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Our members are gonna come to order. I want to welcome

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everyone to the September 1st 2023 Texas State Board

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of Education Meeting. Um Always great to see so many

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smiling faces here. This is a special day and we have

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a lot of guests here that are very special also and

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we will get to that item here shortly. So I want to

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thank Miss Hardy for being here today with us also

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and I'm gonna have her introduce our student performance

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All right. Thank you very much and good morning to

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everybody. The group that's performing for us today

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is the Mariachi Los Leon from Castleberry Independent

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School District in Fort Worth. The program is seven

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years old and has blossomed into an award winning ensemble

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for Castleberry Community. The current directors are

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Juan Sigala Jaro Salazar and Luis Ramirez. All graduates

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of the University of North Texas. The group is composed

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of sophomores, juniors and seniors and has have participated

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in the Mariachi band since the sixth grade. Maria Mariachi

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had the port uh opportunity to compete last year in

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the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo Mariachi Invitational

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where they, the talented group placed second their

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greatest achievement to date was participating in the

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2023 uil State Mariachi competition where they received

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the highest rating ensemble that they can receive from

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all three judges. The, but that's not all the awards

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they've won. They have won two awards for the first

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time in the school district's history, which has a

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long history of music. They won the best community

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for music education award. They won the state where

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they were known as the uh district of Distinction and

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the best community for music education was a national

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award. And this comes from being nominated by the Texas

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Art Education Association. So they have a very, very

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regal background. I would like to introduce to you

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the uh people from Castleberry that make this possible

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because, you know, it wouldn't be possible if you didn't

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have the support of all these people too. Besides your

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your directors. Uh the would y'all stand up when I

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say your names? Uh uh Dianne Page who financial person

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at Castleberry? Steven Moss who heads up the uh music

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program? Uh oh, not music, just everything. Art, right

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Mr Art. Um And who is the at Castleberry? So you've

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done a great job here.

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We are very blessed to have these talented students

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serenading us this morning. So Mariachi Los Leone.

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Take it away.

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This and your

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so

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you,

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you

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Yeah.

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No,

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for you.

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Yeah,

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for you.

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Oh

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Yeah.

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Thank

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oh

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morning

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simple.

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Mhm

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Thank you so much. I'm telling you, there's no, uh

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question why you won the uil and all that sort of stuff

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You are fantastic. That is wonderful. I want to bring

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the directors up here because we know that wouldn't

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happen without them and, uh, give them this along with

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uh, I would like for Mr and, uh, Miss, uh Smith, uh

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Faulkner, come up as well. This is such an exciting

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exciting moment for me because I taught 30 years at

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Castleberry High School. And so, uh

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I was, I was the famous Miss Hardy if you've ever heard

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that before. Uh and and infamous, I think maybe and

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I wanted to say up here while the the principal is

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here, he was just really lucky not to have had me because

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he knew what I mean. He wouldn't know, but I was a

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tour de force at the school and this was one of the

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superintendent that was one of my star pupils. And

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this is what is so exciting for me to see someone doing

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such a fantastic job, not only with the music and the

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art program, but with everything to do with the school

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and such a wonderful leader. And you were so fortunate

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to have these people as your, as your vote and for

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the music program. Uh What can I say? It's the proof's

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in the pudding. Thank you all very much. This is a

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uh state Board of Education special commendation presented

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to the Mariachi Los Leone is I'm saying that right

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Ok. Oh, Castleberry Independent School District and

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Juan and a uh Salazar. So thank you all very much.

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Yeah,

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I forgot, I forgot to say one other thing chairman

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is not here. Oh, he is here? Ok. Ok. I'll move on

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fast. But uh how many of you have never been to the

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capital of the state of Texas? Not raise your hand

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So today I'm a history teacher. So I wanted that to

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be a part of it. So today when they finish here, they're

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gonna go over to the Capitol and get to tour the capital

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Uh, the state representative for this area is Charlie

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Garen and he set up the tour for the Capitol. And so

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I'm so excited that you're gonna get a little history

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lesson because tonight they can't stay any longer.

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I'd love for him to stay longer. We could show you

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Austin. But, uh, the fact is they have a football game

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tonight and how many of you are in the marching band

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What? So, I don't think they can go on without them

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So, thank you all very much. Appreciate it.

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You just don't know how lucky you are.

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You can call any of them and ask him

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strength.

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Right.

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Me too.

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Thank.

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Right.

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I was that

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you, that

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congratulations,

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such incredible performances. And we're so lucky to

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have groups like that come to us, uh, during our meeting

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So we want to thank thank them very much for being

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here. Um Now I'm gonna call on Mr Tom Mayor to bring

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the invitation and lead us on the pledges.

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Good morning members. I'm just uh just uh I'm just

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reminded as we stand for the invocation

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that uh the writer of Dude Romy says in chapter six

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it says these words which I command you today shall

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be in your hearts and you shall teach them diligently

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to your Children. And I think it's always important

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to understand the context of that, of that scriptural

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references is that a group of, of uh people uh people

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who had been slaves in, in Egypt for 400 years were

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were building a nation and, and if they were to continue

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and, and to, to maintain a national identity in a,

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in a national ethic that they had to teach diligently

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to their Children, those, those those values. And I

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think that I was kind of on the hearts of 59 delegates

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have met at Washington on the bra who wrote as part

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of the Texas Declaration of Independence that unless

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a people is educated and enlightened, it is idle to

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expect the continuance of civil liberty or the capacity

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for self government. And hence, we have in our constitution

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that, you know, the, the uh the general diffusion of

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knowledge being essential for the preservation of the

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liberties and rights of the people. And uh that's what

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we do here every time we get together. And so uh James

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Wright says that if anyone lack wisdom, they should

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ask, believe it. And so that's what we're gonna do

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is we go to the, to the throne of Grace and let's

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uh pray with me. Uh Father God. Uh We just uh we

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just thank you for this opportunity to serve. Uh We

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just uh we consecrate this time to you. Uh Your word

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tells us to come boldly to the throne of grace. And

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we do so believing you, uh you command us to cast our

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cares upon you. And uh we have a lot of cares. Uh

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But we also uh in casting those things, we, we uh release

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them to you and we lay them at your feet and we

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trust you for all things for, without faith. It is

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impossible to please you. We consecrate this time to

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you. We seek to you, we seek your face, we seek your

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wisdom, we seek your strength and uh as we seek to

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serve the, the 5.5 million young souls uh under our

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care here in the state of Texas. Uh and we just, just

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just pray dear God that you will just uh uh uh our

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hearts and minds, dear God would be held in your hand

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Father and everything that is done here that would

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be pleasing in your sight. And we pray this in the

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name of Jesus and for his sake, amen. And if you join

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me for the pleasures first, the American flag. I pledge

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allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands one nation

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under God. Indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all. And now the Texas flag on the Texas flag. I pledge

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allegiance to the Texas one state under God one and

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indivisible.

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Thank you, Mr Mayor.

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Ok. I'm not gonna ask on staff to call the role,

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Doctor Ortega Mr Francis here, Mrs Perez Diaz M Childs

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Doctor Bill Mero, present Mr Hickman, Mrs Pickin. Doctor

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Young Doctor Ellis Mr Maynard M Hardy

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Mrs Little here, Miss Davis here, Mrs Brooks, President

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Mr Kinsey, here

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members, a quorum is present. Next business to be considered

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is approval of the minutes of the State Board of Education

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meeting from June 23rd, 2023. Are there any corrections

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to the minutes?

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Chair move adoption you Mr Francis. Do you have a question

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at the minute, sir? Ok. So

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are there any corrections for the minutes? Hearing

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None, the minutes are approved. All right members,

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we will now move on to public testimony before I have

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staff call up the test fires. I believe we have three

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that are, that are signed up. Um We are not posted

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for discussion on any items. This is a time when members

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of the public are um permitted to come speak to us

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about anything that wasn't on the agenda at other points

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during the week. So these are for items that weren't

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posted on our agenda. So therefore we're not able to

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have dialogue with them, but it's just a chance for

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the members of the public to come speak to us. Um uh

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members of the public, you will hear two bells. Uh

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The first one will be uh 30 seconds left. The second

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one, please wrap up your thoughts. So I will have you

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call the testifiers. Harley Clemons. Jeff Bradley

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L, Denise Lansky,

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the fires here. Come on it.

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You the testifiers here. Go ahead and come on it.

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Holly Clemons. No, Jeff Bradley. Right?

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And just make sure the microphone button in the middle

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is turned green.

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Thank you.

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Good morning. I'm Jeff Bradley from Walker County,

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Texas. Thank you for this opportunity for those of

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us who have at least some working knowledge of the

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great work that you do as board members. We assume

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that your sole mission is directed toward the enhancement

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of our educational system which in turn benefits the

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development of all students in the state. Yes, there

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may be diversity in your individual opinions as shown

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in your voting. However, we the voters hope that amidst

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diversity, you act in concert toward the fulfillment

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of your mission regardless of political affiliation

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Recently, there have been literally thousands of flyers

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landing in mailboxes across our state causing a great

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deal of concern among voters. I've been contacted by

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many to address the issue as they know that my involvement

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in Republican activities. And I'm always asked the

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same question, what is this all about? And are these

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things true? My response has been the same. It is clear

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that the person, persons or group who couched themselves

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behind a nonexistent group called Texans for conservative

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school values have gone to great lengths to hide their

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true identity in order to wrote political propaganda

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at a great monetary expense. I believe that these flyers

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only serve to advance a great flaw that seems to permeate

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our state and federal governments, whereby party affiliation

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stymies progress with legislation and inhibits working

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together even against diversity toward a common goal

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It appears that the recent flyer with its false inferences

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and statistics only serves to promote another incorrect

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assumption that being that the State Board of Education

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is governed by political affiliations, I respectfully

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submit that the only positive response that you as

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board members must do is to publicly affirm that you

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are not guided by partisan politics and to reiterate

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your mission of enhancing educational system for the

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great state of Texas. Thank you.

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Thank you very much, Mr Bradley

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El, Denise Lusky or Holly Clemons.

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Good morning. My name is Denise Lusky and I would like

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to thank the State Board of Education members and my

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elected representative Pat Hardy for listening to my

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comments. First off, I would like to start with a prayer

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and all are welcome to recite it with me. If you are

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so inclined, our father who art in heaven, hallowed

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be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on

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earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily

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bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those

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who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation

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but deliver us from evil.

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Thank you. My first comment concerns registering to

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be a speaker today. I found the page to register and

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noticed that there was a phone number to call to register

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instead of registering online. I called the number

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and it took me at least three times to be able to

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leave a voicemail message. In order to register to

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speak today, the TE A employee called me back but I

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was unavailable at the time. And so I called again

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and had to leave a voicemail message again. Finally

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the deadline to register to speak was approaching and

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I ended up registering online after I registered online

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I received a call from the TE A employee and she informed

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me that she had been busy with other issues for the

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agency. My comment about this experience is the fact

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that if there is an alternate way to register the TE

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A needs to have more employees dedicated to registering

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speakers by phone. This brings me to my second comment

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concerning the use of devices in the classroom for

00:38:35.909 --> 00:38:39.059
learning from what I have seen. There has been a huge

00:38:39.070 --> 00:38:42.668
push in the last 5 to 10 years for every registered

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:46.050
public school student to use a device for learning

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:50.280
as a parent and a taxpayer. I do not like the one

00:38:50.289 --> 00:38:53.958
device for every public school student policy. I believe

00:38:53.969 --> 00:38:56.619
that the devices are used to data, mind the public

00:38:56.628 --> 00:39:00.239
school students personal information and it also gives

00:39:00.250 --> 00:39:03.458
the students access to websites that are inappropriate

00:39:03.469 --> 00:39:07.340
for school age students like it or not. I believe that

00:39:07.349 --> 00:39:10.510
textbooks are the best way for the public school students

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:14.228
to learn. And textbooks are most cost-effective which

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:17.918
helps relieve the burden on taxpayers. Also, younger

00:39:17.929 --> 00:39:21.889
Children in pre K through probably fourth grade have

00:39:21.898 --> 00:39:25.099
a difficult time logging on to their school district

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:28.719
issue devices and would benefit from using mind wrapping

00:39:28.728 --> 00:39:31.789
up your thought please and would allow the classroom

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:34.699
teacher to teach the students what they need to know

00:39:35.070 --> 00:39:37.369
Thank you. Thank you very much. And we do strive for

00:39:37.378 --> 00:39:40.449
customer service. So if there's any uh improvements

00:39:40.458 --> 00:39:42.478
that you could recommend to T A staff, you'll get them

00:39:42.489 --> 00:39:44.769
to them. I'll direct them to bring that to the board

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:46.639
and we will work to continue to try to improve our

00:39:46.648 --> 00:39:51.128
customer service on, on registration

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that complete the public testimony.

00:39:54.648 --> 00:39:56.958
Is that complete?

00:39:56.958 --> 00:40:00.090
All right member. Does that conclude public testimony

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We will now move to the resolutions. I'm gonna call

00:40:03.228 --> 00:40:06.059
back on, Miss Hardy.

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I don't

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excuse me. Today, we are honored to recognize our 200

00:40:27.958 --> 00:40:33.059
to 2023 heroes for Children awardees. Each year, we

00:40:33.070 --> 00:40:36.820
select 15 of the most outstanding school volunteers

00:40:36.829 --> 00:40:41.989
from all across the state of Texas and a, as a former

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:44.820
teacher, I can tell you these volunteers mean a lot

00:40:44.829 --> 00:40:48.728
to the schools. And so they, they are very, very special

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:51.889
people and we are really glad that we can honor them

00:40:51.898 --> 00:40:54.409
And I'm, I'm sure there's more than the ones that are

00:40:54.418 --> 00:40:57.309
in this room that need to be recognized for their hard

00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:01.159
work. We do appreciate it. Uh I will call on districts

00:41:01.168 --> 00:41:04.050
one through eight first and the members if you could

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:06.728
please stand with your hero and your heroes join them

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:44.530
in the circle.

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As I call the hero's name, please step forward and

00:41:48.469 --> 00:41:51.340
your board member will present you with your plaque

00:41:51.349 --> 00:41:54.539
and a signed copy of the resolution and a certificate

00:41:54.550 --> 00:41:59.489
of recognition from Governor Greg Abbott. Uh And your

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:01.840
guests are more than welcome to take photos at this

00:42:01.849 --> 00:42:05.228
time as well, but they need to stay behind the velvet

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.898
rope,

00:42:07.898 --> 00:42:14.570
right? Della Medina nominated by Raquel Tarango. Step

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:19.809
forward. OK. Della Medina has been, has been a volunteer

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:23.000
for the past 15 years and currently serves in the Mont

00:42:23.010 --> 00:42:27.780
Wod high school community of Sara ISD as a volunteer

00:42:27.789 --> 00:42:32.360
coordinator and vice president of the robotics booster

00:42:32.369 --> 00:42:35.489
club. The campus walls and hallways are spruced up

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:39.110
with her art creations. She also made costumes and

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:42.570
signage for the robotics team created murals and bulletin

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:46.840
boards for the Black Student Union. In addition to

00:42:46.849 --> 00:42:52.059
being a school ambassador, her in excuse me, invaluable

00:42:52.070 --> 00:42:55.289
involvement includes assisting with volunteer registration

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:58.780
and keeping track of service hours, scheduling parent

00:42:58.789 --> 00:43:01.889
teacher conferences, making phone calls to remind both

00:43:01.898 --> 00:43:04.489
students and parents about the informational sessions

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:07.849
for federal student aid and military rights night.

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:11.610
Excuse me. And at any given time, one will find out

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:16.329
Della leading various school events with other parents

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:25.090
Thank you, MS Medina.

00:43:25.090 --> 00:43:31.389
Uh Neel, is it Nelda?

00:43:31.389 --> 00:43:36.780
I'm gonna learn this stuff. I got Leon it right

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:42.949
and is nominated by Norma Garcia. Uh Say it again.

00:43:44.449 --> 00:43:49.550
Uh has been dedicated parent volunteer for JD Salina's

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:54.128
mi middle school in La Jolla ISD for the past 10 years

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:57.458
where she leads parents in various district communities

00:43:57.530 --> 00:44:01.869
committees that impact student success. She also advocated

00:44:01.878 --> 00:44:05.728
for parent English classes, increasing parent involvement

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:11.119
and volunteerism. Nelita serves on several parent advisory

00:44:11.128 --> 00:44:14.429
committees. She diligently attends every parent meeting

00:44:14.438 --> 00:44:17.800
given other parents a great example of how to get involved

00:44:17.809 --> 00:44:20.889
She also decorates the school for school events and

00:44:20.898 --> 00:44:23.969
helps the school concession stand. She believes that

00:44:23.978 --> 00:44:27.159
volunteering has an incredible impact on students and

00:44:27.168 --> 00:44:34.188
the entire community. Thank you very much.

00:44:34.188 --> 00:44:38.320
Um OK. Alright, good. All right. I was asked by Mr

00:44:38.329 --> 00:44:45.949
Little to um to say this in Spanish as well.

00:44:45.949 --> 00:45:20.844
So

00:45:20.844 --> 00:45:56.898
um

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concessions dance, I don't know how to say that in

00:45:58.699 --> 00:46:04.010
Spanish.

00:46:04.010 --> 00:46:18.409
Um

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Thank you. Stick around. OK. Congratulations again

00:46:24.228 --> 00:46:28.780
Lisa Fairall District three nominated by Zach Salesman

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:34.469
Lisa Farrell is a shining example of an individual

00:46:34.478 --> 00:46:37.500
who puts her heart and soul into working with Children

00:46:37.510 --> 00:46:41.500
in Northeast is D San Antonio. Her goal in life is

00:46:41.510 --> 00:46:45.938
to ensure Children are taught, loved fed and clothed

00:46:45.949 --> 00:46:51.110
for the past 17 years. She has worked tirelessly toward

00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:54.039
this goal in the educational setting at her church

00:46:54.050 --> 00:46:57.860
and at her workplace every month, she organizes anywhere

00:46:57.869 --> 00:47:02.030
from 1 to 3 volunteer opportunities including peanut

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:05.668
butter drives, weekend packing events for snack pack

00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:10.023
for kids. School supply drives for communities in school

00:47:10.043 --> 00:47:14.144
toy drives for the Blue Santa and countless holiday

00:47:14.155 --> 00:47:17.224
collections of gifts and toys for disadvantaged Children

00:47:17.235 --> 00:47:20.434
and families. She also had led a clothing drive at

00:47:20.445 --> 00:47:23.414
Roosevelt High School known for the Dress for Success

00:47:23.554 --> 00:47:26.485
which helped students that needed professional clothing

00:47:26.494 --> 00:47:29.364
to interview for jobs and college admission interviews

00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:33.280
Lisa made it her mission to engage in at least one

00:47:33.289 --> 00:47:36.110
of these three volunteer opportunities every month

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:38.789
And together with her colleagues, her mission has been

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:47.070
successful. Thank you, Miss Farrell.

00:47:47.070 --> 00:47:50.079
I'm kind of tired even reading that. All that stuff

00:47:50.918 --> 00:47:54.469
All right, Melanie Garcia

00:47:54.469 --> 00:47:58.398
and uh America Garza is the person who nominated uh

00:47:58.409 --> 00:48:02.648
Melanie Melanie Garcia is an example of parents in

00:48:02.659 --> 00:48:06.760
school working together for students in woodland acres

00:48:06.769 --> 00:48:11.179
middle school in Galena Park ISD for the past two years

00:48:11.188 --> 00:48:14.340
Through her work as a parent teacher association. PT

00:48:14.349 --> 00:48:20.389
A president, she organized various fundraisers to purchase

00:48:20.398 --> 00:48:23.599
new sports equipment and provide much needed supplies

00:48:23.610 --> 00:48:27.269
She also used her creativity to create wonderful backgrounds

00:48:27.280 --> 00:48:30.559
and murals with families who could take pictures during

00:48:30.570 --> 00:48:33.719
school events. She works very hard to keep parents

00:48:33.728 --> 00:48:37.635
in the student community informed and on upcoming activities

00:48:37.644 --> 00:48:40.375
She has spent countless hours volunteering at the food

00:48:40.385 --> 00:48:43.394
bank and answering questions. Her active role in these

00:48:43.405 --> 00:48:45.914
events, encouraged other parents to get involved in

00:48:45.925 --> 00:48:50.184
school volunteering. Thank you MS Garcia. And that's

00:48:50.195 --> 00:48:58.840
for uh District four. Very good.

00:48:58.840 --> 00:49:03.250
Great. Well, that's ok. But how do you say this?

00:49:03.250 --> 00:49:10.438
Just? Oh, district five is not here? Ok,

00:49:10.438 --> 00:49:13.000
sis, this is District five and District five is not

00:49:13.010 --> 00:49:16.429
present here. Today has become a daily fixture in the

00:49:16.438 --> 00:49:19.969
halls of harmony, school endeavor and Austin for the

00:49:19.978 --> 00:49:22.610
past two years, she found ways to support both students

00:49:22.619 --> 00:49:27.378
and staff such as hosting book fairs, assisting with

00:49:27.389 --> 00:49:30.750
movie days, working at the school library, decorating

00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:33.610
bulletin boards, making copies for staff and other

00:49:33.619 --> 00:49:36.409
tasks she could assist with. It is noteworthy that

00:49:36.418 --> 00:49:39.719
she is making significant effort to increase a parental

00:49:39.728 --> 00:49:43.364
involvement and building parent capacity. She helped

00:49:43.375 --> 00:49:47.034
recruit parents to actively participate in the PTO

00:49:47.164 --> 00:49:50.954
and increase their awareness of various school programs

00:49:50.965 --> 00:49:55.125
that promote better support for students in the community

00:49:55.135 --> 00:50:01.750
Thank you.

00:50:01.750 --> 00:50:06.128
District six is Shannon Reid nominated by Stephanie

00:50:06.139 --> 00:50:10.699
Wells. Shannon Reed has has been an advocate for public

00:50:10.708 --> 00:50:14.849
education in Montgomery ISD for the past nine years

00:50:15.260 --> 00:50:18.228
In 2017. She rallied the support of the community to

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:21.820
create the Montgomery area Chamber of Commerce. Inaugural

00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:25.449
get back to work by organizing several volunteers for

00:50:25.458 --> 00:50:29.079
campuses to assist teachers and staff and getting classrooms

00:50:29.090 --> 00:50:32.010
ready for the first day of school. This volunteer day

00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:35.469
has become a much anticipated annual service and event

00:50:35.478 --> 00:50:38.289
with when volunteers are matched with the campuses

00:50:38.300 --> 00:50:41.728
to tackle the long to do list in preparation for the

00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:46.909
new school year. Shannon has served several, also served

00:50:46.918 --> 00:50:50.110
on several of the district boards committees in 2022

00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:53.228
which successfully passed with support of the Montgomery

00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:57.269
community. She also has served as education foundation

00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:01.809
director since the inception in 2014. With her leadership

00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:05.320
the foundation is successful in raising funds for scholarships

00:51:05.329 --> 00:51:08.800
and innovative grants for teachers as a fierce advocate

00:51:08.809 --> 00:51:11.269
for public education. She has spoken on behalf of the

00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:15.269
Montgomery ISD community to the state legislature to

00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:18.860
share concerns about K through 12 education funding

00:51:18.969 --> 00:51:22.309
Shannon is the kind of teacher, excuse me, the kind

00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:26.199
of leader who can magnify and galvanize community support

00:51:26.208 --> 00:51:29.119
by demonstrating a remarkable ability to address the

00:51:29.128 --> 00:51:32.550
needs of the school community. Her unwavering support

00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:35.489
makes her a true hero for Children. Thank you very

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:42.539
much, Mrs Reid.

