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<v Voiceover>The Junior Historians from West, Texas.</v>

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They are going to dance some Czech dances

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for us this morning.

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I'm so excited.

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I hope y'all will enjoy it as much as I enjoy

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seeing them dance.

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They were formed in 1975 by one of our beloved members

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of the community

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and the education community as well.

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We all knew him as Poon Morgan.

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Unfortunately, Poon

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has passed away

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but I know he's watching these kids dance,

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because he took great pride in them.

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They have traveled to the Czech Republic representing

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West and the United States

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and Texas.

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They've traveled all over Texas representing West

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and West ISD just promoting the culture of the Czech people

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across the whole State of Texas.

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So without further adeiu, I give to you,

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the Junior Historian Czech dancers from West, Texas.

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(speaking in foreign language)

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<v Voiceover>That's Czech for good morning,</v>

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How are you?

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We are the West High School Junior Historian

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Performing Dancers

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representing Czech culture for over 40 years

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for the community of West,

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a small town almost two hours north.

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Our community of West is proud of its

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Czech descendants

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and heritage.

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The Junior Historians,

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through its performances,

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seek to share part of this culture with you.

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Here's our first dance performance to an old favorite polka,

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"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie."

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(uptempo music)

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♫ I am here,

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I am there,

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I'm everywhere.

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I'm over here

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and I'm over there.

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I am here,

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I am there,

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I'm everywhere.

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Let's all play hide and seek.

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Apples, Peaches,

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Pumpkin Pie,

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who's not ready,

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holler I.

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Let's all play hide and seek.

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Apple, Peaches,

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Pumpkin Pie,

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who's not ready, holler I.

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Let's all play hide and seek. ♫

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(uptempo music)

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♫ I am here,

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I am there,

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I'm everywhere.

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I'm over here,

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then I'm over there.

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I am here,

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I am there.

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I'm everywhere.

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Let's all play hide and seek.

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Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie,

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who's not ready, holler I.

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Let's all play hide and seek.

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Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie,

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who's not ready holler, I.

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Let's all play hide and seek. ♫

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(uptempo music)

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>As the dancers get ready</v>

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for the Garden Waltz,

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note that the costumes of our dancers are similar

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to those worn by the early Czech settlers.

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Our performances feature Goya,

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folk costumes from the Czech Republic

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and Slovakia.

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These costumes blend bold colors,

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fine fabrics,

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and detailed designs in the works of wearable art.

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The next dance is a variation of Furient that was performed

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during rural festivals in what is now the Czech Republic.

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Here is the Garden Waltz,

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also known as the Flying Dutchmen

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or the Troika.

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(uptempo music)

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>The next dance,</v>

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the 7-Step Polka,

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is an example of a dance of Czech origin

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it was a favorite dance style of society

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for more than 50 years.

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This style was first performed in a small Bohemian village

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back in 1830.

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After its performance in Paris in 1844,

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it became the most popular dance in the capitals of Europe.

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The group will now perform the 7-Step Polka.

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(uptempo music)

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>Next,</v>

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our dancer will perform Maraska Besida,

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the Bravidant Besida,

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the Czech national dance.

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Each of the parts of this routine tells a separate story.

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For example,

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one part tells a group of young people

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who are out having fun

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and the girls decide to look around to see if they can find

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new partners who are more to their liking or suiting.

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Now the dancers will perform the Maraska Besida.

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(low-tempo music)

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>Before they perform their final routine,</v>

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I want to recognize a special member of our group.

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We have with us Ms. Czech Texas, Czech Slovak Queen,

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Ms. Allison Sexton.

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(applause)

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Here's our final performance to Henry Mancini's waltz,

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the "Summer in Gstaad"

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or, "the Gstaad Waltz."

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Although "the Summer in Gstaad" refers to Gstaad, Switzerland,

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the world, 'waltz,' is derived from the old German word 'walzen,'

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meaning to roll, turn

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or to glide.

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Here's "The Summer in Gstaad Waltz."

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(uptempo music)

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>We hope you've enjoyed our performances</v>

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as we've shared a small part of our Czech heritage with you.

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Thank you.

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(applause)

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<v ->Let's give them another round of applause.</v>

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Thank you so much Czech dancers for coming today

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and sharing part of your morning with us

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and you got out of school for a little while.

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(laughter)

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I'm proud to say I taught a couple of these kiddos

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that are dancing today.

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I'm very, very proud of them.

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We have something for you.

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We have a certificate.

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State Board of Education special recognition

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presented to West High School Junior Historians,

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Aaron Wernet, sponsor

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in appreciation for outstanding performance

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at the State Board of Education general meeting,

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January 29, 2016,

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Austin, Texas,

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Sue Melton-Malone,

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this State Board of Education, District 14.

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This is their director, Aaron Wernet.

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(applause)

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The superintendent for West ISD

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is Dr. David Truett

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and the principal of the high school

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is Don Snook.

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Unfortunately, they were

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not able to be with us this morning,

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but we're sending greetings back from us to them.

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Thank you again Czech dancers so very much

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that you represent West ISD and West

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so, so wonderfully

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and we are so proud of you.

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We thank you so much for being here with us today.

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>Dr. Dominguez,</v>

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if you'll give our invocation and pledges.

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<v ->Father, Gracious God,</v>

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thank you for the gift of today.

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We thank you for the opportunity to begin this new year.

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You have made human beings in such a way that all education

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is most important for our welfare.

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We ask that you bless the students,

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faculty,

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student families,

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superintendents,

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local school boards commissioner of education,

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governor,

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and this board.

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We ask for your guidance

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and that this board's actions

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make our schools lively centers for sound learning,

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new discovery

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and the pursuit of wisdom for each student.

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Therefore, teach us

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when to speak

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and when to listen.

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In moments of challenge,

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and decision,

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attune our hearts to the whispering of your wisdom.

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We pray that you will guide us in all ways

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so that we will seek your will in everything that we do.

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We ask this in thy name, amen.

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I pledge allegiance

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if you could rise please,

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I pledge allegiance

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to the flag,

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of the United States of America.

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And to the republic,

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for which it stands,

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one nation,

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under God,

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indivisible with liberty

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and justice for all.

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The Texas pledge.

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Honor the Texas flag,

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I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,

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One state under God,

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one and indivisible.

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<v Voiceover>Thank you Dr. Dominguez.</v>

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<v ->You're welcome.</v>

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<v ->Members we're about to do the roll call.</v>

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If there's some folks in the back.

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<v Voiceover>Mr. Allen.</v>

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Mrs. Bahorich.

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<v ->Here.</v>

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<v ->Ms. Beltran.</v>

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Mr. Bradley.

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Mrs. Cargill.

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Mr. Cortez.

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Dr. Dominguez.

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<v Voiceover>Here.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Ms. Hardy.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Here.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Mr. Maynard.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Here.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Mrs. Malton-Malone.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Here.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Mr. Mercer.</v>

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<v Voiceover>District Five is present.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Mrs. Miller.</v>

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Ms. Perez.

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Mr. Ratliff.

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Mr. Rowley.

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<v Voiceover>Here.</v>

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<v ->Members we are very honored to have</v>

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the Texas Superintendent of the Year,

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Texas Teacher of the Year,

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as well as the Secondary Teacher of the Year

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here with us this morning.

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I'm going to ask Mary Ann Whitaker,

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who is the Texas Superintendent of the Year,

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to come forward

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and give us some remarks.

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Welcome, Mary Ann.

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(applause)

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<v Voiceover>Yeah, you gotta</v>

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push that button.

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Chairwoman Bahorich,

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thank you so very much for this invitation today.

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To the other board members,

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I'm thrilled to be here

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and share some insights on how I feel

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and what we need to be doing for students to be successful.

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I'm going to tweak my assignment just a tad.

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What I would like to share with you

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is probably more of my philosophy right now

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and actually what we are doing in my district

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and I can assure you it is bringing tremendous success.

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The first driver that I'm going to mention today

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is probably not politically correct at this time,

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but oh well.

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After 43 years,

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what are they going to do to me?

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(laughter)

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The first thing I'm going to say is that at Hudson ISD

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we are no longer playing the testing game

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or the accountability game.

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God forgive me for what I have done to students

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and teachers over banners on a wall

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and plaques in the offices.

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That was wrong.

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I'm ashamed of that

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and I have spent the last four years trying to undo

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that mistake.

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You say is it working?

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Yes, I'm a

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mid-sized school in East Texas

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with over 50% of my students poverty.

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We are a property-poor school district

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with very limited resources,

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and in a few moments I will share

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some of the success we are having.

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Most importantly,

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my children love to come to school

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and that is truly exciting.

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The next thing I want to share with you is,

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ok, I gave up the testing game

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so what did I go to?

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This document right here.

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It's a new vision for 21st century education.

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Oh my gosh.

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This was created by 35 very courageous superintendents

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along with TASA.

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They spent two years developing this document

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and for months I thought it was going to be just

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for the urban, rich schools.

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Until finally my friends convinced me to read this document.

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I read it,

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read it again

00:28:06.094 --> 00:28:07.099
and started highlighting.

00:28:07.563 --> 00:28:08.289
I realized,

00:28:08.332 --> 00:28:11.638
my gosh, this is for all students in the state of Texas.

00:28:12.021 --> 00:28:13.739
It's not just about the rich

00:28:13.858 --> 00:28:14.648
and the wealthy,

00:28:14.691 --> 00:28:15.977
and the big urban areas.

00:28:16.354 --> 00:28:17.827
It is about all students.

00:28:18.473 --> 00:28:21.450
The beauty of this document is it is not a how.

00:28:21.891 --> 00:28:23.845
it doesn't tell you how to go out

00:28:24.130 --> 00:28:25.679
and what programs to buy

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.432
and what to do.

00:28:27.069 --> 00:28:30.046
It's very similar to the Declaration of Independence

00:28:30.265 --> 00:28:33.103
and I am calling this my Declaration for Education.

00:28:33.628 --> 00:28:37.378
It's based on priciples of what quality education

00:28:37.488 --> 00:28:39.694
should be for the 21st century.

00:28:40.364 --> 00:28:44.623
There are five basic principles that are driving my school

00:28:44.776 --> 00:28:47.174
at this time with tremendous success.

00:28:47.816 --> 00:28:51.256
Very briefly, I would kind of like to give you an idea of how

00:28:51.256 --> 00:28:53.824
that is a little different from what maybe we

00:28:53.824 --> 00:28:54.806
have been doing.

00:28:55.238 --> 00:28:56.203
First of all,

00:28:57.274 --> 00:28:59.145
let's talk about learning standards.

00:29:00.143 --> 00:29:05.143
I have here two grade levels of learning standards TEKS.

00:29:06.890 --> 00:29:08.141
For first grade,

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:13.578
35 pages of standards for a six year old.

00:29:14.522 --> 00:29:15.837
35 pages.

00:29:16.612 --> 00:29:17.825
If you're in the third grade,

00:29:18.176 --> 00:29:20.800
I have 45 pages of standards.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.379
Our children go to school 180 days

00:29:24.564 --> 00:29:27.690
or now 75,600 minutes.

00:29:28.564 --> 00:29:29.805
This is too much.

00:29:30.435 --> 00:29:31.617
So what we have done

00:29:31.731 --> 00:29:35.586
is we have decided that we need to look at broader concepts,

00:29:36.161 --> 00:29:38.562
we need to narrow what we are teaching.

00:29:38.921 --> 00:29:40.941
At this time while we're awaiting

00:29:40.941 --> 00:29:43.717
with your wisdom to begin reviewing the TEKS

00:29:43.934 --> 00:29:46.086
and recognizing that we've had too much,

00:29:46.729 --> 00:29:48.865
we're focusing on the readiness standards.

00:29:49.254 --> 00:29:51.653
The beauty is when you focus on readiness standards,

00:29:51.668 --> 00:29:52.914
you're going to hit the supporting.

00:29:53.374 --> 00:29:55.951
But stay with standards long enough

00:29:55.951 --> 00:29:57.734
to master those standards.

00:29:58.560 --> 00:30:00.434
Another thing I discovered in this process,

00:30:00.544 --> 00:30:02.359
for too long when you're playing the testing game,

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.743
you're focusing on the testing grade levels

00:30:05.211 --> 00:30:06.206
or the subject.

00:30:06.637 --> 00:30:08.010
When we stepped back from this,

00:30:08.010 --> 00:30:10.765
I realized my elementary scores had not been

00:30:10.765 --> 00:30:11.839
where they needed to be,

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:14.022
not because I had a problem at elementary school,

00:30:14.983 --> 00:30:16.816
I had a problem at primary school.

00:30:17.251 --> 00:30:20.509
My children couldn't read when they left the second grade.

00:30:21.263 --> 00:30:23.283
I began to look at what we were using,

00:30:23.499 --> 00:30:24.687
where we were going

00:30:24.687 --> 00:30:26.813
and I realized phonics had been thrown out the window

00:30:26.813 --> 00:30:27.969
years and years ago.

00:30:28.328 --> 00:30:31.484
Our students did not have skills to attack reading.

00:30:32.243 --> 00:30:35.750
I was able to work with the Blue Bird Clinic of Houston and

00:30:35.750 --> 00:30:36.571
Neuhaus.

00:30:36.756 --> 00:30:41.756
I now have all my primary teachers Pre-K through third grade

00:30:42.153 --> 00:30:43.280
trained in Neuhaus.

00:30:43.575 --> 00:30:47.286
We have a 45-minute lesson every day in phonics

00:30:47.537 --> 00:30:50.955
giving kids the tools to sound words.

00:30:51.661 --> 00:30:54.110
The amazing thing is after that first year,

00:30:54.641 --> 00:30:58.957
with only my second grade students being exposed to phonics,

00:30:59.453 --> 00:31:03.100
do you know it reduced the number of students going

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:05.620
into my RtI program in third grade by 50%?

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:08.013
That was pretty astounding.

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:12.724
We also have begun looking at a lot of the foundation skills

00:31:12.724 --> 00:31:14.210
that our students don't have

00:31:14.469 --> 00:31:16.612
and creating programs where we're going back

00:31:16.612 --> 00:31:18.569
and teaching students the math facts,

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:20.994
we're teaching them operations.

00:31:21.563 --> 00:31:22.853
Those things they've skimmed over,

00:31:22.996 --> 00:31:24.885
but they no longer have the foundations

00:31:24.957 --> 00:31:27.023
and it was killing our kids in middle school.

00:31:28.854 --> 00:31:30.242
Multiple assessments,

00:31:30.311 --> 00:31:31.667
yes, I believe in assessments.

00:31:32.515 --> 00:31:33.980
Very, very strongly.

00:31:34.229 --> 00:31:36.095
However, we

00:31:36.095 --> 00:31:38.812
no longer talk about the STAAR and EOC.

00:31:38.812 --> 00:31:42.000
I gave an administrative directive in my district three

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.349
years ago no teacher could mention.

00:31:43.495 --> 00:31:46.623
STAAR or EOC to a child all year long.

00:31:46.943 --> 00:31:49.356
It better not go on a worksheet that went home.

00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:52.098
We don't give benchmark testing.

00:31:52.423 --> 00:31:53.911
Imagine, we have gone

00:31:53.911 --> 00:31:56.063
back to nine-week assessments testing students

00:31:56.063 --> 00:31:58.870
based on what we instructed that nine weeks.

00:31:59.371 --> 00:32:00.799
However, the caveat is

00:32:01.187 --> 00:32:03.781
a certain percent have to be level two questions,

00:32:03.854 --> 00:32:05.540
a certain percent have to be level three.

00:32:06.141 --> 00:32:08.797
It is consistent across the grade level

00:32:09.010 --> 00:32:11.517
or across the subject area in high school.

00:32:11.875 --> 00:32:13.950
It is amazing what is happening,

00:32:13.950 --> 00:32:16.324
because you see our teachers truly learning

00:32:16.690 --> 00:32:18.276
what higher level thinking is.

00:32:18.276 --> 00:32:20.646
They're having to develop those test

00:32:20.646 --> 00:32:22.745
and teach to those test that they are developing.

00:32:23.454 --> 00:32:24.884
We use authentic assessment

00:32:24.891 --> 00:32:26.464
and diagnostic test.

00:32:27.077 --> 00:32:27.924
The next item,

00:32:27.924 --> 00:32:28.674
digital learning.

00:32:29.287 --> 00:32:31.896
Integrating digital learning in our classrooms.

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.761
So powerful.

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:35.224
It doesn't replace the teacher,

00:32:35.481 --> 00:32:36.360
however, it has

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:39.033
brought the world into our classrooms

00:32:39.471 --> 00:32:41.988
and is so individualized to where students

00:32:41.988 --> 00:32:45.245
can continue to work on what they need to work on

00:32:45.357 --> 00:32:47.021
and do it independently.

00:32:47.828 --> 00:32:50.445
We also have spent a great deal of time teaching

00:32:50.445 --> 00:32:51.574
our teachers how to integrate.

00:32:51.574 --> 00:32:53.957
You can't integrate digital learning if your teachers

00:32:53.957 --> 00:32:54.922
don't know how.

00:32:55.284 --> 00:32:56.874
We've developed competencies,

00:32:56.874 --> 00:32:58.663
showcase training,

00:32:58.663 --> 00:33:00.439
all sorts of things to help them.

00:33:01.194 --> 00:33:03.360
Next, transformation.

00:33:04.011 --> 00:33:05.811
We no longer have improvement plans.

00:33:06.286 --> 00:33:07.184
In TEA,

00:33:07.184 --> 00:33:10.723
I still meet all the requirements that are in law.

00:33:10.941 --> 00:33:12.819
We do not call them improvement plans,

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:15.097
we call them 21st Century learning plans

00:33:15.754 --> 00:33:19.282
designed around the concepts in this document.

00:33:19.614 --> 00:33:23.055
We have identified the standards that our students

00:33:23.055 --> 00:33:24.099
have gaps.

00:33:24.313 --> 00:33:27.634
All of our strategies focus on standards

00:33:27.638 --> 00:33:30.366
and we're using these different areas to address

00:33:30.366 --> 00:33:31.396
those standards.

00:33:31.896 --> 00:33:33.740
It is working like a charm.

00:33:33.970 --> 00:33:35.828
I don't know if you've looked at all the requirements

00:33:35.828 --> 00:33:37.775
for our campus improvement plan,

00:33:37.775 --> 00:33:39.069
but it would choke a horse.

00:33:40.632 --> 00:33:41.801
We developed an appendix

00:33:41.801 --> 00:33:43.376
and we meet all the requirements,

00:33:43.493 --> 00:33:46.641
I can send them to TEA if you need to look at it

00:33:46.641 --> 00:33:47.463
and check it off.

00:33:48.638 --> 00:33:50.025
It has truly made a difference

00:33:50.025 --> 00:33:51.597
because we have the same goals

00:33:52.035 --> 00:33:54.551
and the same objectives for all the campuses

00:33:54.872 --> 00:33:56.731
and the district.

00:33:57.013 --> 00:33:58.387
The strategies are different,

00:33:58.387 --> 00:33:59.488
depending on the campus.

00:34:00.156 --> 00:34:01.948
Finally, accountability.

00:34:02.630 --> 00:34:05.394
I believe in accountability, strongly.

00:34:05.788 --> 00:34:07.940
However, more than

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:09.242
just a test.

00:34:09.670 --> 00:34:11.727
The community engagement piece has brought

00:34:11.727 --> 00:34:14.006
our parents alive.

00:34:14.052 --> 00:34:14.846
As a matter of fact,

00:34:14.846 --> 00:34:16.970
when we began working on the rating this year,

00:34:16.970 --> 00:34:20.345
our parents wanted to give us much higher scores than

00:34:20.345 --> 00:34:22.514
we felt we needed to give ourselves.

00:34:23.123 --> 00:34:24.406
That has been tremendous.

00:34:24.554 --> 00:34:25.662
Student portfolios.

00:34:25.915 --> 00:34:28.669
We do a lot of community service.

00:34:28.669 --> 00:34:31.175
Every organization has to adopt something

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:35.447
within the community to work with to enhance our community.

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.956
Of course,

00:34:36.956 --> 00:34:37.757
extra curricular.

00:34:37.757 --> 00:34:39.137
Look what we just witnessed today.

00:34:39.810 --> 00:34:44.123
I will end by one short, revised personal story that has

00:34:44.123 --> 00:34:45.483
affirmed what I do.

00:34:46.708 --> 00:34:49.605
My husband has decided after 43 years,

00:34:49.605 --> 00:34:52.205
Mary Ann you need a plan for when you retire.

00:34:53.555 --> 00:34:56.151
He decided that I needed to learn to play golf.

00:34:57.317 --> 00:34:58.978
Now, I am a fine arts person.

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.860
I played music,

00:35:00.870 --> 00:35:01.869
I twirled,

00:35:01.947 --> 00:35:03.060
I did the piano,

00:35:03.107 --> 00:35:04.041
I did the organ,

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.160
I did all that stuff.

00:35:05.203 --> 00:35:06.503
I'm not an athlete.

00:35:06.503 --> 00:35:07.751
I never did any of that.

00:35:08.647 --> 00:35:09.648
I ask you all,

00:35:09.937 --> 00:35:12.398
the little white ball sits on the ground,

00:35:12.652 --> 00:35:14.265
how hard could that be?

00:35:14.695 --> 00:35:16.237
(laughter)

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:18.581
I said, "okay, I can do that."

00:35:18.581 --> 00:35:19.552
It just sits there.

00:35:19.552 --> 00:35:20.671
All I you do is swing.

00:35:21.198 --> 00:35:23.516
I want you to know I have played the most beautiful game

00:35:23.516 --> 00:35:26.300
of croquet you have ever seen in your entire life.

00:35:27.493 --> 00:35:29.024
My husband very gently said,

00:35:29.024 --> 00:35:30.797
Mary Ann, I think

00:35:30.797 --> 00:35:32.015
maybe you need lessons.

00:35:32.304 --> 00:35:33.771
Yeah, you think.

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.098
He got me lessons with a golf pro.

00:35:37.527 --> 00:35:38.419
I went out there,

00:35:38.419 --> 00:35:39.320
I had my lessons.

00:35:39.496 --> 00:35:40.262
Of course, the first

00:35:40.262 --> 00:35:43.570
thing he tells me is, "you gotta balance, like when you're

00:35:43.570 --> 00:35:44.642
on the basketball court."

00:35:44.796 --> 00:35:45.952
I never played basketball

00:35:45.952 --> 00:35:47.424
so that went right over my head.

00:35:48.604 --> 00:35:50.984
He tried to relate to playing softball,

00:35:51.241 --> 00:35:52.202
well, I had never done that,

00:35:52.313 --> 00:35:53.882
so that didn't help me at all.

00:35:55.292 --> 00:35:56.360
Well, I took lessons.

00:35:56.721 --> 00:35:57.486
I practiced

00:35:57.697 --> 00:35:58.581
and I practiced.

00:35:58.809 --> 00:36:00.095
Weekends, I practiced,

00:36:00.868 --> 00:36:04.525
I mean when it was 100 degrees outside late in the afternoon

00:36:04.525 --> 00:36:06.175
I would be out there practicing.

00:36:06.782 --> 00:36:09.833
We're talking months of practice

00:36:10.082 --> 00:36:10.942
and lessons.

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:14.358
This one beautiful day my husband says let's go out

00:36:14.358 --> 00:36:15.157
on the course.

00:36:15.902 --> 00:36:16.831
Fairway Three,

00:36:17.013 --> 00:36:18.625
I shall never forget.

00:36:19.158 --> 00:36:22.571
He tees off the most beautiful shot you have seen in your

00:36:22.571 --> 00:36:23.510
entire life.

00:36:24.352 --> 00:36:25.292
I thought, 'ok,

00:36:25.474 --> 00:36:26.266
I can do this.'

00:36:26.806 --> 00:36:28.311
I got up to my little red tee,

00:36:28.469 --> 00:36:29.805
I had everything ready,

00:36:29.805 --> 00:36:30.780
everything lined up,

00:36:31.197 --> 00:36:32.960
I stood behind like I'm supposed to.

00:36:33.464 --> 00:36:35.587
I got all lined up and ready to go

00:36:35.845 --> 00:36:36.781
and I swung.

00:36:38.281 --> 00:36:39.505
It was abysmal.

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.938
I walked out to the cart,

00:36:42.471 --> 00:36:43.434
I sat down

00:36:43.552 --> 00:36:45.261
and burst into tears.

00:36:45.944 --> 00:36:46.906
Grown woman,

00:36:47.056 --> 00:36:47.990
Fairway Three,

00:36:48.022 --> 00:36:49.783
in the cart, crying.

