 --> 02:58:11.470
There isn't anything
that hasn't been said

02:58:11.470 --> 02:58:14.290
that I absolutely don't agree
with, but what I will say,

02:58:14.290 --> 02:58:15.970
if you're not sitting
around this table

02:58:15.970 --> 02:58:19.160
what you might not know is
that on top of like, outward,

02:58:19.160 --> 02:58:22.740
all the people that have worked
with Donna outside of this,

02:58:22.740 --> 02:58:25.950
she's extremely considerate
and caring and listening.

02:58:25.950 --> 02:58:28.100
I appreciate, personally,
the fact that anytime

02:58:28.100 --> 02:58:30.730
you've come to my district
or you're visiting,

02:58:30.730 --> 02:58:33.310
you give me a call,
like, not everybody,

02:58:33.310 --> 02:58:36.880
you don't have to do that and
many people don't, and you do.

02:58:36.880 --> 02:58:37.910
Thank you for that.

02:58:37.910 --> 02:58:39.170
But what I also
want people to know

02:58:39.170 --> 02:58:40.590
that are not sitting
around the table,

02:58:40.590 --> 02:58:44.970
is that on top of the fact
that she's very considered

02:58:44.970 --> 02:58:48.880
in terms of emotion, she's
also very, very considerate

02:58:48.880 --> 02:58:52.150
of staff and of the agency
and of people's tax dollars,

02:58:53.055 --> 02:58:55.020
because I remember when
she first became chair

02:58:55.020 --> 02:58:56.680
she was going around to
the different districts

02:58:56.680 --> 02:58:58.790
just getting to know people
and she would call you up

02:58:58.790 --> 02:59:01.788
and ask if she could stay
at your house (laughing)

02:59:01.788 --> 02:59:02.741
(audience laughing)

02:59:02.741 --> 02:59:03.900
'cause she did not--
(woman speaking faintly)

02:59:03.900 --> 02:59:08.870
yes, because she
doesn't want to spend,

02:59:08.870 --> 02:59:13.160
she's just very, very responsible
and very considerate

02:59:13.160 --> 02:59:14.960
of not using funds where
she doesn't have to,

02:59:14.960 --> 02:59:17.570
and so, not very many people
would do that either,

02:59:17.570 --> 02:59:19.500
but I just thought
that was really funny,

02:59:19.500 --> 02:59:21.060
and one of the very
first memories

02:59:21.060 --> 02:59:22.330
I have of you being chair.

02:59:22.330 --> 02:59:26.160
And so you're incredible,
you've been a fantastic leader,

02:59:26.160 --> 02:59:29.630
and though don't we don't see
eye-to-eye on everything,

02:59:29.630 --> 02:59:32.463
you are a beautiful
person, so thank you.

02:59:32.463 --> 02:59:35.594
<v ->That's true. (woman
speaking faintly)</v>

02:59:35.594 --> 02:59:39.610
(faint microphone hum)

02:59:39.610 --> 02:59:40.650
<v Chair Bahorich>For
the last time.</v>

02:59:40.650 --> 02:59:43.390
<v ->But, for the very
last time, absolutely.</v>

02:59:43.390 --> 02:59:44.340
The meeting is adjourned.

02:59:44.340 --> 02:59:45.173
And thank you to
each one of you.

02:59:45.173 --> 02:59:47.338
You guys did great
work this week.

02:59:47.338 --> 02:59:48.985
(gavel knocking)