00:51:42.539 --> 00:51:51.760
Uh District seven is Mmmmm. Ok. Mm. Uh I did take phonics

00:51:51.769 --> 00:51:55.708
when I was a kid but it's not helping me to Millie

00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:01.099
Ok. That's easy. Uh nominated by Bill Recker

00:52:01.099 --> 00:52:04.449
Reid has been an exceptional volunteer for the past

00:52:04.458 --> 00:52:08.219
seven years that Lamar consolidated Millie served as

00:52:08.228 --> 00:52:11.309
president of the PTO and a community representative

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:15.128
for the site based decision making Committee, a tireless

00:52:15.139 --> 00:52:17.739
advocate for students and families. She worked to improve

00:52:17.750 --> 00:52:20.539
communication between school and the community and

00:52:20.550 --> 00:52:23.958
has been instrumental in raising funds for school initiatives

00:52:23.969 --> 00:52:27.398
and programs. Her ability to motivate and lead volunteers

00:52:27.409 --> 00:52:31.148
is outstanding. She is a strong supporter for equity

00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:34.010
and inclusion and has worked to ensure that all students

00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:38.228
have access to high quality education as a sponsor

00:52:38.239 --> 00:52:41.679
for numerous school endeavors during teacher appreciation

00:52:41.688 --> 00:52:44.898
weeks and student field trips. Her efforts have a positive

00:52:44.909 --> 00:52:48.648
impact on students, teachers and staff. Millie is dedicated

00:52:48.659 --> 00:52:52.599
and skillful mentor for the Youth House at the Fort

00:52:52.610 --> 00:52:55.570
Bend County Juvenile Probation Center. She has been

00:52:55.579 --> 00:52:58.250
able to form positive relationships and has become

00:52:58.260 --> 00:53:01.688
a role model to them. In addition to mentoring, Millie

00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:05.219
also volunteers her time as a guest presenter and speaker

00:53:05.228 --> 00:53:09.119
to three units of the Juvenile Detention Center by

00:53:09.128 --> 00:53:12.360
giving presentations to educate them about finances

00:53:12.369 --> 00:53:15.918
and financial responsibilities. Mrs Reed, thank you

00:53:15.929 --> 00:53:23.039
for all your incredible service to our youth.

00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:29.219
All right. District eight Candy Tota

00:53:29.219 --> 00:53:33.760
nominated by Marilyn Mann Katie Tode has been dedicated

00:53:33.769 --> 00:53:37.148
volunteer for the past 12 years at Humble ISD where

00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:39.530
she currently serves as president of the Council of

00:53:39.539 --> 00:53:44.619
PT A Candy's love for Children goes of all ages who

00:53:44.628 --> 00:53:48.949
need comfort care and safe haven. She serves as an

00:53:48.958 --> 00:53:52.030
advocate for students who have no representation at

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:55.519
monthly admission review and dismissal meetings. She

00:53:55.530 --> 00:53:58.148
endlessly gives her time serving on various committees

00:53:58.159 --> 00:54:00.789
that advocate for students. Some of these committees

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:04.829
include the dream team, special needs sbdm and parent

00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:09.039
involvement. Her heart goes beyond the classroom and

00:54:09.050 --> 00:54:12.110
out into the community where she helps families find

00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:16.059
resources and other necessities. When not at a meeting

00:54:16.070 --> 00:54:19.329
candy can be seen at the concession stand serving up

00:54:19.340 --> 00:54:22.780
hot dogs, nachos, warm smiles and comforting hugs to

00:54:22.789 --> 00:54:25.340
the many students and parents who rely on her leadership

00:54:25.809 --> 00:54:28.289
nurturing Children and giving back to the community

00:54:28.300 --> 00:54:31.128
are the pillars of Candy's volunteer philosophy. The

00:54:31.139 --> 00:54:34.389
humble ISD community is a better place because of servants

00:54:34.398 --> 00:54:37.539
like Miss, thank you for your service to the Children

00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:48.679
Ok. Uh So that completes uh one through eight and are

00:54:48.688 --> 00:54:52.648
you gonna take pictures of them in this position? His

00:54:52.659 --> 00:54:54.878
country

00:54:54.878 --> 00:55:00.688
church.

00:55:00.688 --> 00:55:14.530
So,

00:55:14.530 --> 00:55:17.309
ok. Thank you very much. Let's hear a round of applause

00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:22.438
for this

00:55:22.438 --> 00:55:29.489
with the heroes for Children for nine through 15. Please

00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:43.179
enter the circle.

00:55:43.179 --> 00:55:56.489
You know what I know about

00:55:56.489 --> 00:56:14.809
regulations.

00:56:14.809 --> 00:56:21.559
Ok. Um District eight, Debbie Bosman Zook nominated

00:56:21.570 --> 00:56:26.909
by Brandy Sutton Debbie. You wanna step forward? Yeah

00:56:28.699 --> 00:56:33.489
we want to see who you are. Debbie is the leader behind

00:56:33.500 --> 00:56:36.039
a project that was fully funded by the support of the

00:56:36.050 --> 00:56:41.228
local community of Tool Elementary and Malakoff ISD

00:56:41.500 --> 00:56:44.590
for three years. She led a fundraising effort and raised

00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:49.289
approximately 50,000 to build, to build Frans teaching

00:56:49.300 --> 00:56:54.010
garden in honor of Fran Zuna. A 93 year old volunteered

00:56:54.019 --> 00:56:57.550
her love and greeting and hugging as they began the

00:56:57.559 --> 00:57:02.869
school day to date. Miss Fran's teaching garden has

00:57:02.878 --> 00:57:06.769
grown and harvested nearly a half ton of produce and

00:57:06.780 --> 00:57:10.199
has been donated to the local food pantry. The garden

00:57:10.208 --> 00:57:14.559
has 28 raised beds complete with irrigation, a greenhouse

00:57:14.570 --> 00:57:17.309
a tool shed, and a certified monarch butterfly waste

00:57:17.320 --> 00:57:20.590
station. This beautiful garden has been featured in

00:57:20.599 --> 00:57:24.000
edible magazine. All of this is possible because of

00:57:24.010 --> 00:57:27.418
Debbie's dedication and generosity of her time. In

00:57:27.429 --> 00:57:30.478
addition to all this, Debbie has built a website to

00:57:30.489 --> 00:57:33.510
display the students activities and their well prepared

00:57:33.519 --> 00:57:38.349
hands on hands on lessons on any given day. You can

00:57:38.360 --> 00:57:40.728
find Debbie in the garden spending countless hours

00:57:40.739 --> 00:57:43.289
working and planning for activities for the students

00:57:43.300 --> 00:57:46.878
to enjoy and be proud of like planting seeds, caring

00:57:46.889 --> 00:57:51.539
for and harvesting. Debbie is the epitome of ultimate

00:57:51.550 --> 00:57:55.800
school volunteer who impacts on everyone in tool elementary

00:57:55.809 --> 00:58:04.300
and the local community. Thank you, Miss Bozeman.

00:58:04.300 --> 00:58:09.269
Carlette Eller nominated by Renda Marzette for the

00:58:09.280 --> 00:58:12.668
past six years. Carlette Eller has been an energetic

00:58:12.679 --> 00:58:17.280
and dedicated volunteer of

00:58:17.280 --> 00:58:20.659
elementary in Colleen is D where she serves as the

00:58:20.668 --> 00:58:24.188
PTO president. Her supportive and loyal spirits for

00:58:24.199 --> 00:58:27.119
the students staff and families is phenomenal. She

00:58:27.128 --> 00:58:30.469
exemplifies positivity and dependability during the

00:58:30.478 --> 00:58:33.679
last two years when volunteers were very scarce due

00:58:33.688 --> 00:58:36.958
to the pandemic. Carlette led several PTO positions

00:58:36.969 --> 00:58:41.648
while serving as the president on three, excuse me

00:58:41.659 --> 00:58:44.809
for three years, she spearheaded multiple fundraisers

00:58:44.820 --> 00:58:49.349
to build an all abilities playground that came to fruition

00:58:49.360 --> 00:58:53.208
this past year with a bonus awning, glad that awning

00:58:53.219 --> 00:58:58.010
came. And just in time, her countless hours of volunteerism

00:58:58.019 --> 00:59:01.168
earned her multiple volunteer of the year awards for

00:59:01.179 --> 00:59:04.909
the district. Her volunteering motto is taking every

00:59:04.918 --> 00:59:08.128
opportunity to help others. One can find Carlette in

00:59:08.139 --> 00:59:11.128
the library, her favorite place, searching and preparing

00:59:11.139 --> 00:59:14.369
for fundraisers, helping teachers in their classroom

00:59:14.378 --> 00:59:17.978
or taking, talking with staff about volunteer activities

00:59:18.199 --> 00:59:23.280
The Skip Skip Elementary community is better place

00:59:23.289 --> 00:59:26.300
because of the dedicated service of this elder. Thank

00:59:26.309 --> 00:59:35.668
you very much for your dedication.

00:59:35.668 --> 00:59:42.378
All right. District 11. Uh Pat Paula Harwell nominated

00:59:42.389 --> 00:59:46.829
by Jim Chat uh

00:59:46.829 --> 00:59:49.159
uh Audra. That's

00:59:50.889 --> 00:59:55.947
This is really my district but uh Audra uh decided

00:59:55.958 --> 00:59:59.197
uh said she would take care of this. Paula Harwell

00:59:59.209 --> 01:00:02.379
has a genuine spirit for educational support for the

01:00:02.387 --> 01:00:06.338
entire Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD. Her leadership for

01:00:06.349 --> 01:00:09.137
over 15 years indicates her level of commitment to

01:00:09.148 --> 01:00:12.079
making the students and educators her top priority

01:00:12.409 --> 01:00:14.878
She has served in many leadership roles for several

01:00:14.887 --> 01:00:17.898
nonprofit organizations including her time as a PT

01:00:17.909 --> 01:00:21.539
A president at Dozier and Greenfield Elementary Campuses

01:00:21.628 --> 01:00:25.317
Council of PT A presidents leading over leading over

01:00:25.327 --> 01:00:29.507
15 elementary campuses as PTO president leading seven

01:00:29.518 --> 01:00:33.859
campuses, chair of the uh bond committee, special needs

01:00:33.868 --> 01:00:37.198
advisory board, Girl Scouts, theater, cheerleading

01:00:37.207 --> 01:00:42.219
clubs. That's a real hero. Uh serving on numerous district

01:00:42.228 --> 01:00:46.457
and campuses advisory committees and a valuable volunteer

01:00:46.469 --> 01:00:49.399
for the education foundation. Through her leadership

01:00:49.409 --> 01:00:51.798
and careful planning. She was instrumental in providing

01:00:51.878 --> 01:00:55.818
nearly 100 and $33,000 in scholarships for graduating

01:00:55.827 --> 01:00:58.779
students. When not fund raising, one can find Paula

01:00:58.788 --> 01:01:01.268
providing snacks and lunch and for teachers. During

01:01:01.279 --> 01:01:04.848
teacher appreciation week, she has brought family engagement

01:01:04.857 --> 01:01:08.758
activities and various school events to the district

01:01:08.768 --> 01:01:11.779
like carnivals, school spirit enrichment activities

01:01:11.788 --> 01:01:14.889
social emotional guest speakers. Thank you, Miss Harwell

01:01:14.898 --> 01:01:18.559
for the entire Eagle Mountain Saginaw community is

01:01:18.568 --> 01:01:22.339
proud to have a hero for Children like you. Thank you

01:01:26.268 --> 01:01:30.467
All right. District 12 James Bramlett nominated by

01:01:30.478 --> 01:01:34.768
Haley Turner. James Branle, a dedicated volunteer and

01:01:34.779 --> 01:01:38.598
advocate for education in Pleasant Grove. ISD is in

01:01:38.607 --> 01:01:42.768
the past 16 years. James has made significant contributions

01:01:42.779 --> 01:01:46.797
that have left an indelible mark on the Texan community

01:01:47.068 --> 01:01:51.428
is innovative idea to sponsor Arkansas High versus

01:01:51.437 --> 01:01:55.187
Texas high football games has provided an annual scholarship

01:01:55.199 --> 01:01:59.816
of $2500 to students on each team.

01:01:59.816 --> 01:02:03.277
Serving on the Pleasant Grove Educational Foundation

01:02:03.286 --> 01:02:06.096
Board. Since its inception, James has helped raise

01:02:06.187 --> 01:02:10.328
over $900,000 to support classroom instruction, ensuring

01:02:10.338 --> 01:02:12.517
teachers have the necessary resources for students

01:02:12.527 --> 01:02:16.358
success. His impact extends beyond Pleasant Grove ISD

01:02:16.366 --> 01:02:22.838
as he has served in the uh Liberty

01:02:22.838 --> 01:02:26.848
Education Foundation Board, dedicating over 100 hours

01:02:26.858 --> 01:02:30.568
of his time and raising 100 and $75,000 for grant teacher

01:02:30.578 --> 01:02:34.608
grants. James passion for literacy is evident in his

01:02:34.619 --> 01:02:38.258
annual volunteer work where he needs reads books to

01:02:38.269 --> 01:02:41.869
elementary classes and emphasizes the importance of

01:02:42.058 --> 01:02:47.437
falling in love with reading. His commitment to empowering

01:02:47.447 --> 01:02:50.318
students and fostering a lifelong passion for learning

01:02:50.328 --> 01:02:53.788
is unparalleled through his remarkable volunteerism

01:02:53.798 --> 01:02:56.558
fundraising efforts and unwavering commitment, James

01:02:56.568 --> 01:03:00.258
has become a true hero for Texas public school students

01:03:00.378 --> 01:03:04.378
His ability to make a lasting impact have earned him

01:03:04.388 --> 01:03:08.088
the well deserved recognition. Thank you, Mr Mr Bram

01:03:19.808 --> 01:03:26.258
District 13 Sandra Maria Garcia nominated by Alma uh

01:03:27.478 --> 01:03:30.769
color. I get things from her all the time. I don't

01:03:30.777 --> 01:03:33.429
know how to say her name. I just know who she is

01:03:33.788 --> 01:03:38.128
Sandra Marcia Maria Garcia has been committed vol A

01:03:38.138 --> 01:03:41.788
committed volunteer in Fort Worth ISD for over 14 years

01:03:42.098 --> 01:03:45.027
a servant leader whose passion and focus on service

01:03:45.038 --> 01:03:49.489
are quality education for all and creating a safe environment

01:03:49.497 --> 01:03:52.437
for young students where they can flourish and reach

01:03:52.447 --> 01:03:55.369
their aspirations and dreams. Through her volunteer

01:03:55.378 --> 01:03:59.978
work, Sandra has helped expand the number of educated

01:03:59.989 --> 01:04:03.478
minorities by helping them envision a better future

01:04:03.489 --> 01:04:08.767
guiding them, guiding them, uh pave, pave their way

01:04:08.778 --> 01:04:12.639
to guiding them to pave their way to reach the potential

01:04:12.647 --> 01:04:16.678
in acting as their voice through advocacy. Sandra for

01:04:16.687 --> 01:04:21.889
volunteer service is not uh just a once a year opportunity

01:04:21.937 --> 01:04:26.238
but a way of life uplifting families, especially, especially

01:04:26.329 --> 01:04:29.618
especially of the immigrant and impoverished populations

01:04:29.629 --> 01:04:33.278
through education by leading the Hispanic women's network

01:04:33.288 --> 01:04:36.389
of Texas. She has worked to promote the advancement

01:04:36.397 --> 01:04:39.668
of women in public corporate and civic life through

01:04:39.678 --> 01:04:42.798
education and their personal and professional development

01:04:43.108 --> 01:04:46.108
through the Latinas and Progress program. She has been

01:04:46.118 --> 01:04:50.087
able to offer mentoring programs for senior high school

01:04:50.098 --> 01:04:52.808
female students. She has partnered with the Fort Worth

01:04:52.819 --> 01:04:57.058
ISD in Tarrant County High Schools to recruit mentors

01:04:57.069 --> 01:05:00.319
for the community. Through her involvement in many

01:05:00.329 --> 01:05:03.238
of her civic groups. She continues to speak at school

01:05:03.247 --> 01:05:06.778
board meetings and state legislatures and issues concerning

01:05:06.788 --> 01:05:17.558
public school funding. Thank you, MS Garcia

01:05:17.558 --> 01:05:23.308
District. 14 Doris Patrick nominated by Sandra Brandon

01:05:23.319 --> 01:05:28.457
Braden. Doris Patrick has volunteered at Valley Ranch

01:05:28.468 --> 01:05:33.199
Elementary in Capel is D for three years. She was instrumental

01:05:33.207 --> 01:05:36.509
in reviving a school garden which has been left unattended

01:05:36.517 --> 01:05:40.139
for many years through her tireless year round work

01:05:40.147 --> 01:05:43.528
The Garden of the Stars has come back to life again

01:05:43.538 --> 01:05:46.868
offering students invaluable hands on experiences in

01:05:46.879 --> 01:05:50.348
planting, tending and harvesting edible crops. Currently

01:05:50.358 --> 01:05:54.829
the garden has been has seven raised beds, two flowering

01:05:54.837 --> 01:05:58.437
beds, a storage shed and an outside learning area that

01:05:58.449 --> 01:06:01.629
Doris maintains. She uses her knowledge to guide the

01:06:01.639 --> 01:06:04.267
students in planting and harvesting, giving them a

01:06:04.278 --> 01:06:08.329
close look at the natural processes and teaching them

01:06:08.337 --> 01:06:11.587
how to how living organisms thrive in these environments

01:06:11.678 --> 01:06:15.397
without Doris and the generosity of her time and expertise

01:06:15.409 --> 01:06:17.918
There would not be a working garden and a vibrant outdoor

01:06:17.928 --> 01:06:21.038
learning space for students to enjoy. They would not

01:06:21.048 --> 01:06:24.098
have the opportunities to see gardening as a way to

01:06:24.108 --> 01:06:27.168
help the environment and provide fresh food for human

01:06:27.178 --> 01:06:30.848
consumption. Your work is commendable. M Patrick. Thank

01:06:30.858 --> 01:06:44.048
you very much

01:06:44.048 --> 01:06:50.228
district 15 Eddie Morlock nominated by Phyllis Underwood

01:06:50.639 --> 01:06:53.747
Eddie Morlock has been volunteering for 15 years in

01:06:53.759 --> 01:06:57.618
Lubbock ISD holding several positions in the PT A and

01:06:57.629 --> 01:07:01.337
the council of PT A president and has contributed to

01:07:01.348 --> 01:07:04.848
a to a lot to the students in the district. His passion

01:07:04.858 --> 01:07:08.178
is to increase literacy among all students through

01:07:08.187 --> 01:07:14.699
reading from August 2017 through May 21st, 2021. Uh

01:07:15.728 --> 01:07:20.928
Eddie has organized and installed 43 free little free

01:07:20.937 --> 01:07:24.017
libraries on all district campuses where students can

01:07:24.028 --> 01:07:28.139
find books to read and enjoy after school hours and

01:07:28.147 --> 01:07:31.759
summer time when the school is out for the past two

01:07:31.767 --> 01:07:35.837
months. This year, Eddie has dedicated his time repairing

01:07:35.848 --> 01:07:39.118
little free libraries that attended, needed attention

01:07:39.129 --> 01:07:42.267
to replacing the glass doors, securing doors that were

01:07:42.278 --> 01:07:44.659
falling off their hinges as well as giving a fresh

01:07:44.668 --> 01:07:47.409
coat of paint for some. There is no way to count the

01:07:47.418 --> 01:07:50.319
many hours. Eddie has worked tirelessly to manually

01:07:50.329 --> 01:07:53.728
dig the post sites and install the libraries himself

01:07:53.767 --> 01:07:57.517
He is a very deserving of his heroes for Children Award

01:07:57.528 --> 01:08:00.337
Thank you, Mr Morlock for your unwavering support of

01:08:00.348 --> 01:08:07.538
Lubbock.

01:08:07.538 --> 01:08:11.747
Collectively these 15 heroes who serve the public schools

01:08:11.759 --> 01:08:15.819
and communities for a combined 147 years of volunteer

01:08:15.829 --> 01:08:20.168
service. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands

01:08:20.178 --> 01:08:24.409
together for these remarkable heroes. We have had we

01:08:24.418 --> 01:08:27.739
give special recognition to the nominators for without

01:08:27.749 --> 01:08:30.599
them, they wouldn't be able to recognize these volunteers

01:08:30.918 --> 01:08:35.058
You, you now joined the 510 heroes of Children of the

01:08:35.067 --> 01:08:41.337
State of Texas honored since 1994. Um I have Mr Chairman

01:08:41.697 --> 01:08:44.239
I now move that the State Board of Education adopts

01:08:44.249 --> 01:08:49.038
a resolution before us. Ok.

01:08:49.038 --> 01:08:52.217
Uh Now he rose. If you would please proceed to the

01:08:52.229 --> 01:08:57.577
lobby for a group photo.

01:08:57.577 --> 01:09:09.739
Mhm.

01:09:09.739 --> 01:09:40.648
All those in favor of the resolution.

01:09:40.648 --> 01:09:42.678
Next business and order is the approval of the consent

01:09:42.688 --> 01:09:45.268
agenda. The consent agenda begins on page 17. Please

01:09:45.278 --> 01:09:48.099
take a moment to review items on the consent agenda

01:09:51.729 --> 01:09:54.048
And after you have a chance to do that, I will ask

01:09:54.058 --> 01:09:56.308
are there any items to be removed from the consent

01:09:56.317 --> 01:10:00.308
agenda for separate consideration? MS Brooks. Hi Mr

01:10:00.317 --> 01:10:03.999
Chairman. Uh Good morning. I would like to remove um

01:10:04.008 --> 01:10:08.229
consent. Item one from the agenda, please. Just for

01:10:08.239 --> 01:10:11.967
discussion about it. Do you have any quick questions

01:10:11.979 --> 01:10:13.278
you want to ask or just go ahead and take that up

01:10:13.288 --> 01:10:15.717
in committee when we get to the PSF committee? Just

01:10:15.729 --> 01:10:18.558
pull it off the committee. Ok. That's fine. We can

01:10:18.567 --> 01:10:21.538
do that members any other items to be pulled off consent

01:10:23.577 --> 01:10:28.409
Sorry Mr Chair. What page was that? 17, 17. Ok. And

01:10:28.418 --> 01:10:31.359
she pulled number one, number one, which is determination

01:10:31.369 --> 01:10:33.138
regarding whether the transfers may be made from the

01:10:33.148 --> 01:10:35.548
permanent school fund to the available school fund

01:10:36.409 --> 01:10:39.849
Ok. Thank you.

01:10:39.849 --> 01:10:44.128
All right, hearing none others the consent agenda other

01:10:44.138 --> 01:10:48.768
than item one is adopted.

01:10:48.768 --> 01:10:52.398
So now we will go to item number three for the committee

01:10:52.409 --> 01:10:54.418
of the full board which is ratification to amendments

01:10:54.428 --> 01:10:58.788
of proclamation 2024 State Board of Education advertising

01:10:58.798 --> 01:11:00.349
for bids on the construction material. I'm going to

01:11:00.359 --> 01:11:03.659
call on this little Mr Chair, the committee of the

01:11:03.668 --> 01:11:06.467
full board recommends to the state Board of Education

01:11:06.648 --> 01:11:09.489
to ratify the amendments to the schedule of adoption

01:11:09.499 --> 01:11:13.038
procedures and proclamation 2024 of the State Board

01:11:13.048 --> 01:11:15.837
of Education advertising for bids for instructional

01:11:15.849 --> 01:11:18.999
materials. Ok. Members. Is there any other questions

01:11:19.008 --> 01:11:23.018
or debate on this item?

01:11:23.018 --> 01:11:26.447
Are we ready to vote? All those in favor? Raise your

01:11:26.457 --> 01:11:33.239
hand, please.

01:11:33.239 --> 01:11:35.197
Low your hands. All is opposed by the same sign. There

01:11:35.207 --> 01:11:39.688
are 14 in favor and zero opposed and the motion is

01:11:39.697 --> 01:11:43.268
adopted chairman. Did we need a second on that for

01:11:43.278 --> 01:11:46.217
the record? We don't need a second on the uh full board

01:11:46.229 --> 01:11:50.729
meeting implied. Second.