00:36:50.949 --> 00:36:52.043
I looked at my husband

00:36:52.043 --> 00:36:52.708
and said

00:36:52.708 --> 00:36:53.500
do you know,

00:36:53.875 --> 00:36:55.089
I can cook,

00:36:55.310 --> 00:36:56.531
I can play the piano,

00:36:56.537 --> 00:36:58.035
I can play the organ,

00:36:58.218 --> 00:37:00.880
I was a fabulous first grade teacher

00:37:00.957 --> 00:37:02.919
and I'm a pretty good superintendent.

00:37:03.385 --> 00:37:07.420
Why do I keep doing something that makes me feel so badly

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.523
about myself?

00:37:09.264 --> 00:37:11.256
Wow. It hit me.

00:37:12.136 --> 00:37:15.280
I then knew I was on the right path.

00:37:15.643 --> 00:37:18.935
I thought how many kids have I destroyed,

00:37:19.509 --> 00:37:22.954
because they couldn't do one test.

00:37:24.161 --> 00:37:25.772
I'm here to beg you,

00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:29.527
and that's my message with whoever will listen to me,

00:37:30.204 --> 00:37:32.434
we have to stop this craziness.

00:37:32.901 --> 00:37:34.353
This is wrong.

00:37:34.353 --> 00:37:35.034
It's wrong for kids

00:37:35.109 --> 00:37:36.261
and it's wrong for education,

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:38.289
and it's wrong for Texas.

00:37:38.786 --> 00:37:41.475
Our businesses say they aren't prepared for business.

00:37:41.584 --> 00:37:44.755
Our colleges say they aren't prepared for colleges.

00:37:45.152 --> 00:37:48.067
We need to stop what we're doing; it's not working.

00:37:48.816 --> 00:37:50.168
There is something better.

00:37:50.357 --> 00:37:55.000
I can tell you TASA has so many people working to try

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:57.166
to move us in a new direction

00:37:57.167 --> 00:38:00.870
and I'm so thrilled to hear that you are so open to realize

00:38:01.335 --> 00:38:02.793
it's the 21st century.

00:38:02.902 --> 00:38:05.732
It's time for us to move to something new

00:38:05.743 --> 00:38:06.536
and better.

00:38:06.938 --> 00:38:09.945
I'm sorry there's not a little red light there that tells me

00:38:09.945 --> 00:38:10.909
to be quiet.

00:38:11.552 --> 00:38:12.971
Once again,

00:38:13.081 --> 00:38:15.037
thank you so very much for this opportunity.

00:38:16.041 --> 00:38:19.748
(applause)

00:38:30.971 --> 00:38:32.367
Thank you.

00:38:36.304 --> 00:38:38.346
I will leave you with a couple of handouts.

00:38:38.368 --> 00:38:40.353
I have learned a long time ago don't hand it out

00:38:40.353 --> 00:38:41.358
before you talk

00:38:41.358 --> 00:38:42.620
or everyone looks at your handout.

00:38:43.551 --> 00:38:45.154
The first one's just the notes that I covered.

00:38:45.154 --> 00:38:47.930
I wrote some articles over the last three years

00:38:47.930 --> 00:38:49.643
and I wrote them in layman's terms

00:38:49.952 --> 00:38:51.377
so grandmothers could understand

00:38:51.756 --> 00:38:53.918
and people next door could understand

00:38:53.979 --> 00:38:55.205
what we're dealing with.

00:38:55.272 --> 00:38:56.746
I'm going to leave these here

00:38:56.843 --> 00:38:59.153
and they can be distributed whenever.

00:38:59.906 --> 00:39:00.611
<v Voiceover>Thank you, Mary Ann.</v>

00:39:00.611 --> 00:39:01.971
Really appreciate your time this morning

00:39:01.971 --> 00:39:03.225
and sharing your thoughts

00:39:03.389 --> 00:39:05.207
and words of wisdom.

00:39:05.342 --> 00:39:06.144
We really appreciate it.

00:39:06.144 --> 00:39:07.133
<v Voiceover>Thank you.</v>

00:39:07.133 --> 00:39:09.789
<v ->Congratulations for being superintendent of the year.</v>

00:39:09.789 --> 00:39:10.849
That's very impressive.

00:39:11.498 --> 00:39:12.182
Very impressive.

00:39:12.182 --> 00:39:13.714
Thank you for serving our children so well.

00:39:14.021 --> 00:39:15.821
(applause)

00:39:15.821 --> 00:39:16.559
Absolutely.

00:39:18.966 --> 00:39:20.135
Yes, Mr. Ratliff.

00:39:21.167 --> 00:39:21.905
<v ->I just want y'all to know,</v>

00:39:21.905 --> 00:39:23.296
Mary Ann lives in my district

00:39:23.464 --> 00:39:26.052
and for the last six years, has been

00:39:26.052 --> 00:39:27.377
one of my shoulder angels

00:39:27.377 --> 00:39:30.680
to help me understand the role I play here on the board

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:33.203
and some of the granularity

00:39:33.365 --> 00:39:34.144
of the details.

00:39:34.144 --> 00:39:36.909
House Bill Five would not have been possible for me

00:39:37.005 --> 00:39:38.177
without people like Mary Ann.

00:39:39.072 --> 00:39:40.501
There are a lot of deserving superintendants

00:39:40.501 --> 00:39:41.259
around the state,

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.074
but I assure you,

00:39:42.074 --> 00:39:43.961
there is no one more deserving than Mary Ann Whitaker

00:39:43.961 --> 00:39:44.921
to get that award.

00:39:44.962 --> 00:39:45.928
Thank you for coming.

00:39:46.406 --> 00:39:47.450
<v ->Absolutely, thank you.</v>

00:39:48.263 --> 00:39:50.804
Now we have Texas Teacher of the Year.

00:39:51.456 --> 00:39:53.097
I'm hoping I say this correctly,

00:39:53.097 --> 00:39:54.357
I'm going to do my best.

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Revathi Balakrishnan.

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Did I get close?

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I did, yes, wonderful.

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Congratulations,

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and we're so happy to have you.

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<v Voiceover>Thank you, thank you.</v>

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(applause)

00:40:13.396 --> 00:40:14.188
<v Voiceover>Do I push something?</v>

00:40:14.188 --> 00:40:14.786
<v ->No, you're</v>

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ready to go.

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<v ->Well, Ms. Whitaker,</v>

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you took my speech.

00:40:20.655 --> 00:40:23.742
I had to recalibrate while she was talking.

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I'd like to thank the State Board of Education for inviting

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.619
me here.

00:40:29.831 --> 00:40:32.606
I will probably be the only Texas Teacher of the Year

00:40:32.606 --> 00:40:34.056
without a Texan accent.

00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:37.467
You're going to have to put up with me for a year.

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I am a talented

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and gifted specialist at Patsy Sommer Elementary

00:40:44.084 --> 00:40:45.389
in Round Rock ISD.

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I teach the top five percent of students in my school.

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I was going to talk to you about standardized testing

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because it creates havoc in my classroom.

00:40:58.785 --> 00:41:00.294
My students are perfectionist

00:41:01.011 --> 00:41:04.320
and if they don't get 49 out of 50 questions right,

00:41:05.252 --> 00:41:07.066
I need the counselor in my classroom.

00:41:09.531 --> 00:41:11.684
If this can happen in a gifted classroom,

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I can only imagine what happening in the regular classrooms.

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I'm not here to talk to you about the perils

00:41:20.987 --> 00:41:22.208
of standardized testing,

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because you've heard enough about it,

00:41:23.979 --> 00:41:26.503
except for the fact that it stresses teachers out.

00:41:26.874 --> 00:41:29.325
The stress it stresses students out

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:33.550
and the stress levels in all the schools is much more than

00:41:33.550 --> 00:41:35.503
the California earthquake fault line.

00:41:37.971 --> 00:41:41.159
I am going to talk to you about what we can not do

00:41:41.167 --> 00:41:43.680
as teachers because of standardized testing.

00:41:47.048 --> 00:41:52.048
Teachers can not, for example, talk to students about the new biggest

00:41:54.163 --> 00:41:57.064
prime number that was discovered yesterday.

00:41:58.303 --> 00:42:02.647
That is 2 raised to 78 million, 504 thousand something

00:42:03.266 --> 00:42:04.227
minus one.

00:42:05.577 --> 00:42:09.813
We can not have the time to discuss why minus one

00:42:11.705 --> 00:42:16.705
or students don't have the time to ask, "why not plus one?'"

00:42:19.145 --> 00:42:20.830
There is no time for critical thinking,

00:42:21.229 --> 00:42:24.548
because we are jumping from TEK to TEK trying to make sure

00:42:24.548 --> 00:42:26.877
that we are covering everything

00:42:26.877 --> 00:42:29.534
and getting ready for March and April.

00:42:30.933 --> 00:42:32.010
As she pointed out,

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35, 45 pages of TEKS does not give time

00:42:36.961 --> 00:42:41.226
for the classroom teacher to expand the world of learning

00:42:41.298 --> 00:42:43.807
for the students outside the classroom.

00:42:46.263 --> 00:42:49.090
Ten years, nine years ago,

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I approached my principal,

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because I wanted to teach Shakespeare to my 4th

00:42:53.812 --> 00:42:55.082
and 5th grade students.

00:42:56.088 --> 00:42:59.359
She told me I want to know what TEKS this covers.

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That was easy.

00:43:01.635 --> 00:43:03.261
I printed out the 5th grade TEKS,

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highlighted everything on the ELA TEKS

00:43:06.531 --> 00:43:07.718
and said, "here you go."

00:43:09.406 --> 00:43:11.558
With a $5 copy of Macbeth,

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I can teach the entire English Language Arts TEKS

00:43:15.620 --> 00:43:17.417
from third grade to twelfth grade.

00:43:18.188 --> 00:43:19.697
I do not need anything else.

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She granted

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and said, "just make sure they pass the TAKS."

00:43:27.678 --> 00:43:31.555
Wouldn't it be great if our students can actually

00:43:31.646 --> 00:43:33.469
listen to the State of the Union address

00:43:34.491 --> 00:43:36.397
and compare the President's speech

00:43:36.873 --> 00:43:40.507
to the speech made by Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar?

00:43:41.453 --> 00:43:43.873
Wouldn't it be great if they could savor the language

00:43:44.378 --> 00:43:45.341
of Shakespeare,

00:43:45.594 --> 00:43:46.327
and Wordsworth,

00:43:46.349 --> 00:43:47.619
and Longfellow?

00:43:48.213 --> 00:43:50.364
Wouldn't it be great if they can compare China

00:43:50.765 --> 00:43:54.584
and the Chairman Mao to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

00:43:55.137 --> 00:43:57.045
to Apartheid in South Africa

00:43:57.873 --> 00:44:01.206
and learn about the negative affects of racial prejudices

00:44:02.024 --> 00:44:02.999
in history

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and apply it to the real world so that we do not have

00:44:06.877 --> 00:44:08.615
the current racial prejudices?

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Well, guess what?

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All of this happens in my classroom.

00:44:14.549 --> 00:44:16.317
We discuss all of this in my classroom,

00:44:16.317 --> 00:44:19.180
because I do not teach to the STAAR.

00:44:20.578 --> 00:44:22.395
There's a certain amount of stress in me,

00:44:23.262 --> 00:44:25.213
because I'm just waiting for that one year

00:44:26.198 --> 00:44:29.821
when one of my students does not get a level 3.

00:44:31.476 --> 00:44:34.168
It has never happened so far in the past nine years

00:44:34.533 --> 00:44:35.627
all of my students,

00:44:36.303 --> 00:44:38.750
if they have not aced that TAKS or the STAAR,

00:44:39.077 --> 00:44:40.626
they've come very close to it.

00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:42.775
You know what I tell my students?

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Just get this over with so that we can get

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on to better things.

00:44:50.423 --> 00:44:54.665
What I want for this to happen is for every student

00:44:54.665 --> 00:44:57.611
in Texas to get that excitement of learning.

00:44:58.125 --> 00:45:00.718
I want every child in every hallway

00:45:00.769 --> 00:45:04.792
and every school in Texas to say, "I can not wait to go

00:45:04.792 --> 00:45:05.781
to school today.

00:45:06.624 --> 00:45:09.311
I can not wait to learn from authentic text.

00:45:09.958 --> 00:45:13.149
I can not wait to learn what is going on in the real world

00:45:13.229 --> 00:45:16.790
and I can not wait to see how my learning is applied

00:45:16.790 --> 00:45:17.805
to the real world."

00:45:18.903 --> 00:45:19.982
With standardized testing,

00:45:20.938 --> 00:45:22.265
our hands are tied.

00:45:22.629 --> 00:45:25.107
I'm not saying that standardized testing should be

00:45:25.107 --> 00:45:26.326
eliminated completely,

00:45:26.650 --> 00:45:28.470
but it should be reduced definitely.

00:45:28.470 --> 00:45:32.025
So that teachers in every school district have the time

00:45:32.249 --> 00:45:35.175
to create that excitement in learning.

00:45:36.574 --> 00:45:40.310
Remember what Sir Ken Robinson said about 16 billion

00:45:40.357 --> 00:45:44.318
going into testing at the Tulsa Mid-Winter Conference?

00:45:44.540 --> 00:45:46.123
Let's take that that 16 billion

00:45:46.993 --> 00:45:48.898
and put it towards teacher training

00:45:50.033 --> 00:45:54.164
and put it towards teacher mentoring, so that we can grow

00:45:54.249 --> 00:45:58.219
good teachers, so that we can grow good students.

00:45:59.638 --> 00:46:03.137
That is where I think we will be really successful

00:46:03.137 --> 00:46:05.519
in growing good students,

00:46:05.663 --> 00:46:09.593
successful students so that Texas will become,

00:46:10.205 --> 00:46:12.344
like in our school district, we call it the

00:46:12.344 --> 00:46:13.956
Destination District,

00:46:15.038 --> 00:46:18.322
So that Texas will become the destination state for students

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and for businesses.

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Thank you very much.

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(applause)

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<v ->We have one more teacher with us,</v>

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Martha Saucedo.

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She's the Secondary Teacher of the Year.

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(applause)

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<v ->Good morning.</v>

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Those are two amazing speeches to follow, so I'm going to try

00:46:58.674 --> 00:47:00.079
to do my very best here.

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Good morning to the State Board of Education.

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My name is Martha Saucedo,

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and I'm the 2016 secondary teacher of the year.

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I'd like to begin by telling you how grateful I am

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to be here today

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and honored to have the opportunity to represent

00:47:16.863 --> 00:47:17.898
Texas teachers.

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I am an English teacher, a math teacher,

00:47:22.377 --> 00:47:23.769
a science teacher,

00:47:24.608 --> 00:47:25.974
and a history teacher.

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:28.761
Although my official title

00:47:29.057 --> 00:47:31.430
is a family consumer science teacher.

00:47:32.540 --> 00:47:35.311
(applause)

00:47:38.295 --> 00:47:39.792
I teach Principles of Human Services

00:47:40.333 --> 00:47:43.729
Sports and Marketing Entertainment,

00:47:44.085 --> 00:47:44.882
Fashion Design,

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and Counseling in Mental Health,

00:47:47.311 --> 00:47:49.312
which my students like to refer to as their

00:47:49.322 --> 00:47:50.221
'psychology class.'

00:47:52.222 --> 00:47:54.070
I'm one of those hands-on teachers.

00:47:54.396 --> 00:47:56.253
Elective classes; that's easy for us.

00:47:56.825 --> 00:47:57.705
I'm a real world

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and I want to connect my students to the real world.

00:48:01.076 --> 00:48:02.935
In my Human Services class,

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it's about getting out into the community.

00:48:06.050 --> 00:48:07.350
Meeting members of the community

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and finding out what the community members want.

00:48:09.866 --> 00:48:12.046
What business want from my students.

00:48:12.258 --> 00:48:15.253
It's about connecting them to centers in town

00:48:15.404 --> 00:48:17.254
and learning about relationships

00:48:17.254 --> 00:48:19.067
and helping out their community.

00:48:19.542 --> 00:48:20.876
In my Fashion Design class,

00:48:21.310 --> 00:48:23.815
it's their newspaper design dresses that we make.

00:48:23.815 --> 00:48:25.127
We combine with Bealls,

00:48:25.127 --> 00:48:26.380
the department store,

00:48:26.677 --> 00:48:28.917
and they display the girls' and boys'

00:48:29.713 --> 00:48:32.088
outfits out in the front window,

00:48:32.177 --> 00:48:33.092
and they love that.

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It's in my mental-

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in my psychology class

00:48:36.409 --> 00:48:37.638
and it's the connection we have

00:48:37.638 --> 00:48:39.920
with the West Texas Rehab Center

00:48:39.965 --> 00:48:41.845
and how we do a little Q&A with them

00:48:41.845 --> 00:48:44.630
and how my students get to meet all these different types

00:48:44.638 --> 00:48:45.194
of therapist.

00:48:45.194 --> 00:48:47.005
They get to ask questions

00:48:47.212 --> 00:48:48.748
and get to learn about those jobs.

00:48:48.748 --> 00:48:51.537
They learn about children that might have autism.

00:48:52.205 --> 00:48:54.562
They get to go through all of these experiments

00:48:54.611 --> 00:48:55.972
and it's exciting for them.

00:48:56.582 --> 00:48:57.945
In my Sports and Entertainment class,

00:48:58.354 --> 00:49:01.752
it's about the connection we have with the San Antonio Spurs

00:49:02.151 --> 00:49:04.236
and we get to come up here to San Antonio

00:49:04.484 --> 00:49:05.689
and we meet the team,

00:49:05.689 --> 00:49:07.167
and we do a Q&A with them,

00:49:07.578 --> 00:49:10.617
and my students get real life situations

00:49:10.783 --> 00:49:12.092
and they love that.

00:49:13.120 --> 00:49:16.656
I'm also an FCCLA advisor,

00:49:17.271 --> 00:49:19.397
all the red jackets that you see over there.

00:49:19.397 --> 00:49:21.134
(applause)

00:49:22.124 --> 00:49:24.690
FCCLA is a national career and technical

00:49:24.718 --> 00:49:27.058
student-led organization.

00:49:27.410 --> 00:49:29.582
We're about promoting personal growth

00:49:29.809 --> 00:49:31.574
and teaching them to be leaders.

00:49:32.410 --> 00:49:35.224
Developing career preparation for these students.

00:49:36.214 --> 00:49:39.545
For the last eight years as a FCCLA advisor,

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I have seen that.

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:43.126
Four years ago,

00:49:43.685 --> 00:49:45.386
I took seven freshman

00:49:45.859 --> 00:49:48.153
and said I think you guys would be really good

00:49:48.153 --> 00:49:51.004
at something called "parliamentary procedure."

00:49:51.338 --> 00:49:53.462
They had no idea what I was talking about.

00:49:53.899 --> 00:49:55.165
Mr. Overby does now.

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<v Voiceover>I could use that.</v>

00:49:59.843 --> 00:50:01.177
<v ->I took these freshman</v>

00:50:01.339 --> 00:50:04.045
and I convinced them that with this they would

00:50:04.302 --> 00:50:08.251
learn so many things that would be so beneficial to them.

00:50:08.542 --> 00:50:11.678
Despite a liver transplant in one of them,

00:50:12.128 --> 00:50:13.624
despite an adoption,

00:50:14.033 --> 00:50:15.471
despite low income,

00:50:15.993 --> 00:50:19.472
those seven students are now seven seniors

00:50:19.723 --> 00:50:22.580
that Mr. Overby has now worked with as well.

00:50:23.704 --> 00:50:26.096
I connect the real world to my students all the way

00:50:26.096 --> 00:50:27.031
in Brady, Texas

00:50:27.031 --> 00:50:28.248
and I took him there.

00:50:29.589 --> 00:50:32.471
Those students have competed at the regional level,

00:50:32.767 --> 00:50:34.455
they've competed at the state level

00:50:35.352 --> 00:50:36.399
and just this last summer,

00:50:36.416 --> 00:50:39.652
they competed at the national level in Washington, D.C.

00:50:40.055 --> 00:50:41.545
where they represented Texas

00:50:41.710 --> 00:50:43.903
with a gold metal and a silver metal.

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(applause)

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I will tell you this,

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despite all of the adversities

00:50:54.252 --> 00:50:55.805
that those kids have grown up in,

00:50:56.260 --> 00:50:57.469
seven seniors

00:50:58.339 --> 00:50:59.712
and elective classes,

00:51:00.336 --> 00:51:02.062
doing CTE classes.

00:51:02.671 --> 00:51:05.493
Those seven seniors have all been accepted to college.

00:51:06.370 --> 00:51:09.750
Four of them are headed here to the University of Texas.

00:51:10.512 --> 00:51:12.099
One to Texas State

00:51:12.756 --> 00:51:15.705
and one to the University of Texas San Antonio

00:51:16.041 --> 00:51:18.646
and the last to Angelo State University

00:51:19.004 --> 00:51:22.897
where she will become a family consumer science teacher.

00:51:23.642 --> 00:51:27.043
(applause)

00:51:28.649 --> 00:51:29.898
As I came in today,

00:51:29.898 --> 00:51:30.827
I walked the hallways

00:51:30.827 --> 00:51:34.800
and saw the artwork by the amazing students

00:51:34.800 --> 00:51:35.973
from around here.

00:51:36.466 --> 00:51:37.271
As I walked in,

00:51:37.271 --> 00:51:40.304
my heart fluttered when I saw the red jackets come by

00:51:40.304 --> 00:51:41.835
and I saw FCCLA

00:51:42.027 --> 00:51:44.626
Then I got to see FFA here as well.

00:51:45.425 --> 00:51:48.937
To be graced by this beautiful dancing here today.

00:51:50.054 --> 00:51:51.677
State Board of Education,

00:51:52.287 --> 00:51:54.271
elective classes are important.

00:51:55.154 --> 00:51:59.447
We do teach Math, Science, English and History.

00:52:00.195 --> 00:52:03.221
Please consider us when you talk about funding.

00:52:03.746 --> 00:52:06.874
Please consider us when you talk about cutting classes.

00:52:07.439 --> 00:52:10.070
We are connected to the real world for them.

00:52:11.269 --> 00:52:12.905
And, I want to leave you with this,

00:52:13.303 --> 00:52:15.910
if we tell our students who they have to be,

00:52:16.680 --> 00:52:19.698
we'll never know who they were meant to be.

00:52:20.179 --> 00:52:21.214
Thank you.

00:52:21.352 --> 00:52:24.769
(applause)

00:52:38.696 --> 00:52:40.224
<v ->That was wonderful,</v>

00:52:40.544 --> 00:52:42.151
really, really appreciate.

00:52:44.319 --> 00:52:46.459
You've really honored us with your speeches today.

00:52:46.459 --> 00:52:48.582
We really appreciate your being here with us.

00:52:48.632 --> 00:52:50.348
Thank you so much for coming.

00:52:50.569 --> 00:52:53.616
It was really an honor to listen to all three presentations.

00:52:53.723 --> 00:52:55.346
It was wonderful.

00:52:55.628 --> 00:52:58.510
Alright, members, we're going to go to approval of the minutes.

00:52:59.242 --> 00:53:01.101
First item of business is the approval of the minutes for September 11, 2015

00:53:05.453 --> 00:53:07.825
for the November meeting, 2015.

00:53:08.434 --> 00:53:10.377
Are there any corrections to the minutes?

00:53:11.381 --> 00:53:16.381
Hearing none the minutes are approved as presented.

00:53:17.365 --> 00:53:19.374
Now, it's time for our resolutions

00:53:19.600 --> 00:53:20.475
and presentation.

00:53:20.498 --> 00:53:21.510
I believe Mr. Cortez,

00:53:21.510 --> 00:53:25.367
our Board Secretary will read those.

00:53:26.376 --> 00:53:28.908
First stop is the Presidential Awards for Excellence

00:53:28.908 --> 00:53:29.642
in Mathematics

00:53:29.642 --> 00:53:30.891
and Science Teaching.

00:53:33.170 --> 00:53:35.473
Members, you have resolutions on your desk.

00:53:41.750 --> 00:53:43.050
<v ->Yes, good morning.</v>

00:53:43.418 --> 00:53:46.677
If we can get members Allen,

00:53:47.970 --> 00:53:49.142
Chair Bahorich,

00:53:49.525 --> 00:53:50.622
member Cargill,

00:53:51.318 --> 00:53:52.368
member Mercer

00:53:53.288 --> 00:53:54.778
and member Miller to the circle.

