Proposed new rules, proposed amendments to existing rules, and proposed repeals being considered by the commissioner of education with open comment periods are:
PROPOSED RULES WITH OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS
Summary: The proposed revisions would implement House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, by removing an outdated provision and updating references to statute.
Publication in the Texas Register: October 25, 2019
Public Comment Period: October 25, 2019-November 25, 2019
Proposed Effective Date: February 10, 2020
Send a public comment on Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC §§62.1011, 62.1031, 62.1041, and 62.1051
Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 101, Assessment, Subchapter DD, Commissioner’s Rules Concerning Substitute Assessments for Graduation, §101.4002, State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness End-of-Course Substitute Assessments
Summary: The proposed amendment would modify the rule to reflect changes in statute made by Senate Bill 213, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019. The proposed amendment would also modify the rule to align Texas assessment and accountability policies with federal requirements.
Publication in the Texas Register: October 11, 2019
Public Comment Period: October 11, 2019-November 12, 2019
Proposed Effective Date: January 26, 2020
Send a public comment on Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC §101.4002
Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 102, Educational Programs, Subchapter AA, Commissioner’s Rules Concerning Early Childhood Education Programs, §102.1003, High-Quality Prekindergarten Grant Program
Summary: The proposed amendment would modify the rule to reflect changes made by House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, by implementing full-day high-quality prekindergarten for eligible four-year-old students and removing reference to the grant program.
Publication in the Texas Register: November 8, 2019
Public Comment Period: November 8, 2019-December 9, 2019
Proposed Effective Date: February 17, 2020
Send a public comment on Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC §102.1003
Proposed Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 102, Educational Programs, Subchapter JJ, Commissioner’s Rules Concerning Innovation District, §102.1309, Prohibited Exemptions, and §102.1315, Termination
Summary: The proposed amendments would reflect changes made by House Bill 3, 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, by reflecting the recodification of Texas Education Code, Chapters 41 and 42, and specifying additional reasons the commissioner may terminate a district’s designation as a district of innovation.
Publication in the Texas Register: October 25, 2019
Public Comment Period: October 25, 2019-November 25, 2019
Proposed Effective Date: February 9, 2020
Send a public comment on Proposed Amendments to 19 TAC §102.1309 and §102.1315
Proposed new rules, proposed amendments to existing rules, and proposed repeals approved for first reading by the State Board of Education (SBOE) and filed with the Texas Register with open public comments are:
PROPOSED RULES WITH OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS
Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 66, State Adoption and Distribution of Instructional Materials, Subchapter B, State Adoption of Instructional Materials
Summary: The proposed revisions would update rules related to state review and adoption of instructional materials.
First Reading and Filing Authorization: September 2019 SBOE meeting
Public Comment Period: October 4, 2019-November 8, 2019. The SBOE will take registered oral and written comments on the proposal at the appropriate committee meeting in November 2019 in accordance with the SBOE board operating policies and procedures.
Proposed Effective Date: 20 days after filing as adopted with the Texas Register
Send a public comment on Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 66, Subchapter B
Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter C, Other Provisions, §74.27, Innovative Courses and Programs
Summary: The proposed amendment would update the rule to modify the requirements for approval of innovative courses, specify that innovative courses cannot be approved if they substantially duplicate the content of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills-based courses, and add requirements for review of ethnic studies innovative courses approved by the commissioner.
First Reading and Filing Authorization: September 2019 SBOE meeting
Public Comment Period: October 4, 2019-November 8, 2019. The SBOE will take registered oral and written comments on the proposal at the appropriate committee meeting in November 2019 in accordance with the SBOE board operating policies and procedures.
Proposed Effective Date: 20 days after filing as adopted with the Texas Register
Send a public comment on Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC §74.27
Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 129, Student Attendance, Subchapter B, Student Attendance Accounting, §129.21, Requirements for Student Attendance Accounting for State Funding Purposes
Summary: The proposed amendment would update the rule to allow districts and charter schools flexibility for selecting an official attendance-taking time during a campus’s instructional day.
First Reading and Filing Authorization: September 2019 SBOE meeting
Public Comment Period: October 4, 2019-November 8, 2019. The SBOE will take registered oral and written comments on the proposal at the appropriate committee meeting in November 2019 in accordance with the SBOE board operating policies and procedures.
Proposed Effective Date: 20 days after filing as adopted with the Texas Register
Send a public comment on Proposed Amendment to 19 TAC §129.21