01:11:50.729 --> 01:11:53.207
All right. Number four is the discussion of required

01:11:53.217 --> 01:11:55.938
vocabulary and literary work recommendations. I call

01:11:55.947 --> 01:11:58.729
on this little Mr Chair, the committee of the full

01:11:58.739 --> 01:12:01.207
board recommends that the State Board of Education

01:12:01.217 --> 01:12:05.109
request that the agency provide recommendations regarding

01:12:05.119 --> 01:12:09.518
the list of required vocabulary and at least one literary

01:12:09.528 --> 01:12:12.697
work to be taught in each grade level as required by

01:12:12.707 --> 01:12:19.018
HB 16 05, 88 Texas legislature regular session. There's

01:12:19.028 --> 01:12:21.217
any other further questions or debate on this item

01:12:22.217 --> 01:12:24.898
Miss Davis? Can we informally work with the agency

01:12:24.909 --> 01:12:28.678
as they're developing the recommendations

01:12:28.678 --> 01:12:30.918
Spanish, we actually could informally, there's not

01:12:30.928 --> 01:12:33.749
a formal process for us to do that. It's not our authority

01:12:33.758 --> 01:12:36.739
um to that extent, but uh as they always are, I'm sure

01:12:36.749 --> 01:12:38.947
they will be very willing to work informally with you

01:12:39.707 --> 01:12:43.717
Mr Hitman. I think a similar question to MS Davis that

01:12:43.729 --> 01:12:47.577
list will then come to us for approval or amendments

01:12:47.587 --> 01:12:53.837
And interesting, interesting enough what the bill required

01:12:53.849 --> 01:12:58.197
is for us to do this. We just are contemplating about

01:12:58.207 --> 01:13:01.457
to finalize here, doesn't say anything after that.

01:13:01.947 --> 01:13:06.467
So what we do from there would, it's implied that it

01:13:06.479 --> 01:13:10.558
in our next uh er vision that we would have that information

01:13:10.567 --> 01:13:13.729
to go from. It doesn't give us a timeline. This was

01:13:13.739 --> 01:13:16.599
specific with the timeline, this action we must do

01:13:16.609 --> 01:13:20.788
must be taken place by February of 2024. Um, it doesn't

01:13:20.798 --> 01:13:23.349
say when we must take action after that. Like I said

01:13:23.388 --> 01:13:26.878
it's implied that in our next, er, revision that we

01:13:26.888 --> 01:13:29.457
would add the literary and vocabulary list, we'd have

01:13:29.467 --> 01:13:32.229
that at that point in time. But to answer your question

01:13:32.239 --> 01:13:35.587
it's, it's not brought back to us because this is the

01:13:35.599 --> 01:13:38.317
end of what the statute said for us that we're required

01:13:38.327 --> 01:13:41.349
to do what we do with it from, I think the amendments

01:13:41.359 --> 01:13:44.168
and so forth would be at our next, er, revision, what

01:13:44.178 --> 01:13:46.438
we add and not necessarily like we get list for him

01:13:46.447 --> 01:13:48.729
and then we want to amend that as it just kind of

01:13:48.739 --> 01:13:50.909
sits there waiting for the next, er, revision, but

01:13:50.918 --> 01:13:53.979
obviously in an, er, revision, then whatever the final

01:13:54.438 --> 01:13:57.388
speaking, this is the commissioner's exact words. You

01:13:57.398 --> 01:13:58.947
know, we can get that and we can water it in the

01:13:58.957 --> 01:14:01.388
trash and throw it away. That's what the statute allows

01:14:01.398 --> 01:14:04.739
us to do it. Literally just says that we must request

01:14:04.749 --> 01:14:10.508
him to take this the uh move forward in this way.

01:14:10.508 --> 01:14:13.438
Um The commissioner did indicate during the discussion

01:14:13.447 --> 01:14:17.378
that he would provide periodic updates on progress

01:14:17.388 --> 01:14:21.668
And so what we anticipate is that we would um add uh

01:14:21.678 --> 01:14:25.018
an agenda item that would immediately follow his comments

01:14:25.028 --> 01:14:27.898
It would provide an opportunity for him to give you

01:14:27.909 --> 01:14:31.817
updates as the agency works through that process. That

01:14:31.827 --> 01:14:34.378
would go into a little more than informal, a chance

01:14:34.388 --> 01:14:37.239
for us to formally interact with him through as he

01:14:37.249 --> 01:14:39.217
goes through this process with. Did you have something

01:14:41.317 --> 01:14:44.508
Right? Any further debate on this item? Are you ready

01:14:44.518 --> 01:14:47.428
to vote? All those in favor? Show by raising your hand

01:14:52.659 --> 01:14:54.668
lower your hands. All those opposed by the same sign

01:14:54.678 --> 01:14:57.788
there's 13 in favor and one opposed and the motion

01:14:57.798 --> 01:15:00.668
is adopted.

01:15:00.668 --> 01:15:02.918
OK. Members next is item number five, which is proposed

01:15:02.928 --> 01:15:05.457
in 19 T AC chapter 1 27 Texas, essential knowledge

01:15:05.467 --> 01:15:08.298
and skills for career development and career and technical

01:15:08.308 --> 01:15:11.398
education, subchapter B high school and subchapter

01:15:11.409 --> 01:15:15.438
f business, marketing and finance. Uh This is first

01:15:15.447 --> 01:15:19.197
reading and filing authorization and it's on your board

01:15:19.207 --> 01:15:20.739
agenda. And I've asked 10, I'm gonna call him this

01:15:20.749 --> 01:15:24.638
little Mr chair. The committee of the full board recommends

01:15:24.648 --> 01:15:27.258
that the State Board of Education approved for first

01:15:27.268 --> 01:15:30.369
reading and filing authorization proposed new 19 T

01:15:30.378 --> 01:15:34.957
AC chapter 1 27 Texas essential knowledge and skills

01:15:34.967 --> 01:15:38.457
for career development and career, technical education

01:15:38.467 --> 01:15:44.067
Subchapter B high school section 127.19 project based

01:15:44.077 --> 01:15:49.418
project based research one credit adopted 2023. Section

01:15:49.428 --> 01:15:56.058
127.20. Career preparation two credits adopted 2023

01:15:56.067 --> 01:16:01.398
Section 127.21 career preparation 22 credits adopted

01:16:01.409 --> 01:16:07.298
2023 and section 127.22 extended career preparation

01:16:07.308 --> 01:16:12.587
one credit adopted 2023 and subchapter f business marketing

01:16:12.599 --> 01:16:18.909
and finance section 127.275. Entrepreneurship 11 credit

01:16:18.918 --> 01:16:25.678
adopted 2023. Section 127.276 entrepreneurship 21 credit

01:16:25.688 --> 01:16:32.317
adopted 2023. Section 127.277. Practicum in entrepreneurship

01:16:32.327 --> 01:16:37.947
one credit adopted 2023 and section 127.278 extended

01:16:37.957 --> 01:16:42.548
practicum and entrepreneurship one credit adopted 2023

01:16:42.558 --> 01:16:49.028
as amended, a pointed question. I'm sorry.

01:16:49.028 --> 01:16:53.188
Yes. Uh So Mr Chair was this for, were we going to

01:16:53.198 --> 01:16:56.727
have a discussion before voting on this? So what will

01:16:56.737 --> 01:16:59.539
happen here? This is a lot like what happened earlier

01:16:59.549 --> 01:17:02.878
in the week? Um in that there's a motion now on the

01:17:02.888 --> 01:17:05.227
floor and just like earlier in the week when we had

01:17:05.237 --> 01:17:08.497
a motion and we amended that main motion. Um that is

01:17:08.507 --> 01:17:11.069
that's proper today also. So this is a chance to do

01:17:11.079 --> 01:17:14.468
just what we did on uh whatever day that was Tuesday

01:17:14.477 --> 01:17:17.799
Or Wednesday. Um, so if you have amendments to go through

01:17:17.809 --> 01:17:20.589
that, this would be so, uh, in order at this, this

01:17:20.598 --> 01:17:24.159
time, I would like to let me before we, I, I do

01:17:24.168 --> 01:17:25.977
want to point out one thing I'll, I'll call on you

01:17:25.987 --> 01:17:28.517
next with that before we, we get too far into that

01:17:28.527 --> 01:17:31.848
There was, I know one kind of main loose end I will

01:17:31.858 --> 01:17:34.819
call it that I think we, we discussed earlier in the

01:17:34.829 --> 01:17:37.987
week that needs to be tied up. And that's how we do

01:17:37.997 --> 01:17:40.358
as far as a career placement. Basically, whether the

01:17:40.368 --> 01:17:42.809
the the jobs that they would go to would be in the

01:17:42.819 --> 01:17:45.698
field and there was some conversations with staff.

01:17:45.708 --> 01:17:48.997
So a little overview of probably what we talked about

01:17:49.007 --> 01:17:52.559
earlier in the week and what was discussed in between

01:17:52.878 --> 01:17:56.148
um looking at this, I mean, the the two courses, career

01:17:56.159 --> 01:17:59.539
prep one and career prep two, let me kind of work backwards

01:17:59.757 --> 01:18:03.468
So starting with career prep two, career prep two is

01:18:03.477 --> 01:18:06.928
not in any programs of study. So therefore, it would

01:18:06.938 --> 01:18:11.987
not make logical sense to align um any work requirements

01:18:11.997 --> 01:18:15.977
with a program of study as career prep two is not in

01:18:15.987 --> 01:18:20.319
any programs of study. Career prep one is in all programs

01:18:20.329 --> 01:18:23.487
of study. It's in all programs of study as a level

01:18:23.497 --> 01:18:25.839
four course, which makes it a Capstone course which

01:18:25.848 --> 01:18:28.727
also aligns that with maximum wage and funding. So

01:18:28.737 --> 01:18:31.909
there would be, it would make sense to me for that

01:18:31.918 --> 01:18:35.628
uh work placement to align with the program of study

01:18:36.418 --> 01:18:38.539
in so much that there may be some students who are

01:18:38.549 --> 01:18:41.148
not pursuing a program of study, then there would not

01:18:41.159 --> 01:18:43.289
be a career placement to align with that because there

01:18:43.299 --> 01:18:44.968
would be, it would be a moot point, there would be

01:18:44.977 --> 01:18:49.809
nothing to align with. So staff has taken that, that

01:18:49.819 --> 01:18:54.138
uh um concept and just passed out a proposed amendment

01:18:54.148 --> 01:18:56.688
there. Did I cover that or is there anything you want

01:18:56.698 --> 01:18:59.767
to add to it? That that's um you covered it, chairman

01:18:59.777 --> 01:19:02.628
I just wanted to, to make a note. Um I shared this

01:19:02.638 --> 01:19:05.007
with the committee on instruction yesterday. Please

01:19:05.017 --> 01:19:09.362
disregard the bright yellow line on your paper. It

01:19:09.372 --> 01:19:13.122
looks like highlighting it is a printer malfunction

01:19:13.132 --> 01:19:16.372
that we are working to get corrected. Um So I know

01:19:16.382 --> 01:19:18.862
it's incredibly distracting but it doesn't actually

01:19:18.872 --> 01:19:22.293
mean anything. So just um wanted to point out that

01:19:22.303 --> 01:19:25.073
that is something that hopefully you can just ignore

01:19:25.704 --> 01:19:27.852
You're telling that one line there. It's not as important

01:19:27.862 --> 01:19:33.348
as it thinks it is. Is that ok, Mr Chair? I moved

01:19:33.358 --> 01:19:36.289
at the State Board of Education except this new language

01:19:36.299 --> 01:19:40.799
that has been added to career preparation. 127.202

01:19:40.809 --> 01:19:46.598
credits.

01:19:46.598 --> 01:19:50.267
Uh Do you need a 2nd, 2nd? The motion in a second

01:19:51.598 --> 01:19:54.007
Mr Hickman.

01:19:54.007 --> 01:19:58.188
I have a question. I, I don't remember Wednesday what

01:19:58.198 --> 01:20:02.198
we did when career prep two did we make it be required

01:20:02.208 --> 01:20:05.208
that it was within the program of study? I know we

01:20:05.218 --> 01:20:07.878
discussed that amendment but I don't recall. It was

01:20:07.888 --> 01:20:10.958
withdrawn Mr Hickman to give us a chance to try to

01:20:10.968 --> 01:20:15.027
work through all of that. Ok. So um can I jump ahead

01:20:15.039 --> 01:20:17.448
then? Are we going to see any amendments in career

01:20:17.458 --> 01:20:21.958
prep too? Uh given the explanation that um Doctor Ellis

01:20:21.968 --> 01:20:25.987
shared, uh we would um not recommend an adjustment

01:20:25.997 --> 01:20:29.747
to career preparation two that would um allow maximum

01:20:29.757 --> 01:20:32.918
flexibility for districts and students in that particular

01:20:32.928 --> 01:20:37.368
course given that it is not incorporated into programs

01:20:37.378 --> 01:20:40.918
of study? Ok, great. Thank you.

01:20:40.918 --> 01:20:43.148
Ok, Miss Kay is working to get that on the screen while

01:20:43.159 --> 01:20:45.059
she's done that we can keep discussing Mr Mayor and

01:20:45.069 --> 01:20:51.438
Miss Pickering. OK. Of,

01:20:51.438 --> 01:20:53.638
if I could just have a question for staff, this is

01:20:53.648 --> 01:20:59.128
uh so, so must be related uh

01:20:59.128 --> 01:21:02.948
who, who determines that the district would determine

01:21:02.958 --> 01:21:05.299
that the district would determine that. So, so how

01:21:05.309 --> 01:21:09.618
much to the extent that it is related? And the other

01:21:09.628 --> 01:21:18.448
question is, is that um in a instance where a experience

01:21:18.458 --> 01:21:22.257
or, or, or employment that is related is, is simply

01:21:22.267 --> 01:21:26.659
not available or, or it, it, it, it's, it's hard to

01:21:26.668 --> 01:21:31.368
to, to make that match uh simply because is that even

01:21:31.378 --> 01:21:33.487
though that, that, that, that, that student may be

01:21:33.497 --> 01:21:37.319
be, be studying towards something but the ability to

01:21:37.329 --> 01:21:39.708
to, to make that, that employment didn't exist in that

01:21:39.718 --> 01:21:43.878
town, at least in, in a reasonable kind of way without

01:21:43.888 --> 01:21:47.987
that kid driving 50 miles or something like that. Is

01:21:47.997 --> 01:21:51.659
there any kind of waiver or, or is there any sort of

01:21:51.668 --> 01:21:54.559
exception that can be made? Well, so I, I would point

01:21:54.569 --> 01:21:57.809
out that there are other level four options in the

01:21:57.819 --> 01:22:01.839
program of study. So this, this would not be the only

01:22:01.848 --> 01:22:04.868
option for a student to complete that, that program

01:22:04.878 --> 01:22:07.757
of study. So that's, that's the first thing is they

01:22:07.767 --> 01:22:14.898
could just take a different course,

01:22:14.898 --> 01:22:18.218
follow this, Mr Mayor,

01:22:18.218 --> 01:22:23.928
whether yes or no I'm good. Ok, Mr Dick.

01:22:23.928 --> 01:22:27.968
Uh just to follow up on member Maynard's comment, can

01:22:27.977 --> 01:22:30.409
you just explain a little more because you know, students

01:22:30.418 --> 01:22:34.819
who are in rural districts, they uh could be in a course

01:22:34.829 --> 01:22:37.549
of study that that job is not available where they

01:22:37.559 --> 01:22:43.098
live. So please explain um other avenues before we

01:22:43.108 --> 01:22:48.878
mandate or potentially mandate a student not able to

01:22:49.118 --> 01:22:52.277
um go through a course that that's maybe where their

01:22:52.289 --> 01:22:54.159
talent is or maybe that's where they want their life

01:22:54.168 --> 01:22:57.598
to go and sure. Um So I, so the, the way that

01:22:57.608 --> 01:23:00.418
this is structured is it would still will allow a student

01:23:00.428 --> 01:23:03.227
to take career preparation one. And we talked about

01:23:03.237 --> 01:23:05.487
there might be a community. Um I think M Picker, you

01:23:05.497 --> 01:23:08.118
pointed out, you know, a community where Walmart, Walmart

01:23:08.128 --> 01:23:10.678
is the largest employer. So there wouldn't be anything

01:23:10.688 --> 01:23:16.089
to stop a student from doing career prep one and having

01:23:16.098 --> 01:23:19.747
that, that kind of a placement, what we're really talking

01:23:19.757 --> 01:23:23.737
about is if, if it's a, a meaningful program of study

01:23:23.987 --> 01:23:26.448
and you've got an educator who's teaching the level

01:23:26.458 --> 01:23:29.368
one, level two, level three course, we would expect

01:23:29.378 --> 01:23:33.289
that that teacher would also be able to teach one of

01:23:33.299 --> 01:23:36.948
the other level four courses that is an option. And

01:23:36.958 --> 01:23:40.339
so, uh let's say I'm a student in a small town and

01:23:40.468 --> 01:23:44.204
um I am studying, I, I want to pursue cybersecurity

01:23:44.402 --> 01:23:48.964
and um I also want and maybe I, I need to work

01:23:48.973 --> 01:23:53.553
to support my family. I could take a level four course

01:23:53.563 --> 01:23:56.493
in cyber security. Assuming I've taken my other level

01:23:56.503 --> 01:24:00.204
12 and three and also take career preparation one so

01:24:00.214 --> 01:24:02.362
that this course would help me complete my program

01:24:02.372 --> 01:24:07.098
of study, the career prep helps me to be employed and

01:24:07.108 --> 01:24:10.608
also get credit. So it could be a both end in that

01:24:10.618 --> 01:24:14.858
kind of a scenario. OK. So if that is already allowed

01:24:14.868 --> 01:24:17.237
right, if, if there's a workaround for this, are we

01:24:17.247 --> 01:24:20.339
creating a level of confusion for anybody if we adopt

01:24:20.348 --> 01:24:22.448
this? I mean, are we gonna force them into trying to

01:24:22.458 --> 01:24:24.708
figure out workarounds where it's not really necessary

01:24:24.718 --> 01:24:28.468
Um I, I would hope not, I think what this is intending

01:24:28.477 --> 01:24:32.809
to say is and, and we, the programs of study have not

01:24:32.819 --> 01:24:35.628
been in existence for a long time, career preparation

01:24:35.638 --> 01:24:37.839
or this idea. I think it might have had a different

01:24:37.848 --> 01:24:42.569
name has probably been around for 20 or 30 years. Um

01:24:42.579 --> 01:24:47.007
programs of study are relatively new and uh what the

01:24:47.017 --> 01:24:49.737
the Perkins State plan says and, and everything that

01:24:49.747 --> 01:24:52.218
we've been working with districts on is if a student

01:24:52.227 --> 01:24:55.079
is pursuing that program of study, they're working

01:24:55.089 --> 01:24:57.409
towards an industry based certification. We want to

01:24:57.418 --> 01:25:00.878
give them maximum opportunity to study that particular

01:25:00.888 --> 01:25:04.218
area. And so all of this is saying is in that instance

01:25:04.227 --> 01:25:06.309
where you're talking about this being a level four

01:25:06.319 --> 01:25:10.888
course that, that it should be related. If it's not

01:25:10.898 --> 01:25:14.409
going to be used as a level four course, then they

01:25:14.418 --> 01:25:17.059
can make whatever decisions, make the most sense within

01:25:17.069 --> 01:25:19.767
that community for that, that student and, and, and

01:25:19.777 --> 01:25:22.277
their family. OK. Thank you. And then I also have a

01:25:22.289 --> 01:25:27.487
question for the member who proposed this um um member

01:25:27.497 --> 01:25:33.289
Brooks on this. Let's see,

01:25:33.289 --> 01:25:39.497
Miss Little. Oh, thank you. Um Member Little. Uh Tell

01:25:39.507 --> 01:25:41.868
me, explain a little bit more of your intent towards

01:25:41.878 --> 01:25:45.708
this.

01:25:45.708 --> 01:25:49.888
I think it, it adds for more clarification,

01:25:49.888 --> 01:25:54.898
clarification to who to the districts and for the student

01:25:54.909 --> 01:25:59.799
for the, for the teachers. OK. And um uh just so I

01:25:59.809 --> 01:26:02.507
can understand a little bit more. Has anyone from your

01:26:02.517 --> 01:26:04.487
district have superintendents and reached out to you

01:26:04.497 --> 01:26:08.089
saying they need this clarification. I haven't heard

01:26:08.098 --> 01:26:11.368
from him at this point, but this is just first reading

01:26:11.507 --> 01:26:15.227
So it will go out for, for comment. Ok, thank you.

01:26:15.237 --> 01:26:19.059
Member Little. Any other questions from members? Doctor

01:26:19.069 --> 01:26:21.069
Young?

01:26:21.069 --> 01:26:24.688
So piggybacking on that just to um, refresh my memory

01:26:24.698 --> 01:26:27.569
on how the process works. This is, this is first reading

01:26:27.579 --> 01:26:30.378
and filing authorization, then it goes out to the public

01:26:30.388 --> 01:26:33.977
Yes. And then the public makes comments which includes

01:26:33.987 --> 01:26:37.918
our superintendents, our teachers, the the true experts

01:26:37.928 --> 01:26:41.579
in the field and then they'll be able to respond and

01:26:41.589 --> 01:26:44.559
we can then make adjustments as necessary. Correct

01:26:45.448 --> 01:26:49.218
Absolutely. Spot

01:26:49.218 --> 01:26:53.069
the other discussion on this specific amendment. Miss

01:26:53.079 --> 01:26:56.628
Speaker. Um I have one more I guess, question uh Mr

01:26:56.638 --> 01:26:59.767
Chairman again, whenever this goes out to public comment

01:26:59.777 --> 01:27:02.448
parents are included in that because it will, I mean

01:27:02.458 --> 01:27:04.839
this will greatly affect families if we qualify this

01:27:04.848 --> 01:27:08.128
as a just for a little background lesson on, on, on

01:27:08.138 --> 01:27:10.579
how it all works here. You know, we have our discussion

01:27:10.589 --> 01:27:12.668
item, we have our first reading, we have a second reading

01:27:12.678 --> 01:27:16.007
to, to focus here because this is first reading. Uh

01:27:16.017 --> 01:27:18.569
we often say just first reading but its first reading

01:27:18.579 --> 01:27:21.688
and filing authorization that filing authorization

01:27:21.777 --> 01:27:25.507
means we're giving this uh to be authorized to be published

01:27:25.517 --> 01:27:28.848
in the Texas register. The Texas register is open for

01:27:28.858 --> 01:27:32.398
all uh 30 million residents of the state of Texas to

01:27:32.409 --> 01:27:36.368
review and to post comments. And in that filing it

01:27:36.378 --> 01:27:41.237
it outlines what the parameters to to proposed uh public

01:27:41.247 --> 01:27:44.257
comment is. There's an open window for that. It's the

01:27:44.267 --> 01:27:48.069
same of any rule that's proposed by any, any agency

01:27:48.079 --> 01:27:50.039
in the entire state of Texas. It's all an outlined

01:27:50.049 --> 01:27:53.329
rule. Um It's a rule we all always followed here too

01:27:53.618 --> 01:27:56.378
We are giving that, given that feedback. Uh That's

01:27:56.388 --> 01:27:59.918
a very formal way to do that. Um We also as a

01:27:59.928 --> 01:28:02.909
as board members have lots of connections to our local

01:28:02.918 --> 01:28:05.579
districts. That's why we're of course elected by members

01:28:05.589 --> 01:28:08.858
So we often go out and talk to local superintendents

01:28:08.868 --> 01:28:11.589
and teachers and parents and community members and

01:28:11.598 --> 01:28:15.108
all stakeholders and receive that. We bring all that

01:28:15.809 --> 01:28:19.398
uh bring trust back together and then we make a decision

01:28:19.409 --> 01:28:22.839
at second reading and final adoption. Does that help

01:28:22.848 --> 01:28:27.299
You're welcome, Mr Maynard. And let me just, and, and

01:28:27.309 --> 01:28:30.777
you know, and I,

01:28:30.777 --> 01:28:33.928
I understand the explanation and uh and, and I think

01:28:33.938 --> 01:28:36.948
that, you know, I can, I can, I can support this for

01:28:36.958 --> 01:28:39.868
now, but I, I think that uh with the understanding

01:28:39.878 --> 01:28:42.428
that probably next meeting, we'll hear from a lot of

01:28:42.438 --> 01:28:46.767
CTE directors, we'll hear from association that represent

01:28:46.777 --> 01:28:49.608
uh CTE teachers and CTE directors and that sort of

01:28:49.618 --> 01:28:52.809
thing. So uh there, there will be a lot of, I promise