00:53:55.466 --> 00:53:58.549
If all of our Presidential Award for Excellence

00:53:58.571 --> 00:54:01.930
in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipients

00:54:02.123 --> 00:54:06.357
can join your member in our circle.

00:54:18.128 --> 00:54:19.933
As they're getting situated,

00:54:20.496 --> 00:54:21.460
are there any administrators

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:24.649
or special guest accompanying our recipients today?

00:54:25.455 --> 00:54:28.313
If you're in the room, please stand to be recognized.

00:54:31.785 --> 00:54:33.439
Thank you all for being here with them today.

00:54:33.489 --> 00:54:36.837
(applause)

00:55:01.084 --> 00:55:04.431
(laughter)

00:55:04.907 --> 00:55:05.789
Alright.

00:55:06.554 --> 00:55:06.804
Good morning.

00:55:07.214 --> 00:55:07.561
I'm going to go ahead

00:55:07.561 --> 00:55:08.762
and read this resolution.

00:55:08.918 --> 00:55:10.268
Looks like everybody's situated.

00:55:10.872 --> 00:55:12.719
Whereas the Presidential Awards for Excellence

00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:14.977
in Mathematics and Science Teaching programs

00:55:15.137 --> 00:55:19.670
identifies outstanding science and mathematics teachers

00:55:20.062 --> 00:55:21.135
in each state

00:55:22.268 --> 00:55:24.281
and in the four U.S. jurisdictions.

00:55:25.293 --> 00:55:27.612
Whereas through state selection committees,

00:55:28.041 --> 00:55:30.097
five mathematics finalists,

00:55:30.255 --> 00:55:31.685
five science finalists

00:55:31.685 --> 00:55:33.362
were nominated as Texas finalists.

00:55:34.500 --> 00:55:37.406
Whereas these teachers become candidates

00:55:37.745 --> 00:55:38.943
for the Presidential Awards

00:55:39.484 --> 00:55:42.064
for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

00:55:42.985 --> 00:55:46.879
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the

00:55:46.879 --> 00:55:48.118
State Board of Education

00:55:48.472 --> 00:55:50.885
does hereby extend its congratulations

00:55:51.120 --> 00:55:53.168
to Johnathan Clayton,

00:55:53.915 --> 00:55:55.885
Northbrook Senior High School,

00:55:57.912 --> 00:55:59.692
Spring Branch Independent School District,

00:56:00.042 --> 00:56:00.955
Houston, Texas.

00:56:01.739 --> 00:56:05.131
Darla Emerson, Lovejoy High School,

00:56:05.749 --> 00:56:07.428
Lovejoy Independent School District,

00:56:07.996 --> 00:56:09.236
Lucas, Texas.

00:56:10.610 --> 00:56:11.647
Rebecca Grant,

00:56:13.113 --> 00:56:14.434
Haggard Middle School,

00:56:14.742 --> 00:56:16.237
Plano Independent School District,

00:56:16.545 --> 00:56:17.495
Plano, Texas.

00:56:17.520 --> 00:56:19.845
(applause)

00:56:20.119 --> 00:56:21.028
Patty Hill,

00:56:21.302 --> 00:56:22.210
Kealing Middle School,

00:56:22.522 --> 00:56:24.304
Austin Independent School District,

00:56:24.538 --> 00:56:25.444
Austin, Texas.

00:56:25.525 --> 00:56:27.691
(applause)

00:56:27.741 --> 00:56:29.340
Penny Smeltzer,

00:56:30.445 --> 00:56:31.765
Westwood High School,

00:56:32.045 --> 00:56:34.054
Round Rock Independent School District,

00:56:34.587 --> 00:56:35.530
Austin, Texas.

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:39.156
For being named state finalist

00:56:39.393 --> 00:56:42.739
in Mathematics category in the 2015 Presidential Awards

00:56:44.201 --> 00:56:46.405
be it further resolved that the State Board of Education

00:56:46.405 --> 00:56:48.871
does hereby extend its congratulations

00:56:48.931 --> 00:56:50.951
to Carol Brown,

00:56:51.021 --> 00:56:52.021
Saint Mary's Hall,

00:56:52.021 --> 00:56:53.365
San Antonio, Texas.

00:56:54.902 --> 00:56:55.924
Sherry Cole,

00:56:56.167 --> 00:56:57.969
Seabrook Intermediate School,

00:56:58.390 --> 00:57:00.326
Clear Creek Independent School District,

00:57:00.533 --> 00:57:01.584
Seabrook, Texas.

00:57:03.939 --> 00:57:04.851
Cara Johnson,

00:57:05.537 --> 00:57:06.641
Allen High School,

00:57:06.885 --> 00:57:08.509
Allen Independent School District,

00:57:08.751 --> 00:57:09.597
Allen, Texas.

00:57:11.421 --> 00:57:12.521
Mark Massage,

00:57:13.194 --> 00:57:14.769
Westlake High School,

00:57:15.371 --> 00:57:16.885
Ennis Independent School District,

00:57:17.065 --> 00:57:18.109
Austin, Texas.

00:57:20.936 --> 00:57:22.089
Paula Shay-Starkes.

00:57:22.199 --> 00:57:23.988
Phillis Wheatley High School,

00:57:23.988 --> 00:57:25.488
Houston Independent School district,

00:57:25.656 --> 00:57:26.733
Houston, Texas

00:57:27.120 --> 00:57:30.172
for being named the state finalist in the science category

00:57:30.608 --> 00:57:32.801
for the 2015 Presidential Awards.

00:57:33.508 --> 00:57:36.626
Be it further resolved that this resolution

00:57:37.261 --> 00:57:39.256
be presented to the aforementioned teachers

00:57:39.682 --> 00:57:41.055
for being identified as state

00:57:41.055 --> 00:57:44.299
and national finalist for the 2015 Presidential Awards

00:57:44.400 --> 00:57:46.093
for Excellence in Mathematics

00:57:46.228 --> 00:57:47.923
and Science Teaching Programs

00:57:48.420 --> 00:57:51.152
and that a copy be included in the permanent records

00:57:51.354 --> 00:57:52.735
of the State Board of Education.

00:57:53.249 --> 00:57:58.249
Witness our signatures this 29th day of January 2016

00:57:58.428 --> 00:58:00.018
in Austin, Texas.

00:58:00.994 --> 00:58:02.650
Donna Bahorich, chair,

00:58:02.799 --> 00:58:05.054
Ruben Cortez Junior, Secretary.

00:58:05.568 --> 00:58:07.007
(applause)

00:58:07.007 --> 00:58:08.332
Congratulations.

00:58:08.789 --> 00:58:12.969
(applause)

00:58:30.740 --> 00:58:31.933
Madam Chair,

00:58:32.384 --> 00:58:35.430
I'd like to move that we adopt the resolution as presented.

00:58:49.394 --> 00:58:52.454
(applause)

00:58:56.924 --> 00:58:58.570
Did everybody get photographs already?

00:58:59.977 --> 00:59:02.137
I'm going to pass the mic over to Mr. Maynard.

00:59:02.526 --> 00:59:06.691
who will be presenting our CTE month resolution.

00:59:13.411 --> 00:59:14.344
<v Voiceover>Madam Chair,</v>

00:59:14.344 --> 00:59:19.228
I'm going to defer to Ms. Kendall Stone,

00:59:19.539 --> 00:59:22.292
the state FCCLA president from Silsbee, Texas

00:59:22.408 --> 00:59:23.702
to present this resolution.

00:59:25.465 --> 00:59:26.781
<v Voiceover>Thank you, Mr. Maynard.</v>

00:59:27.721 --> 00:59:31.168
Whereas February 1st through 29th 2016

00:59:31.385 --> 00:59:32.343
has been designated

00:59:32.443 --> 00:59:34.785
National Career and Technical Education month

00:59:35.378 --> 00:59:40.132
and whereas more than 1.2 million Texas secondary students

00:59:40.318 --> 00:59:42.785
are enrolled in one or more career and technical education

00:59:43.336 --> 00:59:47.291
CTE courses in 1,219 school districts

00:59:47.480 --> 00:59:49.056
and charter schools throughout the state.

00:59:50.097 --> 00:59:51.688
Whereas career and technical

00:59:51.706 --> 00:59:54.628
education offers students the opportunity to gain academic,

00:59:54.982 --> 00:59:55.964
technical

00:59:56.299 --> 00:59:57.841
and employee ability skills necessary

00:59:57.841 --> 00:59:59.400
for true career readiness.

01:00:00.266 --> 01:00:01.631
Whereas students in career

01:00:01.631 --> 01:00:03.763
and technical education programs participate

01:00:03.763 --> 01:00:05.732
in authentic, meaningful experiences

01:00:05.972 --> 01:00:08.027
which improve the quality of their education

01:00:08.449 --> 01:00:10.867
by offering meaningful opportunities to apply

01:00:10.867 --> 01:00:11.950
academic knowledge

01:00:11.961 --> 01:00:13.702
and skills from across the curriculum.

01:00:14.274 --> 01:00:16.107
Whereas career and technical

01:00:16.107 --> 01:00:17.455
education is a vital

01:00:17.455 --> 01:00:19.981
and integral part of the foundation high school program

01:00:20.304 --> 01:00:22.948
offering students pathways to earn recognized endorsements,

01:00:23.193 --> 01:00:24.606
performance acknowledgements

01:00:24.747 --> 01:00:27.245
and industry-validated credentials.

01:00:28.745 --> 01:00:30.635
Whereas the state's nine career and technical

01:00:30.635 --> 01:00:33.242
educational student organizations BPA,

01:00:33.524 --> 01:00:34.281
DECA,

01:00:34.465 --> 01:00:36.192
Educators Rising or TAFE,

01:00:36.326 --> 01:00:37.563
FBLA,

01:00:37.563 --> 01:00:38.742
FCCLA,

01:00:39.110 --> 01:00:39.881
FFA,

01:00:39.972 --> 01:00:40.685
HOSA,

01:00:40.775 --> 01:00:41.688
Skills USA

01:00:41.741 --> 01:00:42.542
and TSA

01:00:42.798 --> 01:00:44.027
instills in their members the values,

01:00:44.222 --> 01:00:44.794
knowledge,

01:00:44.794 --> 01:00:48.274
and skills to be patriotic citizens prepared to fully engage

01:00:48.378 --> 01:00:50.077
as effective leaders in the formidable

01:00:50.077 --> 01:00:51.816
and noble task of self government

01:00:51.925 --> 01:00:53.518
and our constitutional republic.

01:00:54.172 --> 01:00:56.408
Whereas career and technical education

01:00:56.616 --> 01:00:59.219
provides students with career exploration opportunities

01:00:59.722 --> 01:01:01.442
early on in their educational experience

01:01:02.266 --> 01:01:03.772
which enables them to make informed

01:01:03.772 --> 01:01:06.052
and beneficial decisions about their academic coursework

01:01:06.250 --> 01:01:08.827
as well as pursuit of established programs of study

01:01:08.827 --> 01:01:09.840
and career pathways.

01:01:11.393 --> 01:01:13.119
Whereas leaders from business

01:01:13.142 --> 01:01:16.055
and industry nationwide report increasing challenges

01:01:16.189 --> 01:01:17.451
related to the skills gap

01:01:17.451 --> 01:01:20.133
and connecting qualified professionals with available

01:01:20.133 --> 01:01:23.010
careers in critical ingrown CTE-related fields.

01:01:23.595 --> 01:01:26.364
Whereas career and technical education

01:01:26.570 --> 01:01:29.062
prepare students for fulfilling careers by offering

01:01:29.062 --> 01:01:31.131
integrated programs of study that link secondary

01:01:31.131 --> 01:01:32.808
and postsecondary education

01:01:33.186 --> 01:01:35.824
and significantly contributes to college readiness

01:01:36.048 --> 01:01:40.048
and whereas insuring that employers have access to qualified

01:01:40.198 --> 01:01:42.697
workforce is a crucial step in insuring productivity

01:01:42.854 --> 01:01:43.913
among the business and

01:01:43.913 --> 01:01:45.923
industry communities as well as continued

01:01:45.932 --> 01:01:47.197
American economic growth

01:01:47.197 --> 01:01:48.537
and global competitiveness.

01:01:49.265 --> 01:01:50.184
Now, therefore,

01:01:53.500 --> 01:01:55.738
be it resolved that the State Board of Education,

01:01:56.031 --> 01:01:58.619
which has been designated by the Texas Legislature

01:01:58.619 --> 01:02:00.952
as the State Board for Career and Technical Education,

01:02:01.310 --> 01:02:04.432
does hereby proclaim February 1-29, 2016,

01:02:05.060 --> 01:02:06.638
as Career and Technical Education

01:02:06.638 --> 01:02:07.548
Month in Texas.

01:02:07.816 --> 01:02:10.121
Does hereby urge all Texans to become familiar

01:02:10.369 --> 01:02:13.295
with outstanding curriculum delivered by exceptional

01:02:13.393 --> 01:02:15.220
career and technical education teachers

01:02:15.220 --> 01:02:16.935
in communities across the state.

01:02:17.213 --> 01:02:18.558
Support and participate

01:02:18.596 --> 01:02:20.491
in these programs to enhance their individual skills

01:02:20.751 --> 01:02:21.790
and productivity.

01:02:22.844 --> 01:02:23.865
<v Voiceover>Thank you, Ms. Stone.</v>

01:02:24.084 --> 01:02:25.947
Head of Chair, I move adoption.

01:02:27.768 --> 01:02:28.971
<v ->[Voiceover All those in favor say I.</v>

01:02:29.188 --> 01:02:29.932
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

01:02:30.571 --> 01:02:31.550
<v ->Congratulations,</v>

01:02:31.550 --> 01:02:32.509
thank you so much.

01:02:32.814 --> 01:02:33.488
We really appreciate it.

01:02:33.488 --> 01:02:35.133
I would like just one by one,

01:02:36.263 --> 01:02:37.136
Mr. Maynard,

01:02:37.270 --> 01:02:39.321
would you mention the name and the organization

01:02:39.383 --> 01:02:41.001
then have each group stand up.

01:02:48.874 --> 01:02:50.357
That's FCCLA.

01:02:53.356 --> 01:02:54.275
Wonderful, thank you.

01:02:54.522 --> 01:02:56.253
Please say the name of the organization,

01:02:56.253 --> 01:02:56.931
that woud be great.

01:02:56.931 --> 01:02:57.970
(applause)

01:02:58.105 --> 01:03:00.105
You guys are distinctive in your red jackets.

01:03:00.453 --> 01:03:01.603
We really appreciate it.

01:03:09.433 --> 01:03:12.082
(applause)

01:03:18.652 --> 01:03:21.605
(applause)

01:03:26.522 --> 01:03:29.531
(applause)

01:03:31.515 --> 01:03:32.864
Did I get everyone?

01:03:35.615 --> 01:03:36.476
Terrific.

01:03:37.426 --> 01:03:38.288
Again, students,

01:03:38.288 --> 01:03:39.317
we so appreciate

01:03:39.329 --> 01:03:41.341
we had a wonderful dinner with you guys last night.

01:03:42.706 --> 01:03:44.839
Just a terrific time together

01:03:45.084 --> 01:03:48.747
and so impressive as we said last night.

01:03:49.373 --> 01:03:52.566
We were all talking about the future's in good hands

01:03:52.631 --> 01:03:55.080
with students like you coming through our system.

01:03:55.117 --> 01:03:56.223
We're very proud of each

01:03:56.223 --> 01:03:57.146
and everyone of you.

01:03:57.251 --> 01:03:59.507
Thank you so much for sharing an evening with us

01:04:00.180 --> 01:04:02.051
and for coming here this morning.

01:04:02.630 --> 01:04:04.753
to accept our congratulations

01:04:04.802 --> 01:04:06.225
and resolutions.

01:04:06.658 --> 01:04:08.212
Yes, Mr. Mercer.

01:04:08.522 --> 01:04:10.103
<v Voiceover>I just want to thank Mr. Maynard.</v>

01:04:10.103 --> 01:04:11.248
This is the second year.

01:04:11.248 --> 01:04:15.364
When I speak throughout Texas I get a lot of concerns

01:04:15.364 --> 01:04:17.108
about the future of America

01:04:17.108 --> 01:04:18.046
and the future of Texas.

01:04:18.202 --> 01:04:20.669
The last two years with y'all at our table,

01:04:20.952 --> 01:04:22.772
I have no fear whatsoever.

01:04:22.808 --> 01:04:24.602
We have a great future thanks to y'all.

01:04:24.621 --> 01:04:25.369
God bless you.

01:04:25.369 --> 01:04:25.935
Thank you.

01:04:26.506 --> 01:04:28.356
(applause)

01:04:37.656 --> 01:04:38.849
<v ->Moving on with the agenda,</v>

01:04:39.192 --> 01:04:39.829
members,

01:04:39.899 --> 01:04:43.335
no one signed up for public testimony today

01:04:43.380 --> 01:04:45.897
so we don't have anyone registered to speak.

01:04:47.887 --> 01:04:50.764
It has been requested that the remarks of the superintendent

01:04:50.764 --> 01:04:52.635
and teachers of the years be attached to the minutes

01:04:52.635 --> 01:04:53.452
of the meeting.

01:04:53.452 --> 01:04:54.541
Is there any objection to that?

01:04:55.908 --> 01:04:57.521
Hearing none, so ordered.

01:05:01.889 --> 01:05:02.533
Members,

01:05:02.837 --> 01:05:03.708
we're going to go ahead

01:05:03.708 --> 01:05:05.702
and move into the approval of the consent agenda.

01:05:06.108 --> 01:05:09.857
Please turn to IX in your agenda books

01:05:09.857 --> 01:05:12.985
which lists the items on the consent agenda

01:05:13.091 --> 01:05:14.477
there were no additional items.

01:05:15.118 --> 01:05:16.192
I'm gonna just read these,

01:05:16.985 --> 01:05:19.698
going through again it's Roman Numeral nine.

01:05:20.392 --> 01:05:21.743
Proposed Amendment Number One,

01:05:21.985 --> 01:05:24.765
proposed amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 74

01:05:24.951 --> 01:05:27.612
Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter A: Required Curriculum,

01:05:28.151 --> 01:05:32.178
74.5 - Academic Achievement Record Transcript

01:05:32.754 --> 01:05:34.333
and High School Diploma.

01:05:35.462 --> 01:05:36.265
Number Two,

01:05:36.396 --> 01:05:38.572
Proposed new 19 TAC

01:05:38.682 --> 01:05:39.652
Chapter 126

01:05:40.069 --> 01:05:40.780
Texas Essential Knowledge

01:05:40.780 --> 01:05:41.457
and Skills

01:05:41.457 --> 01:05:43.240
for Technology Applications, Subchapter D

01:05:43.982 --> 01:05:46.392
Other Technology Applications Courses,

01:05:47.004 --> 01:05:52.004
126.65: Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles,

01:05:52.578 --> 01:05:54.029
adopted 2016.

01:05:54.713 --> 01:05:55.358
Number Three,

01:05:55.358 --> 01:05:57.447
Recommendations Regarding Renewal of Instructional

01:05:57.447 --> 01:05:58.504
Materials Contracts.

01:05:59.388 --> 01:06:00.563
Number Four,

01:06:02.319 --> 01:06:03.753
Ratifications of the Purchases

01:06:03.753 --> 01:06:06.016
and Sales of the Investment Portfolio of the Permanent

01:06:06.016 --> 01:06:06.725
School Fund

01:06:06.725 --> 01:06:09.301
for the months of October and November 2015.

01:06:09.453 --> 01:06:13.010
There were no real estate items considered

01:06:13.261 --> 01:06:14.697
so, there's nothing on that agenda,

01:06:14.818 --> 01:06:16.761
and Ms. Miller you don't need to recuse yourself.

01:06:16.761 --> 01:06:17.881
This is for Number Five.

01:06:18.318 --> 01:06:18.966
Number Six,

01:06:19.249 --> 01:06:21.609
Decision on Absolute Return Investments.

01:06:22.282 --> 01:06:23.234
Number Seven,

01:06:23.415 --> 01:06:25.687
Recommendation for Appointments to the Boys Ranch

01:06:26.142 --> 01:06:27.108
Independent School District

01:06:27.108 --> 01:06:28.339
Board of Trustees.

01:06:29.957 --> 01:06:30.899
Number Eight,

01:06:31.097 --> 01:06:34.801
Recommendation for Appointments to the Randolph Field

01:06:34.911 --> 01:06:38.931
Independent School District Board of Trustees.

01:06:40.189 --> 01:06:42.808
Are members clear as to what we'll be approving of

01:06:42.808 --> 01:06:43.884
in the consent agenda?

01:06:45.144 --> 01:06:46.484
If there's no objection,

01:06:47.353 --> 01:06:48.687
the consent agenda is approved.

01:06:51.643 --> 01:06:52.381
Alright members,

01:06:52.381 --> 01:06:55.999
I'm going to turn this over to Mr. Ratliff.

01:06:56.639 --> 01:06:57.763
to go through our minutes.

01:06:58.527 --> 01:06:59.160
<v ->Ok, members,</v>

01:06:59.160 --> 01:07:01.003
you have two handouts that say

01:07:01.385 --> 01:07:03.490
Court of the State Board of Education Committee

01:07:03.490 --> 01:07:04.456
of the Full Board.

01:07:05.142 --> 01:07:06.329
The one we'll be working from is

01:07:06.329 --> 01:07:10.548
the one at the bottom that says 127 2016.

01:07:10.809 --> 01:07:13.078
The other one is just the public testimony day.

01:07:14.632 --> 01:07:16.503
The first item for consideration

01:07:17.016 --> 01:07:18.694
on behalf of the Committee the Full Board,

01:07:19.166 --> 01:07:21.241
I move that the State Board of Education adopt the review

01:07:21.313 --> 01:07:24.451
of 19 TAC Chapter 66:

01:07:24.658 --> 01:07:25.098
State Adoption

01:07:25.098 --> 01:07:26.687
and Distribution of Instructional Materials.

01:07:26.734 --> 01:07:28.199
Subchapter A: General Provisions,

01:07:28.360 --> 01:07:30.368
Subchapter B: State Adoption of Instructional Materials

01:07:30.388 --> 01:07:32.720
and Subchapter C: Local Operations.

01:07:36.052 --> 01:07:37.330
<v Voiceover>Are you ready for the question?</v>

01:07:37.637 --> 01:07:38.911
All those in favor say I.

01:07:39.200 --> 01:07:39.973
<v ->I.</v>

01:07:39.973 --> 01:07:40.824
Those opposed say no.

01:07:41.532 --> 01:07:42.554
I's have it.

01:07:43.252 --> 01:07:46.755
The review of 19 TAC Chapter 66: State Adoption

01:07:46.842 --> 01:07:48.920
Distribution of Instructional Materials.

01:07:48.952 --> 01:07:50.396
Subchapter A: General Provisions,

01:07:50.402 --> 01:07:53.297
Subchapter B state adoption of instructional materials

01:07:53.305 --> 01:07:55.653
and Subchapter C: Local Adoptions

01:07:56.216 --> 01:07:57.595
Operations is adopted.

01:07:58.649 --> 01:07:59.940
Item Number Four.

01:08:00.818 --> 01:08:01.480
<v Voiceover>Actually,</v>

01:08:01.480 --> 01:08:03.917
we're going to turn it over to page two.

01:08:04.145 --> 01:08:05.008
Sorry you're right,

01:08:05.008 --> 01:08:05.878
Agenda Item Number Four.

01:08:05.878 --> 01:08:06.795
<v ->I'm sorry,</v>

01:08:06.795 --> 01:08:07.809
Agenda Item Number Four.

01:08:08.253 --> 01:08:09.868
<v ->It's on the top of page two in your minutes.</v>

01:08:10.423 --> 01:08:11.763
<v ->On behalf of the Committee the Full Board,</v>

01:08:11.763 --> 01:08:13.153
I move that the State Board of Education

01:08:13.153 --> 01:08:15.092
by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members

01:08:15.092 --> 01:08:16.594
of the board approve for second reading

01:08:16.594 --> 01:08:17.466
and final adoption

01:08:17.512 --> 01:08:19.248
proposed revisions 19 TAC Chapter 66:

01:08:20.352 --> 01:08:20.958
State Adoption

01:08:20.958 --> 01:08:23.009
and Distribution of Instructional Materials, Subchapter A:

01:08:23.053 --> 01:08:23.839
General Provisions.

01:08:23.927 --> 01:08:25.024
Subchapter B: State Adoption

01:08:25.032 --> 01:08:25.975
and Instructional Materials.

