PART 2. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 127. TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
The State Board of Education (SBOE) adopts the repeal of §§127.411, 127.633, 127.744, 127.756, 127.757, 127.765, 127.769, and 127.770, concerning Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for career development and career and technical education (CTE). The repeals are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the May 12, 2023 issue of the Texas Register (48 TexReg 2471) and will not be republished. The repeals remove the TEKS for eight CTE courses that will be superseded by 19 TAC §§127.428, 127.652, 127.778, 127.779, 127.780, 127.792, 127.793, and 127.794 beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
REASONED JUSTIFICATION: The TEKS for courses associated with 17 CTE career clusters are codified by subchapter in 19 TAC Chapters 127 and 130. In December 2020, the SBOE began initial steps to prepare for the review and revision of CTE courses in programs of study for the education and training; health science; and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career clusters. Two additional courses eligible to satisfy a graduation requirement in science were also part of the review. The board approved for second reading and final adoption new TEKS for these courses in November 2021 and January, April, and June 2022.
Due to the current structure of Chapter 130, there were not enough sections to add the new CTE courses under consideration in their assigned subchapters. To accommodate the addition of proposed new courses, the CTE TEKS in Chapter 130 are being moved to existing 19 TAC Chapter 127, which was renamed "Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development and Career and Technical Education."
The repeals remove the TEKS for eight CTE courses that will be superseded by new TEKS in 19 TAC §§127.428, 127.652, 127.778, 127.779, 127.780, 127.792, 127.793, and 127.794, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
The SBOE approved the repeals for first reading and filing authorization at its April 14, 2023 meeting and for second reading and final adoption at its June 23, 2023 meeting.
In accordance with Texas Education Code, §7.102(f), the SBOE approved the repeals for adoption by a vote of two-thirds of its members to specify an effective date earlier than the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year. The earlier effective date will repeal sections to avoid confusion with new TEKS that are being implemented at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year. The effective date is August 1, 2023.
SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AND RESPONSES: The public comment period began May 12, 2023, and ended at 5:00 p.m. on June 16, 2023. No comments were received on the proposal.
SUBCHAPTER I. HEALTH SCIENCE
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The repeal is adopted under Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4), which requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements; TEC, §28.002(a), which identifies the subjects of the required curriculum; and TEC, §28.002(c), which requires the SBOE to identify by rule the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating instructional materials and addressed on the state assessment instruments.
CROSS REFERENCE TO STATUTE. The repeal implements Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4) and §28.002(a) and (c).
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 10, 2023.
TRD-202302474
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: August 1, 2023
Proposal publication date: May 12, 2023
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The repeal is adopted under Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4), which requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements; TEC, §28.002(a), which identifies the subjects of the required curriculum; and TEC, §28.002(c), which requires the SBOE to identify by rule the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating instructional materials and addressed on the state assessment instruments.
CROSS REFERENCE TO STATUTE. The repeal implements Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4) and §28.002(a) and (c).
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 10, 2023.
TRD-202302475
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: August 1, 2023
Proposal publication date: May 12, 2023
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
19 TAC §§127.744, 127.756, 127.757, 127.765, 127.769, 127.770
STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The repeals are adopted under Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4), which requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements; TEC, §28.002(a), which identifies the subjects of the required curriculum; and TEC, §28.002(c), which requires the SBOE to identify by rule the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating instructional materials and addressed on the state assessment instruments.
CROSS REFERENCE TO STATUTE. The repeals implement Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4) and §28.002(a) and (c).
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 10, 2023.
TRD-202302476
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: August 1, 2023
Proposal publication date: May 12, 2023
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497