01:28:52.819 --> 01:28:54.468
you, there will be a lot of feedback on this thing

01:28:54.477 --> 01:28:56.829
And like, because, because people watch that people

01:28:56.839 --> 01:29:00.237
are, are, are, are watching this meeting. And so uh

01:29:00.247 --> 01:29:02.378
so we'll have an opportunity to get to get plenty of

01:29:02.388 --> 01:29:05.618
feedback and and, uh, you know, like our or another

01:29:05.628 --> 01:29:08.208
one maybe, uh, you know, Texas Rural Education Association

01:29:08.218 --> 01:29:10.888
that represents, you know, very small rural schools

01:29:10.898 --> 01:29:13.668
and, and, you know, good chance we'll hear from them

01:29:13.678 --> 01:29:16.628
And so that's the benefit of the process is, is that

01:29:16.638 --> 01:29:19.839
we, we go through the, and, and, and in every, in every

01:29:19.848 --> 01:29:22.678
step we have an opportunity for, for, for public input

01:29:22.688 --> 01:29:24.448
and then we have to seal the deal. Next, next time

01:29:24.458 --> 01:29:27.398
around, we put even a finer point on that. And we kind

01:29:27.409 --> 01:29:29.069
of have two options. We'll have two options here and

01:29:29.079 --> 01:29:31.848
we'll have two options at second reading. We can include

01:29:31.858 --> 01:29:34.378
this language or not include this, read this language

01:29:34.388 --> 01:29:36.819
at this meeting and next meeting. So one scenario would

01:29:36.829 --> 01:29:39.589
be that we choose not to include it right here. That

01:29:39.598 --> 01:29:43.007
would not clue in the public at all that we are considering

01:29:43.017 --> 01:29:45.299
something. And then let's say we just decide to do

01:29:45.309 --> 01:29:47.737
it at second reading. Now we've sprung it upon them

01:29:48.257 --> 01:29:50.987
Um If we go ahead and include this language here, we're

01:29:50.997 --> 01:29:53.737
telegraphing to them that this is what we're intending

01:29:53.747 --> 01:29:56.438
to do, give us some feedback. So including this thing

01:29:56.539 --> 01:29:59.319
here, I think is a benefit to the process because it

01:29:59.329 --> 01:30:02.358
clues in the stakeholders, all stakeholders that here's

01:30:02.368 --> 01:30:04.968
a consideration that they wouldn't necessarily get

01:30:04.977 --> 01:30:07.928
if we don't do this now, but then do decide to do

01:30:07.938 --> 01:30:10.848
it at second rate. It's a bit of a trial balloon, floating

01:30:10.858 --> 01:30:13.549
it out there, you know, and see what happens Mr Francis

01:30:14.257 --> 01:30:18.517
Thank you, chair to staff. I, I just wanted a little

01:30:18.527 --> 01:30:23.909
bit more clarity on um how we had how students were

01:30:23.918 --> 01:30:27.428
able to um get the credit for taking the course before

01:30:27.438 --> 01:30:30.089
this recommended change and what we're proposing. I

01:30:30.098 --> 01:30:32.909
just need to solidify that in my head and take notes

01:30:33.688 --> 01:30:38.267
Uh So Mr Francis, I believe um Mrs Brooks had had asked

01:30:38.277 --> 01:30:41.809
question and, and actually posed some um amendments

01:30:41.819 --> 01:30:45.517
at the um Wednesday meeting about changing this from

01:30:45.527 --> 01:30:49.819
two credits to one credit. Um Under this scenario,

01:30:49.829 --> 01:30:56.118
it, the language would still be two credits. Um So

01:30:56.128 --> 01:30:59.319
I, I think the, what the board needs to, to consider

01:30:59.329 --> 01:31:03.718
is as, as Mr Maynard mentioned, um the amount of time

01:31:03.727 --> 01:31:07.468
that a student would, would spend in this sort of uh

01:31:07.477 --> 01:31:11.198
a work based learning environment. And what we know

01:31:11.208 --> 01:31:13.829
to be true is that historically, they're traveling

01:31:13.839 --> 01:31:18.659
from campus to the workplace engaging for what needs

01:31:18.668 --> 01:31:22.007
to be some meaningful amount of time. Typically, you

01:31:22.017 --> 01:31:27.142
wouldn't do that for 30 or 45 minutes. Um So they're

01:31:27.152 --> 01:31:32.313
they're engaging in that practice of those skills for

01:31:32.323 --> 01:31:35.743
a period of time that if it's going to be essentially

01:31:35.753 --> 01:31:41.303
the Capstone course of a four course program of study

01:31:41.473 --> 01:31:44.934
it does seem reasonable that that would be worth the

01:31:44.944 --> 01:31:49.948
two credits as um originally proposed. Um Could you

01:31:49.958 --> 01:31:53.888
just explain to me um what you mean by a level four

01:31:53.898 --> 01:31:57.148
requirement as opposed to other. Yes, sir. Um So if

01:31:57.159 --> 01:32:01.477
you'll recall, we um I, I rushed through a presentation

01:32:01.487 --> 01:32:04.319
of the programs of study at the end of the day on

01:32:04.329 --> 01:32:09.398
Wednesday. So a program of study um always includes

01:32:09.409 --> 01:32:14.289
four courses. We have um what we uh consider level

01:32:14.299 --> 01:32:16.685
one course courses which are the basic introductory

01:32:16.695 --> 01:32:19.735
courses for the program of study, level two, level

01:32:19.745 --> 01:32:22.834
three and level four, they get progressively more rigorous

01:32:22.844 --> 01:32:27.123
and, and oftentimes progressively more specific. And

01:32:27.133 --> 01:32:32.414
so um the programs of study um framework documents

01:32:32.424 --> 01:32:35.995
that we put out will say uh to use my cybersecurity

01:32:36.004 --> 01:32:40.280
example, uh level one and then it'll list um you know

01:32:40.290 --> 01:32:43.050
two or three or four or five courses that would be

01:32:43.060 --> 01:32:45.751
an appropriate introductory course for that program

01:32:45.761 --> 01:32:49.080
of study. And then I could go on to, to choose from

01:32:49.091 --> 01:32:51.741
level two, level three and level four. And so what

01:32:51.751 --> 01:32:56.091
we're saying is this would apply only in that instance

01:32:56.101 --> 01:32:59.610
where it, the career preparation course is being used

01:32:59.620 --> 01:33:04.470
as that final Capstone course following three other

01:33:04.480 --> 01:33:09.438
courses, I have two questions. So um just to see where

01:33:09.448 --> 01:33:13.477
I'm at right now, so students can take this course

01:33:13.789 --> 01:33:18.339
Um they could take it at any level. What level would

01:33:18.348 --> 01:33:21.618
this be right now? Without this requirement right now

01:33:21.628 --> 01:33:27.017
it's listed as a level four course. OK. Would this

01:33:27.027 --> 01:33:30.688
if they decide not to, they don't have the option to

01:33:30.698 --> 01:33:35.497
do the, the um related to work, seek employment in

01:33:35.507 --> 01:33:39.718
a related the students related program of study. Now

01:33:39.727 --> 01:33:42.148
are the districts choosing that? Now this would be

01:33:42.159 --> 01:33:46.858
a level three or two or how?

01:33:46.858 --> 01:33:52.108
So career preparation one is, is currently categorized

01:33:52.118 --> 01:33:57.738
as a level four course. What is true is I'm, I'm let's

01:33:57.749 --> 01:34:00.669
say, um so let's say I'm pursuing that program of study

01:34:00.678 --> 01:34:04.117
but let's say that Yolanda is actually not pursuing

01:34:04.128 --> 01:34:07.028
a program of study. Maybe she's focusing her efforts

01:34:07.037 --> 01:34:10.028
on taking additional fine arts courses, but she wants

01:34:10.037 --> 01:34:14.669
to enroll in career preparation. One, in her case,

01:34:14.678 --> 01:34:19.008
she's not looking to satisfy a level 1234 requirement

01:34:19.019 --> 01:34:21.468
And so it would just be her career preparation course

01:34:21.479 --> 01:34:26.867
for two credits and it could be in any related uh field

01:34:27.307 --> 01:34:30.548
And so that would be the distinction is that I'm using

01:34:30.557 --> 01:34:34.669
the course to satisfy this um CTE requirement, but

01:34:34.678 --> 01:34:41.528
she's not OK. And just one final question. So I guess

01:34:41.537 --> 01:34:46.999
career preparation to, I'm just guessing why wouldn't

01:34:47.008 --> 01:34:49.928
And that's a level four course as well. It's not. Um

01:34:49.939 --> 01:34:53.488
And that is I will tell you, um I, every time I

01:34:53.499 --> 01:34:55.307
think I understand these things, there are lots of

01:34:55.318 --> 01:34:57.229
things I realize, I don't know which is why we have

01:34:57.238 --> 01:35:00.749
all the true experts sitting at that end of the room

01:35:01.189 --> 01:35:04.088
Um But what, as we were talking about this last night

01:35:04.097 --> 01:35:08.637
trying to figure out what um uh language we might um

01:35:08.648 --> 01:35:13.367
suggest to you what, what I was able to confirm is

01:35:13.378 --> 01:35:15.847
that although career preparation two, you would think

01:35:15.858 --> 01:35:18.159
that builds on career preparation. One that would make

01:35:18.169 --> 01:35:21.939
logical sense to me, it is actually not included in

01:35:21.948 --> 01:35:26.198
a program of study because career preparation, one

01:35:26.209 --> 01:35:30.689
is a prerequisite. And by the time they've taken career

01:35:30.698 --> 01:35:32.678
preparation, one, they've completed the program of

01:35:32.689 --> 01:35:35.117
study. So you don't need career preparation two to

01:35:35.128 --> 01:35:40.148
satisfy that requirement. Consequently, um It does

01:35:40.159 --> 01:35:44.148
not fall into the category of being um a level 123

01:35:44.159 --> 01:35:47.358
or four. It's, it's a little more independent. Um And

01:35:47.367 --> 01:35:50.229
that's why we didn't bring you any language for adjustments

01:35:50.238 --> 01:35:55.919
to that course. So under which circumstances would

01:35:55.948 --> 01:35:59.988
a student take career preparation? Two? Then would

01:35:59.999 --> 01:36:03.439
it be like, yo, so um let's say, I mean, Yolanda might

01:36:03.448 --> 01:36:06.608
have taken career preparation one as a junior and then

01:36:06.617 --> 01:36:10.318
she takes career preparation two as a senior. Um I

01:36:10.327 --> 01:36:13.758
I might do something, you know, this probably wouldn't

01:36:13.769 --> 01:36:16.068
be me. It would be somebody, let's say Shelley, what

01:36:16.077 --> 01:36:18.909
if Shelley was accelerated? And she took her level

01:36:18.919 --> 01:36:23.117
one course in eighth grade, level two and ninth level

01:36:23.128 --> 01:36:27.298
three and 10th level four, career prep one as a junior

01:36:27.307 --> 01:36:30.798
And then because she's a superstar, she would go on

01:36:30.807 --> 01:36:33.648
to take career prep two as a senior even though she's

01:36:33.659 --> 01:36:37.597
already completed her program of study.

01:36:37.597 --> 01:36:40.807
Ok. So it's not a level four course. It's just an additional

01:36:40.818 --> 01:36:44.887
course, it's just a um a vanilla CTE course it doesn't

01:36:44.898 --> 01:36:49.709
have the additional sprinkles. Ok. Thank you.

01:36:49.709 --> 01:36:54.659
Thank you, Mr Chairman. Um I think when we consider

01:36:54.669 --> 01:37:00.887
this amendment, the idea is in the um element of career

01:37:00.898 --> 01:37:04.738
prep. Um I do practicums or I did, you know, when I

01:37:04.749 --> 01:37:07.597
was in college for teaching, it was in my field, it

01:37:07.608 --> 01:37:11.318
was not in an entirely different field. So there's

01:37:11.327 --> 01:37:15.867
a difference between a job and a career. And in a career

01:37:15.878 --> 01:37:18.387
you do want to sharpen your skills, you do want to

01:37:18.398 --> 01:37:22.409
excel in that field. And that I was thinking along

01:37:22.419 --> 01:37:26.648
those lines to be consistent and for a student to get

01:37:26.659 --> 01:37:32.347
the most um uh success and what their goals are for

01:37:32.358 --> 01:37:34.278
after high school, they're very close. This is for

01:37:34.287 --> 01:37:37.659
11th and 12th graders. So it's a great motivator too

01:37:37.718 --> 01:37:40.387
and it, it to go into a field and to see, hey

01:37:40.398 --> 01:37:43.588
this is actually what I wanna do or, you know, I understand

01:37:43.597 --> 01:37:46.847
the, the transportation and uh but this is an opportunity

01:37:46.858 --> 01:37:50.409
for students to even think outside of their city, maybe

01:37:50.419 --> 01:37:54.108
it's something um uh that they can do outside of their

01:37:54.117 --> 01:37:57.669
city, uh public transportation or it's an opportunity

01:37:57.678 --> 01:38:01.659
to at least explore some other ideas. And, and the

01:38:01.669 --> 01:38:04.979
way Maynard explains it as CTE instructors, they're

01:38:04.988 --> 01:38:08.468
very innovative, very creative in how they reach the

01:38:08.479 --> 01:38:11.749
needs of their students. I like the flexibility in

01:38:11.758 --> 01:38:15.878
this. Um If you want to satisfy a level four. It's

01:38:15.887 --> 01:38:19.338
not saying you have to either. So I think the language

01:38:19.347 --> 01:38:22.818
is fair and it gives teachers flexibility as well as

01:38:22.827 --> 01:38:27.159
students. That's my city. Thank you. Call the question

01:38:31.729 --> 01:38:35.258
You have a second.

01:38:35.258 --> 01:38:36.807
Well, the emphasis of the second, we might not need

01:38:36.818 --> 01:38:39.709
to vote on this one, but we'll go through the process

01:38:41.159 --> 01:38:43.939
So the uh there's been a motion to call the question

01:38:43.948 --> 01:38:46.919
in a second. There's no debate. Uh We'll move immediately

01:38:46.928 --> 01:38:48.827
to the vote. This vote is just to go back to the

01:38:48.838 --> 01:38:51.959
immediate motion. So all those in favor of calling

01:38:51.968 --> 01:38:59.709
the question show by raising your hand,

01:38:59.709 --> 01:39:02.798
all your hands all pose by the same sign 13 in favor

01:39:02.807 --> 01:39:05.557
you opposed. So the question has been called. So now

01:39:05.568 --> 01:39:09.738
we'll move immediately to the vote on the amendment

01:39:09.749 --> 01:39:13.669
as presented which is on the screen.

01:39:13.669 --> 01:39:15.948
And I would ask all those in favor of the amendment

01:39:15.959 --> 01:39:21.057
show by raising your hand,

01:39:21.057 --> 01:39:25.238
right? So,

01:39:25.238 --> 01:39:26.858
or your hands, all those opposed on the same side,

01:39:26.867 --> 01:39:30.659
there's 14 in favor and zero opposed and the amendment

01:39:30.669 --> 01:39:34.838
carries. All right. So we're now open for the any other

01:39:34.847 --> 01:39:38.169
amendments, Mr Mr Mayor, I just have a question. Um

01:39:38.178 --> 01:39:40.838
and this really doesn't have to do with the, but it

01:39:40.847 --> 01:39:44.608
is just kind of a kind of a question on the because

01:39:44.617 --> 01:39:47.209
all these courses are, are wrapped into one motion

01:39:47.218 --> 01:39:51.669
So on, on entrepreneurship, one and two. Uh what does

01:39:51.678 --> 01:39:56.548
the staff uh contemplate just in terms of, of certification

01:39:56.557 --> 01:39:58.919
as far as teaching that because, because entrepreneurship

01:39:58.928 --> 01:40:02.928
is not specific to a particular

01:40:02.928 --> 01:40:05.137
cluster, I mean, like, for instance, like, I mean,

01:40:05.148 --> 01:40:06.928
I mean, that that could apply to a food and natural

01:40:06.939 --> 01:40:09.178
resources, it could apply to lots of different things

01:40:09.798 --> 01:40:13.468
And so that does do, do, do we can anticipate that

01:40:14.347 --> 01:40:15.959
it won't just be the business teachers that will be

01:40:15.968 --> 01:40:19.439
teaching this but, but possibly others. Um Correct

01:40:19.448 --> 01:40:22.077
So I would have to check what the current certifications

01:40:22.088 --> 01:40:27.117
are. Um with those two of those um teach based entrepreneurship

01:40:27.128 --> 01:40:30.979
courses that you're considering today um are approved

01:40:30.988 --> 01:40:33.919
innovative courses that also have certification requirements

01:40:33.928 --> 01:40:36.439
associated with them. So we can double check those

01:40:36.448 --> 01:40:38.709
But my understanding, my recollection is that they're

01:40:38.718 --> 01:40:41.608
pretty broad because they are in multiple programs

01:40:41.617 --> 01:40:45.428
of study. Um But once this board is finished adopting

01:40:45.439 --> 01:40:48.827
revisions to the, then we'll have an opportunity to

01:40:48.838 --> 01:40:52.298
work with staff that supports sec to make any additional

01:40:52.307 --> 01:40:55.758
adjustments to those certification roles. And is there

01:40:55.769 --> 01:40:58.909
just a just as a follow up? Uh Are there any, any

01:40:58.919 --> 01:41:04.218
current industry certifications that, that measure

01:41:04.959 --> 01:41:07.979
knowledge and skill and in entrepreneurship? Is there

01:41:07.988 --> 01:41:10.867
is there a, is there a industry based certification

01:41:10.878 --> 01:41:14.807
that one can earn for that? Where um staff in the back

01:41:14.818 --> 01:41:16.919
are the experts on that? And they're telling me no

01:41:17.128 --> 01:41:30.159
Ok, good thanks. Good to know.

01:41:30.159 --> 01:41:34.718
Ok, so members um again, this is open for amendments

01:41:34.729 --> 01:41:37.468
as it was earlier in the week, we have our two documents

01:41:37.479 --> 01:41:41.178
One's uh subject B and one's F the, the two doctors

01:41:41.189 --> 01:41:44.528
who went through. So the, the previous motion was for

01:41:44.537 --> 01:41:47.508
the first document. Section B. So are there any other

01:41:47.519 --> 01:41:51.347
amendments on section B which is titled the high school

01:41:51.358 --> 01:41:53.659
course, which is the document that has high school

01:41:53.669 --> 01:41:56.159
on the top? Section B? Any other amendments on any

01:41:56.169 --> 01:42:01.178
courses in that Mr Francis? Thank you, chair. I have

01:42:01.189 --> 01:42:05.019
several amendments here. Members would bear with me

01:42:05.689 --> 01:42:10.669
Um Is it OK to start from 1 27.20 career prep one

01:42:11.878 --> 01:42:14.218
Yeah, sure.

01:42:14.218 --> 01:42:16.378
Ok.

01:42:16.378 --> 01:42:20.689
Um

01:42:20.689 --> 01:42:27.568
Members direct your attention to 1 27.20 prep one one

01:42:27.577 --> 01:42:33.519
G I'm adding

01:42:33.519 --> 01:42:40.238
a student expectation

01:42:40.238 --> 01:42:45.617
which reads describe the benefits of having a job and

01:42:45.628 --> 01:42:55.287
being self sufficient.

01:42:55.287 --> 01:42:59.128
I'm gonna wait for her to get on the screen. Ok. Members

01:42:59.137 --> 01:43:01.378
we have a second

01:43:01.378 --> 01:43:04.818
motion in a second. Mr Francis. I'd like to speak to

01:43:04.827 --> 01:43:11.459
your amendment. Um A student expectation here um talks

01:43:11.468 --> 01:43:15.307
about employable skills to uh gain an entry level position

01:43:15.537 --> 01:43:20.628
just believe this amendment um would just further

01:43:20.628 --> 01:43:23.798
solidify. Um But I think the student student expectation

01:43:23.807 --> 01:43:29.729
is hoping to achieve for clarity. Thank you

01:43:29.729 --> 01:43:34.729
further discussion on this amendment.

01:43:34.729 --> 01:43:38.387
You ready to miss Davis. Um I like the maker of the

01:43:38.398 --> 01:43:41.909
motion to kind of delve a little bit deeper into what

01:43:41.919 --> 01:43:45.229
you expect the conversations to be about. With this

01:43:45.238 --> 01:43:48.597
expectation benefits of having a job and being self

01:43:48.608 --> 01:43:51.968
sufficient. So what do you envision those conversations

01:43:51.979 --> 01:43:57.678
in the classroom will be like,

01:43:57.678 --> 01:44:00.648
this is actually building up on um something that I'll

01:44:00.659 --> 01:44:03.979
expand on um in the next course, which talks about

01:44:03.988 --> 01:44:06.659
having a job leads to career and self sufficiency,

01:44:06.909 --> 01:44:13.148
just um getting students excited about being employable

01:44:13.159 --> 01:44:17.648
and as AAA way to be able to um you know, that

01:44:17.659 --> 01:44:20.327
translate into generational wealth for their family

01:44:20.718 --> 01:44:25.077
just talking about the benefits of working and um making

01:44:25.088 --> 01:44:30.318
that a positive experience for, for students. So that's

01:44:30.327 --> 01:44:34.468
what I intend the conversations to be about my, that's

01:44:34.479 --> 01:44:40.648
that's my intention.

01:44:40.648 --> 01:44:44.548
Iii I hear what you're saying but I think when you

01:44:44.557 --> 01:44:46.398
think about students and you think about different

01:44:46.409 --> 01:44:50.229
situations, you're, it's implying that to be self sufficient

01:44:50.238 --> 01:44:53.358
you have to have a job and I, I don't want any

01:44:53.367 --> 01:44:56.419
student. If you have a, a parent that's disabled, they

01:44:56.428 --> 01:44:59.178
can't have a job or any other situation, they're still

01:44:59.189 --> 01:45:02.169
self sufficient. So I just don't want this to turn

01:45:02.178 --> 01:45:05.318
into a conversation of, if you don't have a job, you're

01:45:05.327 --> 01:45:08.008
not self sufficient because there are different situations

01:45:08.019 --> 01:45:11.608
where you can't be self sufficient. Duly taken. I,

01:45:11.617 --> 01:45:15.648
I would. Oh, sorry, chair. Yes, chair um duly taken

01:45:15.659 --> 01:45:21.948
I, I would um take that in order uh for reconsideration

01:45:21.959 --> 01:45:25.258
if we were talking about a sort of general course.