01:08:25.975 --> 01:08:27.686
Subchapter C: Local Operations

01:08:27.780 --> 01:08:29.886
with an effective date of 20 days after filing

01:08:29.993 --> 01:08:31.538
as adopted with the Texas Register.

01:08:32.037 --> 01:08:32.615
<v Voiceover>Madam Chair.</v>

01:08:32.615 --> 01:08:34.140
<v Voiceover>Yes, Ms. Martinez.</v>

01:08:34.391 --> 01:08:36.398
<v ->Before you take the final vote,</v>

01:08:36.398 --> 01:08:40.774
staff does have one final amendment for your consideration.

01:08:41.776 --> 01:08:43.693
This is something that we discovered recently

01:08:44.040 --> 01:08:47.857
that you might want to consider with respect to

01:08:48.316 --> 01:08:50.813
66.28

01:08:51.203 --> 01:08:53.728
and you can find that in your agenda book.

01:08:56.727 --> 01:08:57.899
<v Voiceover>What page is that?</v>

01:08:58.208 --> 01:08:59.270
<v ->I'm getting that. I apologize.</v>

01:08:59.651 --> 01:09:04.169
66.28 is on Roman Numeral 1-50.

01:09:15.945 --> 01:09:18.566
This language would clarify

01:09:18.630 --> 01:09:21.314
what the expectations are to ensure that

01:09:21.314 --> 01:09:24.018
all instructional materials are accessible

01:09:24.066 --> 01:09:26.217
for students with disabilities.

01:09:27.131 --> 01:09:30.214
This is specific to electronic instructional materials

01:09:30.571 --> 01:09:34.885
and would indicate that, while further detail

01:09:35.488 --> 01:09:38.393
would be included in each proclamation as appropriate,

01:09:39.519 --> 01:09:40.884
This includes in your rule

01:09:41.295 --> 01:09:44.291
the expectation that that will be addressed.

01:09:46.178 --> 01:09:47.775
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Ratliff.</v>

01:09:51.875 --> 01:09:52.819
<v ->Madam Chair,</v>

01:09:54.133 --> 01:09:56.128
I'm going to make the motion of the language in red

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to amend 66.28A, Section 2,

01:10:00.040 --> 01:10:00.969
to insert the words,

01:10:00.969 --> 01:10:03.637
"the report must be prepared by an independent third party

01:10:03.740 --> 01:10:06.057
and be based on an audit testing the accessibility

01:10:06.095 --> 01:10:07.934
of a random sampling of pages as outlined

01:10:07.934 --> 01:10:08.906
in each proclamation.

01:10:09.343 --> 01:10:11.579
The number of pages to be audited to meet the requirements

01:10:11.579 --> 01:10:13.835
in the proclamation shall be determined by the publisher."

01:10:14.563 --> 01:10:16.050
Insert a new Section 3

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that would read,

01:10:16.960 --> 01:10:19.215
"a publisher who provides access to materials to students

01:10:19.215 --> 01:10:20.109
with disabilities

01:10:20.140 --> 01:10:21.942
through an alternate format

01:10:21.983 --> 01:10:24.593
shall include a link to that material on the entrance page

01:10:24.696 --> 01:10:25.583
of main product."

01:10:26.504 --> 01:10:28.852
I'd like to move the previous question

01:10:28.852 --> 01:10:30.664
on all outstanding motions on this item.

01:10:36.461 --> 01:10:37.226
<v Voiceover>Oh yeah,</v>

01:10:37.226 --> 01:10:38.803
the location in the agenda.

01:10:39.160 --> 01:10:39.745
<v Voiceover>Mrs. Miller,</v>

01:10:39.745 --> 01:10:42.700
in your agenda book, it's Roman Numeral 1-50

01:10:44.583 --> 01:10:49.560
66.28A.

01:10:50.209 --> 01:10:52.244
This would add language to Number Two,

01:10:53.157 --> 01:10:55.381
would add a new Number Three

01:10:55.443 --> 01:10:57.493
and renumber accordingly.

01:11:06.501 --> 01:11:07.615
<v Voiceover>Second on the previous question.</v>

01:11:21.304 --> 01:11:22.950
<v ->It's been moved and seconded to order</v>

01:11:24.542 --> 01:11:27.347
the previous question

01:11:28.048 --> 01:11:29.619
on all pending items.

01:11:29.619 --> 01:11:30.719
There's a vote

01:11:31.073 --> 01:11:32.798
on moving forward to go ahead

01:11:32.993 --> 01:11:34.584
and not only add this amendment

01:11:35.119 --> 01:11:36.061
but to approve

01:11:36.223 --> 01:11:40.992
the rules as we worked on them the other day

01:11:41.250 --> 01:11:42.568
when we sent them through.

01:11:48.384 --> 01:11:51.210
If that's adopted than we're finished

01:11:51.384 --> 01:11:53.147
with changes to the rules

01:11:53.183 --> 01:11:56.802
and this Chapter 66 will be adopted.

01:11:57.707 --> 01:11:58.935
All those in favor.

01:12:00.135 --> 01:12:00.833
Right, so

01:12:00.833 --> 01:12:04.134
if you vote in favor of this, then there's no discussion.

01:12:06.738 --> 01:12:09.202
Is it a point of order?

01:12:10.433 --> 01:12:11.686
It's not a debatable motion.

01:12:41.071 --> 01:12:43.412
Kurt's telling me that you can ask that after

01:12:43.572 --> 01:12:45.493
we vote on the previous question.

01:12:52.974 --> 01:12:54.082
Correct.

01:13:00.233 --> 01:13:01.551
Let him explain.

01:13:01.816 --> 01:13:03.322
<v Voiceover>The previous question means</v>

01:13:03.322 --> 01:13:04.691
we're going to vote now.

01:13:04.799 --> 01:13:05.498
No debate,

01:13:05.498 --> 01:13:08.474
no further motions to amend

01:13:08.537 --> 01:13:09.594
or anything like that.

01:13:10.197 --> 01:13:12.068
The pending question is to do that.

01:13:13.702 --> 01:13:16.501
If members have questions about that procedure,

01:13:16.793 --> 01:13:17.925
they can ask a question.

01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:18.854
However, I think

01:13:18.927 --> 01:13:22.207
a question of information might be allowed

01:13:22.760 --> 01:13:24.443
as long as it doesn't go into debate.

01:13:25.970 --> 01:13:27.914
The chair could possibly allow that after we vote

01:13:27.914 --> 01:13:28.956
on the previous question.

01:13:30.072 --> 01:13:33.235
<v ->So you had a question for Monica to answer?</v>

01:13:35.058 --> 01:13:38.664
So it's not a debate of what's being presented.

01:13:45.381 --> 01:13:46.246
It's not debatable,

01:13:46.383 --> 01:13:48.136
we have to take care of the vote first, right?

01:13:48.937 --> 01:13:51.439
Procedurally, we have to take care of the vote first.

01:13:52.731 --> 01:13:54.105
All those in favor say, I.

01:13:54.105 --> 01:13:55.097
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

01:13:55.668 --> 01:13:57.087
<v ->All those opposed say nay.</v>

01:13:57.674 --> 01:13:59.922
I think we have to have hands up.

01:14:00.738 --> 01:14:02.427
We have to have our hands up for this vote.

01:14:05.811 --> 01:14:07.135
(laughter)

01:14:07.146 --> 01:14:07.956
Sorry.

01:14:10.503 --> 01:14:12.059
Have the two-thirds, ok.

01:14:14.646 --> 01:14:15.480
Members, in order

01:14:15.480 --> 01:14:18.318
to make this the early effective date requires a vote

01:14:18.318 --> 01:14:20.374
of the two-thirds of the members.

01:14:39.584 --> 01:14:42.291
I think we better hold up our hands to be sure that we had

01:14:42.291 --> 01:14:43.187
two-thirds vote

01:14:43.560 --> 01:14:44.928
to move the previous question

01:14:50.381 --> 01:14:51.558
and vote right away.

01:14:51.558 --> 01:14:53.334
To shut off previous question

01:14:53.469 --> 01:14:54.597
and vote right away.

01:14:55.232 --> 01:14:57.635
Let's hold up our hands just to be sure we've got the

01:14:57.970 --> 01:14:58.908
two-thirds needed.

01:14:59.858 --> 01:15:02.442
All those in favor of moving the previous question,

01:15:03.519 --> 01:15:04.279
raise your hand.

01:15:18.369 --> 01:15:19.826
All those opposed, raise your hand.

01:15:24.262 --> 01:15:24.825
Ok, so

01:15:24.825 --> 01:15:25.584
that's two-thirds.

01:15:29.474 --> 01:15:29.996
Now, ask your question

01:15:29.996 --> 01:15:32.822
for clarification.

01:15:34.038 --> 01:15:35.098
<v Voiceover>The language proposed</v>

01:15:35.098 --> 01:15:36.861
obviously I was back there, I heard.

01:15:36.981 --> 01:15:40.163
I'm glad that you guys want to fix this, right?

01:15:40.692 --> 01:15:41.915
<v ->What's your question?</v>

01:15:41.962 --> 01:15:43.174
because you can't debate.

01:15:43.174 --> 01:15:43.885
<v ->I don't want to debate it.</v>

01:15:43.885 --> 01:15:45.167
It's leading up to the question

01:15:45.294 --> 01:15:47.695
but the language on here says,

01:15:48.433 --> 01:15:51.739
"the number of pages to be audited must meet the requirements

01:15:51.853 --> 01:15:54.296
in the proclamation

01:15:54.529 --> 01:15:56.001
and shall be determined by the publisher."

01:15:56.126 --> 01:15:59.053
Why are we catering to the publisher, still?

01:15:59.113 --> 01:16:03.179
Wouldn't that be something that would meet the requirements

01:16:03.179 --> 01:16:07.423
of the agency so we won't have the problem that we were

01:16:07.423 --> 01:16:08.906
exposed to on Wednesday.

01:16:09.552 --> 01:16:10.363
<v ->Mr. Cortez,</v>

01:16:10.363 --> 01:16:13.275
the idea here is that there would be an audit

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of a random sampling of pages.

01:16:16.044 --> 01:16:20.054
Because the number of pages is going to vary widely,

01:16:20.687 --> 01:16:25.687
we believe we will be able to make appropriate determination

01:16:25.771 --> 01:16:27.637
with certain types of pages.

01:16:27.831 --> 01:16:29.506
We would bring language back to you

01:16:29.599 --> 01:16:32.878
and the proclamation that would outline the types of pages.

01:16:33.299 --> 01:16:38.299
If a publisher chooses to provide many more

01:16:38.523 --> 01:16:41.504
of those different varieties than that

01:16:41.504 --> 01:16:42.886
would be perfectly acceptable.

01:16:43.432 --> 01:16:47.578
We would be able to indicate what the minimum amount would

01:16:47.583 --> 01:16:50.304
be in order for us to make the appropriate determination.

01:16:50.951 --> 01:16:52.912
<v Voiceover>We set the parameters is what you're saying.</v>

01:16:53.439 --> 01:16:56.101
<v ->The board will set the parameters in the proclamation.</v>

01:16:56.896 --> 01:16:59.474
<v ->This item becomes final because it's second reading?</v>

01:17:00.448 --> 01:17:03.775
This language would end all that

01:17:04.635 --> 01:17:06.536
and we are basically at the mercy of whatever

01:17:06.536 --> 01:17:08.374
comes in that random sampling.

01:17:09.210 --> 01:17:11.675
You all won't have an opportunity beyond that.

01:17:12.135 --> 01:17:12.964
<v Voiceover>No that's not correct.</v>

01:17:12.964 --> 01:17:13.826
<v ->After that random sampling.</v>

01:17:13.826 --> 01:17:15.084
I just want to know the process.

01:17:16.041 --> 01:17:19.041
<v ->This rule is indicating is that you're going</v>

01:17:19.041 --> 01:17:22.675
to expect a random audit of all the materials

01:17:22.896 --> 01:17:25.063
and as we get to each proclamation,

01:17:25.262 --> 01:17:27.849
you're going to set the parameters at that time.

01:17:28.120 --> 01:17:30.404
Every proclamation is going to be different

01:17:31.415 --> 01:17:34.683
we didn't want to be so specific in the rule that

01:17:34.683 --> 01:17:37.827
you then don't have the opportunity to set those parameters

01:17:37.973 --> 01:17:39.135
with each proclamation.

01:17:39.334 --> 01:17:41.435
That will be the next step in this process.

01:17:42.595 --> 01:17:43.721
<v Voiceover>That would happen when?</v>

01:17:44.944 --> 01:17:47.856
<v ->When you vote to approve each proclamation.</v>

01:17:51.286 --> 01:17:52.424
<v Voicover>So we'll have the opportunity</v>

01:17:52.424 --> 01:17:56.396
at the proclamation to set our parameters however we would

01:17:56.396 --> 01:17:57.620
like to set the parameters.

01:17:57.620 --> 01:17:58.360
<v ->Yes, ma'am.</v>

01:17:59.024 --> 01:18:00.235
<v Voiceover>Yes, make sure</v>

01:18:00.235 --> 01:18:02.066
there's a question Mr. Ratliff.

01:18:03.656 --> 01:18:05.719
<v ->Monica, the reason</v>

01:18:05.719 --> 01:18:07.015
you're leaving it flexible,

01:18:07.015 --> 01:18:08.402
as I understand it,

01:18:08.685 --> 01:18:11.079
staff says the kind of samples we would need

01:18:11.079 --> 01:18:14.299
will vary by subject so you my want charts for one type,

01:18:14.299 --> 01:18:16.448
language for another type, etc.

01:18:16.642 --> 01:18:18.868
So it gives y'all the ability to have those samples

01:18:18.868 --> 01:18:21.246
relavent to the content being looked at.

01:18:21.307 --> 01:18:22.143
<v Voiceover>That's correct.</v>

01:18:22.237 --> 01:18:22.976
<v ->Thank you.</v>

01:18:23.919 --> 01:18:25.985
<v ->Members the previous question has been ordered</v>

01:18:25.985 --> 01:18:28.424
and we will now vote on the amendment

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and this is a majority vote.

01:18:30.569 --> 01:18:35.569
All those in favor of the amendment to chapter 66.28A

01:18:36.282 --> 01:18:41.282
to include, at the end of 66.28A 2, the report must be

01:18:43.542 --> 01:18:44.733
prepared by an independent third party

01:18:44.984 --> 01:18:47.163
and be based on an audit testing the accessibility

01:18:47.379 --> 01:18:49.190
of a random sample of pages as outlined

01:18:49.190 --> 01:18:52.207
in each proclamation number of pages to be audited

01:18:52.207 --> 01:18:55.245
to meet the requirements in the proclamation shall be

01:18:55.245 --> 01:18:56.842
determined by the publisher.

01:18:57.215 --> 01:19:00.101
Number Three, a publisher who provides access to materials

01:19:00.101 --> 01:19:03.065
to students with disabilities through an alternate format

01:19:03.319 --> 01:19:06.517
shall include a link to that material on the entrance page

01:19:06.973 --> 01:19:08.472
of the main product.

01:19:08.786 --> 01:19:10.147
All those in favor say I.

01:19:10.621 --> 01:19:11.396
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

01:19:11.844 --> 01:19:13.274
<v ->All those opposed, nay.</v>

01:19:14.168 --> 01:19:14.948
I's have it.

01:19:16.021 --> 01:19:19.067
Members, we're taking a vote on the main motion as amended.

01:19:20.730 --> 01:19:24.755
This is where the motion before us is to

01:19:24.755 --> 01:19:26.017
approve for second reading

01:19:26.017 --> 01:19:26.943
and final adoption.

01:19:27.200 --> 01:19:30.782
Proposed revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 66: State Adoption

01:19:30.782 --> 01:19:33.170
and Distribution of Instructional Material,

01:19:33.170 --> 01:19:34.810
Subchapter A: General Provisions

01:19:34.868 --> 01:19:36.043
and Subchapter B:

01:19:36.208 --> 01:19:38.228
State Adoption of Instructional Materials

01:19:38.275 --> 01:19:40.194
and Subchapter C: Local Operations

01:19:40.454 --> 01:19:43.044
with an effective date of 20 days after filing

01:19:43.217 --> 01:19:47.500
as adopted with the Texas register, if there is a two-thirds

01:19:47.618 --> 01:19:49.936
vote in the affirmative.

01:19:52.015 --> 01:19:55.119
As amended, because we did just amend it.

01:19:56.021 --> 01:19:58.091
Are you ready for the question?

01:19:59.975 --> 01:20:01.226
No debate on this.

01:20:01.453 --> 01:20:02.748
Is there a question that you had?

01:20:03.448 --> 01:20:05.037
<v Voiceover>I'm pretty sure I'm caught up</v>

01:20:05.037 --> 01:20:06.719
with the amendments that have been made,

01:20:06.719 --> 01:20:09.842
but do we have a clean version in front of us?

01:20:10.875 --> 01:20:13.593
<v ->That's what's in the notes that you got, right?</v>

01:20:13.914 --> 01:20:14.554
In the minutes.

01:20:14.977 --> 01:20:18.298
<v ->We don't have time to provide a clean version</v>

01:20:18.694 --> 01:20:19.993
from meeting to meeting.

01:20:20.382 --> 01:20:22.060
You've got the changes in your minutes.

01:20:22.717 --> 01:20:23.827
<v Voiceover>The changes are in the minutes.</v>

01:20:23.827 --> 01:20:24.988
<v Voiceover>Right.</v>

01:20:25.233 --> 01:20:26.632
<v Voiceover>They'll be getting us a clean version.</v>

01:20:26.849 --> 01:20:27.745
<v Voiceover>Oaky, no problem.</v>

01:20:27.987 --> 01:20:28.738
Thank you.

01:20:34.744 --> 01:20:36.087
<v Voiceover>All those in favor raise your hand.</v>

01:20:41.818 --> 01:20:44.683
All those opposed raise your hand.

01:20:45.345 --> 01:20:46.249
The I's have it.

01:20:47.025 --> 01:20:47.765
Yes, because

01:20:47.765 --> 01:20:49.019
we had over two-thirds,

01:20:49.430 --> 01:20:53.391
we will be adopting effective day 20 days after filing

01:20:53.738 --> 01:20:55.103
as adopted with the Texas register.

01:20:55.665 --> 01:20:56.429
Thank you, members.

01:20:57.537 --> 01:20:58.385
Now members,

01:20:58.789 --> 01:21:00.052
if there's no objection,

01:21:00.123 --> 01:21:02.143
I'm going to move Item Number Eight forward

01:21:02.290 --> 01:21:04.509
because one of our members has to leave early.

01:21:05.234 --> 01:21:07.620
I'd like to move item number eight forward.

01:21:08.892 --> 01:21:09.924
Is there any objection?

01:21:10.353 --> 01:21:10.826
<v ->Madame Chair,</v>

01:21:10.826 --> 01:21:13.092
I've failed to state one part of the last motion

01:21:13.092 --> 01:21:15.436
that we also instruct staff to file the resolution

01:21:15.486 --> 01:21:19.824
issued by the State Board of Education in the miscellaneous

01:21:19.863 --> 01:21:21.283
section of the Texas Register.

01:21:21.838 --> 01:21:23.571
<v Voiceover>Oh, that's right, yes.</v>

01:21:25.419 --> 01:21:27.002
That was part of the committee recommendation,

01:21:27.014 --> 01:21:28.304
do we need to talk about that again?

01:21:29.218 --> 01:21:30.587
<v ->I didn't know it needed to be part of the motion.</v>

01:21:32.859 --> 01:21:34.626
<v Voiceover>The board does have to be approve it, correct?</v>

01:21:37.070 --> 01:21:38.423
<v ->I don't think there was an objection on Wednesday.</v>

01:21:39.017 --> 01:21:40.813
<v Voiceover>Is there any objection to so moving?</v>

01:21:41.571 --> 01:21:43.515
<v ->Ok, so ordered.</v>

01:21:44.075 --> 01:21:45.673
Item number eight on your agenda.

01:21:45.767 --> 01:21:47.641
If you'll skip over to that, Mr. Ratliff.

01:21:48.712 --> 01:21:50.013
Did you have a question, Ms. Perez?

01:21:50.233 --> 01:21:50.853
<v Voiceover>No, Madam Chair.</v>

01:21:51.003 --> 01:21:52.287
Prior to starting that item,

01:21:52.720 --> 01:21:53.997
I just need to recuse myself.

01:21:53.997 --> 01:21:54.783
<v ->Oh, yes.</v>

01:21:54.976 --> 01:21:55.906
Thank you, so noted.

01:21:56.276 --> 01:21:58.582
Ms. Perez is recusing herself from this discussion

01:21:58.896 --> 01:21:59.798
on item number eight.

01:22:00.828 --> 01:22:01.775
It's on your agenda,

01:22:01.912 --> 01:22:04.792
but which item is it on the minutes, Mr. Ratliff?

01:22:12.984 --> 01:22:14.122
I'm going to make sure we get to the right one

01:22:14.133 --> 01:22:14.911
in the minutes.

01:22:15.100 --> 01:22:17.012
[Voiceover] In the Committee of the Full Board Minutes,

01:22:17.012 --> 01:22:18.004
it's on page nine.

01:22:19.064 --> 01:22:19.589
<v ->Item Seven.</v>

01:22:19.589 --> 01:22:21.002
<v Voiceover>Item Seven. Yes, ma'am.</v>

01:22:21.023 --> 01:22:21.685
<v ->Thank you.</v>

01:22:21.767 --> 01:22:23.318
<v Voiceover>Official Agenda Item Number Eight</v>

01:22:23.528 --> 01:22:25.457
on page I-163.

01:22:29.198 --> 01:22:30.817
Got nine different ways to refer to this thing.

01:22:33.022 --> 01:22:35.024
Members, on behalf of the committee of the full board,

01:22:35.024 --> 01:22:37.022
I move that the State Board of Education approve all

01:22:37.022 --> 01:22:40.516
three vendors as test providers for the Texas Certification

01:22:40.521 --> 01:22:41.855
of High School Equivalency.

01:22:53.245 --> 01:22:54.223
<v ->There were no amendments.</v>

01:22:56.263 --> 01:22:58.774
The vote will be on the recommendation to approve.

01:23:14.807 --> 01:23:16.318
You're going to talk about afterwards,

01:23:16.481 --> 01:23:18.167
Ms. Martinez has some things to talk about

01:23:18.248 --> 01:23:19.194
next steps.

01:23:20.586 --> 01:23:21.297
Before we vote,

01:23:21.325 --> 01:23:23.239
I was just wanting to make sure members were clear

01:23:23.401 --> 01:23:26.701
on what happens now regardless of the vote taken.

01:23:26.742 --> 01:23:28.175
I'd think it be important to know that

01:23:28.190 --> 01:23:29.740
if, members, you don't mind.

01:23:31.373 --> 01:23:32.242
Yes, Mr. Cortez.

01:23:36.688 --> 01:23:39.014
<v ->What we intend to do is place another item</v>

01:23:39.103 --> 01:23:42.877
on your April agenda so that we can discuss next steps.

01:23:44.270 --> 01:23:45.519
What we anticipate,

01:23:45.699 --> 01:23:48.133
and we did mention this with the committee on instruction

01:23:48.133 --> 01:23:51.468
is that there will be a need to amend you chapter 89 rules

01:23:51.918 --> 01:23:56.918
to insure they are consistent with the expectation

01:23:58.015 --> 01:24:00.464
that there will be more than one test available

01:24:00.847 --> 01:24:03.036
in both computer and paper format.

01:24:03.217 --> 01:24:05.278
We'll need to make some adjustments.

01:24:05.383 --> 01:24:09.623
We also anticipate that we are going to need to increase

01:24:09.770 --> 01:24:12.586
the state fee that is a portion of this

01:24:12.789 --> 01:24:16.879
in order to be able to make the appropriate adjustments

01:24:16.973 --> 01:24:21.823
so the agency is prepared to manage this new system.

01:24:21.823 --> 01:24:23.554
For example,

01:24:23.566 --> 01:24:28.229
our data system will have to be reworked

01:24:28.448 --> 01:24:33.448
in order for us to be prepared to address multiple tests.

01:24:35.866 --> 01:24:36.842
In addition to that,

01:24:37.150 --> 01:24:40.263
when you initially set out the RFP,

01:24:40.756 --> 01:24:44.819
that RFP did indicate your intent to have

01:24:45.015 --> 01:24:47.055
an equivalency study done.

01:24:47.355 --> 01:24:50.930
That was something that you ask that the agency complete.

