The Ad Hoc Committee on the Long-Range Plan for Public Education will continue to develop the process the State Board of Education (SBOE) will use as it creates a long-range plan for Texas public education and will discuss the scope of the plan during a January 27 meeting of the ad hoc committee. The ad hoc committee will meet at the Hilton Austin Hotel, 500 East 4th Street, in Room 408. This meeting coincides with the annual TASA Midwinter Conference. Per SBOE rules, no public testimony is taken at meetings of ad hoc committees.
At its September 2014 meeting, the SBOE established the ad hoc committee to study the viability and utility of developing a long-range plan for public education. SBOE members Donna Bahorich (R-Houston), Ruben Cortez Jr. (D-Brownsville), Martha Dominguez (D-El Paso), Pat Hardy (R-Fort Worth), Tom Maynard (R-Florence), Geraldine Miller (R-Dallas), Marisa Perez (D-San Antonio), Thomas Ratliff (R-Mt. Pleasant), and Marty Rowley (R-Amarillo) make up the committee. This group is developing the scope and work plan for the creation of a long-range plan. The Committee on School Initiatives, as outlined in the board’s operating rules, would oversee the creation of the actual plan.
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Long-Range Plan will present its findings and recommendations to the SBOE at the April 2015 board meeting. The SBOE will begin creating the long-range plan in the summer of 2015, after the 84th regular session of the Texas Legislature has ended. The target date for completion and implementation of the plan is January 2016.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the SBOE will take place in Austin at the William B. Travis building from February 11 through 13.