01:45:25.269 --> 01:45:28.358
But I believe that students who are taking career prep

01:45:28.367 --> 01:45:31.659
are gearing up. Um, you know, learning more about what

01:45:31.729 --> 01:45:35.419
it is, um to have a job, the best benefits of, of

01:45:35.428 --> 01:45:38.729
having a job, what opportunities would, would open

01:45:38.738 --> 01:45:42.169
up for me um in these cases. So I, I think I

01:45:42.178 --> 01:45:44.178
understand what you're saying and I appreciate that

01:45:44.409 --> 01:45:48.428
but um for this specific course, I think it's a conversation

01:45:48.439 --> 01:45:54.048
that would, would be Germane

01:45:54.048 --> 01:45:56.499
Mr Chair if I could ask a question to the maker of

01:45:56.508 --> 01:46:00.778
the motion. Um Mr Francis, I'm just wondering, you

01:46:00.787 --> 01:46:03.898
said you had several amendments. Uh We were here all

01:46:03.909 --> 01:46:05.968
day, Wednesday. Why didn't we make these amendments

01:46:05.979 --> 01:46:09.847
on Wednesday? Usually Friday is kind of clean up and

01:46:09.858 --> 01:46:13.028
dotting the I's crossing the TS Mr Chair. I don't know

01:46:13.037 --> 01:46:15.037
if you want to add anything but historically, it's

01:46:15.269 --> 01:46:20.258
not a fulsome debate on a Friday

01:46:20.258 --> 01:46:24.948
may answer. Um Well, I, I spoke with the chair yesterday

01:46:24.959 --> 01:46:28.709
I wasn't, I didn't have um all my amendments even though

01:46:28.718 --> 01:46:32.367
I made some yesterday. Um chair said it would be appropriate

01:46:32.378 --> 01:46:36.689
to do it, especially today and not um at the second

01:46:36.698 --> 01:46:40.939
reading. Um I asked staff for help to because I had

01:46:40.948 --> 01:46:44.358
general ideas on what I I wanted and staff help with

01:46:44.367 --> 01:46:47.867
these language um edits presented to me last night

01:46:51.669 --> 01:46:54.948
Thank you, Mr Chairman II. I just would like to piggyback

01:46:54.959 --> 01:46:58.269
off of, of, of this. I, I believe that to leave it

01:46:58.278 --> 01:47:02.347
open for teachers because there's other benefits of

01:47:02.358 --> 01:47:06.269
having a job, it might be to excel or, or to save

01:47:06.278 --> 01:47:09.269
for, for college or to, I mean, anything. So I think

01:47:09.278 --> 01:47:13.499
this kind of limits the um the purpose behind describe

01:47:13.508 --> 01:47:16.068
the benefits of having a job. It's open when we leave

01:47:16.077 --> 01:47:19.209
it like that and, and, and it's open for exploration

01:47:19.492 --> 01:47:23.023
because there's various purposes for having a job and

01:47:23.034 --> 01:47:25.883
and I think it's a personal thing that would offer

01:47:25.894 --> 01:47:30.012
a lot of good comments in class if just left as is

01:47:30.374 --> 01:47:32.512
just so I understand your comment. Are you saying that

01:47:32.523 --> 01:47:34.693
it might be your recommendation that we say just that

01:47:34.702 --> 01:47:39.669
we finish it after job? Ok, Doctor Bill Meadow,

01:47:39.669 --> 01:47:45.238
a lot of our students in Texas are rural and I know

01:47:45.249 --> 01:47:49.847
my parents had a farm and so having a job off of

01:47:49.858 --> 01:47:54.088
the farm was never an option and I was always very

01:47:54.097 --> 01:47:59.137
envious of people who could work as a car hop or something

01:47:59.148 --> 01:48:02.358
in, you know, in the town near to us. But I, it

01:48:02.367 --> 01:48:07.798
just seems to me like it's sort of creating uh a, an

01:48:07.807 --> 01:48:10.738
expectation that maybe a lot of students really couldn't

01:48:10.749 --> 01:48:14.988
do. And, and it's, uh, um I, I don't, I think that

01:48:14.999 --> 01:48:18.557
the teachers can respond to the specific students in

01:48:18.608 --> 01:48:24.209
in this. And I, I don't II, I agree with member Davis

01:48:24.218 --> 01:48:29.738
that that's not, um I don't think it's necessary. I

01:48:29.749 --> 01:48:32.019
I think that students who want to have a job, they

01:48:32.028 --> 01:48:33.818
know why they want a job, they wanna make some money

01:48:33.827 --> 01:48:37.117
and they want, you know, discussion between work and

01:48:37.128 --> 01:48:40.008
having, having a job call M Childs, then I'll come

01:48:40.019 --> 01:48:42.238
back to you, Mr I was just gonna say, would you consider

01:48:42.249 --> 01:48:44.347
something else besides being self sufficient? Because

01:48:44.358 --> 01:48:46.689
when I was in high school I did have a job but

01:48:46.698 --> 01:48:50.169
I was not self sufficient. So I don't, I don't think

01:48:50.468 --> 01:48:53.387
having a job in and of itself leads to self sufficiency

01:48:53.398 --> 01:48:56.738
necessarily. Um So if the maker of the motion would

01:48:56.749 --> 01:49:00.189
consider either removing being self-sufficient similar

01:49:00.198 --> 01:49:04.709
to Member Brooks or giving another term that maybe

01:49:04.738 --> 01:49:08.178
um a job would lend itself to let me get all everything

01:49:08.189 --> 01:49:10.818
on the floor before I'll let you come respond, but

01:49:10.827 --> 01:49:14.008
I'm gonna go to the Doctor Ortega. Thank you chair

01:49:14.327 --> 01:49:19.338
Um In addition to um also agreeing with uh member Davis

01:49:19.347 --> 01:49:23.327
and um member Childs, I also feel like this is not

01:49:23.338 --> 01:49:25.718
even creating an opportunity for higher order thinking

01:49:25.729 --> 01:49:28.548
um describe the benefits of having a job that's, I

01:49:28.557 --> 01:49:32.019
mean, that just takes you to one spot and students

01:49:32.028 --> 01:49:34.238
wouldn't really have the opportunity to delve deeper

01:49:34.249 --> 01:49:38.577
into the idea of what it means to have a job and

01:49:38.588 --> 01:49:41.698
being self sufficient. So I don't, in addition to not

01:49:41.709 --> 01:49:44.269
agreeing with the language, I also don't feel like

01:49:44.278 --> 01:49:48.128
this would benefit students as far as having um the

01:49:48.137 --> 01:49:51.787
ability to, to think deeper about these, these ideas

01:49:51.798 --> 01:49:54.209
So I don't, I also don't agree with this, Mr Francis

01:49:54.218 --> 01:49:57.689
you wanna respond

01:49:57.689 --> 01:50:00.807
considering, um

01:50:00.807 --> 01:50:04.428
Miss charles' suggestion. But, uh I guess, let me just

01:50:04.439 --> 01:50:07.718
say a couple of statements here starting with, um,

01:50:07.729 --> 01:50:12.637
member Hickman's. Um, honestly, I, the, the amendments

01:50:12.648 --> 01:50:17.999
that I had yesterday, um I feel like we're more complicated

01:50:18.008 --> 01:50:21.568
and would lend itself to more discussion. I felt like

01:50:21.577 --> 01:50:26.528
these amendments um that I worked on were sort of,

01:50:26.537 --> 01:50:29.019
you know, common sense things for career and it would

01:50:29.028 --> 01:50:31.718
just, it, it makes sense for this, this course for

01:50:31.729 --> 01:50:36.439
career preparation, um

01:50:36.439 --> 01:50:41.847
describe the benefits of having um, a job, um, time

01:50:41.858 --> 01:50:46.258
and time again where when I go into my district, talk

01:50:46.269 --> 01:50:50.117
with, with, with parents, sometimes they're asking

01:50:50.128 --> 01:50:53.019
me like, you know, why do I need to work? You know

01:50:53.028 --> 01:50:56.108
it's not intuitive because we're adults and we've been

01:50:56.117 --> 01:50:59.358
at this for some time, this addition, this addition

01:50:59.367 --> 01:51:02.867
that I'm proposing is just a means of communicating

01:51:02.878 --> 01:51:07.169
with um students. And it's, it's very open ended. So

01:51:07.178 --> 01:51:10.867
there is options, um to, to Mrs brooks' Point, there's

01:51:10.878 --> 01:51:14.729
options to go deeper, there's several benefits. Um

01:51:14.738 --> 01:51:18.468
And that's, that's why I, I felt like the amendment

01:51:18.479 --> 01:51:22.238
that I have is, you know, very germane. Um I think

01:51:22.249 --> 01:51:29.287
if, I mean, I, I would be consider it to leaving off

01:51:29.298 --> 01:51:34.307
the um, self sufficiency, but I also feel like that

01:51:34.318 --> 01:51:39.218
is important as well. But I mean, if I could come to

01:51:39.229 --> 01:51:42.568
a compromise, um, if, if that's acceptable to members

01:51:46.367 --> 01:51:50.798
Um Just, just for clarification, my own my own clarification

01:51:51.617 --> 01:51:55.689
This is an elective course. Correct. So the kid is

01:51:55.698 --> 01:52:03.887
choosing to take a career preparation course by its

01:52:03.898 --> 01:52:08.229
title. The assumption is you're looking for a job.

01:52:08.488 --> 01:52:12.827
Correct. I'm just, I'm just clarifying. So, so we don't

01:52:12.838 --> 01:52:16.608
necessarily need to tell people why you need to have

01:52:16.617 --> 01:52:20.537
a job. If you're electing to take a course that's telling

01:52:20.548 --> 01:52:24.278
you about different jobs. And most of the kids that

01:52:24.287 --> 01:52:27.037
take these courses already have a job. I, I took this

01:52:27.048 --> 01:52:30.999
course, I worked in, in retail like it was, I had a

01:52:31.008 --> 01:52:33.769
job and I didn't have a car and we lived way out

01:52:33.778 --> 01:52:36.307
of town. So I literally walked from my high school

01:52:36.318 --> 01:52:40.148
to my job downtown. Um I actually also was not old

01:52:40.159 --> 01:52:44.409
enough to drive. I was 15. But um you know, there's

01:52:44.419 --> 01:52:46.108
a way to make it work and I live in a rural

01:52:46.117 --> 01:52:49.387
community and, and, and I'm from a ranch family. So

01:52:49.398 --> 01:52:52.508
it's, I, I don't understand why we're, we're making

01:52:52.519 --> 01:52:55.347
it. So the amendment, the purpose of the amendment

01:52:55.358 --> 01:52:58.557
is to just add more to it when that's the whole purpose

01:52:58.568 --> 01:53:00.689
of this to be.

01:53:00.689 --> 01:53:05.097
It's implied. It's a career prep.

01:53:05.097 --> 01:53:09.198
Uh Thank you, Mr Chairman. So I'm kind of piggybacking

01:53:09.209 --> 01:53:13.189
on what was just said, um comments from around the

01:53:13.198 --> 01:53:18.568
circle. Um I think that, um you know, this is a career

01:53:18.577 --> 01:53:21.287
prep course. So, you know, the students do intend to

01:53:21.298 --> 01:53:26.068
work. But the self sufficient to me is what is so important

01:53:26.077 --> 01:53:29.887
because in Texas right now, a lot of our state budget

01:53:29.898 --> 01:53:33.787
I mean, we spend millions of dollars to emphasize this

01:53:33.798 --> 01:53:37.269
throughout society. You know, Texas workforce commission

01:53:37.278 --> 01:53:39.588
spends millions of dollars to place the importance

01:53:39.597 --> 01:53:43.428
on getting into a job or a career that leads to self-sufficiency

01:53:43.617 --> 01:53:48.298
in special education. We work very hard to uh get students

01:53:48.307 --> 01:53:51.909
uh special education students to a point where they

01:53:51.919 --> 01:53:55.798
um can have more self-sufficiency. And our, even in

01:53:55.807 --> 01:53:59.159
our Texan Texas prison system where, you know, people

01:53:59.169 --> 01:54:01.898
have done things. But you know, in order to give them

01:54:01.909 --> 01:54:05.659
a better chance at life, you know, we provide job training

01:54:05.738 --> 01:54:08.508
for them so that they can be self-sufficient once they

01:54:08.519 --> 01:54:10.499
leave the Texas prison system, so they can learn to

01:54:10.508 --> 01:54:14.278
rely on themselves. So I think because the state spends

01:54:14.287 --> 01:54:19.909
millions of dollars already on instilling the uh principle

01:54:19.919 --> 01:54:23.249
of self-sufficiency and providing support for self-sufficiency

01:54:23.258 --> 01:54:25.659
I think we should teach students about this in high

01:54:25.669 --> 01:54:27.709
school that are going on to a job or career and a

01:54:27.718 --> 01:54:32.269
career prep program. The importance of this

01:54:32.269 --> 01:54:34.637
Mr Chair, I'd like to call the question on all pending

01:54:34.648 --> 01:54:42.798
motions.

01:54:42.798 --> 01:54:45.979
So she can, we're not, we don't have a second yet.

01:54:45.988 --> 01:54:50.528
I wanna call MS Davis for a question. Is it even proper

01:54:50.537 --> 01:54:53.898
to place this here? Because this strand is about employability

01:54:53.909 --> 01:54:56.928
skills. And if you look at everything else it's about

01:54:57.108 --> 01:55:01.249
um identifying methods to gain employ like going through

01:55:01.258 --> 01:55:05.912
websites um finding, you know, doing the soft skills

01:55:05.923 --> 01:55:10.213
developing cover letters, interviews documents. So

01:55:10.222 --> 01:55:14.034
it's all talking about skills in particular. So, so

01:55:14.044 --> 01:55:17.153
would this actually be a skill, would this be proper

01:55:17.162 --> 01:55:23.718
in this strand that talks about tangible skills?

01:55:23.718 --> 01:55:27.519
Second, just a second.

01:55:27.519 --> 01:55:31.729
May 2nd mayor.

01:55:31.729 --> 01:55:37.249
Yeah.

01:55:37.249 --> 01:55:39.338
Ok. So what we have here is we have a motion to

01:55:39.347 --> 01:55:42.858
call the question on all pending all of is it pending

01:55:43.459 --> 01:55:47.108
all pending motions? I did recognize MS Davis before

01:55:47.117 --> 01:55:50.068
there was a second. We now have a second on that. So

01:55:50.077 --> 01:55:52.117
what we are doing now members, I want you to understand

01:55:52.218 --> 01:55:54.818
and that's what Mr Hickman has requested is not to

01:55:54.827 --> 01:55:57.898
call the question on this amendment. He's calling the

01:55:57.909 --> 01:56:02.577
question on all all pending additional amendments which

01:56:02.588 --> 01:56:05.548
would take us directly to the main motion as has been

01:56:05.557 --> 01:56:09.568
amended already

01:56:09.568 --> 01:56:14.968
close. Really good for a first time. So you would,

01:56:14.979 --> 01:56:19.568
if, if the motion is adopted, you would vote first

01:56:19.577 --> 01:56:23.488
on amendment G as is shown on the screen. And then

01:56:23.499 --> 01:56:27.919
regardless of whether that is adopted or defeated,

01:56:28.057 --> 01:56:30.778
you would then go to a question on the pending main

01:56:30.787 --> 01:56:35.358
motion which is MS Little's motion motion, which is

01:56:35.367 --> 01:56:41.343
I believe number four number five five on today's agenda

01:56:41.354 --> 01:56:45.034
and there would be no further opportunity to amend

01:56:45.044 --> 01:56:49.874
these particular um uh documents point of information

01:56:50.064 --> 01:56:52.343
What's your point of information, Mr Francis Mr Chair

01:56:52.354 --> 01:56:59.133
I am astonished that um a member would ask to block

01:56:59.144 --> 01:57:03.742
me from providing my opportunity to issue amendments

01:57:04.133 --> 01:57:08.387
Um And I would ask that you rule that out of order

01:57:08.398 --> 01:57:12.269
because of order in. There are important things that

01:57:12.278 --> 01:57:16.209
we need to order. Let me finish the point of inquiry

01:57:16.298 --> 01:57:20.387
So it, it's not out of order. So um not saying anything

01:57:20.398 --> 01:57:22.778
on the merit of what you said, but it's, it's not out

01:57:22.787 --> 01:57:24.738
of order. Mr Hickman. What's your point of? I didn't

01:57:24.749 --> 01:57:29.028
hear a point of information. Ok. So we're still now

01:57:29.037 --> 01:57:33.459
to the, um, Mr Hickman's motion has been seconded.

01:57:33.798 --> 01:57:37.409
So again, what this vote is and this is not debatable

01:57:37.419 --> 01:57:41.048
either. Correct. Um I want to understand we would,

01:57:41.077 --> 01:57:45.338
we would uh go back to taking up item G correct and

01:57:45.347 --> 01:57:47.769
then back to the main motion. So this would have the

01:57:47.778 --> 01:57:51.939
effect of no additional motions amendments after this

01:57:52.137 --> 01:57:56.028
everyone to understand what we're voting on. So this

01:57:56.037 --> 01:57:58.887
right here is to go take up G and then take up

01:57:58.898 --> 01:58:03.169
the main motion if it's Mr Hickman's is approved. Ok

01:58:03.537 --> 01:58:06.528
So we will move to the vote, ask all those in favor

01:58:06.537 --> 01:58:17.298
of Mr Hickman's uh, motion to raise their hands,

01:58:17.298 --> 01:58:19.787
lower your hands, all those opposed by the same sign

01:58:25.508 --> 01:58:28.617
Ok.

01:58:28.617 --> 01:58:32.778
Yeah, doesn't it? All right. Let's, let's since we

01:58:32.787 --> 01:58:36.037
have 16, let's revoke

01:58:36.037 --> 01:58:39.008
all those in favor of Mr Hickman's motion show by raising

01:58:39.019 --> 01:58:44.229
your hand,

01:58:44.229 --> 01:58:47.678
it lower your hands, all those opposed by the same

01:58:47.689 --> 01:58:52.577
sign,

01:58:52.577 --> 01:58:56.019
there are eight in favor and seven opposed Mr Hickman's

01:58:56.189 --> 01:58:59.117
uh motion carries. So now we will go immediately to

01:58:59.128 --> 01:59:04.428
vote on item G as proposed by Mr Francis. Is that correct

01:59:04.847 --> 01:59:10.347
Ok. So I would ask all those in favor of Mr Francis's

01:59:10.358 --> 01:59:16.847
amendment show by raising your hand,

01:59:16.847 --> 01:59:19.979
four low, your hands, all those opposed by the same

01:59:19.988 --> 01:59:25.548
sign.

01:59:25.548 --> 01:59:28.278
Ok. There are four in favor and nine opposed and the

01:59:28.287 --> 01:59:31.318
motion is defeated. We will now move immediately to

01:59:31.327 --> 01:59:37.117
the main motion as presented by Miss Little. Let just

01:59:37.128 --> 01:59:40.867
go directly to the vote, ok. Back to the main motion

01:59:40.939 --> 01:59:43.278
as a I

01:59:43.278 --> 01:59:47.057
think we got it. This is the main motion as

01:59:47.066 --> 01:59:51.675
Amended, correct? Ok. The main motion as amended, all

01:59:51.686 --> 01:59:54.255
those in favor show by point of information, point

01:59:54.266 --> 01:59:57.277
of information. What happens if this gets defeated

01:59:57.636 --> 02:00:05.337
then nothing happens, it remains open and it is

02:00:05.337 --> 02:00:10.896
but not good. No, not good.

02:00:10.896 --> 02:00:24.475
And time

02:00:24.475 --> 02:00:27.715
if you caught that, that if it's defeated, um it's

02:00:27.725 --> 02:00:30.956
defeated and there's no change and could be brought

02:00:30.965 --> 02:00:34.836
back at, at a first reading in November. Mr Peters

02:00:35.086 --> 02:00:40.206
is, what's your, what you

02:00:40.206 --> 02:00:44.827
uh hold on just a second, just a second.

02:00:44.827 --> 02:00:49.346
Our request for factual information and our parliamentary

02:00:49.975 --> 02:00:53.406
inquiry in order

02:00:53.406 --> 02:00:56.436
there's no debate if there's a request for information

02:00:56.686 --> 02:01:00.496
Miss Pete Diaz.

02:01:00.496 --> 02:01:04.046
What?

02:01:04.046 --> 02:01:07.987
So M Pesa, thank you chair. So I just want to be

02:01:07.996 --> 02:01:11.927
um I think I just need some clarification from staff

02:01:12.005 --> 02:01:15.526
So, is this a point of inquiry? Yes, point of point

02:01:15.537 --> 02:01:19.287
of inquiry. Um So Monica, it's my understanding that

02:01:19.296 --> 02:01:21.475
this is in preparation for first reading. This does

02:01:21.487 --> 02:01:24.335
not. So although the State Board of Education has now

02:01:24.347 --> 02:01:29.296
formally um voted upon not amending anything further

02:01:29.707 --> 02:01:32.207
that doesn't mean that this board can't come back in

02:01:32.216 --> 02:01:35.945
November and amend again based on public comment and

02:01:35.957 --> 02:01:39.195
all of that. Is that correct? That's correct. Ok. So

02:01:39.207 --> 02:01:42.317
I want this board to just very clearly understand the

02:01:42.326 --> 02:01:44.666
ramifications if we don't move forward with approving

02:01:44.677 --> 02:01:53.906
this. Thank you.

02:01:53.906 --> 02:01:57.887
You. Ok. So we will now move to the vote. This is

02:01:57.895 --> 02:02:00.936
the main motion as amended. All those in favor show

02:02:00.946 --> 02:02:10.656
by raising your hand

02:02:10.656 --> 02:02:13.226
12.

02:02:13.226 --> 02:02:17.335
You are. Yes, correct, Mr Speaker. You are. Yes, correct

02:02:17.345 --> 02:02:20.496
Are you voting? Yes or

02:02:20.496 --> 02:02:25.376
on the main motion as amended as amended. Good. Thank

02:02:25.387 --> 02:02:30.236
you.

02:02:30.236 --> 02:02:32.026
Are your hands. All those opposed by the same sign

02:02:33.585 --> 02:02:36.736
there's 12 in favor and one opposed. And the main motion

02:02:36.966 --> 02:02:41.887
as amended is approved members. We're gonna go on to

02:02:41.895 --> 02:02:44.946
item number six which is proposed amendments to 19

02:02:44.956 --> 02:02:48.436
T AC Chapter 100 Charters subchapter A open enrollment

02:02:48.446 --> 02:02:51.607
charter schools 100.1 selection process. It's the second

02:02:51.615 --> 02:02:55.137
reading of final adoption, Miss Little Mr Chair, the

02:02:55.145 --> 02:02:57.476
committee of the full board recommends that the state

02:02:57.486 --> 02:02:59.815
Board of Education approved for second reading and

02:02:59.827 --> 02:03:03.425
final adoption. The proposed amendment to 19 T AC chapter

02:03:03.436 --> 02:03:07.456
100 charters sub chapter A open enrollment charter

02:03:07.466 --> 02:03:12.526
schools, section 100.1 selection process and make an

02:03:12.536 --> 02:03:14.756
affirmative finding that immediate adoption of the

02:03:14.767 --> 02:03:19.267
proposed amendment to 19 T AC Chapter 100 charter subchapter

02:03:19.276 --> 02:03:24.486
A open enrollment charter schools. Section 100.1 selection

02:03:24.496 --> 02:03:27.526
process is necessary and shall have an effective date

02:03:27.536 --> 02:03:31.315
of 20 days after filing with the Texas register members

02:03:31.327 --> 02:03:33.645
I do want to point out on this one that this is

02:03:33.656 --> 02:03:35.417
we, we discussed this earlier in the week, but I just

02:03:35.425 --> 02:03:39.115
want to make sure everybody is clear if a rule does

02:03:39.126 --> 02:03:41.675
not receive, if it receives a majority vote, but not

02:03:41.686 --> 02:03:44.917
a two thirds majority, then it goes into effect at

02:03:44.925 --> 02:03:46.956
the beginning of the following school year, which would

02:03:46.966 --> 02:03:50.547
not be, this would not be in effect for the next generation

02:03:50.557 --> 02:03:53.946
of charter applicants. If it does receive a two thirds

02:03:53.956 --> 02:03:57.876
majority, it goes into effect uh 2020 days after filing

02:03:57.887 --> 02:04:00.226
with the Texas register and it would be in effect in

02:04:00.236 --> 02:04:04.376
effect for uh the next charter generation. So that's

02:04:04.386 --> 02:04:07.527
that's an important note of uh the implications of

02:04:07.537 --> 02:04:12.415
what the, the vote means here. So, uh any further discussion

02:04:12.426 --> 02:04:16.576
on this item, Mr Kinsey, I just wanna make sure we're

02:04:16.585 --> 02:04:20.136
all clear. So if it gets 10 votes, then it goes into

02:04:20.145 --> 02:04:23.676
effect in 20 days. If it gets eight or nine votes,

02:04:23.686 --> 02:04:29.076
then next school year, what happens if it does not

02:04:29.085 --> 02:04:33.496
pass? If it does not pass? And I'll ask vaugh to chime

02:04:33.506 --> 02:04:37.626
in and clean up if I say it wrong. Um Then the

02:04:37.636 --> 02:04:42.686
the motion fails, there is no change to the current

02:04:42.696 --> 02:04:48.395
uh procedures that we have and that's anything additional

02:04:48.485 --> 02:04:52.516
to that. Um I mean, that's, that's correct. If it doesn't

02:04:52.527 --> 02:04:54.855
pass, then you haven't taken any action. So current

02:04:54.866 --> 02:04:58.256
law remains or your current rule would remain in place

02:04:58.266 --> 02:05:01.527
Um I'd have to check the timeline. I don't know, you

02:05:01.537 --> 02:05:05.235
have uh a certain amount of time between proposal and

02:05:05.246 --> 02:05:08.307
adoption before you have to start over and I, I don't

02:05:08.316 --> 02:05:12.835
know exactly um what that timeline is. So it, it may

02:05:12.847 --> 02:05:16.326
be that you could bring it back again at the next hearing

02:05:16.335 --> 02:05:19.165
Um, or the timeline would have evaporated and you need

02:05:19.176 --> 02:05:21.395
to start over. Should you want to continue to pursue

02:05:21.407 --> 02:05:26.816
that parliamentary inquiry? Mr Kendrick,

02:05:26.816 --> 02:05:30.426
if it was to fail, could it be further amended and

02:05:30.436 --> 02:05:35.696
revoted on after that? No, so

02:05:35.696 --> 02:05:41.777
Mr, not, not. Ok. So Mr Chair, my advice to you is

02:05:41.787 --> 02:05:45.636
if it's defeated, it's no longer open to amendment

02:05:45.985 --> 02:05:51.037
that while it's pending, it is potentially open to

02:05:51.045 --> 02:05:55.145
amendment in accordance with the Open Meetings Act

02:05:55.157 --> 02:05:58.657
and with other statutory authority. But once a vote

02:05:58.665 --> 02:06:02.246
has been taken, if it's defeated, then it is not open

02:06:02.256 --> 02:06:04.915
to amendment at all. So I think I'm, I'm not sure where

02:06:04.926 --> 02:06:06.967
you're trying to go, but if you're trying to amend

02:06:06.977 --> 02:06:09.545
it to something different, it would be in order now

02:06:10.235 --> 02:06:13.907
not necessarily after the main motion was decided.