01:24:53.083 --> 01:24:55.295
Upon a final decision,

01:24:55.576 --> 01:24:58.496
we will need to figure out what the timeline will be

01:24:58.496 --> 01:25:00.589
for completing that equating study,

01:25:00.589 --> 01:25:02.289
I guess I used the wrong term earlier,

01:25:02.507 --> 01:25:04.875
that will be something that we need to do.

01:25:04.875 --> 01:25:09.080
We think we're in a position where we'll probably need

01:25:09.080 --> 01:25:12.072
to come back in April with all of the next steps

01:25:12.126 --> 01:25:15.737
and likely need that to be an action item

01:25:15.738 --> 01:25:18.450
so that you can make any additional decisions

01:25:18.673 --> 01:25:21.779
with respect to implementation moving forward.

01:25:22.597 --> 01:25:23.369
<v Voiceover>Mr. Ratliff.</v>

01:25:24.613 --> 01:25:25.270
<v Voiceover>Monica, there</v>

01:25:25.270 --> 01:25:29.822
was also some confusion in the board about

01:25:30.034 --> 01:25:32.427
the representation that we had three vendors

01:25:32.668 --> 01:25:34.995
in the alignment to the TEKS.

01:25:36.321 --> 01:25:37.360
After further research,

01:25:37.466 --> 01:25:40.588
one of the vendors used a different scale for alignment

01:25:40.806 --> 01:25:43.110
we didn't convert over to a percentage,

01:25:43.953 --> 01:25:46.680
so it looked like all three vendors were much closer

01:25:47.566 --> 01:25:49.463
with regards to alignment to the TEKS.

01:25:50.751 --> 01:25:53.196
Is there anybody here that can just touch on that?

01:25:55.157 --> 01:25:56.205
We didn't name any names,

01:25:56.445 --> 01:25:58.564
I just want to make sure that members of the board

01:25:58.718 --> 01:26:01.576
and of the public understand that all three vendors

01:26:01.719 --> 01:26:04.355
were closer than what we previously thought in terms

01:26:04.355 --> 01:26:05.459
of alignment to the TEKS,

01:26:05.569 --> 01:26:09.629
because of the conversion of their third party verification.

01:26:10.843 --> 01:26:13.874
<v ->Staff didn't actually look at that.</v>

01:26:14.285 --> 01:26:17.017
I know that we did ask someone from research

01:26:17.017 --> 01:26:20.224
and analysis to provide some additional feedback.

01:26:20.967 --> 01:26:24.685
My understanding was that because there were different

01:26:25.270 --> 01:26:27.340
parties who actually did that review,

01:26:28.026 --> 01:26:30.614
that we're comparing apples to oranges

01:26:31.184 --> 01:26:32.863
and we can't really make a comparison

01:26:32.869 --> 01:26:34.615
with the information we have available to us.

01:26:35.338 --> 01:26:36.480
<v ->I believe Madam Chair,</v>

01:26:36.830 --> 01:26:39.516
Kurt will probably tell us to do this in the form

01:26:39.516 --> 01:26:40.223
of a motion,

01:26:40.223 --> 01:26:42.446
I think that we may have some discussion

01:26:42.559 --> 01:26:46.309
about a contingency to say we need everybody to use the same

01:26:47.195 --> 01:26:48.163
third-party verifier

01:26:48.352 --> 01:26:49.448
and use the same rubric

01:26:49.448 --> 01:26:51.728
so we truly do have an apples to apples comparison.

01:26:51.873 --> 01:26:54.748
Otherwise even the two vendors that use the same

01:26:54.787 --> 01:26:57.101
third-party verifier used a different rubric.

01:26:57.225 --> 01:27:00.242
So we really don't have a comparison of all three on

01:27:00.242 --> 01:27:02.216
the same scale

01:27:02.556 --> 01:27:05.471
and as it pertains to the five specific courses

01:27:05.719 --> 01:27:07.539
that we specified in the RFP.

01:27:08.379 --> 01:27:09.112
Some went above

01:27:09.112 --> 01:27:09.971
and beyond which is great,

01:27:10.147 --> 01:27:12.493
but we need to understand how they meet the

01:27:12.493 --> 01:27:13.781
specific terms of the RFP.

01:27:14.540 --> 01:27:15.728
After we have some discussion,

01:27:15.728 --> 01:27:18.328
we can offer that contingency if members are so inclined.

01:27:18.632 --> 01:27:22.346
<v ->I think what's important for us to do is kind of</v>

01:27:22.497 --> 01:27:23.827
help staff figure out

01:27:23.832 --> 01:27:25.502
because you are going to be coming to us, I assume,

01:27:25.502 --> 01:27:27.824
with some terms or contract

01:27:27.824 --> 01:27:29.114
or who knows what's going to happen.

01:27:29.164 --> 01:27:31.036
It'll be an action item of some sort,

01:27:31.157 --> 01:27:33.070
an update of some sort by April

01:27:33.541 --> 01:27:35.173
depending on what you are able to get done

01:27:35.173 --> 01:27:36.890
and how long you take to.

01:27:37.807 --> 01:27:40.256
<v Voiceover>There will be a need to negotiate the terms</v>

01:27:40.256 --> 01:27:41.075
of the contract.

01:27:41.364 --> 01:27:41.889
<v ->Right.</v>

01:27:41.889 --> 01:27:46.490
<v ->We believe we will need to further</v>

01:27:46.782 --> 01:27:49.104
conversation with you about broader implementations.

01:27:49.253 --> 01:27:53.140
I'm not just talking about the contract terms,

01:27:53.295 --> 01:27:57.193
I'm talking about how the agency prepares to implement

01:27:57.476 --> 01:27:58.474
a different system.

01:28:00.302 --> 01:28:03.244
Not knowing what your decisions were going to be today

01:28:03.283 --> 01:28:07.118
we're not prepared to lay out all of the decisions

01:28:07.118 --> 01:28:08.577
related to implementations.

01:28:09.585 --> 01:28:11.055
We anticipate that we will do that in April.

01:28:12.507 --> 01:28:14.207
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Rowley.</v>

01:28:17.276 --> 01:28:21.496
<v Voiceover>Monica, the fee that you're talking about looking at</v>

01:28:21.496 --> 01:28:24.015
and adjusting, is that an agency decision

01:28:24.260 --> 01:28:25.198
or a board decision?

01:28:25.870 --> 01:28:30.870
<v ->The fee is in board rule so that would be an amendment.</v>

01:28:31.351 --> 01:28:34.636
You may recall when we first discussed the second RFP,

01:28:35.033 --> 01:28:38.902
we did let you know that there would be some additional

01:28:38.945 --> 01:28:40.169
cost to the agency

01:28:40.481 --> 01:28:43.033
because we don't have the budget to absorb those costs

01:28:43.349 --> 01:28:45.087
and because this is a fee based program,

01:28:45.583 --> 01:28:48.346
that we anticipated the need to increase that fee.

01:28:48.717 --> 01:28:51.971
That was information that we wanted to make sure you were

01:28:51.971 --> 01:28:54.590
aware of at the very beginning of this process

01:28:55.045 --> 01:28:57.235
that in order for us to be able to do this,

01:28:58.575 --> 01:29:00.273
there are going to be some costs involved

01:29:00.439 --> 01:29:03.286
and we have to identify the funding to address

01:29:03.357 --> 01:29:04.238
those costs.

01:29:04.818 --> 01:29:07.006
We had that converstation with the committee

01:29:07.080 --> 01:29:08.469
on instruction yesterday

01:29:09.180 --> 01:29:11.550
and that item will be presented for first reading

01:29:11.550 --> 01:29:13.308
and filing authorization in April.

01:29:15.451 --> 01:29:16.635
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Cortez.</v>

01:29:19.752 --> 01:29:20.488
<v ->I have one for Monica,</v>

01:29:20.507 --> 01:29:22.377
but let me ask legal first.

01:29:22.627 --> 01:29:27.437
It was mentioned of possibly considering the motion

01:29:28.023 --> 01:29:29.313
to offer contingencies

01:29:29.313 --> 01:29:33.903
to have everybody use the same firm

01:29:34.651 --> 01:29:37.240
for the alignment study.

01:29:38.775 --> 01:29:41.573
How does that fall within the scope

01:29:42.359 --> 01:29:45.064
of our current proposal?

01:29:45.879 --> 01:29:47.627
Are we falling out of the scope by now

01:29:48.318 --> 01:29:50.020
changing the rules at this point

01:29:50.569 --> 01:29:53.859
or are we still within the header of the law?

01:29:54.520 --> 01:29:58.089
If that contingency were to be presented?

01:30:05.878 --> 01:30:07.845
Wouldn't it not just be easier to rebid

01:30:09.403 --> 01:30:11.922
and ask clearly what we need?

01:30:14.322 --> 01:30:17.208
<v ->While they're discussing that,</v>

01:30:18.195 --> 01:30:21.802
what I wanted to say was, Monica,

01:30:22.241 --> 01:30:23.925
one of the things I've already spoken to you about

01:30:23.925 --> 01:30:27.378
as you're thinking about putting together whatever terms

01:30:27.684 --> 01:30:28.467
for the contract.

01:30:28.873 --> 01:30:33.873
That we have some way of looking at outcomes when it comes

01:30:34.802 --> 01:30:38.977
to the three providers that, five years out,

01:30:39.377 --> 01:30:43.688
six years out, whatever is an appropriate time to look

01:30:43.688 --> 01:30:46.516
to see if there is any variance between any of the

01:30:46.516 --> 01:30:51.516
three providers as information we can provide to consumers

01:30:52.417 --> 01:30:54.125
if there are more successful programs

01:30:54.275 --> 01:30:55.239
than other programs.

01:30:55.422 --> 01:30:56.785
Of course, we have no idea if all of them

01:30:56.785 --> 01:30:57.897
are equally successful

01:30:57.923 --> 01:30:59.947
and that will be terrific if that's what's voted on

01:31:00.103 --> 01:31:00.847
by the members.

01:31:01.034 --> 01:31:04.370
But we want to make sure we have some way of accessing outcomes

01:31:05.210 --> 01:31:08.410
based on successful passing

01:31:08.410 --> 01:31:10.081
of the high school equivalency exams.

01:31:10.661 --> 01:31:14.148
<v ->We'll certainly look at that to see what options might</v>

01:31:14.148 --> 01:31:15.033
be available.

01:31:15.954 --> 01:31:19.775
The challenge is that you're talking about test takers

01:31:20.028 --> 01:31:23.582
who would have to agree to allow

01:31:23.957 --> 01:31:25.671
information to be collected.

01:31:27.073 --> 01:31:29.648
We would only be able to collect data to the extent

01:31:29.824 --> 01:31:32.800
that individuals were willing to allow us to collect

01:31:33.353 --> 01:31:34.222
that data

01:31:34.589 --> 01:31:36.431
and be able to track that information.

01:31:36.804 --> 01:31:38.897
We'll certainly have some conversations between now

01:31:38.897 --> 01:31:43.897
and April to see what if anything we might be able to do

01:31:44.708 --> 01:31:46.528
or test providers might be able to do.

01:31:47.973 --> 01:31:51.393
I do think it's important to point out that we do have

01:31:51.393 --> 01:31:53.088
that major barrier in place.

01:31:53.447 --> 01:31:54.116
<v ->Yeah, absolutely.</v>

01:31:54.426 --> 01:31:56.672
As long as you guys are looking at that as fact,

01:31:56.864 --> 01:31:57.958
I think that is the important thing.

01:31:58.130 --> 01:32:00.215
Yes, Ms. Malone.

01:32:02.627 --> 01:32:03.427
<v Voiceover>Monica, do we</v>

01:32:03.427 --> 01:32:06.930
have an idea what would be the earliest date that people

01:32:06.930 --> 01:32:10.702
could start taking, as things are right now,

01:32:11.615 --> 01:32:15.763
The earliest that students can begin taking the test?

01:32:16.694 --> 01:32:20.613
<v ->No, ma'am we don't have an idea of that today.</v>

01:32:21.129 --> 01:32:22.075
We really need to sit down

01:32:22.075 --> 01:32:23.542
and figure that out.

01:32:24.277 --> 01:32:24.985
<v Voiceover>Thank you.</v>

01:32:25.354 --> 01:32:25.686
Dr. Dominguez.

01:32:26.386 --> 01:32:27.450
<v ->Thank you.</v>

01:32:28.278 --> 01:32:32.638
Now that we're not sure about the alignment to the TEKS,

01:32:33.078 --> 01:32:37.213
would it be part of the contract for us to request that they

01:32:37.591 --> 01:32:40.693
be aligned at a certain percentage to the TEKS?

01:32:41.628 --> 01:32:43.528
Is this a time to go ahead

01:32:43.528 --> 01:32:45.678
and talk about that

01:32:45.678 --> 01:32:47.690
because I would like to see them.

01:32:48.098 --> 01:32:50.453
I would not want to only be aligned 40%

01:32:50.644 --> 01:32:52.521
and the other ones 80%

01:32:52.818 --> 01:32:57.818
I think that it would be responsible of us to make sure

01:32:58.520 --> 01:32:59.605
that they're aligned to the TEKS

01:32:59.753 --> 01:33:01.429
at a certain percentage.

01:33:02.607 --> 01:33:04.595
<v ->I'm going to see if Christine can help</v>

01:33:04.921 --> 01:33:06.571
with what can be done.

01:33:06.571 --> 01:33:08.374
One thing I do want to say

01:33:08.723 --> 01:33:10.840
is if you determine a percentage,

01:33:12.450 --> 01:33:14.593
you need to do that with the recognition

01:33:14.957 --> 01:33:18.120
that you may have no tests that meets that percentage.

01:33:19.076 --> 01:33:21.588
We're not in a position to provide you with a percentage

01:33:21.936 --> 01:33:23.807
to say this is where they need to meet.

01:33:27.543 --> 01:33:30.278
We had this conversation before, you didn't set a percentage

01:33:30.985 --> 01:33:33.202
in the RFP for that reason.

01:33:34.716 --> 01:33:36.875
That certainly would be a decision that the board

01:33:36.875 --> 01:33:37.604
would make.

01:33:38.580 --> 01:33:40.789
We wouldn't be able to assist you with determining

01:33:40.825 --> 01:33:42.238
what that percentage would be.

01:33:43.287 --> 01:33:45.563
<v Voiceover>Would we know by April</v>

01:33:46.065 --> 01:33:48.546
kind of where we were with the providers

01:33:48.982 --> 01:33:50.306
on percentage alignment?

01:33:53.422 --> 01:33:55.956
<v ->We only have the information that was provide to us</v>

01:33:56.378 --> 01:33:58.357
in the responses.

01:34:00.417 --> 01:34:02.336
<v Voiceover>You're saying the responses won't tell us?</v>

01:34:02.577 --> 01:34:07.577
<v ->The responses are not uniformed.</v>

01:34:09.958 --> 01:34:11.709
<v Voiceover>I thought staff had looked at this, too.</v>

01:34:14.691 --> 01:34:15.928
The reviewers internal

01:34:15.928 --> 01:34:18.843
and external looked at the information that was provided.

01:34:20.549 --> 01:34:21.751
<v Voiceover>Okay.</v>

01:34:22.157 --> 01:34:24.909
Yes, Mr. Bradley.

01:34:27.170 --> 01:34:30.133
<v ->Monica, my experience with RFPs and contracts</v>

01:34:30.818 --> 01:34:33.975
go back to the PSF so I think I can ask this question,

01:34:34.791 --> 01:34:36.850
is there a termination date on these contracts?

01:34:37.021 --> 01:34:38.046
What's the lifespan?

01:34:38.625 --> 01:34:41.418
<v ->I think that's a decision that still needs to be made.</v>

01:34:41.540 --> 01:34:43.813
<v ->That's why I was asking the question.</v>

01:34:43.870 --> 01:34:45.498
Certainly we're not going to go 70 years.

01:34:46.931 --> 01:34:48.528
<v Voiceover>I don't know what you would decide to do.</v>

01:34:49.612 --> 01:34:51.149
<v Voiceover>That's something we can talk about next time</v>

01:34:52.715 --> 01:34:53.737
in April.

01:34:59.826 --> 01:35:02.046
This is the answer to Mr. Cortez's question.

01:35:02.878 --> 01:35:05.620
<v ->I want to make sure I have the question set</v>

01:35:05.682 --> 01:35:07.199
before us correctly.

01:35:08.987 --> 01:35:12.314
The board is at this point willing to explore it

01:35:12.314 --> 01:35:13.156
moving forward

01:35:13.156 --> 01:35:15.347
with all three respondents.

01:35:15.775 --> 01:35:19.071
You want to have another level of information

01:35:19.539 --> 01:35:23.792
which is how aligned are each of the vendor's test

01:35:24.166 --> 01:35:25.193
to the TEKS.

01:35:25.723 --> 01:35:29.640
You want that information based off of one uniform

01:35:30.505 --> 01:35:31.723
third-party vendor

01:35:32.364 --> 01:35:33.992
to assess all three

01:35:34.657 --> 01:35:37.963
based on one uniform assessment.

01:35:38.320 --> 01:35:39.426
Is that correct?

01:35:40.600 --> 01:35:41.205
Ok, one

01:35:41.205 --> 01:35:41.999
(inaudible)

01:35:41.999 --> 01:35:43.706
It would be all three moving forward,

01:35:44.152 --> 01:35:46.362
but then the next level is this is the information

01:35:46.362 --> 01:35:48.681
we want to discuss at the next open meeting.

01:35:48.785 --> 01:35:49.810
Is that correct?

01:35:50.700 --> 01:35:53.850
How I see that in the procurement world, it sounds like

01:35:54.052 --> 01:35:55.618
you're furthering negotiations

01:35:56.399 --> 01:35:59.982
and you are offering them the opportunity to do this.

01:36:01.208 --> 01:36:03.682
All the vendors have the opportunity to accept it

01:36:04.504 --> 01:36:05.939
and move forward with this

01:36:06.156 --> 01:36:06.864
or not.

01:36:08.180 --> 01:36:13.180
If all three agree to this next level

01:36:14.176 --> 01:36:17.598
and provide this information using one uniformed vendor,

01:36:17.708 --> 01:36:19.267
that I assume the board will have to decide

01:36:19.721 --> 01:36:20.924
on who that vendor is

01:36:21.715 --> 01:36:26.715
so they can have clear direction of where you want to go

01:36:28.149 --> 01:36:31.565
and have all that information discussed at an open meeting.

01:36:32.542 --> 01:36:33.851
They can accept it

01:36:33.851 --> 01:36:34.820
and we can move forward.

01:36:34.886 --> 01:36:37.316
If there is someone who doesn't want to accept

01:36:37.553 --> 01:36:38.628
that next level,

01:36:39.334 --> 01:36:42.543
how I see it is you have to make a determination today

01:36:43.340 --> 01:36:45.755
on the information that is brought forth already.

01:36:49.515 --> 01:36:50.603
<v ->Yes, Mr. Cortez.</v>

01:36:50.719 --> 01:36:51.999
<v ->This is a follow up on my original question.</v>

01:36:51.999 --> 01:36:55.194
I need to pose a question to Monica then back to counsel.

01:36:56.963 --> 01:37:01.135
Two of them did with the same firm.

01:37:01.999 --> 01:37:05.759
It's been represented by a member of our board

01:37:06.576 --> 01:37:08.044
that they used a different rubric

01:37:08.136 --> 01:37:09.787
Can you tell me what the difference is

01:37:09.977 --> 01:37:12.769
and the way they've done their analysis for each of those?

01:37:13.866 --> 01:37:14.785
<v Voiceover>I can't tell you that</v>

01:37:14.785 --> 01:37:16.066
with any level of detail.

01:37:17.106 --> 01:37:19.223
<v ->How long have you worked in your department?</v>

01:37:22.004 --> 01:37:27.004
I'm just trying to highlight if you're going to have

01:37:28.074 --> 01:37:29.606
a difficult time answering that question,

01:37:29.698 --> 01:37:31.339
I don't think any member of this board.

01:37:31.882 --> 01:37:32.984
<v Voiceover>May I explain why I will have</v>

01:37:32.984 --> 01:37:33.820
a difficult time.

01:37:34.007 --> 01:37:34.645
<v ->Please.</v>

01:37:35.123 --> 01:37:37.271
<v ->I was not on the review committee.</v>

01:37:38.152 --> 01:37:41.080
As I mentioned before there were eight individuals

01:37:41.080 --> 01:37:42.391
who were on the review committee.

01:37:42.875 --> 01:37:44.190
I can not stand here

01:37:44.190 --> 01:37:45.936
and tell you with any level of detail

01:37:46.039 --> 01:37:48.269
because I did not review personally

01:37:48.461 --> 01:37:50.126
and score the applications.

01:37:50.126 --> 01:37:51.085
<v Voiceover>Fair enough.</v>

01:37:51.085 --> 01:37:52.676
<v ->In subsequent review,</v>

01:37:53.273 --> 01:37:57.443
individuals who took a look at those proposals determined

01:37:57.958 --> 01:38:02.003
that the way that information was laid out was different

01:38:02.764 --> 01:38:06.146
even though it was completed by the same firm.

01:38:07.094 --> 01:38:11.263
<v ->Ok, before I ask legal the next question,</v>

01:38:11.585 --> 01:38:12.413
let me ask you,

01:38:12.910 --> 01:38:15.564
on you having to come back to us

01:38:16.121 --> 01:38:18.966
on possibly increasing the fees,

01:38:19.224 --> 01:38:21.454
that would only be in the instance that we bring in

01:38:21.915 --> 01:38:23.104
more than one vendor?

01:38:25.663 --> 01:38:27.561
If this body decided today only one,

01:38:28.419 --> 01:38:29.485
regardless of who,

01:38:30.585 --> 01:38:35.563
would we have a need for a price increase or not?

01:38:35.670 --> 01:38:37.059
Or only if it's multiple.

01:38:37.897 --> 01:38:39.275
I just want clarification on that.

01:38:40.219 --> 01:38:42.007
<v ->I'm not 100% certain.</v>

01:38:43.085 --> 01:38:46.875
I do know that the system is currently set up

01:38:47.425 --> 01:38:49.904
for one battery of tests

01:38:50.987 --> 01:38:54.923
and that would look different if we had multiple tests

01:38:57.686 --> 01:39:00.277
multiple batteries that had varying numbers of tests.

01:39:01.052 --> 01:39:05.200
I would be hesitant to say that there absolute would be

01:39:05.200 --> 01:39:07.311
no increase in that state fee.

01:39:08.442 --> 01:39:10.840
That is something that we intend to have a more definitive

01:39:10.919 --> 01:39:12.997
answer for you in April.

01:39:16.853 --> 01:39:18.684
<v Voiceover>It would be more likely that if</v>

01:39:18.684 --> 01:39:19.320
we had multiple vendors

01:39:19.320 --> 01:39:22.256
that it would assume that we're going to have

01:39:22.256 --> 01:39:23.408
a price increase?

01:39:24.221 --> 01:39:27.179
It might not necessarily be the case if we selected

01:39:27.179 --> 01:39:28.373
one of the three.

01:39:30.446 --> 01:39:31.425
<v ->That's possible.</v>

01:39:35.178 --> 01:39:36.201
<v ->Back to legal.</v>

01:39:37.333 --> 01:39:39.771
What you're saying is if we select all three,

01:39:40.540 --> 01:39:42.883
we're basically going into negotiations with them

01:39:43.329 --> 01:39:45.983
and saying okay we're adding an extra layer of step

01:39:46.482 --> 01:39:49.619
that wasn't in this RFP

01:39:51.055 --> 01:39:52.933
we want to negotiate that point.

01:39:53.091 --> 01:39:53.904
If you're interested

01:39:53.904 --> 01:39:55.114
you can move forward,

01:39:55.491 --> 01:39:57.038
if you're not than you won't.

01:39:57.682 --> 01:40:00.324
I just don't want it to seem as if though we're catering

01:40:00.324 --> 01:40:01.892
to one because

01:40:01.892 --> 01:40:06.143
they've been discussed as not being a superior product.

01:40:07.913 --> 01:40:09.951
I kind of have a level of concern with that.

01:40:10.251 --> 01:40:11.707
I'm ok with multiple vendors.

01:40:12.535 --> 01:40:13.811
From what I've seen,

01:40:14.556 --> 01:40:19.556
I'm okay with two of what has been presented.

01:40:19.944 --> 01:40:22.171
I'm just concerned that it's going to appear

01:40:22.550 --> 01:40:25.662
as if though we're catering to one specific one

01:40:26.522 --> 01:40:28.847
to bring them up to par, because they're not there.

