November 2018 Committee of the Full Board Wednesday Item 5
November 2018 Committee of the Full Board Wednesday Item 5
Adoption of the Long-Range Plan for Public Education
November 16, 2018
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item presents for review and adoption the proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, which sets educational goals through the year 2030.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(1) and 32.001(a)(1)-(4).
TEC, §7.102(c)(1), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to develop and update a long-range plan for public education.
TEC, §32.001(a)(1)-(4) requires the board to develop a long-range plan for technology.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The board in September 2016 approved a work plan crafted by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the board’s consultant, that outlines the process to be followed in creating a Long-Range Plan for Public Education. The board in November 2016 approved a process for selecting members of the Long-Range Plan Steering Committee. The members of the steering committee were selected in June and July 2017. The 18-member steering committee, which includes five SBOE members, met from September 2017 through May 2018. The committee continued to provide feedback as needed through the summer and fall.
The steering committee crafted vision statements and recommendations based on research, discussions, results from ten in-person and two video-based community meetings held around the state, and survey findings. Almost 11,500 Texans responded to the online survey. The SBOE, which received updates on the committee’s work on the long-range plan at each board meeting, adopted the vision statements and recommendations at the June 2018 meeting. That information was then used to craft the proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education.
The proposed plan includes the Long-Range Plan for Technology 2018-2023, which is based on recommendations from a 15-member Long-Range Plan for Technology Advisory Committee that met in March 2018 as well as additional stakeholder input.
The board reviewed the proposed combined plan at its September 2018 meeting and amended it. The amended plan comes before the board for final approval at this meeting.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: The proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, entitled Building a Stronger Texas, focuses on three topics: educator preparation, recruitment, and retention; student engagement and empowerment; and family engagement and empowerment, with the overarching theme of equity and access covering all issues.
The Long-Range Plan Steering Committee considered other key strategic reports such as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s 60x30 report and the Texas Education Agency’s TEA Strategic Plan 2019-2023 as it prepared recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Texas Education Agency, The Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC) at American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Meadows Foundation are providing in-kind or financial assistance for Phase II of the project.
PUBLIC AND STUDENT BENEFIT: Students, educators, and the public will benefit from thoughtful, well-researched long-term goals for the state’s public schools.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: This project will result in a new long-range plan report.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Summaries of comments received at the community meetings are posted on the board’s long-range plan page on the Texas Education Agency’s website. Results of the survey are posted there as well.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve Building a Stronger Texas, Long-Range Plan for Public Education.
Staff Members Responsible: Debbie Ratcliffe, Executive Director
State Board of Education Support Division
Attachment: Statutory Citations
Separate Exhibit: Building a Stronger Texas, Long-Range Plan for Public Education
November 16, 2018
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item presents for review and adoption the proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, which sets educational goals through the year 2030.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§7.102(c)(1) and 32.001(a)(1)-(4).
TEC, §7.102(c)(1), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to develop and update a long-range plan for public education.
TEC, §32.001(a)(1)-(4) requires the board to develop a long-range plan for technology.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The board in September 2016 approved a work plan crafted by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the board’s consultant, that outlines the process to be followed in creating a Long-Range Plan for Public Education. The board in November 2016 approved a process for selecting members of the Long-Range Plan Steering Committee. The members of the steering committee were selected in June and July 2017. The 18-member steering committee, which includes five SBOE members, met from September 2017 through May 2018. The committee continued to provide feedback as needed through the summer and fall.
The steering committee crafted vision statements and recommendations based on research, discussions, results from ten in-person and two video-based community meetings held around the state, and survey findings. Almost 11,500 Texans responded to the online survey. The SBOE, which received updates on the committee’s work on the long-range plan at each board meeting, adopted the vision statements and recommendations at the June 2018 meeting. That information was then used to craft the proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education.
The proposed plan includes the Long-Range Plan for Technology 2018-2023, which is based on recommendations from a 15-member Long-Range Plan for Technology Advisory Committee that met in March 2018 as well as additional stakeholder input.
The board reviewed the proposed combined plan at its September 2018 meeting and amended it. The amended plan comes before the board for final approval at this meeting.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: The proposed Long-Range Plan for Public Education, entitled Building a Stronger Texas, focuses on three topics: educator preparation, recruitment, and retention; student engagement and empowerment; and family engagement and empowerment, with the overarching theme of equity and access covering all issues.
The Long-Range Plan Steering Committee considered other key strategic reports such as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s 60x30 report and the Texas Education Agency’s TEA Strategic Plan 2019-2023 as it prepared recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Texas Education Agency, The Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC) at American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Meadows Foundation are providing in-kind or financial assistance for Phase II of the project.
PUBLIC AND STUDENT BENEFIT: Students, educators, and the public will benefit from thoughtful, well-researched long-term goals for the state’s public schools.
PROCEDURAL AND REPORTING IMPLICATIONS: This project will result in a new long-range plan report.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Summaries of comments received at the community meetings are posted on the board’s long-range plan page on the Texas Education Agency’s website. Results of the survey are posted there as well.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve Building a Stronger Texas, Long-Range Plan for Public Education.
Staff Members Responsible: Debbie Ratcliffe, Executive Director
State Board of Education Support Division
Attachment: Statutory Citations
Separate Exhibit: Building a Stronger Texas, Long-Range Plan for Public Education