02:06:14.886 --> 02:06:18.446
Does that help you get to where you're trying to?

02:06:18.446 --> 02:06:21.145
I'm not, I'm trying to understand is where I'm trying

02:06:21.157 --> 02:06:24.376
to go. So I'm trying to understand if, since it's the

02:06:24.386 --> 02:06:26.967
way we're posted and is under the agenda item, if there

02:06:26.977 --> 02:06:30.006
can be any further. And it sounds like the parliamentarian

02:06:30.105 --> 02:06:34.145
if it's defeated, it's done

02:06:34.145 --> 02:06:39.936
and could be represented at a later time or could as

02:06:39.946 --> 02:06:45.006
as was just asked, someone could move to reconsidering

02:06:45.016 --> 02:06:46.977
this.

02:06:46.977 --> 02:06:51.816
But after that, it would work out. MS Perez. I want

02:06:51.826 --> 02:06:56.116
to reiterate again. We are a democratically elected

02:06:56.126 --> 02:06:59.807
body whose responsibility it is to get this work done

02:07:00.597 --> 02:07:03.977
We are just trying to get to first reading. We need

02:07:03.985 --> 02:07:07.407
to allow our, I'm sorry.

02:07:07.407 --> 02:07:09.686
That's right. That's right. Second reading. We, we

02:07:09.696 --> 02:07:14.085
need to allow public comment to come in because we

02:07:14.097 --> 02:07:17.527
aren't the only ones that make amendments, right? I

02:07:17.537 --> 02:07:19.287
mean, we can present the amendments, but we aren't

02:07:19.295 --> 02:07:22.407
the only ones that have um a a say in this, right

02:07:22.415 --> 02:07:25.886
We have public comment period that we bring to these

02:07:25.895 --> 02:07:30.326
conversations and so we just need to get moving. I

02:07:30.335 --> 02:07:33.847
think defeating it would be, would be irresponsible

02:07:33.855 --> 02:07:36.287
of us. And I'm, I'm, I'm trying my best to not get

02:07:36.295 --> 02:07:39.016
frustrated. We just need to get this process going

02:07:39.027 --> 02:07:42.006
and allow for the next steps and we can come back and

02:07:42.016 --> 02:07:45.597
amend in November. But we have to get to that point

02:07:45.717 --> 02:07:48.295
just for just for clarification. This is second reading

02:07:48.307 --> 02:07:51.116
and, and uh final adoption on this particular one.

02:07:51.126 --> 02:07:54.246
The last item was a first read. Now we're on a second

02:07:54.926 --> 02:07:57.566
now. I'm confused. This is the, the charter blackout

02:07:57.576 --> 02:08:02.706
period vote. Oh God, ok, sorry, I am like, thank you

02:08:02.717 --> 02:08:06.516
I apologize. I am, I am so lost. It was still good

02:08:06.527 --> 02:08:10.045
general information. Thank you. All right. So this

02:08:10.057 --> 02:08:15.395
item is now ok. Yeah, this item is still open for discussion

02:08:15.407 --> 02:08:19.965
Doctor Bell Me. So I need some help in understanding

02:08:20.137 --> 02:08:27.615
Um the the charter blackout period has been uh shrunk

02:08:27.624 --> 02:08:34.796
through this revision. And so we will receive more

02:08:35.046 --> 02:08:41.887
emails and phone calls and people pleading their cause

02:08:42.166 --> 02:08:45.546
than we have in the past. I I would say that, you

02:08:45.557 --> 02:08:49.105
know, we obviously have a lot, this would increase

02:08:49.115 --> 02:08:52.807
the, the individuals, those that are directly involved

02:08:52.816 --> 02:08:56.997
with the Charter to be able to communicate us within

02:08:57.007 --> 02:09:00.095
a portion of that the general public has always been

02:09:00.105 --> 02:09:04.595
able to communicate with. There's a subsection of individuals

02:09:04.605 --> 02:09:07.696
that would have a subsection of time in which they

02:09:07.706 --> 02:09:09.656
would be able to communicate with us. And again, I

02:09:09.666 --> 02:09:12.286
brought this out last time, just constituent services

02:09:12.296 --> 02:09:14.776
they can send you an email, they can call you on the

02:09:14.786 --> 02:09:17.326
phone. It doesn't mean you have to respond to that

02:09:17.336 --> 02:09:20.007
email or call them back on the phone um or take a

02:09:20.017 --> 02:09:23.267
meeting with them. So it, it, it gives them the opportunity

02:09:23.276 --> 02:09:26.436
to reach out to you but does not give any requirement

02:09:26.446 --> 02:09:30.497
for you to dialogue with them. Did Michelle, did you

02:09:30.507 --> 02:09:34.897
have your hand up, Mr Hickman and Miss Hurry. Uh If

02:09:34.906 --> 02:09:38.235
it may be helpful, we did discuss the timing yesterday

02:09:38.247 --> 02:09:42.696
in C I committee if I can address. Uh so what uh

02:09:42.706 --> 02:09:45.507
Miss Shetty and you can clarify. If I get this wrong

02:09:45.836 --> 02:09:49.666
this would allow and it's normally ballpark 8 to 12

02:09:49.676 --> 02:09:53.725
applicants who pass the external review period to start

02:09:53.735 --> 02:09:58.656
contacting us in mid April before the capacity interviews

02:09:58.666 --> 02:10:01.725
And before we take a vote at our June meeting, so this

02:10:01.735 --> 02:10:07.095
would shrink. Uh the no contact period to everything

02:10:07.105 --> 02:10:11.826
from the application is November until that mid April

02:10:11.836 --> 02:10:15.676
period, there would be no contact starting mid April

02:10:15.686 --> 02:10:19.026
after there are 8 to 12 left that pass the external

02:10:19.036 --> 02:10:22.137
review, those applicants would be able to contact us

02:10:22.147 --> 02:10:26.517
until our vote in mid mid June. Did you do pretty good

02:10:27.706 --> 02:10:34.446
great, great job. The That's right.

02:10:34.446 --> 02:10:37.546
Want to point out that we're working with a small number

02:10:37.557 --> 02:10:42.286
They've already been pass through for the uh commissioner's

02:10:42.296 --> 02:10:46.485
choice. And so it's not like we're working with the

02:10:46.497 --> 02:10:48.725
whole. Yeah, which is why that made sense this, this

02:10:48.735 --> 02:10:52.326
whole concept. And I, and I think the genesis of this

02:10:52.336 --> 02:10:54.485
is when I communicated with the executive director

02:10:54.497 --> 02:10:56.507
of the Charter School Association and it made sense

02:10:56.517 --> 02:11:00.845
to them too that this brings us into this possible

02:11:00.855 --> 02:11:04.036
possible dialogue in a portion of the application that

02:11:04.046 --> 02:11:07.307
we have influence over, which would be the capacity

02:11:07.316 --> 02:11:10.627
interview. Part of that is completely within the agency's

02:11:10.706 --> 02:11:15.436
realms. So, Doctor Bell me,

02:11:15.436 --> 02:11:18.706
is it possible to have a record vote on this no contact

02:11:18.715 --> 02:11:22.836
rule? It is.

02:11:22.836 --> 02:11:26.647
Thank you. Now that I'm back on track. Um uh Mr Haney

02:11:26.686 --> 02:11:29.296
can you um can you uh once again, I think I missed

02:11:29.307 --> 02:11:32.057
it. So at what point are we, is the cut off just

02:11:32.066 --> 02:11:34.066
for, just, can you reiterate that for me one more time

02:11:34.127 --> 02:11:37.436
I, I was looking, I think I've got my timeline. So

02:11:37.446 --> 02:11:42.757
we got an overview in committee on generation 29 and

02:11:42.767 --> 02:11:46.215
the application is out. The application submission

02:11:46.225 --> 02:11:51.095
deadline is November 3rd and then there's a commissioner

02:11:51.105 --> 02:11:54.877
te a cut and then there's an external review period

02:11:54.887 --> 02:11:58.627
January to April at the conclusion of the external

02:11:58.637 --> 02:12:03.757
review, mid April ish. Those normally it's 8 to 12

02:12:03.767 --> 02:12:08.036
applicants would be able to contact us from when they

02:12:08.046 --> 02:12:10.676
submit applications until mid April. There would be

02:12:10.686 --> 02:12:15.127
no contact starting mid April until we vote in June

02:12:15.137 --> 02:12:18.257
they could contact us. Um I guess they could contact

02:12:18.267 --> 02:12:22.546
us after we vote, but I wouldn't see the point.

02:12:22.546 --> 02:12:26.735
Welcome to item six M Perez Diaz. So Mr Chair Mr Maynard

02:12:26.965 --> 02:12:31.436
and, and, and just to clarify, uh this does not change

02:12:31.446 --> 02:12:35.235
the blackout period as it relates to their conversation

02:12:35.247 --> 02:12:39.086
with, with the, the agency staff or anybody else only

02:12:39.095 --> 02:12:41.196
It only applies to the members of the state Board of

02:12:41.206 --> 02:12:44.507
Education. We have no authority over the commissioner's

02:12:44.517 --> 02:12:46.576
rules. Those do fall under the commissioner's rules

02:12:46.586 --> 02:12:49.887
and when the commissioner and I believe, and we have

02:12:49.897 --> 02:12:52.416
our expert up there, you can correct me if I'm wrong

02:12:52.546 --> 02:12:56.997
Um, the SBE rules and the commissioner rules as it

02:12:57.007 --> 02:12:59.767
stands currently before this are actually in conflict

02:12:59.776 --> 02:13:03.296
this would actually put them in concert with each other

02:13:03.507 --> 02:13:07.546
Correct. That is correct, sir,

02:13:07.546 --> 02:13:10.566
Doctor Bill Me.

02:13:10.566 --> 02:13:14.997
Would it be correct in saying that the primary concern

02:13:15.316 --> 02:13:21.046
um about maintaining transparency um is the notion

02:13:21.057 --> 02:13:24.257
of keeping the discussion about charter schools application

02:13:24.276 --> 02:13:28.507
on the record in public meetings. Uh So that all the

02:13:28.517 --> 02:13:40.557
stakeholders have access to the same information.

02:13:40.557 --> 02:13:44.017
I mean, there's a lot of money involved. So uh it seems

02:13:44.026 --> 02:13:47.647
like this should be something that is available to

02:13:47.656 --> 02:13:50.946
the public and not something that we're just getting

02:13:50.956 --> 02:13:55.855
private information about. Ok. Any other comments,

02:13:57.186 --> 02:14:01.026
Miss Picker, uh Mr Chairman, I have a point of information

02:14:01.086 --> 02:14:03.836
What's your point of information? Are there any other

02:14:03.845 --> 02:14:07.627
aspects of business that the Texas Education Agency

02:14:07.637 --> 02:14:11.615
or the commissioner engages in that where uh members

02:14:11.627 --> 02:14:14.007
of the public are not allowed to contact us about it

02:14:30.956 --> 02:14:39.807
Mhm.

02:14:39.807 --> 02:14:43.397
So it's you're requesting information to determine

02:14:43.406 --> 02:14:46.686
if there's any other blackouts um such as this in the

02:14:46.696 --> 02:14:49.007
state, right? This is a similar question that what

02:14:49.017 --> 02:14:52.497
you asked on Wednesday, correct? I believe the answer

02:14:52.507 --> 02:14:55.276
to anyone's knowledge was they're not, I believe that's

02:14:55.286 --> 02:14:58.017
what was said. Um Is there any additional information

02:14:58.026 --> 02:15:01.855
that what was discussed at our previous meeting? I'm

02:15:01.865 --> 02:15:06.615
uh there's no additional information. So your microphone

02:15:06.627 --> 02:15:09.836
please, Mr Chairman, I think they said their intent

02:15:09.845 --> 02:15:11.836
was to research it and never, I never received the

02:15:11.845 --> 02:15:14.286
research. I'm just, I'm asking the question again.

02:15:15.355 --> 02:15:17.725
OK. So it sounds like no other information there members

02:15:17.735 --> 02:15:21.436
Any other discussion on this one? Just from my own

02:15:21.446 --> 02:15:24.706
information, it is a two would require two thirds vote

02:15:24.715 --> 02:15:29.656
of the membership. No,

02:15:29.656 --> 02:15:36.026
to make it effective. Yes. Yes, yes. Yes, Mr Charles

02:15:36.156 --> 02:15:38.365
I just have a question regarding um member Bill me

02:15:38.656 --> 02:15:41.807
point if one of the board members has a conversation

02:15:41.816 --> 02:15:44.666
with one of the applicants during this eight week period

02:15:44.676 --> 02:15:47.257
wouldn't it still be open or subjected to the Open

02:15:47.267 --> 02:15:52.257
Records Act if somebody requested it? I think so in

02:15:52.267 --> 02:15:57.975
any communication is subject to the Open Records Act

02:15:58.267 --> 02:16:00.046
I, I don't think there's anything in this rule that

02:16:00.057 --> 02:16:01.877
would supersede that. Is that, is that what you're

02:16:01.887 --> 02:16:06.137
asking? Yeah, in terms of her question about transparency

02:16:06.147 --> 02:16:08.747
I mean, if they wanted to know they could do this rule

02:16:08.757 --> 02:16:12.156
does not provide any shielding from open open meetings

02:16:12.166 --> 02:16:14.475
or freedom of information or anything like that. Be

02:16:16.557 --> 02:16:20.627
the Open Records Act is a really cumbersome sort of

02:16:20.637 --> 02:16:25.436
way to have that conversation become public. And it's

02:16:25.465 --> 02:16:31.485
uh it's, it's, if you've ever had API R request, then

02:16:31.497 --> 02:16:35.215
you know, it takes, it can take a lot of time for

02:16:35.225 --> 02:16:39.095
people to research and look for the context. But this

02:16:39.105 --> 02:16:42.887
isn't really so much that as it is keeping the conversation

02:16:42.897 --> 02:16:45.855
open to everyone to create a kind of level playing

02:16:45.865 --> 02:16:48.916
field. Uh It's like, you know, the application process

02:16:48.926 --> 02:16:54.076
starts here and that's when you can start, uh, you

02:16:54.085 --> 02:16:56.536
know, your normal communications doctor, Bill me, I

02:16:56.546 --> 02:16:59.175
can appreciate that. But I think the opposite side

02:16:59.185 --> 02:17:02.874
of that, if we, if the only thing that was ever discussed

02:17:02.884 --> 02:17:05.154
about the work we do here was in open meetings, it

02:17:05.165 --> 02:17:07.335
would be very cumbersome to get through our meetings

02:17:07.536 --> 02:17:09.915
this, you know, and again, Miss Miss Coleman and I

02:17:09.925 --> 02:17:13.826
discussed this a while back. It made a lot of sense

02:17:13.836 --> 02:17:15.807
to the charter school Association and it made a lot

02:17:15.816 --> 02:17:19.057
of sense to me in so much that there's that period

02:17:19.066 --> 02:17:22.207
of time from November until mid April where we have

02:17:22.217 --> 02:17:25.187
no authority over anything that's going on in the process

02:17:25.197 --> 02:17:30.631
that is completely within the agency's purview of reviewing

02:17:30.641 --> 02:17:33.441
the applications and so forth. There is a point in

02:17:33.451 --> 02:17:37.381
time when we do have input in the process and that's

02:17:37.391 --> 02:17:41.280
at the capacity interview. So this would allow those

02:17:41.290 --> 02:17:44.322
who are gonna be at the capacity interview to have

02:17:44.332 --> 02:17:48.165
a dialogue questions, concerns. And again, constituent

02:17:48.175 --> 02:17:50.996
service, nobody is requiring anyone in this circle

02:17:51.006 --> 02:17:53.665
to communicate with any charter applicant, whether

02:17:53.675 --> 02:17:56.826
it's by email, whether it's by phone, whether it's

02:17:56.836 --> 02:17:59.895
by by any means of communication. If you so choose

02:18:00.096 --> 02:18:03.375
you may, if you don't want to, you, you, you just don't

02:18:03.385 --> 02:18:05.905
pick up the phone or hit reply on your, on your email

02:18:06.346 --> 02:18:09.947
And then we have input at the capacity interview and

02:18:09.957 --> 02:18:13.046
we obviously have input at the last step of the veto

02:18:13.296 --> 02:18:16.217
So essentially just as Mr Hickman said, instead of

02:18:16.227 --> 02:18:19.707
blacking out from November all the way into June, it's

02:18:19.717 --> 02:18:22.217
now blacked out from November all the way until mid

02:18:22.256 --> 02:18:25.086
April. So it's still a large amount of blackout time

02:18:25.096 --> 02:18:27.776
again for the area that we really don't have input

02:18:27.786 --> 02:18:30.655
into the system. And that's why this makes a lot of

02:18:30.665 --> 02:18:34.155
sense to me. Um I think it's, it's, is it perfect for

02:18:34.165 --> 02:18:36.375
everyone? I think some would like to see that there

02:18:36.385 --> 02:18:39.237
be absolutely no blackout at all. Some would obviously

02:18:39.246 --> 02:18:41.046
is discussed here, would like the entire blackout.

02:18:41.057 --> 02:18:45.207
This is a uh I'll just say it's a compromise that and

02:18:45.217 --> 02:18:47.116
sometimes compromise can be good. That makes a whole

02:18:47.125 --> 02:18:50.766
lot of sense to me, MS Perez Diaz. Uh Thank you, chair

02:18:50.776 --> 02:18:53.557
Um I, I al I, everything that you just said, I would

02:18:53.566 --> 02:18:56.086
like to reiterate and I also wanna say for, for me

02:18:56.096 --> 02:19:00.586
this particular issue. Um II, I think in the past,

02:19:00.846 --> 02:19:04.756
we, we as board members can reach out to, to um to

02:19:04.766 --> 02:19:07.616
charters at whatever point in time if we initiate the

02:19:07.625 --> 02:19:10.616
conversation. Um So for those of us that want to have

02:19:10.625 --> 02:19:13.987
these discussions with charters, we'll have them. Um

02:19:13.996 --> 02:19:16.096
And so I don't necessarily know that this does very

02:19:16.106 --> 02:19:19.237
much for those that choose not to, right? I think that

02:19:19.246 --> 02:19:22.596
um in fact, it might bring a level of, I think transparency

02:19:22.606 --> 02:19:25.076
to know that, you know, people are actually reaching

02:19:25.086 --> 02:19:28.816
out to us now and wanting to engage. Um, and so again

02:19:28.905 --> 02:19:31.135
just reiteration, like we don't have to talk to anybody

02:19:31.145 --> 02:19:33.135
if we don't want to. And there have been situations

02:19:33.145 --> 02:19:35.717
where I'm not interested and then there's other situations

02:19:35.727 --> 02:19:38.266
when I absolutely want to talk to people. Um, so I

02:19:38.276 --> 02:19:39.786
don't know that this may, I don't know that a move

02:19:39.796 --> 02:19:42.356
like this makes too much of a difference honestly.

02:19:42.366 --> 02:19:45.967
Um, with regard to our last process.

02:19:45.967 --> 02:20:06.915
Mhm. Right.

02:20:06.915 --> 02:20:09.346
Explained it all pretty well. The the motion is as

02:20:09.356 --> 02:20:12.746
we've discussed here, um requires eight to pass, requires

02:20:12.756 --> 02:20:17.246
10 to go into effect um within 20 days. Any questions

02:20:17.256 --> 02:20:21.697
before we vote? Ok. Yeah. Record call. The record call

02:20:21.707 --> 02:20:23.866
was requested will be granted until the last call.

02:20:23.875 --> 02:20:29.187
The roll Ortega.

02:20:29.187 --> 02:20:36.506
Yes, Mr Francis,

02:20:36.506 --> 02:20:38.707
sorry. Wait, no, I'm confused. Chairman. Could you

02:20:38.717 --> 02:20:42.836
explain um the motion again, voting on the main motion

02:20:43.707 --> 02:20:46.645
um requires two thirds to take effective within 20

02:20:46.655 --> 02:20:53.487
days. Ok. Yes, Mr Francis,

02:20:53.487 --> 02:21:02.036
Miss Perez. Yes, Miss Childs, Doctor Balme. No, Mr

02:21:02.046 --> 02:21:04.385
Hickman,

02:21:04.385 --> 02:21:06.746
Miss Pickren.

02:21:06.746 --> 02:21:09.477
Doctor Young

02:21:09.477 --> 02:21:17.766
Mr Mr Maynard. Yes, M Hardy

02:21:17.766 --> 02:21:20.707
Mrs Little

02:21:20.707 --> 02:21:23.425
MS Davis,

02:21:23.425 --> 02:21:30.346
Mrs Brooks. No, Mr Kinsey,

02:21:30.346 --> 02:21:33.046
12 and

02:21:33.046 --> 02:21:37.625
11 or 12,

02:21:37.625 --> 02:21:43.856
11, 11 in favor three a post, right? We have 11 in

02:21:43.866 --> 02:21:49.437
favor three opposed. So that is a two thirds vote of

02:21:49.447 --> 02:21:53.727
the membership. So therefore the motion is adopted

02:21:53.977 --> 02:21:57.807
and will uh have an effective date of 20 days after

02:21:57.816 --> 02:22:03.826
the filing with the Texas register. Got it. Ok.

02:22:03.826 --> 02:22:07.026
All right. And number seven was update on text, essential

02:22:07.036 --> 02:22:08.875
knowledge and skills to teach you. There was no business

02:22:08.885 --> 02:22:11.707
presented on this item. So we will now move on to the

02:22:11.717 --> 02:22:16.016
Committee of Instruction. Doctor Young. We'll move

02:22:16.026 --> 02:22:18.187
on to item number eight, which is proposed amendments

02:22:18.197 --> 02:22:21.546
to 19 T AC chapter 74 curriculum requirements, subchapter

02:22:21.557 --> 02:22:25.766
C other provisions, 74.27 innovative course and programs

02:22:29.006 --> 02:22:33.717
Thank you. Uh, The committee on instruction recommends

02:22:33.727 --> 02:22:36.266
that the State Board of Education approved for first

02:22:36.276 --> 02:22:39.266
reading and filing authorization proposed amendment

02:22:39.375 --> 02:22:44.135
to 19 T AC Chapter 74 curriculum requirements, subchapter

02:22:44.145 --> 02:22:48.717
C other provisions, 74.27 innovative courses and programs

02:22:52.307 --> 02:22:54.165
Ok. Members. You've heard the motion. Is there any

02:22:54.175 --> 02:22:58.366
questions Mr Hickman? I have a question for Doctor

02:22:58.375 --> 02:23:02.187
Young, our staff. Um I recently got a question of,

02:23:03.395 --> 02:23:07.316
is there a Asian American studies coming? Because I

02:23:07.326 --> 02:23:09.766
know African American and Mexican American was approved

02:23:09.776 --> 02:23:15.307
before I got here. Uh This is the uh native studies

02:23:15.316 --> 02:23:18.046
and it, that was the other one that came and presented

02:23:18.057 --> 02:23:22.606
during uh social studies review last year. Um Yes,

02:23:22.616 --> 02:23:27.826
sir. So our understanding is that um a group of individuals

02:23:27.836 --> 02:23:31.276
that served on your social studies text review um have

02:23:31.286 --> 02:23:35.237
found a district with which to partner. Um And they've

02:23:35.246 --> 02:23:38.836
started that. Um I'm sorry, the pilot um this school

02:23:38.846 --> 02:23:42.276
year. Um So, um if all goes well, we would expect them

02:23:42.286 --> 02:23:45.496
to apply next year OK. So look out for that Doctor

02:23:45.506 --> 02:23:51.895
Young

02:23:51.895 --> 02:23:54.957
for the discussion on this item.