01:40:29.758 --> 01:40:31.774
I just want make sure we're not crossing

01:40:32.024 --> 01:40:36.468
any shady areas here, you know?

01:40:37.085 --> 01:40:40.296
<v ->My concern is not catering to one vendor,</v>

01:40:40.296 --> 01:40:42.628
my concern is that we have a level-playing field

01:40:43.155 --> 01:40:44.453
for all vendors.

01:40:44.480 --> 01:40:46.679
That all the same rules apply to everyone.

01:40:47.501 --> 01:40:52.285
If they knew that a certain alignment

01:40:52.502 --> 01:40:54.473
and a percentage was required

01:40:54.841 --> 01:40:57.703
and a certain vendor to do the alignment test.

01:40:59.427 --> 01:41:01.504
I don't think that was stated in the RFP.

01:41:02.349 --> 01:41:05.457
The RFP asks for alignment to certain topics.

01:41:05.970 --> 01:41:07.760
I think Algebra One and etc, etc.

01:41:07.766 --> 01:41:11.134
Monica had laid out on Wednesday.

01:41:12.211 --> 01:41:14.210
If we want to further the negotiations

01:41:15.033 --> 01:41:17.838
and have all of the vendors continue to compete

01:41:18.289 --> 01:41:19.891
and ask for additional information,

01:41:20.499 --> 01:41:24.063
I think we ask it of all three not to cater to one person

01:41:24.253 --> 01:41:27.986
but to be fair to all three with an equal request

01:41:28.625 --> 01:41:31.749
asking for an equal opportunity to access them

01:41:31.749 --> 01:41:33.518
with one uniform vendor.

01:41:33.946 --> 01:41:37.488
If we don't want to do that,

01:41:38.001 --> 01:41:40.193
and don't give them the opportunity to have that,

01:41:40.515 --> 01:41:45.515
then you can use the information that is available already.

01:41:47.332 --> 01:41:49.488
<v ->I'm not saying that we don't want to</v>

01:41:49.847 --> 01:41:51.316
I just want to be sure that we can.

01:41:52.125 --> 01:41:53.476
There's a lot of information.

01:41:53.480 --> 01:41:56.723
There's information about different rubrics with one

01:41:57.259 --> 01:41:58.778
different company with another.

01:41:59.966 --> 01:42:03.983
If we're going to ask all of them to move forward

01:42:04.658 --> 01:42:06.292
and then we're going to tell them

01:42:06.355 --> 01:42:08.266
and you're going to use X, Y, Z company

01:42:08.429 --> 01:42:10.478
that the agency has a comfort level with

01:42:10.808 --> 01:42:13.923
or whomever to do this

01:42:14.026 --> 01:42:15.079
equating study

01:42:15.684 --> 01:42:19.760
or this analysis on their alignment,

01:42:20.641 --> 01:42:22.772
Are we also able to ask them,

01:42:24.153 --> 01:42:27.347
I just trying to get to where I'm comfortable with my vote.

01:42:27.500 --> 01:42:29.766
I want to be sure to ask this question.

01:42:33.647 --> 01:42:37.258
Are we able to ask for a specific percentage

01:42:37.516 --> 01:42:38.933
of the TEKS be met.

01:42:40.009 --> 01:42:41.938
As they move forward all three of them.

01:42:42.572 --> 01:42:43.714
<v ->You can ask,</v>

01:42:44.060 --> 01:42:44.870
you can ask,

01:42:45.468 --> 01:42:46.236
but again,

01:42:46.512 --> 01:42:47.586
when you offer something,

01:42:48.043 --> 01:42:49.761
the other side has to accept.

01:42:50.384 --> 01:42:51.458
Also when you ask,

01:42:52.048 --> 01:42:53.862
you also need to be prepared

01:42:54.187 --> 01:42:55.740
whether or not you're asking for something

01:42:55.988 --> 01:42:58.226
that will result in a contract.

01:42:58.806 --> 01:43:00.880
If you're asking for 100% alignment,

01:43:01.334 --> 01:43:02.473
90% alignment

01:43:02.780 --> 01:43:05.307
or you're just asking for the results of a uniform

01:43:05.482 --> 01:43:06.476
alignment test,

01:43:06.892 --> 01:43:08.800
that's something that a board will have to decide.

01:43:10.243 --> 01:43:12.896
I can not tell you what that decision will be.

01:43:13.817 --> 01:43:15.595
<v ->I do have a question, Monica</v>

01:43:15.807 --> 01:43:16.804
that I'm not understanding.

01:43:16.852 --> 01:43:19.012
On the equating study that we're doing,

01:43:19.191 --> 01:43:20.321
that was part of the contract,

01:43:21.023 --> 01:43:22.692
what's the scope of that, then?

01:43:22.692 --> 01:43:24.241
To me that's what we're talking about here.

01:43:25.031 --> 01:43:27.968
<v ->The RFP included language</v>

01:43:28.050 --> 01:43:29.497
about an equating study

01:43:29.497 --> 01:43:30.932
and what this gets at is,

01:43:32.939 --> 01:43:34.510
I think you heard this during the presentations,

01:43:34.564 --> 01:43:36.768
the state of Texas issues the certificate

01:43:36.768 --> 01:43:37.969
of high school equivalency.

01:43:37.969 --> 01:43:38.655
<v Voiceover>Right.</v>

01:43:38.747 --> 01:43:41.967
<v ->These are the tests that an individual would take</v>

01:43:42.672 --> 01:43:44.598
so that a determination could be made

01:43:44.953 --> 01:43:45.947
regarding whether or not

01:43:45.947 --> 01:43:48.640
that individual has earned that certificate.

01:43:49.247 --> 01:43:52.741
If you've got a variety of batteries of tests

01:43:55.200 --> 01:43:57.813
what we've been using that has multiple parts,

01:43:57.813 --> 01:44:00.284
an English part, a Math, Science, Social Studies,

01:44:04.141 --> 01:44:08.753
those may be used in combination in different ways

01:44:08.801 --> 01:44:11.326
on different tests to determine passing

01:44:12.200 --> 01:44:15.330
then part of what the state is going to have to

01:44:15.334 --> 01:44:20.334
figure out is what constitutes passing with respect

01:44:20.478 --> 01:44:23.427
to all of the different potential variations,

01:44:24.103 --> 01:44:26.667
which is not anything that we've had to do before

01:44:27.003 --> 01:44:28.920
because there was one test

01:44:29.095 --> 01:44:33.049
there was one understanding of what would be passing

01:44:33.061 --> 01:44:37.409
to the equating study would attempt to identify

01:44:37.690 --> 01:44:39.997
what would constitute passing

01:44:40.604 --> 01:44:43.522
for each one of those different scenarios.

01:44:45.531 --> 01:44:48.745
<v ->That's strictly about the passing thing, I got you.</v>

01:44:49.591 --> 01:44:51.350
I just wanted to make sure I understood what that was.

01:44:51.494 --> 01:44:52.446
Ms. Hardy.

01:44:52.781 --> 01:44:54.313
<v ->Yes, Monica,</v>

01:44:54.313 --> 01:44:58.269
I would say that it's unfortunate, but the problem rests

01:44:58.269 --> 01:44:59.482
with the board

01:44:59.482 --> 01:45:02.795
for not being more specific in what we meant

01:45:02.795 --> 01:45:04.638
by the word, 'equating.'

01:45:05.111 --> 01:45:06.941
I don't want you to feel like

01:45:06.941 --> 01:45:08.320
you've let us down in any way

01:45:08.320 --> 01:45:12.677
because we did not make that particularly clear to you

01:45:13.009 --> 01:45:16.399
if we wanted percentages or scores

01:45:16.439 --> 01:45:17.528
or anything like that.

01:45:17.672 --> 01:45:20.376
It was hard when you were doing it to come up with this.

01:45:22.557 --> 01:45:23.708
<v Voiceover>If I may, I think we may be talking</v>

01:45:23.708 --> 01:45:25.118
about equating differently.

01:45:25.321 --> 01:45:27.738
The equating study was something that we indicated

01:45:27.738 --> 01:45:30.203
we couldn't do until you made a decision.

01:45:32.241 --> 01:45:33.414
<v ->Equating to the test.</v>

01:45:33.579 --> 01:45:34.990
<v Voiceover>Equating of the scores.</v>

01:45:35.322 --> 01:45:38.664
The other issue is alignment to the essential knowledge

01:45:38.664 --> 01:45:39.714
and skills.

01:45:40.564 --> 01:45:44.061
That was a conversation where, I would say, is even difficult

01:45:44.061 --> 01:45:45.535
for the board to make a decision

01:45:45.535 --> 01:45:47.387
about a percentage when you didn't know what you

01:45:47.387 --> 01:45:48.666
were going to get.

01:45:50.727 --> 01:45:52.989
If you had said 100% of the text,

01:45:53.035 --> 01:45:55.096
then you may have automatically

01:45:55.096 --> 01:45:58.801
disqualified any tests that ever existed.

01:45:59.092 --> 01:46:01.468
They are two separate issues I believe.

01:46:01.484 --> 01:46:02.161
<v ->I'm sorry.</v>

01:46:02.161 --> 01:46:03.846
I should have used the word, 'alignment,' thank you.

01:46:04.373 --> 01:46:05.567
We didn't make ourselves clear.

01:46:05.810 --> 01:46:08.141
As we're not really making ourselves clear at this moment.

01:46:08.569 --> 01:46:10.461
One of the things that I would like to point out,

01:46:14.187 --> 01:46:15.986
there are vendors right here in town,

01:46:18.492 --> 01:46:21.384
I honestly think in a good faith negotiations,

01:46:21.712 --> 01:46:23.845
all three of these companies would agree to use

01:46:23.845 --> 01:46:24.808
the same vendor.

01:46:25.182 --> 01:46:28.586
They've all made the claim that they are close in alignment

01:46:28.586 --> 01:46:33.203
it's just a peculiar rating of how the rubric is done

01:46:33.203 --> 01:46:33.954
and everything.

01:46:35.568 --> 01:46:38.668
I personally feel like such things as the price change

01:46:39.085 --> 01:46:42.947
shouldn't be such a big issue

01:46:43.088 --> 01:46:47.409
because two of the tests are so much less expensive

01:46:47.454 --> 01:46:48.635
than the other one anyway

01:46:48.709 --> 01:46:50.139
even if there were a price change

01:46:50.279 --> 01:46:54.323
it wouldn't be enough to offset the savings we would get

01:46:55.056 --> 01:46:57.161
if you chose to use a less expensive test.

01:46:57.785 --> 01:47:00.100
That's not a deal breaker for me.

01:47:01.348 --> 01:47:02.828
<v Voiceover>May I clarify?</v>

01:47:02.828 --> 01:47:03.604
<v ->Yeah.</v>

01:47:05.577 --> 01:47:07.339
<v ->Just to make sure that we're very clear,</v>

01:47:07.412 --> 01:47:10.503
there's a fee that comes to the state,

01:47:11.382 --> 01:47:13.525
there's the potential for a fee that goes

01:47:13.525 --> 01:47:14.450
to the testing center

01:47:14.549 --> 01:47:15.998
and there's the cost of the test

01:47:16.340 --> 01:47:17.289
that goes to the test provider.

01:47:19.080 --> 01:47:24.080
The state portion of the fee is what comes to us regardless.

01:47:25.357 --> 01:47:27.241
<v Voiceover>That's the $13 right now?</v>

01:47:27.241 --> 01:47:28.116
<v ->$15.</v>

01:47:28.116 --> 01:47:29.543
<v Voiceover>$15, right.</v>

01:47:30.527 --> 01:47:31.646
<v ->Then there's, I believe,</v>

01:47:32.722 --> 01:47:36.258
currently $40 goes to the test center.

01:47:38.039 --> 01:47:39.808
Then there's the cost of the test itself.

01:47:40.988 --> 01:47:41.747
<v ->The fact is,</v>

01:47:41.952 --> 01:47:44.886
and it's understandable that you would have to do some

01:47:44.886 --> 01:47:47.328
changes here to accept three different tests

01:47:47.569 --> 01:47:48.940
and one a paper, pencil test

01:47:48.940 --> 01:47:50.548
as opposed to online.

01:47:51.725 --> 01:47:53.499
<v Voiceover>Test centers will need to prepare as well.</v>

01:47:53.613 --> 01:47:55.865
I should probably mention that we're going to

01:47:55.865 --> 01:47:57.107
have to talk to them about

01:47:57.107 --> 01:48:00.405
what preparation they won't need to make in order

01:48:00.405 --> 01:48:03.597
to be able to offer whatever options you decide.

01:48:04.668 --> 01:48:07.342
<v ->Exactly, and some of them may chose to do one thing or another</v>

01:48:08.339 --> 01:48:08.939
or neither.

01:48:08.939 --> 01:48:10.635
It's going to be their call.

01:48:13.710 --> 01:48:16.460
In the balance right now are a lot of students

01:48:16.460 --> 01:48:20.388
have been waiting for the possibility of a new test.

01:48:21.709 --> 01:48:23.245
There a lot of people on hold,

01:48:23.245 --> 01:48:24.317
you heard those people that came

01:48:24.429 --> 01:48:27.887
from my district last September.

01:48:28.504 --> 01:48:33.504
I think that it would be advantageous if we really need

01:48:33.566 --> 01:48:36.466
to see this alignment thing to the TEKS,

01:48:37.485 --> 01:48:40.475
I personally am an old, old school teacher,

01:48:40.807 --> 01:48:45.084
and I trust these people that they're not going to be trying

01:48:45.084 --> 01:48:47.341
to test kids or students

01:48:47.856 --> 01:48:50.294
over things that they wouldn't have taught

01:48:50.294 --> 01:48:54.166
and what they teach is basically the basic

01:48:54.865 --> 01:48:56.576
Math, Science, Social Studies

01:48:56.721 --> 01:49:00.123
and English that we're teaching in the schools.

01:49:00.433 --> 01:49:00.951
In other words,

01:49:00.951 --> 01:49:03.831
they're not going to go out in another area to try

01:49:03.964 --> 01:49:05.459
and teach the students

01:49:05.747 --> 01:49:06.886
and then test them on something

01:49:07.165 --> 01:49:08.986
that's not what we basically teach

01:49:09.302 --> 01:49:11.022
in the areas of the standards.

01:49:11.716 --> 01:49:13.394
<v Voiceover>May I make one distinction at the end?</v>

01:49:13.495 --> 01:49:14.782
<v ->Yes.</v>

01:49:14.782 --> 01:49:16.365
You may be saying what I think you're saying,

01:49:16.365 --> 01:49:17.301
but I just want to be clear

01:49:17.485 --> 01:49:19.025
I think you're talking about what's being tested,

01:49:19.025 --> 01:49:20.406
not what's being taught.

01:49:21.115 --> 01:49:25.511
Adult Basic Ed providers who do the teaching only teach,

01:49:26.136 --> 01:49:26.966
we believe,

01:49:26.970 --> 01:49:30.298
less than half of the individuals that actually go

01:49:30.298 --> 01:49:31.370
and take a test.

01:49:31.410 --> 01:49:34.204
I think what you're talking about is what is being tested,

01:49:34.937 --> 01:49:37.237
not what's being taught in an ABE program

01:49:37.237 --> 01:49:39.245
because that also is a separate issue.

01:49:39.737 --> 01:49:41.951
<v Voiceover>Yes, I am talking about what's being tested.</v>

01:49:43.241 --> 01:49:44.765
I would prefer that we just go ahead

01:49:44.765 --> 01:49:46.229
and approve the three vendors

01:49:46.755 --> 01:49:49.118
and if we still need to negotiate

01:49:49.329 --> 01:49:54.329
some sort of uniform check for our own knowledge,

01:49:55.579 --> 01:49:59.620
I think that the three vendors would find that this business

01:49:59.620 --> 01:50:02.650
would be lucrative enough to pay for that review

01:50:03.919 --> 01:50:05.494
and the board would feel happier about

01:50:05.494 --> 01:50:07.966
its alignment with our standards.

01:50:12.386 --> 01:50:14.475
<v ->I want to go back because we had a big discussion</v>

01:50:14.752 --> 01:50:17.842
during this whole thing about the lexile level of the test

01:50:18.718 --> 01:50:19.804
that kind of equating.

01:50:21.432 --> 01:50:22.947
Did that end up in a term

01:50:23.019 --> 01:50:24.508
because I guess I'm a little confused

01:50:24.610 --> 01:50:26.260
how did we lose that

01:50:26.938 --> 01:50:28.481
in not giving clear direction

01:50:28.951 --> 01:50:32.284
if that wasn't required to have some understanding

01:50:32.543 --> 01:50:35.126
that these tests are at the same level they're at.

01:50:37.098 --> 01:50:38.679
Did we do anything with that,

01:50:38.965 --> 01:50:39.725
or not really?

01:50:39.778 --> 01:50:40.554
<v ->I apologize.</v>

01:50:40.559 --> 01:50:44.262
I don't remember a discussion about lexile levels

01:50:44.660 --> 01:50:46.791
specifically that's one specific thing.

01:50:47.375 --> 01:50:50.307
We had a lot of conversation about an equating study

01:50:52.174 --> 01:50:54.271
both in the decision-making phase

01:50:54.271 --> 01:50:55.955
and the approval of the RFP phase.

01:50:56.758 --> 01:50:57.781
We did make it clear

01:50:57.795 --> 01:50:59.977
that would be a step that we would undertake

01:51:00.057 --> 01:51:02.806
once you made a decision about what you wanted.

01:51:03.570 --> 01:51:05.276
<v Voiceover>I think it was probably my fault</v>

01:51:05.389 --> 01:51:07.390
for not understanding the term, 'equating,'

01:51:07.991 --> 01:51:10.149
I didn't realize we were talking about equating of scores

01:51:10.844 --> 01:51:13.371
to make sure the scores had some equating across.

01:51:13.549 --> 01:51:15.908
I think that was probably my fault.

01:51:15.917 --> 01:51:16.927
Yes, Ms. Cargill.

01:51:19.573 --> 01:51:20.659
<v ->The only thing that I was going to say is</v>

01:51:20.659 --> 01:51:23.343
I would personally not be comfortable

01:51:23.565 --> 01:51:28.555
saying we require that you meet 80% of the TEKS

01:51:28.555 --> 01:51:31.196
or 90%, because I would have to do that based on research.

01:51:33.277 --> 01:51:37.886
We just let the three vendors turn in how they align

01:51:37.886 --> 01:51:38.765
with the TEKS,

01:51:38.765 --> 01:51:40.606
and then make judgement after that.

01:51:40.833 --> 01:51:42.211
That's the only comment I was going to make.

01:51:42.829 --> 01:51:47.126
It would be a non-research based decision if we just said

01:51:47.126 --> 01:51:48.545
we think you should cover 80% of the TEKS

01:51:48.545 --> 01:51:49.951
and like Monica said earlier,

01:51:50.727 --> 01:51:53.519
that could knock out all of the tests, all of the vendors.

01:51:55.014 --> 01:51:58.293
<v ->Specifically we were told, but I think all of them are using the</v>

01:51:58.293 --> 01:52:00.280
National College and Career Readiness Standards

01:52:00.418 --> 01:52:01.527
as their basis.

01:52:03.385 --> 01:52:04.785
This is a national test.

01:52:04.785 --> 01:52:06.692
It's not a Texas-specific test.

01:52:06.955 --> 01:52:08.741
If I'm saying this right, correct?

01:52:10.935 --> 01:52:12.200
<v Voiceover>You're correct that those are not</v>

01:52:12.200 --> 01:52:13.438
Texas-based standards.

01:52:14.712 --> 01:52:15.780
<v ->Mr. Cortez.</v>

01:52:16.921 --> 01:52:17.886
Mr. Ratliff,

01:52:17.886 --> 01:52:18.891
have you spoken?

01:52:18.891 --> 01:52:19.829
Ok, Mr. Ratliff first.

01:52:21.500 --> 01:52:23.734
<v ->I would like to add a contingency to the motion.</v>

01:52:25.038 --> 01:52:26.300
After talking with staff,

01:52:26.300 --> 01:52:29.727
the important thing is for us to have a common rubric

01:52:30.452 --> 01:52:32.779
that lays out the percentage of TEKS coverage

01:52:32.970 --> 01:52:34.508
for those five courses.

01:52:35.137 --> 01:52:36.992
They're not as concerned about having the same vendor

01:52:37.049 --> 01:52:38.576
as they are with having the same rubric

01:52:38.576 --> 01:52:40.496
that addresses percentage of TEKS

01:52:40.496 --> 01:52:42.500
covered for those five courses only,

01:52:43.007 --> 01:52:44.750
not that subject matter generally.

01:52:46.140 --> 01:52:47.625
The motion is to approve all three,

01:52:47.781 --> 01:52:49.171
I would like to add the contingency

01:52:49.690 --> 01:52:53.625
that all three vendors provide the same rubric

01:52:54.456 --> 01:52:56.339
that details the percentage of

01:52:56.339 --> 01:53:00.057
TEKS alignment for those five specific courses.

01:53:03.791 --> 01:53:05.109
<v ->Hold on just a minute.</v>

01:53:06.546 --> 01:53:08.896
You would like to say in addition to the recommendation

01:53:08.909 --> 01:53:11.118
would be to recommend that the State Board of Education

01:53:11.130 --> 01:53:13.370
prove all three vendors as test providers

01:53:13.370 --> 01:53:16.470
of Texas Certification

01:53:17.101 --> 01:53:18.488
of High School Equivalency, with the contingency

01:53:21.178 --> 01:53:22.633
and that

01:53:24.413 --> 01:53:28.922
<v Voiceover>The vendors provide a percentage of TEKS</v>

01:53:28.996 --> 01:53:31.217
covered for the

01:53:31.217 --> 01:53:36.217
five specific courses listed in the RFP

01:53:42.386 --> 01:53:43.238
Just one second.

01:53:46.455 --> 01:53:47.574
Hold on just a minute.

01:53:48.197 --> 01:53:49.380
The vendors provide

01:53:49.446 --> 01:53:50.809
a percentage of TEKS covered.

01:53:52.425 --> 01:53:53.834
What was the other, Thomas?

01:53:55.517 --> 01:53:56.818
Percentage of TEKS covered.

01:53:57.283 --> 01:53:58.687
<v Voiceover>For the five courses.</v>

01:53:59.488 --> 01:54:00.760
<v ->For each of the five.</v>

01:54:01.269 --> 01:54:02.879
<v Voiceover>And only the five.</v>

01:54:02.950 --> 01:54:04.210
<v ->Of the five courses.</v>

01:54:05.654 --> 01:54:07.082
<v Voiceover>Specified in the RFP.</v>

01:54:18.056 --> 01:54:21.236
<v ->Now, Christine did you want to address that?</v>

01:54:21.489 --> 01:54:23.380
<v Voiceover>I just wanted to clarify that when</v>

01:54:23.380 --> 01:54:24.326
you say, "approve,"

01:54:24.326 --> 01:54:27.483
it's approving then moving forward to be considered

01:54:28.008 --> 01:54:30.750
and it's not approving that we will enter into a contract.

01:54:31.137 --> 01:54:33.587
It's approval that all three are still in the running.

01:54:34.182 --> 01:54:37.332
I wanted to see what was the board's understanding.

01:54:39.154 --> 01:54:40.278
<v ->That's a very different vote.</v>

01:54:43.143 --> 01:54:45.211
The recommendation was to approve.

01:54:47.255 --> 01:54:48.127
<v Voiceover>Right, can I</v>

01:54:48.127 --> 01:54:48.914
speak to my motion?

01:54:48.914 --> 01:54:49.470
<v ->Yes.</v>

01:54:49.849 --> 01:54:50.574
<v ->To that point,</v>

01:54:50.574 --> 01:54:53.634
they would be approved once they provided this contingency.

01:54:53.651 --> 01:54:55.188
Once they've satisfied this contingency,

01:54:55.188 --> 01:54:56.998
we would not be setting a threshold number

01:54:57.209 --> 01:55:00.508
it's just we want to know what your number is for these

01:55:00.508 --> 01:55:02.639
five courses and only these five courses.

01:55:03.292 --> 01:55:05.286
That's the piece that we're missing from all three vendors

01:55:05.286 --> 01:55:08.332
essentially is just tell me what your alignment

01:55:08.332 --> 01:55:10.479
is with these five course that we specified.

01:55:11.002 --> 01:55:12.706
<v Voiceover>You won't have a decision after that</v>

01:55:12.721 --> 01:55:13.724
that will change.

01:55:13.740 --> 01:55:15.669
One that information is presented.

