Help develop the Long-Range Plan for Public Education
July 14, 2017
AUSTIN - Would you like to help establish long-term goals for the Texas public schools? The State Board of Education is now accepting nominations from those who would like to serve on a Long-Range Plan Steering Committee.
The 18-member committee will be composed of five State Board of Education members, including the board chair and the chair of the Committee on School Initiatives; one representative each from the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission; and 10 stakeholders to be nominated by the remaining board members.
State Board members serving on the committee are:
- Donna Bahorich, R-Houston, the SBOE chair
- Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands, chair of the board's Committee on School Initiatives
- Marty Rowley, R-Amarillo
- Tom Maynard, R-Florence
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Georgina Pérez, D-El Paso
The 10 public stakeholders may be educators, parents, business and industry representatives or students. They will represent public schools of various sizes and regions. Board members are looking for nominees with broad backgrounds and experiences.
To nominate yourself or others, please complete this form: https://form.jotform.com/71943948557170 .
The nomination deadline is Aug. 4.
The 10 board members who are not themselves serving on the steering committee will review the nominations and recommend three stakeholders each. The five SBOE members serving on the steering committee will select the 10 stakeholder representatives from the recommended nominees.
The steering committee will meet approximately five times in Austin throughout the 2017-2018 school year to draft recommended long-range priorities for public education. The first meeting will occur in mid-September.
Also informing this work will be results from a survey and comments obtained during 10 SBOE-hosted public meetings held around the state.
The guiding principles to be followed in developing the long-range plan are:
- Addressing the most pressing issues facing public education in Texas;
- Conveying one consistent vision on statewide priorities;
- Outlining clearly the board's role in supporting the priorities;
- Considering stakeholder input;
- Containing specific targets and processes to assess progress; and
- Appropriately balancing depth and coverage with fiscal responsibility.
Assisting the board during this second phase of the Long-Range Plan development are the Texas Education Agency staff and the Texas Comprehensive Center at the American Institutes for Research.
The tentative schedule calls for the board to adopt a new Long-Range Plan for Public Education at its September 2018 meeting.