02:23:54.957 --> 02:23:58.116
You ready to vote

02:23:58.116 --> 02:24:00.207
scholars in favor of the show by raising their hand

02:24:05.687 --> 02:24:09.375
12 lawyer Handel is opposed by the same signs 12 in

02:24:09.385 --> 02:24:15.246
favor and zero opposed. And the motion is adopted

02:24:15.246 --> 02:24:17.737
at the early item. Mr Doctor Young. Anything else in

02:24:17.746 --> 02:24:21.766
your opinion? You want to share

02:24:21.766 --> 02:24:24.487
anything else? You want great things to work? You did

02:24:24.496 --> 02:24:27.915
OK.

02:24:27.915 --> 02:24:30.016
We had the opportunity to have the discussion on One

02:24:30.026 --> 02:24:34.207
House Bill 900. We also with a number of testifiers

02:24:34.276 --> 02:24:38.447
Um We also had the opportunity to discuss um to receive

02:24:38.457 --> 02:24:42.796
a training, um which um I will ask staff to share with

02:24:42.807 --> 02:24:47.516
everyone on um, the history of the dyslexia handbook

02:24:47.526 --> 02:24:52.405
the iterations of the, the dyslexia handbook, um uh

02:24:52.415 --> 02:24:58.606
the elements of O A and it's um how it has impacted

02:24:58.616 --> 02:25:01.616
the things that te A does, the funding that goes along

02:25:01.625 --> 02:25:04.675
with it, different legislation that has been passed

02:25:04.687 --> 02:25:08.776
as well as um current legislation and what we'll be

02:25:08.786 --> 02:25:12.086
doing moving forward. I'm gonna call on Mr Buyer here

02:25:12.096 --> 02:25:16.066
There was um a hearing on the implementation of House

02:25:16.076 --> 02:25:20.996
Bill 900 that took place that was just yesterday. What's

02:25:21.006 --> 02:25:25.687
you? Yeah. Um So we got noticed that um the, the judge

02:25:25.697 --> 02:25:30.316
would be entering a uh injunction against further uh

02:25:30.326 --> 02:25:33.977
implementation of House Bill 900. We're waiting on

02:25:33.987 --> 02:25:37.905
the order, um which we should get sometime next week

02:25:37.915 --> 02:25:41.576
that will give the specifics uh around that and we'll

02:25:41.586 --> 02:25:45.346
uh update the board once we have that order, Mr Francis

02:25:46.477 --> 02:25:49.316
just are persons who are listening. What is an injunction

02:25:49.326 --> 02:25:51.635
What does that mean?

02:25:51.635 --> 02:25:56.175
Uh That means you have to stop doing something

02:25:56.175 --> 02:25:58.477
and in this case specifically, what would we stop doing

02:25:58.566 --> 02:26:02.717
So, under House Bill 900 there are several uh responsibilities

02:26:02.727 --> 02:26:05.316
that are granted to different entities. The Library

02:26:05.326 --> 02:26:07.616
Archives Commission, the Commissioner of Education

02:26:07.625 --> 02:26:11.866
and um the board um to proceed to implement the legislation

02:26:11.875 --> 02:26:15.375
And so um that would need to stop but without, without

02:26:15.385 --> 02:26:18.826
the specifics of the order, I don't know to what extent

02:26:18.836 --> 02:26:21.596
if that's just everything stops or if it's just, you

02:26:21.606 --> 02:26:25.316
can't go in and, and implement the regulation. Thank

02:26:25.326 --> 02:26:28.296
you, Miss Harvey.

02:26:28.296 --> 02:26:35.106
Remind me again who brought the complaint?

02:26:35.106 --> 02:26:38.506
Um ac ou

02:26:38.506 --> 02:26:42.437
uh it was a Book People Blue Willow, which is also

02:26:42.447 --> 02:26:46.697
a book seller and a couple associations of uh booksellers

02:26:48.145 --> 02:26:53.266
Thank you.

02:26:53.266 --> 02:26:56.336
Even though there's an injunction on House Bill 900

02:26:56.346 --> 02:26:59.925
that law specifically does that preclude local school

02:26:59.937 --> 02:27:05.766
districts from adopting their own policies.

02:27:05.766 --> 02:27:08.915
The local school districts were not made a party of

02:27:08.925 --> 02:27:13.707
this. Uh So the injunction would seem not to apply

02:27:13.717 --> 02:27:16.737
to local school districts so that injunction does not

02:27:16.746 --> 02:27:19.405
apply to local school districts, which means they gotta

02:27:19.415 --> 02:27:22.915
see what we got to see what the judge says, but they

02:27:22.925 --> 02:27:25.546
are, they were not made parties. So it would seem that

02:27:25.557 --> 02:27:28.296
it would not be likely that they would be enjoyed.

02:27:28.307 --> 02:27:30.856
I, I think what you'd want to check is if they, the

02:27:30.866 --> 02:27:34.217
the local things that they were going to adopt were

02:27:34.227 --> 02:27:37.385
a derivative of House Bill 900 then potentially, yes

02:27:37.395 --> 02:27:40.516
if, if the authority for which they were adopting that

02:27:40.526 --> 02:27:44.415
is not in House Bill 900 then they are likely not covered

02:27:44.425 --> 02:27:47.356
by that. There. Of course, is a normal appeal process

02:27:47.366 --> 02:27:50.606
as there is always. And that will correct. We're in

02:27:50.616 --> 02:27:55.697
the, uh we're in the federal court system. Um um So

02:27:55.707 --> 02:28:00.546
uh the, the entities here which are all represented

02:28:00.557 --> 02:28:04.405
by the A G now have to determine, um what's your likely

02:28:04.415 --> 02:28:06.385
next step? And one of those next steps could be an

02:28:06.395 --> 02:28:15.496
appeal to the fifth Circuit, Miss Picker.

02:28:15.496 --> 02:28:21.947
Ok. Go ahead.

02:28:21.947 --> 02:28:24.145
Yeah, that was my question. So this is in Federal court

02:28:24.155 --> 02:28:27.826
and, and, and can you tell us what, what, what, what

02:28:27.836 --> 02:28:31.066
court that was in?

02:28:31.066 --> 02:28:35.566
Uh that was the uh federal court for the western district

02:28:35.576 --> 02:28:39.546
of Texas in Austin. And it was Judge Allen Albright

02:28:41.316 --> 02:28:45.296
Mr Speaker. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr Chairman. Um Which

02:28:45.307 --> 02:28:49.207
associations were party to this lawsuit, do you know

02:28:49.737 --> 02:28:52.687
We will get the pleading and send it to you. So you

02:28:52.697 --> 02:28:56.937
have the exact list of names. Um Yeah, we, we remembered

02:28:57.135 --> 02:29:01.237
Book People Blue Willow. Uh but we'll get the, we'll

02:29:01.246 --> 02:29:03.276
we'll get the pleading. So you have it in black and

02:29:03.286 --> 02:29:06.116
white Ok. And then, um, I guess my question, you may

02:29:06.125 --> 02:29:08.866
or may not know this, the injection, does it just stop

02:29:08.875 --> 02:29:11.375
the enforcement or does the injunction actually stop

02:29:11.385 --> 02:29:15.405
the work? We, we need to get the full order from the

02:29:15.415 --> 02:29:18.076
judge in order to tell you that. Ok. And then kind

02:29:18.086 --> 02:29:22.807
of, um, uh, talking about what, um, a previous member

02:29:22.816 --> 02:29:26.635
asked because I know uh, several I sds have already

02:29:26.645 --> 02:29:29.836
passed policies concerning this. Their policies are

02:29:29.846 --> 02:29:33.256
still in place.

02:29:33.256 --> 02:29:35.826
So, an injunction stops you from doing further action

02:29:35.836 --> 02:29:38.665
If an action has already been taken, that hasn't, uh

02:29:38.675 --> 02:29:41.957
that, that necessarily hasn't been adjoined. But, um

02:29:42.437 --> 02:29:44.987
I, I just, I, I have to provide a caveat but I

02:29:44.996 --> 02:29:48.866
I haven't seen what the judge actually said. So until

02:29:48.875 --> 02:29:52.546
we get the order, um, everything has to have an A,

02:29:52.947 --> 02:29:54.645
I just want to clarify. It's not that you just haven't

02:29:54.655 --> 02:29:58.116
seen it. He hasn't produced it yet that it's not like

02:29:58.125 --> 02:30:01.197
it's out there and we haven't read it. It won't, it's

02:30:01.207 --> 02:30:03.425
not been produced yet. We were told it will be available

02:30:03.437 --> 02:30:07.441
next week. But, uh, we, we will operate on the judges

02:30:07.451 --> 02:30:09.612
and we will make a copy and send that to all of

02:30:09.671 --> 02:30:12.182
the. Well, hopefully this process moves pretty quickly

02:30:12.191 --> 02:30:14.171
and we get back to the business of protecting Children

02:30:14.562 --> 02:30:19.371
And, um, mmm, uh, we did pull it up. Uh, it's Book

02:30:19.381 --> 02:30:25.352
People Incorporated DB K Incorporated Blue Willow Bookshop

02:30:26.106 --> 02:30:30.566
American Booksellers Association. Association of American

02:30:30.576 --> 02:30:35.875
Publishers Authors Guild Incorporated Comic Book Legal

02:30:35.885 --> 02:30:40.175
Defense Fund. We will still provide you the, the copy

02:30:40.187 --> 02:30:42.217
So you don't, in case you didn't write it down very

02:30:42.227 --> 02:30:44.336
quick. But that was the list of plaintiffs. Thank you

02:30:44.346 --> 02:30:47.437
Mr By. I appreciate it. Ok. We're gonna move on to

02:30:47.447 --> 02:30:49.776
the Committee of School Finance Permanent School Fund

02:30:49.786 --> 02:30:51.816
We did have one item pulled off consent. So I'm gonna

02:30:51.826 --> 02:31:45.606
call on Mr Maynard.

02:31:45.606 --> 02:31:47.665
Yes,

02:31:47.665 --> 02:31:49.816
I've got too many sheets of paper here. I think we've

02:31:49.826 --> 02:31:53.836
probably wiped out a half acre of spotted owl habitat

02:31:55.207 --> 02:31:59.016
So

02:31:59.016 --> 02:32:02.516
Mr Sharon, uh on behalf of the Committee on School

02:32:02.526 --> 02:32:06.086
Finance Permanent School Fund, I move that the State

02:32:06.096 --> 02:32:08.296
Board of Education approve a distribution to the available

02:32:08.307 --> 02:32:12.635
school fund of approximately $1.556 billion for the

02:32:12.645 --> 02:32:16.066
fiscal year 2024.

02:32:16.066 --> 02:32:18.356
And I think really Mr Maynard, the uh question was

02:32:18.366 --> 02:32:22.447
just a little confusing sometimes of what the, the

02:32:22.457 --> 02:32:25.625
PSF does a lot of uh uh different things that fall

02:32:25.635 --> 02:32:28.457
out of our education brains and into a different side

02:32:28.675 --> 02:32:31.237
of our brains. So, uh if you just want to explain that

02:32:31.246 --> 02:32:33.546
I know we have staff here from PSF also to help with

02:32:33.557 --> 02:32:36.276
that. Well, let me just say that first of all that

02:32:36.286 --> 02:32:39.816
when, when, when a distribution is made from the permanent

02:32:39.826 --> 02:32:41.846
school fund, there's essentially, there's, there's

02:32:41.856 --> 02:32:44.977
two constraints. Uh The first of the first one is,

02:32:44.987 --> 02:32:50.165
is that, you know, distributions cannot exceed 6% of

02:32:50.175 --> 02:32:53.915
the average of the trailing 16 quarters. That's, that's

02:32:53.925 --> 02:32:57.675
the first one. The second one is, is that over a, over

02:32:57.687 --> 02:33:00.356
a 10 year period,

02:33:00.356 --> 02:33:03.717
the, the, the, the distribution of funds over that

02:33:03.727 --> 02:33:06.616
10 year period cannot exceed the returns during that

02:33:06.625 --> 02:33:10.256
10 year period. And so every time we make a distribution

02:33:10.266 --> 02:33:12.977
we have to step back and say, well, does this distribution

02:33:12.987 --> 02:33:20.457
cause us over that 10 year period then to exceed the

02:33:20.526 --> 02:33:24.925
the returns over the last 10 years in including the

02:33:24.937 --> 02:33:28.197
current fiscal year that we are on. So that's, I mean

02:33:28.207 --> 02:33:30.336
just in a, in a nutshell, I mean that that's what that

02:33:30.346 --> 02:33:33.217
is. And so we have to satisfy the 10 year rule before

02:33:33.227 --> 02:33:36.596
we, we vote to make that distribution, we have to make

02:33:36.606 --> 02:33:39.895
sure that we are not exceeding the 10 year returns

02:33:39.905 --> 02:33:44.336
on, on, on the fund. Now, our shoemaker, one of our

02:33:44.346 --> 02:33:46.996
uh senior investment officers and the director of special

02:33:47.006 --> 02:33:50.227
projects over at the, the Permanent School Fund. If

02:33:50.237 --> 02:33:53.925
you, if you'd like to a more granular uh explanation

02:33:53.937 --> 02:33:57.196
of that, would you care to maybe kind of in terms of

02:33:57.205 --> 02:34:00.616
how that is drived? I'm sorry, I don't have a white

02:34:00.627 --> 02:34:03.495
board for you.

02:34:03.495 --> 02:34:07.796
Thank you, Mr Maynard. Uh Yes, members uh uh Mark Shoemaker

02:34:07.805 --> 02:34:11.837
I'm at the uh Permanent School Fund Corporation. I

02:34:11.846 --> 02:34:16.785
made the, the uh transition from TE A and I began there

02:34:16.796 --> 02:34:24.975
in 2008. So uh the, this, the, the two limits that

02:34:24.986 --> 02:34:28.515
Mr Maynard mentioned have been in the constitution

02:34:28.526 --> 02:34:35.857
since uh late 2003. The 10 year limit is uh actually

02:34:36.776 --> 02:34:42.236
came into effect one time in uh 2010. And that was

02:34:42.435 --> 02:34:48.006
post the uh global financial crisis and what the issue

02:34:48.015 --> 02:34:51.946
was there. And, and he did a really great job of, you

02:34:51.955 --> 02:34:57.035
know, describing those 10 years is in that calculation

02:34:57.256 --> 02:35:03.035
we had two time periods, we had the dot com bust and

02:35:03.046 --> 02:35:08.006
we had the GFC. And so over that 10 years, the uh

02:35:08.015 --> 02:35:13.567
returns on the fund did not exceed the distributions

02:35:13.576 --> 02:35:17.147
Uh So over the course of, you know, 20 years, it's

02:35:17.156 --> 02:35:21.785
only happened once, but you must affirm every year

02:35:21.796 --> 02:35:25.886
that the 10 year test, you know, is not being violated

02:35:25.897 --> 02:35:30.745
And, and, and so normally it's a very uh you know,

02:35:31.076 --> 02:35:34.587
um

02:35:34.587 --> 02:35:38.116
you, you, there's not a lot of question about has that

02:35:38.127 --> 02:35:42.245
happened? I mean, I almost use the word

02:35:42.245 --> 02:35:45.167
perfunctory but I mean, you know, it's, I don't want

02:35:45.176 --> 02:35:49.435
to minimize the significance of it, but the, the, the

02:35:49.446 --> 02:35:54.765
math just generally works in the favor of, you always

02:35:54.776 --> 02:36:00.946
have a, a cushion and right now that cushion, we project

02:36:01.127 --> 02:36:05.147
at the end of this fiscal year will be over $8 billion

02:36:05.156 --> 02:36:09.607
So, you know, we're not sneaking by it, it's not close

02:36:09.616 --> 02:36:12.846
you've got plenty of cushion. But uh you do have to

02:36:12.857 --> 02:36:16.265
do this constitutionally,

02:36:16.265 --> 02:36:18.906
Mr Brooks.

02:36:18.906 --> 02:36:20.897
Thank you, Mr chairman. Thank you, Miss Shoemaker.

02:36:20.906 --> 02:36:23.466
I think my last question is. So, could you just kind

02:36:23.475 --> 02:36:26.426
of help me understand what these distribution funds

02:36:26.435 --> 02:36:29.596
are specifically used for once you make the transfer

02:36:30.837 --> 02:36:34.837
Oh, sure. Yeah. So every distribution that the State

02:36:34.846 --> 02:36:38.127
Board of Education makes out of the permanent school

02:36:38.136 --> 02:36:42.526
fund goes over to the uh available school fund. And

02:36:42.535 --> 02:36:46.475
so there's, there's a, a few other revenue sources

02:36:46.486 --> 02:36:51.776
that go into the A SF also, um that's about the extent

02:36:51.785 --> 02:36:56.745
of my school finance knowledge, but all of the PSF

02:36:56.756 --> 02:37:02.647
distributions go into the A SF,

02:37:02.647 --> 02:37:05.616
so it is it correct to say or true to say that

02:37:05.785 --> 02:37:10.616
once it goes over um to the available school fund that

02:37:10.627 --> 02:37:14.995
um it's, it's not, it's usually this is usually distributed

02:37:15.006 --> 02:37:19.035
this way. So not all of the uh taxes, I guess, or

02:37:19.046 --> 02:37:21.986
or revenue that the state would generate for the A

02:37:21.995 --> 02:37:26.196
SF will go on to their, I guess. What is the reason

02:37:26.205 --> 02:37:29.546
for the transfer? It's just always, that amount is

02:37:29.557 --> 02:37:34.765
always uh expected to help with, meet the cost of the

02:37:34.776 --> 02:37:36.955
the budget for the A SF, does that make sense a little

02:37:36.966 --> 02:37:39.946
bit or like why is the transfer necessary? I guess

02:37:39.955 --> 02:37:43.426
when revenue comes into the available school fund?

02:37:44.156 --> 02:37:48.587
Well, the, the good news is that when the money moves

02:37:48.596 --> 02:37:53.357
from the PSF to the A SF, there's another feature in

02:37:53.366 --> 02:37:56.576
the constitution which

02:37:56.576 --> 02:38:01.986
requires that distributions from the A SF go to all

02:38:01.995 --> 02:38:05.906
of the districts across the state on a per student

02:38:05.917 --> 02:38:09.667
basis. And so, you know, no one's advantage or like

02:38:09.676 --> 02:38:13.647
disadvantage based on the, the way the legislature

02:38:13.656 --> 02:38:18.966
does all of the other school finance, uh, formulas

02:38:19.877 --> 02:38:24.535
uh, a sf distributions go out equally on a per student

02:38:24.546 --> 02:38:28.705
basis. Does that answer your question kind of? But

02:38:28.716 --> 02:38:32.276
it just sounds like this is just protocol to for a

02:38:32.285 --> 02:38:34.417
certain amount of money from the permanent school fund

02:38:34.426 --> 02:38:38.627
to go inside the available school fund. Well, oh, so

02:38:39.236 --> 02:38:44.846
uh the prior constitution of this board, so right before

02:38:44.857 --> 02:38:50.676
you were sworn in, in uh November of last year, they

02:38:50.685 --> 02:38:54.607
set the distribution rate. And so what happens is that

02:38:54.616 --> 02:38:59.796
distribution rate was set in November 2022. However

02:38:59.807 --> 02:39:04.986
we, and that was for fiscal years 24 and 25 fiscal

02:39:04.995 --> 02:39:07.705
year 24

02:39:07.705 --> 02:39:14.216
begins today. So, you know, it's been nine months since

02:39:14.225 --> 02:39:17.486
that happened and in the constitution, that's when

02:39:17.495 --> 02:39:21.317
you have to make that decision. Ok, over those last

02:39:21.326 --> 02:39:26.337
10 years, was that test uh complied with? And so this

02:39:26.346 --> 02:39:30.716
is that compliance feature. It, it, it seems a little

02:39:30.725 --> 02:39:34.866
odd because you, you, well, you might be thinking,

02:39:34.877 --> 02:39:37.857
well, I didn't set a distribution rate because that

02:39:37.866 --> 02:39:41.676
happened in November. So that's thank you. Thank you

02:39:41.685 --> 02:39:44.406
very much. Thank you, Mr Chair. Any further questions

02:39:46.337 --> 02:39:49.185
All right, thank you. Mark.

02:39:49.185 --> 02:39:53.236
All right. Are you ready to vote on this item?

02:39:53.236 --> 02:39:56.446
I ask all those in favor of the motion as presented

02:39:56.455 --> 02:40:04.417
So by raising your hand

02:40:04.417 --> 02:40:06.955
low, your hands, all those opposed by the same sign

02:40:06.966 --> 02:40:10.667
there's 12 in favor and zero opposed and the motion

02:40:10.676 --> 02:40:13.026
is adopted and nobody tell Miss Kay, we did that without

02:40:13.035 --> 02:40:17.495
her.

02:40:17.495 --> 02:40:22.366
She, she was talking. Yeah, just, just uh, just as

02:40:22.377 --> 02:40:25.685
just a matter of a few updates. Uh First of all, always

02:40:25.696 --> 02:40:27.807
you know, we always try to tell you that. So, so I

02:40:27.817 --> 02:40:30.136
think the uh the current value of the permanent school

02:40:30.147 --> 02:40:33.357
fund, uh at least assets under, under our management

02:40:33.366 --> 02:40:39.426
are, I think 52.3 billion is where we are. Um And so

02:40:39.435 --> 02:40:42.685
a few things I think of, of note, of course, understand

02:40:42.696 --> 02:40:45.366
that if you serve on the committee on, on school fan

02:40:45.377 --> 02:40:47.745
Finance, permanent School Fund, then you also serve

02:40:47.756 --> 02:40:49.776
on the board of directors for the Corporation for the

02:40:49.785 --> 02:40:52.636
Permanent School Fund Corporation. And so that's a

02:40:52.647 --> 02:40:56.225
nine member board uh on which the State Board of Education

02:40:56.236 --> 02:41:00.337
has a majority. Uh two big, big things that we have

02:41:00.346 --> 02:41:03.576
going right now is, is that um first of all, is we

02:41:03.587 --> 02:41:06.906
we do have an executive search underway. And so we

02:41:06.917 --> 02:41:10.057
are looking for a, a new uh chief executive officer

02:41:10.636 --> 02:41:13.337
uh kind of how we, we've done that. We've had some

02:41:13.346 --> 02:41:16.616
we've had some change in personnel. Our chief investment

02:41:16.627 --> 02:41:21.185
officer um chose to make a career change. And what

02:41:21.196 --> 02:41:23.705
we determined is is that we don't really need a, a

02:41:23.716 --> 02:41:28.147
CEO and a CIO uh really, what we need is we need

02:41:28.156 --> 02:41:32.377
AAA chief Investment Officer with the, with the CEO

02:41:32.386 --> 02:41:37.386
skill set to, to also be the CEO. Uh and, and really

02:41:38.156 --> 02:41:41.696
you know, what if, if you want to look at the permanent

02:41:41.705 --> 02:41:47.167
school fund as a, what the comparable to it is? Uh

02:41:47.886 --> 02:41:50.966
There's sometimes a temptation to, to try to compare

02:41:50.975 --> 02:41:53.785
us to like, er s or, or, or TRS, but those are

02:41:54.107 --> 02:41:59.326
those are pension plans. Uh So the only true endowment

02:41:59.337 --> 02:42:02.866
or our sovereign wealth fund in town besides us is

02:42:04.127 --> 02:42:08.006
and is the University University of Texas Investment

02:42:08.015 --> 02:42:10.846
Management Company. And they manage the permanent University

02:42:10.857 --> 02:42:13.785
fund and the University of Texas Endowment and plus

02:42:13.796 --> 02:42:19.196
the endowment for MD Anderson, I did

02:42:19.196 --> 02:42:22.317
not the endowment. Uh They remember that the permanent

02:42:22.326 --> 02:42:25.046
University fund is, is two thirds to University of

02:42:25.057 --> 02:42:28.995
Texas and one third to UN to Texas A and M. Uh

02:42:29.046 --> 02:42:32.265
but, but, but their endowment is, is, is managed separately

02:42:32.386 --> 02:42:36.817
is my understanding uh

02:42:36.817 --> 02:42:41.826
essentially has a, has a cio ceo combination. And so

02:42:41.837 --> 02:42:43.466
so we think that that kind of works in our favor in

02:42:43.475 --> 02:42:46.245
a couple of ways and, and, and one thing is is that

02:42:46.256 --> 02:42:49.026
it may help us to try to get the base salary up

02:42:49.035 --> 02:42:52.495
to a, to a competitive level. So, so yesterday, we

02:42:52.506 --> 02:42:56.877
did uh we uh discuss an executive session. We, we have

02:42:56.886 --> 02:43:00.067
a, we have a process in place. Uh We have a search

02:43:00.076 --> 02:43:03.877
committee in place and uh so we will be uh uh we

02:43:03.886 --> 02:43:08.147
have a search firm engaged and, and we hope that, you

02:43:08.156 --> 02:43:12.167
know, by the time we reconvene in November, uh we,

02:43:12.176 --> 02:43:15.647
we may be either either have somebody on that we have

02:43:15.656 --> 02:43:22.147
selected uh or, or, or be be very close to that.