01:55:17.258 --> 01:55:18.106
<v ->The public is aware</v>

01:55:18.106 --> 01:55:20.178
and the board is aware of what their coverage is.

01:55:22.160 --> 01:55:23.865
<v ->So, you're not changing the approval</v>

01:55:24.297 --> 01:55:25.234
or the recommendation,

01:55:25.241 --> 01:55:27.587
it's just that this is part of the

01:55:28.045 --> 01:55:29.382
final thing.

01:55:30.558 --> 01:55:33.771
Mr. Cortez.

01:55:36.041 --> 01:55:40.442
<v Voiceover>That it meet a minimum of 85% of TEKS coverage</v>

01:55:40.532 --> 01:55:42.329
on those five specific courses.

01:55:43.633 --> 01:55:44.813
<v ->Is there a second?</v>

01:55:48.592 --> 01:55:53.592
<v ->I think that's still being generous at 85%.</v>

01:55:55.862 --> 01:55:57.563
The expectations should be set high.

01:55:57.844 --> 01:56:01.824
Just the other day I read an article Texas ranks 43rd

01:56:01.832 --> 01:56:02.840
in the nation.

01:56:05.296 --> 01:56:06.819
I'm sorry I can't,

01:56:07.058 --> 01:56:08.579
just like one of my colleagues mentioned,

01:56:08.580 --> 01:56:10.705
trust that they're going to do the right thing.

01:56:11.883 --> 01:56:13.609
I think it needs to be verified.

01:56:14.479 --> 01:56:19.479
I think we need to hold everybody to that high level standard.

01:56:20.203 --> 01:56:22.061
I think 85 is still low,

01:56:22.562 --> 01:56:25.242
but I think it's palpable for some of the members

01:56:25.242 --> 01:56:26.566
on this board.

01:56:32.559 --> 01:56:34.083
<v ->Yes, Mr. Ratliff.</v>

01:56:35.116 --> 01:56:37.326
<v ->I want to stand in opposition to the amendment.</v>

01:56:38.263 --> 01:56:39.743
I think we need to be careful here

01:56:39.743 --> 01:56:41.963
because while 85 sounds like a good number,

01:56:41.963 --> 01:56:46.963
I think nobody on this board opposes, or doesn't want these vendors

01:56:47.296 --> 01:56:48.682
to meet 100%.

01:56:48.957 --> 01:56:50.228
That would be the goal.

01:56:50.657 --> 01:56:51.879
We also have to keep in mind,

01:56:51.929 --> 01:56:53.481
these companies have a brand name.

01:56:54.506 --> 01:56:56.534
They're not going to go out there

01:56:56.534 --> 01:56:57.796
and put a garbage test in front of these students

01:56:57.796 --> 01:56:58.809
that's meaningless.

01:56:58.832 --> 01:57:00.824
When that student takes it to an employer

01:57:00.838 --> 01:57:02.804
or to an institution of higher education

01:57:03.353 --> 01:57:06.017
or whatever their purpose of taking this test,

01:57:06.726 --> 01:57:11.726
if it becomes publicly aware that that test is meaningless,

01:57:12.107 --> 01:57:13.947
that company wil not be around very long.

01:57:14.501 --> 01:57:17.683
We are dealing with three companies that have broad exposure

01:57:17.693 --> 01:57:18.760
around the country,

01:57:19.084 --> 01:57:20.629
multiple states under contract.

01:57:21.647 --> 01:57:26.470
I don't think we need to follow up on what my colleague

01:57:26.470 --> 01:57:27.267
said earlier.

01:57:27.896 --> 01:57:29.734
We're just picking a number out of thin air.

01:57:29.759 --> 01:57:30.986
We have no scientific

01:57:30.986 --> 01:57:33.245
or research basis of is 85 the right number,

01:57:33.256 --> 01:57:34.182
is 65,

01:57:34.182 --> 01:57:34.974
is 95?

01:57:35.583 --> 01:57:37.772
I think we need to trust these folks that have

01:57:37.772 --> 01:57:40.814
multiple states under contract to protect

01:57:40.814 --> 01:57:41.540
their brand name

01:57:41.540 --> 01:57:43.094
or to protect the integrity of the test.

01:57:43.794 --> 01:57:46.266
<v Voiceover>Are you addressing the 85% as well,</v>

01:57:46.266 --> 01:57:47.055
Mr. Rowley?

01:57:54.671 --> 01:57:56.188
<v Voiceover>I'll address the 85%.</v>

01:57:56.839 --> 01:57:57.970
I'm opposed to it.

01:57:58.376 --> 01:57:59.880
(laughter)

01:58:00.189 --> 01:58:01.496
<v ->Ok, ok.</v>

01:58:06.489 --> 01:58:07.460
I'd like to go ahead

01:58:07.460 --> 01:58:11.014
and either pass on the 85%.

01:58:13.748 --> 01:58:15.308
Are you ready for the question?

01:58:16.605 --> 01:58:21.605
The amendment would be the original amendment

01:58:22.525 --> 01:58:24.914
to the amendment we would add the phrase,

01:58:24.914 --> 01:58:27.822
"The minimum shall be 85% alignment with Texas standards."

01:58:30.435 --> 01:58:32.725
Right, we say for each, ok.

01:58:34.844 --> 01:58:38.751
So, all those in favor of the amendment stating 85%

01:58:39.356 --> 01:58:41.782
minimum alignment with Texas standards raise your hand.

01:58:43.916 --> 01:58:45.614
All those opposed to adding that.

01:58:47.228 --> 01:58:48.426
Ok, motion fails.

01:58:49.268 --> 01:58:53.610
Now we're back to the original amendment that we're talking

01:58:53.610 --> 01:58:55.606
about which is to recommend the State Board of Education

01:58:55.606 --> 01:58:57.576
to approve all three vendors as test providers

01:58:57.576 --> 01:59:00.337
for the Texas Certification of High School Equivalency

01:59:00.500 --> 01:59:05.292
and that the vendors provide a percentage of TEKS covered

01:59:05.292 --> 01:59:08.535
for each of the five courses specified in the RFP.

01:59:10.730 --> 01:59:11.892
To add these words.

01:59:18.312 --> 01:59:19.550
Yes, Mr. Rowley.

01:59:19.559 --> 01:59:20.432
<v Voiceover>Ok, so my</v>

01:59:20.432 --> 01:59:21.781
understanding is we're now discussing

01:59:21.789 --> 01:59:23.527
and about to vote just the amendment.

01:59:23.585 --> 01:59:24.385
<v ->Just his amendment.</v>

01:59:24.385 --> 01:59:25.542
<v Voiceover>That they provide that contingency, okay.</v>

01:59:25.658 --> 01:59:29.581
My question to legal, Ms. Wong,

01:59:29.581 --> 01:59:34.581
is so let's say we pass the main motion,

01:59:38.486 --> 01:59:40.266
three vendors are approved

01:59:40.950 --> 01:59:44.834
and then this additional information comes forth

01:59:45.421 --> 01:59:47.228
that we're talking about in the amendment.

01:59:48.767 --> 01:59:52.034
What are we at liberty to do at that point

01:59:52.268 --> 01:59:53.950
with regard to the approval.

01:59:57.464 --> 01:59:59.044
<v Voiceover>I think also for clearer guidance</v>

01:59:59.384 --> 02:00:00.470
if you want to offer

02:00:00.470 --> 02:00:05.389
this to the vendors is who is setting the rubric

02:00:05.513 --> 02:00:08.755
and who do they go to to have this assessment?

02:00:09.098 --> 02:00:11.638
How are you choosing that uniform vendor?

02:00:12.132 --> 02:00:16.411
I think some of those details need to be clarified as well.

02:00:17.022 --> 02:00:18.117
<v Voiceover>Aside from that,</v>

02:00:18.154 --> 02:00:23.154
my question is, if we add this additional requirement,

02:00:25.055 --> 02:00:27.080
yet we've already approved three vendors,

02:00:27.522 --> 02:00:28.843
what is the effect of that?

02:00:29.267 --> 02:00:30.983
<v Voiceover>It more sounds like to me that this</v>

02:00:30.983 --> 02:00:32.862
is a further negotiation.

02:00:32.909 --> 02:00:33.867
It's a counteroffer

02:00:33.867 --> 02:00:35.507
or it's an offer where they can accept it

02:00:35.507 --> 02:00:36.481
or reject it.

02:00:36.730 --> 02:00:39.012
The next level is we want to move forward

02:00:39.394 --> 02:00:40.815
with all three of you

02:00:41.317 --> 02:00:43.943
and we want you to provide this information.

02:00:44.396 --> 02:00:45.092
They can agree

02:00:45.092 --> 02:00:46.282
or they can not agree.

02:00:47.312 --> 02:00:49.746
<v Voiceover>If I'm understanding correctly</v>

02:00:49.778 --> 02:00:52.134
and please respond to this,

02:00:52.370 --> 02:00:57.370
so if we pass the amendment that Mr. Ratliff has proposed,

02:00:57.959 --> 02:01:02.433
then by our vote today we are not approving

02:01:02.710 --> 02:01:05.044
and accepting all three vendors.

02:01:05.705 --> 02:01:07.939
We are essential saying that all three vendors are still

02:01:07.969 --> 02:01:09.277
in the running.

02:01:09.475 --> 02:01:11.701
Once you provide the additional information,

02:01:12.192 --> 02:01:17.192
we'll have another vote to decide if all three of them meet

02:01:19.734 --> 02:01:20.731
the requirements

02:01:20.785 --> 02:01:21.841
and are approved.

02:01:21.841 --> 02:01:22.734
Is that correct?

02:01:23.467 --> 02:01:24.346
<v Voiceover>I don't want to put words in</v>

02:01:24.346 --> 02:01:25.261
Mr. Ratliff's mouth.

02:01:25.622 --> 02:01:28.870
<v ->What I'm asking legal the effect of passing</v>

02:01:28.870 --> 02:01:30.828
this amendment by adding an additional contingency

02:01:31.249 --> 02:01:32.792
that wasn't in the RFP.

02:01:33.330 --> 02:01:34.441
Is that correct?

02:01:37.425 --> 02:01:38.283
<v ->Mr. Rowley,</v>

02:01:38.340 --> 02:01:39.260
I'm not legal,

02:01:40.213 --> 02:01:45.213
I think our understanding is you make a determination

02:01:46.367 --> 02:01:48.522
about who you want us to move forward with.

02:01:48.892 --> 02:01:51.845
I think what Ms. Wong is trying to explain

02:01:51.845 --> 02:01:54.995
is that we can go back and say you're approved

02:01:54.995 --> 02:01:56.370
with this contingency

02:01:56.413 --> 02:01:58.652
and they can say I don't agree to that.

02:01:58.652 --> 02:02:01.172
They would pull themselves out of the running.

02:02:01.442 --> 02:02:03.424
Not that we're going to do this extra work

02:02:03.424 --> 02:02:04.716
and then come back to you

02:02:04.716 --> 02:02:07.569
and say, "is that ok?"

02:02:08.784 --> 02:02:13.784
<v ->My question is our vote today a conditional approval</v>

02:02:13.927 --> 02:02:15.832
if we add an additional contingency?

02:02:16.641 --> 02:02:18.559
<v ->I think the board needs to be clear</v>

02:02:20.704 --> 02:02:23.074
in the motions that they're making

02:02:23.394 --> 02:02:25.434
about what you want staff to do with this.

02:02:25.434 --> 02:02:29.948
We need to know is the intent of the board

02:02:29.948 --> 02:02:34.472
and on this motion is to approve the subject to them

02:02:34.708 --> 02:02:36.611
supplying a rubric then it doesn't matter

02:02:36.611 --> 02:02:38.196
what the results of the rubric is.

02:02:39.129 --> 02:02:42.499
Or are we entering into a second round of negotiations

02:02:42.533 --> 02:02:45.116
and coming back in April with the results of that

02:02:45.116 --> 02:02:47.089
for the board to make a decision.

02:02:47.372 --> 02:02:51.747
We don't know from the wording of

02:02:51.747 --> 02:02:52.715
<v Voiceover>The amendment.</v>

02:02:52.715 --> 02:02:55.004
<v ->The motion what your direction is.</v>

02:02:55.045 --> 02:02:56.220
<v Voiceover>I understand that.</v>

02:02:56.220 --> 02:02:58.176
i think we all have that question

02:02:58.176 --> 02:02:59.794
and it's one I continue to pose.

02:02:59.969 --> 02:03:00.799
<v ->Ok.</v>

02:03:00.799 --> 02:03:02.300
<v ->I'll try it one more time.</v>

02:03:02.343 --> 02:03:04.546
I'll use different words to try to convey the same meaning.

02:03:07.157 --> 02:03:07.666
<v Voiceover>Do you want me to speak to the intent</v>

02:03:07.666 --> 02:03:08.497
on the motion?

02:03:11.145 --> 02:03:15.431
<v ->What I heard in both of Von's responses</v>

02:03:15.573 --> 02:03:18.440
is it's either a new negotiation

02:03:18.713 --> 02:03:20.944
or it's an additional contingency.

02:03:21.417 --> 02:03:22.618
Beyond that.

02:03:22.618 --> 02:03:23.968
However we clarify it.

02:03:24.154 --> 02:03:24.984
Am I hearing that correctly?

02:03:24.984 --> 02:03:27.358
<v ->The clarification is this is our final offer.</v>

02:03:28.416 --> 02:03:31.458
We will accept all three, if all three provide us

02:03:31.458 --> 02:03:32.793
with this information

02:03:32.793 --> 02:03:33.846
and that's it.

02:03:33.846 --> 02:03:35.684
Then you have no other discussion about

02:03:35.684 --> 02:03:37.242
what that information means.

02:03:38.123 --> 02:03:41.656
That seems like what Mr. Ratliff is proposing,

02:03:41.663 --> 02:03:43.055
and he's nodding his head.

02:03:43.186 --> 02:03:46.146
The other one is, we want you to move forward

02:03:46.346 --> 02:03:47.857
with further discusssions,

02:03:48.320 --> 02:03:49.924
provide us with more information

02:03:50.146 --> 02:03:51.773
and once we get that information,

02:03:52.047 --> 02:03:54.834
we then can make another decision.

02:03:56.755 --> 02:03:57.576
<v Voiceover>Got ya.</v>

02:03:58.079 --> 02:03:58.964
<v Voiceover>Mr. Ratliff,</v>

02:03:58.964 --> 02:04:00.630
that seems to be a clarification

02:04:00.630 --> 02:04:01.424
of what you were trying to talk about.

02:04:01.424 --> 02:04:02.887
<v ->As the maker of the motion,</v>

02:04:03.244 --> 02:04:04.880
the main motion is worded as,

02:04:05.234 --> 02:04:07.717
"The State Board of Education approve all three vendors

02:04:07.717 --> 02:04:08.833
as test providers."

02:04:09.798 --> 02:04:12.428
So, I'm adding, "contingent on them supplying this,

02:04:12.778 --> 02:04:13.870
they are approved."

02:04:14.006 --> 02:04:15.519
There would be no need for another vote.

02:04:15.989 --> 02:04:19.021
You are hereby approved once you turn in this last piece

02:04:19.207 --> 02:04:20.249
of information.

02:04:21.384 --> 02:04:24.695
What we need is an apples to apples comparison for public

02:04:24.695 --> 02:04:27.802
to be aware of the percentage of TEKS covered for these

02:04:27.802 --> 02:04:28.885
five subjects.

02:04:29.407 --> 02:04:30.694
<v Voiceover>So in this case,</v>

02:04:30.949 --> 02:04:32.153
if I can say,

02:04:32.800 --> 02:04:37.551
you want an FYI, he's saying well what if I don't like

02:04:37.551 --> 02:04:38.229
what I see

02:04:38.229 --> 02:04:40.389
and now I have no recourse

02:04:40.522 --> 02:04:42.472
because we've just approved all the vendors

02:04:42.520 --> 02:04:44.196
and all they have to do is provide the grid.

02:04:44.494 --> 02:04:45.299
<v Voiceover>Madam Chair.</v>

02:04:46.627 --> 02:04:48.663
<v Voiceover>Ms. Beltran's first</v>

02:04:48.829 --> 02:04:49.843
and then you Mr. Bradley

02:04:49.843 --> 02:04:51.861
and that's what I've got right now.

02:04:52.325 --> 02:04:52.993
<v Voiceover>Thank you Madam Chair.</v>

02:04:52.993 --> 02:04:54.113
I had very similar questions

02:04:54.113 --> 02:04:54.945
so thank you for asking.

02:04:55.892 --> 02:05:00.892
It seems as though if we're going to make that motion

02:05:02.232 --> 02:05:03.344
and approve that motion,

02:05:03.394 --> 02:05:05.293
I also don't see any value

02:05:05.331 --> 02:05:06.843
in having that information if we're not going to do

02:05:06.843 --> 02:05:07.940
anything with it.

02:05:08.399 --> 02:05:11.359
I would like to have that information

02:05:11.939 --> 02:05:13.172
and then have the option

02:05:13.333 --> 02:05:16.693
of saying, "okay, if one of these providers falls below

02:05:17.644 --> 02:05:19.842
50% alignment with TEKS,

02:05:20.223 --> 02:05:21.647
then they shouldn't even be in the mix."

02:05:21.647 --> 02:05:23.427
I think it's fine to have options,

02:05:23.700 --> 02:05:25.416
but I also don't want to water down

02:05:25.801 --> 02:05:26.887
what options we have.

02:05:26.887 --> 02:05:29.028
It's kind of, if we talk about charter schools

02:05:29.028 --> 02:05:30.453
and we want to give people a choice,

02:05:30.453 --> 02:05:33.432
but we don't want to give people a choice of a poor option.

02:05:33.573 --> 02:05:34.966
I don't think that's good policy,

02:05:35.345 --> 02:05:37.850
I don't think that's a good step for our community

02:05:37.850 --> 02:05:38.851
and our state.

02:05:41.875 --> 02:05:42.971
<v Voiceover>Mr. Bradley,</v>

02:05:42.971 --> 02:05:43.503
you were next.

02:05:43.995 --> 02:05:45.052
Then, Ms. Hardy.

02:05:48.578 --> 02:05:49.742
I want to state the amendment again.

02:05:49.742 --> 02:05:51.434
I just want to make sure that we're understanding.

02:05:54.993 --> 02:05:57.072
"The recommendation is that State Board of Education

02:05:57.115 --> 02:05:59.773
approve all three vendors as test providers

02:05:59.957 --> 02:06:02.470
for the Texas Certification of High School Equivalency

02:06:02.470 --> 02:06:06.831
contigent upon the vendors providing a percentage of TEKS

02:06:06.831 --> 02:06:10.137
covered for each of the five courses specified in the RFP."

02:06:10.788 --> 02:06:13.363
We're voting on just the addition of that information.

02:06:13.751 --> 02:06:15.341
It's an FYI,

02:06:17.190 --> 02:06:18.854
because we've already approved it once they provide it.

02:06:19.002 --> 02:06:20.113
<v ->Madam Chair,</v>

02:06:20.113 --> 02:06:21.810
I think I may have a solution.

02:06:22.060 --> 02:06:23.568
<v Voiceover>Ok, Mr. Bradley.</v>

02:06:23.568 --> 02:06:25.314
<v ->It's something we've used on the PSF.</v>

02:06:26.173 --> 02:06:28.552
After staff having listened to all the input,

02:06:29.566 --> 02:06:32.556
we do have the authority to authorize the Commissioner

02:06:32.556 --> 02:06:33.744
to move forward

02:06:33.744 --> 02:06:34.958
and negotiate the contract.

02:06:35.296 --> 02:06:37.061
It doesn't have to come back to us.

02:06:37.139 --> 02:06:39.878
I would like to add to the end of the motion the words,

02:06:40.231 --> 02:06:42.853
"and authorize the Commissioner to negotiate

02:06:43.238 --> 02:06:44.758
acceptable contracts."

02:06:47.114 --> 02:06:48.403
<v Voiceover>Acceptable contracts?</v>

02:06:48.790 --> 02:06:49.813
<v ->Appropriate.</v>

02:06:50.215 --> 02:06:52.012
<v Voiceover>Okay, what's</v>

02:06:52.012 --> 02:06:53.012
'appropriate' mean?

02:06:53.277 --> 02:06:55.207
<v Voiceover>I'm giving it to the Commissioner.</v>

02:06:57.564 --> 02:06:58.459
<v ->Ok, but then</v>

02:06:58.459 --> 02:06:59.363
we're not approving it,

02:06:59.363 --> 02:07:00.351
he's approving it

02:07:00.351 --> 02:07:03.253
because he's going to set the percentage of what he feels.

02:07:04.139 --> 02:07:04.741
Ok, I just

02:07:04.741 --> 02:07:05.773
want to make sure I'm understanding.

02:07:05.848 --> 02:07:08.210
<v Voiceover>We're authorizing these are the three guys</v>

02:07:08.729 --> 02:07:09.631
we want to do business with,

02:07:09.677 --> 02:07:11.995
we put a contingency that they have to provide

02:07:11.995 --> 02:07:13.037
the information

02:07:13.384 --> 02:07:15.854
and it will be published for FYI information

02:07:15.854 --> 02:07:16.949
for the community

02:07:16.949 --> 02:07:18.693
and with that contingency,

02:07:18.774 --> 02:07:20.924
we're authorizing the Commissioner to move forward

02:07:21.112 --> 02:07:22.329
and execute contracts.

02:07:23.793 --> 02:07:24.894
And we're done.

02:07:25.509 --> 02:07:28.680
<v ->Ok, because my</v>

02:07:28.680 --> 02:07:29.473
understanding,

02:07:29.473 --> 02:07:31.295
and, Monica, please clear this up for me,

02:07:31.562 --> 02:07:34.714
is that we are the ones who decide some of the terms

02:07:34.714 --> 02:07:36.421
of the contract as part of it.

02:07:36.763 --> 02:07:38.347
of what we're going to talk about in April.

02:07:38.543 --> 02:07:39.628
If we do this,

02:07:40.625 --> 02:07:42.144
it takes it out of our hands

02:07:42.144 --> 02:07:43.000
as I'm understanding it.

02:07:43.000 --> 02:07:43.773
Is this correct?

02:07:44.284 --> 02:07:45.985
<v Voiceover>I think Christine needs to answer that</v>

02:07:45.998 --> 02:07:47.345
particular question,

02:07:47.611 --> 02:07:48.632
I'm sorry.

02:07:54.771 --> 02:07:56.644
<v ->He wanted to ask a question to the maker of the motion.</v>

02:07:56.869 --> 02:07:58.518
Did you want to, too, Pat?

02:08:01.891 --> 02:08:03.077
<v Voiceover>Mine's on the motion.</v>

02:08:03.084 --> 02:08:03.711
<v ->Ok, actually,</v>

02:08:03.711 --> 02:08:04.474
we need a second.

02:08:04.705 --> 02:08:05.756
<v Voiceover>We got one.</v>

02:08:05.792 --> 02:08:06.398
<v ->Oh, you</v>

02:08:06.398 --> 02:08:07.018
did get a second.

02:08:07.018 --> 02:08:07.714
I missed it.

02:08:09.036 --> 02:08:11.626
Did you want to go back to it

02:08:11.626 --> 02:08:13.146
or did you want to ask him a question?

02:08:16.010 --> 02:08:17.547
(muffled speech)

02:08:17.547 --> 02:08:18.553
To that question, okay.

02:08:19.751 --> 02:08:22.029
<v Voiceover>Seriously, we've</v>

02:08:22.029 --> 02:08:23.129
gone through interviews,

02:08:23.129 --> 02:08:23.847
and interviews,

02:08:23.896 --> 02:08:24.637
and interviews.

02:08:26.047 --> 02:08:26.791
<v ->Ok, that's</v>

02:08:26.791 --> 02:08:27.320
not a question.

02:08:27.810 --> 02:08:29.486
<v Voiceover>You want to hand it over to the Commissioner?</v>

02:08:30.750 --> 02:08:34.501
<v Voiceover>We're going to poll the board to see if they</v>

02:08:34.501 --> 02:08:36.254
want to dispose of this once

02:08:36.254 --> 02:08:37.100
and for all.

02:08:37.452 --> 02:08:38.572
We can move on.

02:08:38.763 --> 02:08:40.160
<v Voiceover>I just speak against the motion.</v>

02:08:40.160 --> 02:08:40.916
<v ->Speak against the motion.</v>

02:08:40.916 --> 02:08:41.889
<v ->Ok, Ms. Hardy.</v>

02:08:42.046 --> 02:08:47.046
<v ->It's my understanding by the motion as it is right now,</v>

02:08:49.713 --> 02:08:52.333
we would vote on all three vendors

02:08:53.302 --> 02:08:57.450
and they simply have to provide this alignment.