02:43:22.147 --> 02:43:27.557
This works uh ask a question uh to Mr Mayor. OK. So

02:43:27.567 --> 02:43:33.296
member mayor. So, uh thank you for, for that brief

02:43:33.307 --> 02:43:37.265
uh information. I appreciate that. So we were, we had

02:43:37.276 --> 02:43:42.337
a presentation with um Mr Britt Harris. So he's not

02:43:42.346 --> 02:43:45.837
permanently in this position and doesn't want to be

02:43:45.906 --> 02:43:50.837
that. That's correct. So, so, so Mr Harris um had retired

02:43:50.846 --> 02:43:55.357
from and when, when Holland Timmins had retired from

02:43:56.455 --> 02:44:00.627
uh from the permanent school funding, it was the opinion

02:44:00.636 --> 02:44:02.667
of the board that, that we didn't really, that, that

02:44:02.676 --> 02:44:05.296
we wanted our, our, our staff to have, have, have some

02:44:05.307 --> 02:44:09.107
leadership during that time, but also too in that transition

02:44:09.116 --> 02:44:13.026
period, uh We identified some things organizationally

02:44:13.035 --> 02:44:16.506
that needed to be addressed. Uh and, and, and, and

02:44:16.515 --> 02:44:19.386
Britt Harris is, is doing those things and I will tell

02:44:19.397 --> 02:44:21.807
you that, uh I, I think right now that, that our, our

02:44:21.817 --> 02:44:24.846
our team over over the current school fund is, is,

02:44:24.857 --> 02:44:28.877
is energized in a way that I've not seen before. And

02:44:28.886 --> 02:44:32.955
uh so, um in fact, if you saw all those people that

02:44:32.966 --> 02:44:35.397
were here, uh for the corporation meeting. That was

02:44:35.406 --> 02:44:39.067
our whole team. And, uh, and then they came over there

02:44:39.076 --> 02:44:41.995
uh, for that. And that's a, frankly, that's the first

02:44:42.006 --> 02:44:44.966
time we've all seen them a, as, as a board, that's

02:44:44.975 --> 02:44:46.386
the first time we'd ever seen them all together in

02:44:46.397 --> 02:44:48.765
one place. And, you know, typically we would, you know

02:44:48.776 --> 02:44:51.265
see just, just a few people and, and unless you went

02:44:51.276 --> 02:44:53.736
over there, but even then you wouldn't see them all

02:44:53.745 --> 02:44:56.326
together in 11 place. And so I think that was a, that

02:44:56.337 --> 02:45:01.265
was a, that was a great thing. And so, uh we engaged

02:45:01.276 --> 02:45:04.515
Mr Harris uh for, for a period of time and, and with

02:45:04.526 --> 02:45:07.817
with, with some overlap with the new chief executive

02:45:08.475 --> 02:45:11.417
and, and, and, and for how long that's up to, to the

02:45:11.426 --> 02:45:15.486
new, to the new person, you know. Um, but, but typically

02:45:15.776 --> 02:45:18.127
in the business, you know, a month to six weeks is

02:45:18.136 --> 02:45:22.696
is a typical overlap in that. So, uh the second thing

02:45:22.705 --> 02:45:24.846
that was really, really big, of course is, is that

02:45:24.857 --> 02:45:27.756
uh, we, we are currently in, in the moody bank building

02:45:28.035 --> 02:45:29.676
Uh, you know, the joke is, is that we're trying to

02:45:29.685 --> 02:45:33.216
find a more emotionally stable building

02:45:33.216 --> 02:45:37.837
because that building is moody. But anyway,

02:45:37.837 --> 02:45:41.185
that's the joke.

02:45:41.185 --> 02:45:44.636
Um It, it is, uh, there's a lot of issues with that

02:45:44.647 --> 02:45:47.276
building. It's, it's old, it's, uh, I think it's, it's

02:45:47.285 --> 02:45:51.486
probably a class c property. Uh, there are some serious

02:45:51.495 --> 02:45:55.147
safety issues. Uh, if you've been in it, uh, the, the

02:45:55.156 --> 02:45:57.587
the, the front part of it, the lobby are, are not terrible

02:45:57.596 --> 02:45:59.596
But if you get up in, in it, it's, it's a pretty

02:45:59.607 --> 02:46:02.307
dreary building. And by the way, uh, the number of

02:46:02.317 --> 02:46:04.756
of, uh, of staff members we have right now is about

02:46:04.765 --> 02:46:08.256
95 and we have 71 seats.

02:46:08.256 --> 02:46:12.466
And, uh, and so when we created the corporation, uh

02:46:12.475 --> 02:46:17.067
the, the legislation that create the corporation specifically

02:46:17.076 --> 02:46:21.607
authorized us to, to utilize private office space.

02:46:22.147 --> 02:46:25.067
And so the, the board went ahead and, and we signed

02:46:25.076 --> 02:46:28.716
a, a lease, uh, with somebody here in, with a, with

02:46:28.725 --> 02:46:31.935
a bank in town, uh, to be in, in that building. Well

02:46:31.946 --> 02:46:34.926
it turns out is, is that, uh, it is true while we

02:46:34.935 --> 02:46:37.906
were authorized to do that, uh, the legislature said

02:46:37.917 --> 02:46:39.506
yeah, well, you're authorized to do that, but we're

02:46:39.515 --> 02:46:42.725
not gonna fund it if you use private office space.

02:46:42.995 --> 02:46:45.205
So there is a fundamental difference between authorization

02:46:45.216 --> 02:46:51.716
and appropriation as it turns out. And so we, we were

02:46:51.725 --> 02:46:55.337
required then to abandon that first lease and, and

02:46:55.346 --> 02:46:58.096
use a state owned office space. But as it turns out

02:46:58.107 --> 02:47:00.475
this is that there's a couple of spaces that are close

02:47:00.846 --> 02:47:04.406
that are eligible. One of them is owned by the, uh

02:47:04.696 --> 02:47:07.535
er s next door and the other one is owned by the

02:47:07.546 --> 02:47:10.096
University of Texas, a building called Innovation Tower

02:47:10.857 --> 02:47:15.785
And so, um, uh, the board, uh, toured both of those

02:47:15.796 --> 02:47:18.616
facilities yesterday and came back and we had a discussion

02:47:18.627 --> 02:47:21.026
by the way, the, the real estate market here is, is

02:47:21.035 --> 02:47:23.877
very favorable. It's, uh, it's, it's very much a buyer's

02:47:23.886 --> 02:47:27.736
market right now. And, uh, and we were able to, uh

02:47:27.745 --> 02:47:31.006
to negotiate very, very favorable terms for a, for

02:47:31.015 --> 02:47:34.776
a 10 year lease. Uh, and, uh, the board, uh, voted

02:47:34.785 --> 02:47:37.627
yesterday to go with Innovation Tower and, uh which

02:47:37.636 --> 02:47:39.826
is a, which is a beautiful building and at some point

02:47:39.837 --> 02:47:41.935
you know, maybe once we get, uh it's gonna take about

02:47:41.946 --> 02:47:44.627
a year to get there uh to do all the, to do

02:47:44.636 --> 02:47:48.466
all the build out. And so, uh I think it's worth noting

02:47:49.225 --> 02:47:51.256
It's just kind of interesting. This is that and I don't

02:47:51.265 --> 02:47:52.955
know, I don't know if you, you, you picked up on this

02:47:52.966 --> 02:47:57.346
but the permanent school fund generates about $22 million

02:47:57.357 --> 02:47:59.725
a day,

02:47:59.725 --> 02:48:04.067
which means is that our entire operating budget and

02:48:04.076 --> 02:48:06.986
and what it's gonna cost for the 10 year lease is actually

02:48:07.035 --> 02:48:09.386
satisfied within the first week of the fiscal year

02:48:10.196 --> 02:48:12.926
worth noting. And then the rest of the time, I mean

02:48:12.935 --> 02:48:16.685
we're, we're actually uh a above water on that. So

02:48:17.176 --> 02:48:19.245
uh but those are, those are two really big things.

02:48:19.256 --> 02:48:22.317
Uh two really big steps yesterday. And, and so I, uh

02:48:22.326 --> 02:48:25.647
I think that there's a uh uh a lot of optimism uh

02:48:25.656 --> 02:48:27.705
on the, on the board. Uh We did pick up a new

02:48:27.716 --> 02:48:30.087
board member. Uh, two board members are appointed by

02:48:30.096 --> 02:48:32.647
the governor and a gentleman by the name of Cliff Thomas

02:48:32.776 --> 02:48:38.087
and uh who's got, uh Mr Francis? Do you have Victoria

02:48:38.426 --> 02:48:41.906
I do. He's in my district. Mr Thomas is, is one of

02:48:41.917 --> 02:48:46.446
your, one of your constituents. So,

02:48:46.446 --> 02:48:48.636
all right, Mr Maynard. Thank you for that. And that

02:48:48.647 --> 02:48:51.446
should complete our business for today. A couple of

02:48:51.455 --> 02:48:55.696
housekeeping notes. I'm sorry, Mr Hick.

02:48:55.696 --> 02:48:57.756
Oh, yes, sorry, sorry. I've probably stepped out of

02:48:57.765 --> 02:49:00.785
the room for lunch, I guess.

02:49:00.785 --> 02:49:02.796
Yeah, let, let's put the brakes on what I just said

02:49:02.807 --> 02:49:05.636
there. Let's go to uh Mr Hickman on item number nine

02:49:05.796 --> 02:49:08.337
Sorry, I missed you there. Review of proposed revisions

02:49:08.346 --> 02:49:11.557
19 T AC chapter 2 31 requirements for public school

02:49:11.567 --> 02:49:14.807
personnel assignments. Sub chapter C grade 63 assignments

02:49:14.817 --> 02:49:16.995
and sub chapter E grades nine through 12 assignments

02:49:17.446 --> 02:49:20.116
Thank you, Mr Chairman Committee on school initiatives

02:49:20.127 --> 02:49:22.917
Recommend State Board of Education take no action on

02:49:22.926 --> 02:49:27.446
the proposed revisions to 19 T AC chapter 2 31 requirements

02:49:27.455 --> 02:49:29.776
for public school personnel assignments. Subchapter

02:49:29.785 --> 02:49:32.857
C grade six through eight assignments and subchapter

02:49:32.866 --> 02:49:37.966
E grades nine through 12 assignments.

02:49:37.966 --> 02:49:42.317
Members, any further discussion on this item

02:49:42.317 --> 02:49:47.185
ready to vote all in favor. Say I, all right, any opposed

02:49:47.196 --> 02:49:51.176
say no, the motion is adopted. Anything else in your

02:49:51.185 --> 02:49:54.406
committee, Mr uh Yes, thank you, Mr Chairman. Uh We

02:49:54.417 --> 02:49:57.796
received a charter process update and an application

02:49:57.807 --> 02:50:01.866
update from MS Shetty. Uh we appointed uh to a number

02:50:01.877 --> 02:50:04.647
of special purpose districts, Fort Sam Houston, Lackland

02:50:04.857 --> 02:50:08.265
Randolph Field and Boys Ranch and superintendent, Doctor

02:50:08.276 --> 02:50:11.607
Holt from Randolph Field attended as well. Uh Miss

02:50:11.616 --> 02:50:14.817
Cook and MS Garcia presented the uh se certificates

02:50:14.826 --> 02:50:18.776
item we just approved and lastly is the SEC update

02:50:18.975 --> 02:50:24.466
uh, of note, um Miss Garcia presented um changes coming

02:50:24.475 --> 02:50:30.136
in chapter 2 28 and 2 29 for Ed prep and Accountability

02:50:30.147 --> 02:50:33.817
for Ed prep. And she's going to hopefully circulate

02:50:33.826 --> 02:50:37.546
a draft of where they are currently se will be meeting

02:50:38.046 --> 02:50:41.397
I think here, uh September 29th. And if we can't attend

02:50:41.406 --> 02:50:43.886
in person, it's also available online if you want to

02:50:43.897 --> 02:50:46.576
follow along with what SEC is doing and then that will

02:50:46.587 --> 02:50:49.397
come to our subsequent, uh, committee meetings in this

02:50:49.406 --> 02:50:52.557
uh board as well.

02:50:52.557 --> 02:50:56.955
But anything else? Ok, members before we wrap up a

02:50:56.966 --> 02:51:00.156
couple of housekeeping notes, um, staff did just, uh

02:51:00.167 --> 02:51:03.526
uh communicate to me a timeline that they had drafted

02:51:03.535 --> 02:51:06.776
for 16 05. I'm gonna have them send that out to you

02:51:06.955 --> 02:51:09.366
Uh, just with the caveat of this is what, what they've

02:51:09.377 --> 02:51:11.317
drafted. I know we've been in good alignment all the

02:51:11.326 --> 02:51:13.846
way through good discussions, all the way through.

02:51:13.857 --> 02:51:17.185
So this is subject to just confirmation of the chair

02:51:17.196 --> 02:51:20.245
of scheduling this at each of the future meetings,

02:51:20.256 --> 02:51:23.317
but I'll have um Yolando when she's able to get that

02:51:23.326 --> 02:51:27.035
send that out to to the members. Um point of information

02:51:27.046 --> 02:51:32.576
Mr Chair is that timeline uh for both rubric's quality

02:51:32.587 --> 02:51:37.067
and suitability? Ok. Thank you, Mr Chair. It's all

02:51:37.076 --> 02:51:40.167
encompassing 16 05. It's a lot more than just that

02:51:40.796 --> 02:51:45.466
I don't think they slept last night. So, uh number

02:51:45.475 --> 02:51:48.337
two, does everyone have these on their desk? Correct

02:51:48.587 --> 02:51:52.087
Ok. This is an SBE member satisfaction survey. So,

02:51:52.096 --> 02:51:55.176
members, if you're satisfied, this would be a good

02:51:55.185 --> 02:51:59.857
survey to fill out. Um This is important for our staff

02:52:00.535 --> 02:52:03.446
Do you believe that's how they're evaluated? So it's

02:52:03.455 --> 02:52:06.917
important for them. I'm going to require everyone to

02:52:06.926 --> 02:52:10.995
fill this out before they leave or else. So, for what

02:52:11.006 --> 02:52:15.765
that's worth. So please fill this out uh to help our

02:52:15.776 --> 02:52:20.196
staff do their job by serving us. So that's the green

02:52:20.205 --> 02:52:24.756
sheet of paper here, MS Brooks.

02:52:24.756 --> 02:52:28.817
Where can the tournament

02:52:28.817 --> 02:52:32.167
either to bring up staff or just leave it on your desk

02:52:32.176 --> 02:52:33.935
and we'll get, it shouldn't take in just a few minutes

02:52:35.946 --> 02:52:40.147
Yeah. All right. Any other questions on that specifically

02:52:41.357 --> 02:52:44.127
So this is a time where we go around the room and

02:52:44.136 --> 02:52:46.107
uh not talk about anything that's been on the agenda

02:52:46.116 --> 02:52:48.265
but talk about what's going on in each of our lives

02:52:48.276 --> 02:52:51.596
and accomplishments um such as that. So I'm gonna go

02:52:51.607 --> 02:52:54.245
around the room to my right. If anyone has anything

02:52:54.256 --> 02:52:58.216
that they would like to share. Well, I'm excited to

02:52:58.225 --> 02:53:00.667
be leaving here this afternoon to head to college.

02:53:00.676 --> 02:53:03.807
Station for the first Aggie football game. So it's

02:53:03.817 --> 02:53:08.826
beat the hell out of New Mexico.

02:53:08.826 --> 02:53:10.946
You had an egg or two on the back there. Sounds very

02:53:10.955 --> 02:53:18.627
enchanting.

02:53:18.627 --> 02:53:20.846
Yeah. Labor Day weekend. So we'll be, uh, we'll be

02:53:20.857 --> 02:53:22.906
headed up to Cal Farley Boys Race. Of course, y'all

02:53:22.917 --> 02:53:25.236
did the, did that on that. So, we have a big reunion

02:53:25.245 --> 02:53:28.546
of those of us that graduated from there that grew

02:53:28.557 --> 02:53:32.127
up out there. And so we the uh the boys ranch, uh

02:53:32.685 --> 02:53:38.006
rodeo and reunion. So, yeah,

02:53:38.006 --> 02:53:41.026
uh Scott and I moved into our home on the lake. It

02:53:41.035 --> 02:53:44.366
is a vacation home on 3.6 wooded acres. We're very

02:53:44.377 --> 02:53:47.096
proud of the fact that we don't have any neighbors

02:53:47.116 --> 02:53:50.156
Uh since I've never had, I've never had a neighbor

02:53:50.167 --> 02:53:54.656
in my life um being raised on a ranch. So, um it

02:53:54.667 --> 02:53:58.817
also uh part of the cruise is to celebrate my 50th

02:53:58.826 --> 02:54:04.167
birthday day next week. So, yeah, thank you. I getting

02:54:04.176 --> 02:54:10.276
old speaker, anything microphone, please. Thank you

02:54:10.285 --> 02:54:13.725
Mr Chairman. Um I would just like to say happy bicentennial

02:54:13.736 --> 02:54:16.276
to the Texas Rangers. The Rangers were formed in 18

02:54:16.285 --> 02:54:20.147
23 by Stephen F Austin who also funded the payroll

02:54:20.156 --> 02:54:22.826
for it. And they are the only law enforcement agency

02:54:22.837 --> 02:54:25.526
to have served under five national flags and they are

02:54:25.535 --> 02:54:29.067
the longest serving statewide public safety agency

02:54:29.087 --> 02:54:32.127
in the United States. So happy anniversary to the Texas

02:54:32.136 --> 02:54:35.846
Rangers then also, of course, super, super proud of

02:54:35.857 --> 02:54:38.807
the Needville Little League team. You know, they traveled

02:54:38.817 --> 02:54:42.307
to, uh, Williamsport, Pennsylvania to compete in the

02:54:42.317 --> 02:54:45.185
World Little Little League Series and they came in

02:54:45.196 --> 02:54:47.826
fourth in the world. So, so proud of those young men

02:54:47.837 --> 02:54:52.535
and their families. Your signal. Thank you, Mr Chair

02:54:52.546 --> 02:54:54.426
Uh Some things have been happening while we've been

02:54:54.435 --> 02:54:57.265
in this room. Um, I get to watch lots of volleyball

02:54:57.276 --> 02:54:59.587
with my daughters and there's a young lady they know

02:54:59.596 --> 02:55:02.725
from Katie went to Seven Lakes Alley Batton Horses

02:55:02.736 --> 02:55:05.147
on the Nebraska volleyball team. And if you didn't

02:55:05.156 --> 02:55:08.435
see Nebraska Wednesday night played a stadium game

02:55:08.446 --> 02:55:12.015
in front of 92,003 people setting a new world record

02:55:12.026 --> 02:55:15.705
for women's sports attendance. So, congratulations

02:55:15.716 --> 02:55:20.826
to Nebraska.

02:55:20.826 --> 02:55:25.067
Uh, my students told me to convey to the State Board

02:55:25.076 --> 02:55:28.966
of Education that they hope you do a good job.

02:55:28.966 --> 02:55:33.975
That's it too late.

02:55:33.975 --> 02:55:36.926
So, I will also be attending a football game, uh, tomorrow

02:55:36.935 --> 02:55:40.995
or actually a tailgate. Um, so, uh, hook em and I hope

02:55:41.006 --> 02:55:48.946
that we beat the heck out of the owls. Yeah.

02:55:48.946 --> 02:55:52.366
Thank you. Um, I just wanted to congratulate one of

02:55:52.377 --> 02:55:57.546
my, um, I say thanks to, um, my fellow member, um,

02:55:57.557 --> 02:56:05.176
Miss Diaz earlier. Um, I had my hero that she was,

02:56:05.185 --> 02:56:10.087
um, only Spanish speaking and, um, I wrote a note for

02:56:10.096 --> 02:56:14.567
her and asked, um, Miss to translate for me. She was

02:56:14.576 --> 02:56:19.776
kind enough to do that as well as um, translate live

02:56:19.785 --> 02:56:25.466
Thank you. Um, to when um Miss Miss Tapio was receiving

02:56:25.475 --> 02:56:28.935
her award. And again, I wanted to thank her for um

02:56:28.946 --> 02:56:32.357
saying yes. Um and being very willing to do that. Thanks

02:56:32.366 --> 02:56:38.667
so much

02:56:38.667 --> 02:56:41.107
after we were taken.

02:56:41.107 --> 02:56:43.667
Um Since everyone's talking about football and the

02:56:43.676 --> 02:56:46.696
University of Texas at El Paso, we'll be playing Ward

02:56:46.705 --> 02:56:51.386
uh this weekend. So Go Miners. Um Also I recently became

02:56:51.397 --> 02:56:54.807
engaged, so I'm excited about that. Thank you. Thank

02:56:54.817 --> 02:56:57.236
you. So, um next year will be the, the wedding. So

02:56:57.245 --> 02:56:59.745
I'll let y'all know and maybe I'll do it at Audrey's

02:56:59.756 --> 02:57:05.486
Big Giant House. Uh But, but yeah, so just that's it

02:57:06.685 --> 02:57:08.866
Thank you,

02:57:08.866 --> 02:57:13.475
Brooks. Ok. I don't know.

02:57:13.475 --> 02:57:16.426
Oh, you could tell your students that we did a very

02:57:16.435 --> 02:57:20.326
good job this week. I thought we did good work and

02:57:20.337 --> 02:57:23.026
it's, it's a pleasure being here with everyone serving

02:57:23.035 --> 02:57:27.006
together with you

02:57:27.006 --> 02:57:29.696
y'all. My mama's birthday is in three weeks. She will

02:57:29.705 --> 02:57:35.546
be 70 years old. So I'm very excited about that.

02:57:35.546 --> 02:57:37.426
I think that's incorrect. I think she's gonna be 70

02:57:37.435 --> 02:57:41.696
years young.

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This hardy. Ok. Members. This is gonna be hard for

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me. Um We've had some very dear long time friends,

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Robert and Christy re and their family, Chris, he's

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been a public school teacher for many years, served

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our students,

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their son, Alex was diagnosed in January, but the young

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did you talk often about the 5.5 million students of

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Texas as a group? We must remember they're each individual

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and each of these individuals are so special.

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They were charged with serving each of these individuals

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He's not been a funny man. Alex who was 16 years old

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Our coach team is a Bible quizzer.

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He's touched every life. He's been around at six o'clock

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yesterday, Alex passed on and I wanted to adjourn this

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meeting in honor of Alex.