02:08:58.821 --> 02:09:03.476
We would be in a position, then, to let the public know

02:09:03.476 --> 02:09:04.590
what that alignment is.

02:09:05.144 --> 02:09:08.565
If one of them came out with a 20% alignment

02:09:08.879 --> 02:09:11.327
to the standards

02:09:11.921 --> 02:09:13.626
and they chose to do that,

02:09:14.017 --> 02:09:17.833
then that would show poor judgment on their part to do it.

02:09:18.775 --> 02:09:19.695
No, because

02:09:19.695 --> 02:09:22.839
we would have put those out there.

02:09:23.370 --> 02:09:28.284
They all claim that they're up there in the 80 percentile.

02:09:37.852 --> 02:09:39.787
I think we need to go back to the original thing.

02:09:40.051 --> 02:09:40.754
Let's just go ahead

02:09:40.754 --> 02:09:41.696
and approve all three of them

02:09:41.696 --> 02:09:42.585
and go forth.

02:09:42.979 --> 02:09:43.778
<v Voiceover>Mr. Rowley.</v>

02:09:44.120 --> 02:09:45.584
<v ->I agree with Ms. Hardy in that regard</v>

02:09:45.930 --> 02:09:48.636
because here's the problem,

02:09:49.147 --> 02:09:53.703
we're setting up a contingency upon which

02:09:53.767 --> 02:09:56.907
we can't take action thereafter.

02:09:57.435 --> 02:09:59.409
If my understanding is they come back,

02:09:59.409 --> 02:10:00.838
one's 20%,

02:10:00.917 --> 02:10:01.945
one's 40%

02:10:02.235 --> 02:10:03.424
and one's 100%,

02:10:03.678 --> 02:10:05.047
we've proved all three.

02:10:06.106 --> 02:10:07.166
What I believe is,

02:10:07.184 --> 02:10:08.845
they're all aligned with the TEKS,

02:10:08.916 --> 02:10:11.178
ot they wouldn't have passed the RFP.

02:10:11.523 --> 02:10:12.911
They would not have qualified.

02:10:12.911 --> 02:10:15.001
They all did their test,

02:10:15.780 --> 02:10:17.503
did it on different rubrics perhaps,

02:10:17.978 --> 02:10:18.765
but they all did it

02:10:18.765 --> 02:10:20.242
and said yes we're aligned with the TEKS,

02:10:20.474 --> 02:10:21.939
we all meet your requirements.

02:10:22.494 --> 02:10:24.134
I'm ready to vote today on all three of them.

02:10:24.652 --> 02:10:26.666
If we set up this additional contingency

02:10:27.333 --> 02:10:29.993
and we don't know any contingency,

02:10:30.207 --> 02:10:31.492
we don't know the result,

02:10:31.685 --> 02:10:33.208
we don't know what that's going to look like.

02:10:33.667 --> 02:10:38.182
Why set a trap for either them or us,

02:10:38.848 --> 02:10:40.246
that we don't have to set.

02:10:40.569 --> 02:10:41.927
We can decide today.

02:10:42.296 --> 02:10:46.761
The whole purpose in this multi-vendor approach,

02:10:46.830 --> 02:10:47.887
in my opinion,

02:10:48.211 --> 02:10:51.142
is to let the market set the tone.

02:10:51.816 --> 02:10:54.623
The market gets to decide who's the best provider

02:10:54.914 --> 02:10:56.085
either on price,

02:10:56.203 --> 02:10:57.734
quality, alignment,

02:10:57.892 --> 02:10:58.954
whatever it may be.

02:10:58.954 --> 02:11:00.852
They've met the requirements,

02:11:01.509 --> 02:11:05.552
we shouldn't set up a contingency that can only bring

02:11:06.415 --> 02:11:09.121
doubt as to the decision we're making today to approve

02:11:09.121 --> 02:11:10.105
all three.

02:11:11.130 --> 02:11:13.095
<v ->Right now, we are debating.</v>

02:11:13.432 --> 02:11:16.672
The motion before us is to add

02:11:16.715 --> 02:11:19.259
and authorize the commissioner to move forward

02:11:19.340 --> 02:11:20.549
and execute the contract.

02:11:21.415 --> 02:11:22.708
Then we'll go back to.

02:11:24.292 --> 02:11:25.409
I think we have to do his first

02:11:25.575 --> 02:11:26.365
and then yours.

02:11:26.370 --> 02:11:27.626
Yes, Mr. Bradley.

02:11:27.674 --> 02:11:29.370
<v Voiceover>I think my motion may have been in error</v>

02:11:29.370 --> 02:11:33.717
because we had not disposed of his amendment to require the

02:11:35.843 --> 02:11:36.844
I need to withdraw mine

02:11:37.386 --> 02:11:39.355
and we need to dispose of his first amendment.

02:11:39.575 --> 02:11:40.920
<v Voiceover>Which I would like to withdraw.</v>

02:11:41.402 --> 02:11:42.536
That would dispose of it.

02:11:43.321 --> 02:11:44.595
<v ->If there is no objection,</v>

02:11:45.770 --> 02:11:47.318
we will withdraw Mr. Bradley's.

02:11:48.418 --> 02:11:49.624
<v Voiceover>Can we call for the vote?</v>

02:11:50.072 --> 02:11:51.191
<v ->If there is no objection,</v>

02:11:51.191 --> 02:11:53.022
we will withdraw Mr. Ratliff's.

02:11:53.022 --> 02:11:54.267
<v Voiceover>After the statement of Mr. Ratliff,</v>

02:11:54.267 --> 02:11:55.307
I withdraw my amendment.

02:11:55.616 --> 02:11:56.802
(laughter)

02:11:57.282 --> 02:11:57.918
<v ->Ok, so</v>

02:11:57.918 --> 02:11:59.895
now we're back to the main motion,

02:12:00.524 --> 02:12:02.780
but I think I had Ms. Beltran on here.

02:12:03.106 --> 02:12:04.985
Did you want to speak, Ms. Beltran?

02:12:04.985 --> 02:12:09.798
<v ->I'm a little concerned.</v>

02:12:10.352 --> 02:12:13.447
I actually appreciated having an opportunity to

02:12:13.450 --> 02:12:14.661
see the alignment,

02:12:14.662 --> 02:12:16.493
because I think it gives us transparency.

02:12:17.170 --> 02:12:20.113
Now we're moving towards allowing all three of them

02:12:20.531 --> 02:12:23.136
to be approved without knowing what their alignment

02:12:23.136 --> 02:12:24.056
is for certain

02:12:24.382 --> 02:12:26.215
or at least comparing apples to apples,

02:12:26.628 --> 02:12:28.977
which still I believe leaves us in a bad position.

02:12:30.149 --> 02:12:34.177
Maybe they do come back with a 20% alignment,

02:12:34.983 --> 02:12:36.519
but now we're just turning a blind eye,

02:12:36.519 --> 02:12:37.528
and saying never mind

02:12:37.528 --> 02:12:39.157
we're not even going to ask the question.

02:12:46.617 --> 02:12:47.358
<v Voiceover>Yes, Ms. Hardy.</v>

02:12:47.358 --> 02:12:50.885
<v Voiceover>Have we ever, in the past, concerned ourselves</v>

02:12:50.885 --> 02:12:54.135
with the alignment with this adult literacy test?

02:12:56.325 --> 02:12:58.583
The answer to that is no I can tell you we haven't.

02:13:02.569 --> 02:13:03.747
<v Voiceover>Yes, Dr. Dominguez.</v>

02:13:04.453 --> 02:13:05.938
<v ->Two wrongs don't make a right.</v>

02:13:07.339 --> 02:13:08.564
It worked for years.

02:13:13.064 --> 02:13:17.618
The GED we all know is not at the caliber

02:13:17.618 --> 02:13:19.106
of a high school diploma.

02:13:19.546 --> 02:13:22.715
Instead of raising that bar,

02:13:23.257 --> 02:13:24.761
we're saying we don't care.

02:13:25.541 --> 02:13:27.601
We, as educators, should care.

02:13:31.960 --> 02:13:32.977
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Rowley.</v>

02:13:35.791 --> 02:13:38.750
<v ->I think most of us availed ourselves of the opportunity</v>

02:13:38.750 --> 02:13:42.508
to look at the results of the alignment studies

02:13:42.879 --> 02:13:45.008
that were made available to us confidential,

02:13:45.008 --> 02:13:45.707
I did.

02:13:46.700 --> 02:13:50.993
What I saw was two of the three vendors,

02:13:50.993 --> 02:13:52.364
I have to be real careful here,

02:13:52.448 --> 02:13:54.601
two of the three vendors used one particular

02:13:54.656 --> 02:13:56.723
testing service

02:13:56.876 --> 02:13:58.928
or one particular alignment.

02:14:01.865 --> 02:14:03.046
Vendor, there you go.

02:14:04.526 --> 02:14:06.152
Alignment study person.

02:14:07.056 --> 02:14:08.399
The other one used a different one.

02:14:08.604 --> 02:14:11.782
But I saw the results of all three

02:14:12.678 --> 02:14:14.049
and all three,

02:14:14.302 --> 02:14:16.941
even though they were different scales,

02:14:17.660 --> 02:14:21.159
showed a very high percentage of alignment.

02:14:21.890 --> 02:14:24.951
Not only to just the five courses,

02:14:25.414 --> 02:14:28.725
by the way that we designated in the RFP,

02:14:28.794 --> 02:14:30.530
but to all the TEKS.

02:14:31.822 --> 02:14:33.057
I am comfortable

02:14:33.316 --> 02:14:37.381
and just to the extent that anyone out there listening

02:14:37.421 --> 02:14:39.714
has a question as to whether or not we're comfortable

02:14:39.724 --> 02:14:41.070
with the level of alignment

02:14:41.556 --> 02:14:45.167
based upon confidential information that we saw

02:14:45.604 --> 02:14:47.389
after signing non-disclosure agreements,

02:14:47.709 --> 02:14:50.005
I'm very comfortable that all three of them

02:14:50.005 --> 02:14:52.182
would exceed in 80% alignment.

02:14:52.638 --> 02:14:55.482
Just because we're not able to talk about it publicly,

02:14:55.636 --> 02:14:58.136
let's don't leave the impression that we don't know

02:14:58.321 --> 02:14:59.301
that they are aligned,

02:14:59.412 --> 02:15:00.347
because they are.

02:15:00.756 --> 02:15:02.810
The first place it was a requirement in our RFP

02:15:02.810 --> 02:15:04.257
and they met that requirement.

02:15:04.429 --> 02:15:05.330
In the second place,

02:15:05.403 --> 02:15:06.878
we've seen the confidential information

02:15:07.138 --> 02:15:12.016
and it more than satisfies even an 80% alignment question.

02:15:12.205 --> 02:15:14.779
There's no need to place an additional contingency.

02:15:15.364 --> 02:15:17.726
We should let the market determine who is the best

02:15:18.420 --> 02:15:19.470
test provider.

02:15:20.540 --> 02:15:22.956
Move all three for approval.

02:15:25.733 --> 02:15:27.027
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Cortez.</v>

02:15:27.408 --> 02:15:28.313
<v Voiceover>So, the original motions</v>

02:15:28.381 --> 02:15:30.034
have all been withdrawn, right?

02:15:30.413 --> 02:15:31.094
<v Voiceover>No, no.</v>

02:15:31.470 --> 02:15:32.668
<v Voiceover>We're at the main motion.</v>

02:15:32.668 --> 02:15:33.830
<v Voiceover>We're back at the main motion</v>

02:15:33.830 --> 02:15:35.803
because everything's been pulled down.

02:15:36.233 --> 02:15:38.233
<v ->Which is what came out of committee, right?</v>

02:15:38.530 --> 02:15:39.939
The recommendation of three?

02:15:45.383 --> 02:15:46.733
For a little while I thought it was going

02:15:46.807 --> 02:15:48.635
in the right direction.

02:15:49.426 --> 02:15:50.752
I heard one of my colleagues speak

02:15:51.103 --> 02:15:53.521
and he had me kind of convinced

02:15:53.521 --> 02:15:54.279
going one way.

02:15:56.829 --> 02:15:57.390
I don't know,

02:15:57.390 --> 02:15:58.142
something happened

02:15:58.142 --> 02:15:59.195
and the dialogue changed.

02:15:59.272 --> 02:16:01.082
I would like to offer up a motion.

02:16:01.218 --> 02:16:06.218
I'm not convinced that we should just trust all the vendors

02:16:09.123 --> 02:16:11.411
and having heard legal

02:16:11.525 --> 02:16:14.369
and the phrasing of the original motion,

02:16:15.488 --> 02:16:17.709
was left vague enough that we weren't sure

02:16:18.057 --> 02:16:20.626
if okay, we pick three,

02:16:21.149 --> 02:16:22.269
we say do this,

02:16:22.626 --> 02:16:23.834
we notify the public,

02:16:23.913 --> 02:16:26.336
but we have no more say in it.

02:16:26.671 --> 02:16:28.200
That one didn't sit well with me.

02:16:28.504 --> 02:16:30.438
The other option that Von talked about

02:16:30.555 --> 02:16:32.249
where we pick the three,

02:16:32.766 --> 02:16:33.954
we set the requirement,

02:16:34.493 --> 02:16:35.428
we come back.

02:16:35.570 --> 02:16:37.165
If we're comfortable with the requirement,

02:16:37.556 --> 02:16:41.467
we move all three forward to a contract phase.

02:16:41.903 --> 02:16:43.405
If were not comfortable with the three,

02:16:43.405 --> 02:16:45.714
then this body still has the discretion

02:16:45.899 --> 02:16:47.213
to eliminate one

02:16:47.898 --> 02:16:48.706
or more.

02:16:49.926 --> 02:16:54.026
<v ->Your original motion was defeated.</v>

02:16:54.233 --> 02:16:55.869
The one about the 85% alignment.

02:16:56.079 --> 02:16:58.371
<v ->I'm not talking about the 85% alignment</v>

02:16:58.520 --> 02:16:59.143
at this point.

02:16:59.143 --> 02:16:59.996
I'm just saying,

02:17:00.297 --> 02:17:02.060
if we're going to go forward with all three,

02:17:04.035 --> 02:17:06.384
I don't know what staff would recommend

02:17:06.492 --> 02:17:10.054
in terms of what my colleague mentioned

02:17:10.187 --> 02:17:12.028
about having one uniform rubric.

02:17:12.579 --> 02:17:15.809
So that we can get an apple to apple study,

02:17:16.098 --> 02:17:16.918
because it's true.

02:17:16.918 --> 02:17:18.426
<v Voiceover>Ok, you</v>

02:17:18.426 --> 02:17:20.002
need to make an amendment.

02:17:21.365 --> 02:17:23.984
<v ->I move that all three of them move forward</v>

02:17:23.984 --> 02:17:24.790
in the process

02:17:25.720 --> 02:17:29.368
and that the agency help us identify the rubric.

02:17:29.368 --> 02:17:30.501
<v Voiceover>That's not a motion.</v>

02:17:31.151 --> 02:17:32.278
Give me your motion.

02:17:32.458 --> 02:17:34.861
Here's where we are right now.

02:17:35.594 --> 02:17:36.387
<v ->This is what I'm trying to do.</v>

02:17:36.387 --> 02:17:37.583
I want them to move forward.

02:17:38.010 --> 02:17:39.046
<v Voiceover>Recommending that the</v>

02:17:39.046 --> 02:17:40.101
State Board of Education approve all three vendors

02:17:40.101 --> 02:17:41.904
as test providers for the Texas Certification

02:17:42.015 --> 02:17:43.075
of High School Equivalency.

02:17:43.148 --> 02:17:44.219
That's where we are right now.

02:17:44.416 --> 02:17:46.581
Now do you have an amendment to offer?

02:17:46.695 --> 02:17:47.312
<v ->Yes, I would</v>

02:17:47.312 --> 02:17:48.330
like them to move forward,

02:17:48.330 --> 02:17:48.979
I don't know how I would word this maybe someone

02:17:48.979 --> 02:17:50.582
could help me,

02:17:50.582 --> 02:17:51.589
I'd like them to move forward,

02:17:52.095 --> 02:17:56.653
i'd like them to be able to present additional information

02:17:56.729 --> 02:17:58.489
that we've discussed throughout this circle

02:17:58.641 --> 02:17:59.567
for the last hour.

02:18:00.086 --> 02:18:02.519
Then when we had an opportunity to review it,

02:18:03.521 --> 02:18:05.606
if we felt that they all still met that bar,

02:18:06.735 --> 02:18:08.602
then we could pick all three of them.

02:18:09.223 --> 02:18:10.260
If they did not,

02:18:10.436 --> 02:18:11.576
then we could eliminate one

02:18:11.576 --> 02:18:12.335
or more.

02:18:12.335 --> 02:18:13.221
<v Voiceover>Okay, members,</v>

02:18:13.221 --> 02:18:13.908
if it's okay,

02:18:13.908 --> 02:18:16.342
since it's already at this time,

02:18:16.342 --> 02:18:17.615
do you mind if we take a 10-minute break?

02:18:17.615 --> 02:18:19.478
So we can see if we can work this out

02:18:19.741 --> 02:18:21.168
and then we come back for the vote?

02:18:21.354 --> 02:18:22.167
<v Voiceover>Madam Chair?</v>

02:18:22.236 --> 02:18:23.458
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Rowley.</v>

02:18:23.458 --> 02:18:24.914
<v ->If the member has a specific amendment</v>

02:18:24.991 --> 02:18:25.992
and maybe it's written out

02:18:25.992 --> 02:18:26.785
we could consider it,

02:18:26.785 --> 02:18:28.256
but I'd like to call for the question.

02:18:29.053 --> 02:18:29.947
<v Voiceover>Second.</v>

02:18:30.262 --> 02:18:30.900
<v ->Okay.</v>

02:18:30.906 --> 02:18:32.144
<v Voiceover>She just asked for a break so I could</v>

02:18:32.177 --> 02:18:33.644
put the amendment together.

02:18:34.608 --> 02:18:38.143
(whispers)

02:18:44.313 --> 02:18:47.324
<v ->Ok, so,</v>

02:18:47.405 --> 02:18:51.018
you can vote no on this now

02:18:51.157 --> 02:18:53.182
and he could come back with another

02:18:53.182 --> 02:18:54.815
recommendation

02:18:55.748 --> 02:18:58.140
and then we could vote on that recommendation.

02:18:59.148 --> 02:19:00.370
<v Voiceover>Ok.</v>

02:19:01.016 --> 02:19:01.707
<v ->Ok.</v>

02:19:01.885 --> 02:19:02.907
Right now,

02:19:03.078 --> 02:19:04.733
the only thing before us is to,

02:19:06.311 --> 02:19:07.816
I would like to say one thing.

02:19:09.025 --> 02:19:10.255
If we can have,

02:19:10.255 --> 02:19:11.331
which we've already discussed,

02:19:11.802 --> 02:19:14.221
the issue with the outcomes measure

02:19:15.688 --> 02:19:18.810
that will answer to me a lot of the questions

02:19:18.810 --> 02:19:22.140
that we're having each one of them serve

02:19:22.172 --> 02:19:25.559
the students equally well.

02:19:26.519 --> 02:19:28.199
If we have a measure of the outcomes.

02:19:28.563 --> 02:19:29.181
In other words,

02:19:29.181 --> 02:19:31.387
what happens to the kids after they take it,

02:19:31.608 --> 02:19:32.925
pass the exam five

02:19:32.925 --> 02:19:33.931
and six years out?

02:19:33.963 --> 02:19:34.814
Are they employed,

02:19:35.314 --> 02:19:36.778
have they gotten a certification,

02:19:36.801 --> 02:19:38.037
have they gone on to college?

02:19:38.578 --> 02:19:39.478
That sort of thing.

02:19:39.626 --> 02:19:44.488
Each of the tests that we're giving

02:19:44.639 --> 02:19:49.639
are they equally handled with what happens to the students?

02:19:50.229 --> 02:19:50.935
Yes.

02:19:50.935 --> 02:19:53.318
<v Voiceover>To be clear.</v>

02:19:53.775 --> 02:19:55.381
<v Voiceover>Parliamentary inquiry,</v>

02:19:55.880 --> 02:19:56.826
I'm sorry.

02:19:56.826 --> 02:19:57.793
<v ->Oh, yeah,</v>

02:19:57.793 --> 02:19:58.382
you called for the question.

02:19:58.382 --> 02:19:59.439
<v Voiceover>I'm calling for the question,</v>

02:19:59.439 --> 02:19:59.919
it is not debatable

02:19:59.919 --> 02:20:00.930
and we're not going to have discussion.

02:20:00.930 --> 02:20:01.928
We need to poll the board and see if we're going

02:20:01.928 --> 02:20:02.865
to move forward.

02:20:03.361 --> 02:20:05.246
<v ->Was there a second to call for the question?</v>

02:20:05.924 --> 02:20:07.347
You did? Ok.

02:20:08.265 --> 02:20:09.372
Move and seconded

02:20:09.920 --> 02:20:13.778
to recommend to order the previous question.

02:20:36.300 --> 02:20:39.183
We need two-thirds to move the previous question.

02:20:39.457 --> 02:20:40.599
All in favor,

02:20:41.136 --> 02:20:42.239
raise your hand.

02:20:42.557 --> 02:20:43.791
To move the previous question.

02:20:43.791 --> 02:20:45.043
Two-thirds is needed.

02:20:51.491 --> 02:20:52.437
All opposed,

02:20:52.437 --> 02:20:53.648
raise your hand.

02:21:43.634 --> 02:21:46.109
The motion carries. 8 to 4.

02:21:47.976 --> 02:21:50.008
Now the main motion before us

02:21:50.008 --> 02:21:51.832
is to recommend that the State Board of Education

02:21:51.910 --> 02:21:53.822
approve all three vendors as test providers

02:21:53.822 --> 02:21:56.812
for the Texas Certification of High School Equivalency.

02:21:57.145 --> 02:21:58.576
All in favor,

02:21:58.854 --> 02:21:59.775
raise your hand.

02:22:07.639 --> 02:22:08.694
All opposed,

02:22:08.776 --> 02:22:09.841
raise your hand.

02:22:15.511 --> 02:22:16.430
Motion carries.

02:22:19.107 --> 02:22:21.804
Alright, members,

02:22:21.804 --> 02:22:24.747
can we take just a 10-minute break?

02:22:24.747 --> 02:22:25.746
Then, we'll be back.

02:22:25.770 --> 02:22:26.553
Thank you.

02:36:28.229 --> 02:36:29.152
<v ->I shouldn't say that, should I?</v>

02:36:30.332 --> 02:36:30.982
I did say that.

02:36:31.619 --> 02:36:32.318
I did,

02:36:32.423 --> 02:36:33.662
I completely messed that up.

02:36:34.615 --> 02:36:35.526
I'm so sorry.

02:36:35.778 --> 02:36:36.949
(laughter)

02:36:37.156 --> 02:36:38.225
<v Voiceover>She just jinxed it, members.</v>

02:36:38.225 --> 02:36:39.412
<v ->I'm sorry members,</v>

02:36:39.414 --> 02:36:40.414
I will not do that again.

02:36:40.665 --> 02:36:42.958
Number Five on the agenda

02:36:43.215 --> 02:36:44.511
and then on the notes

02:36:44.511 --> 02:36:46.369
it's what number, Mr. Ratliff?

02:36:47.872 --> 02:36:48.388
<v Voiceover>Ok, members,</v>

02:36:48.388 --> 02:36:50.546
in the Committee of the Full Board Minutes

02:36:50.546 --> 02:36:54.586
is on page 7 in the corresponding Board book page

02:36:54.586 --> 02:36:55.811
is I-75.

02:36:56.993 --> 02:37:00.424
I'm going to move to postpone consideration of this item.

02:37:02.101 --> 02:37:03.959
I move that the State Board of Education postpone

02:37:07.106 --> 02:37:08.135
and not approve.

02:37:08.135 --> 02:37:11.028
<v ->I think you can amend it,</v>

02:37:11.028 --> 02:37:12.811
but I think you have to give what came

02:37:12.895 --> 02:37:15.488
out of the committee recommendation.

02:37:15.627 --> 02:37:16.880
We have to do that.

02:37:16.932 --> 02:37:18.611
<v Voiceover>On behalf of the Committee of the Full Board,</v>

02:37:18.611 --> 02:37:19.927
I move that The State Board of Education approve

02:37:19.927 --> 02:37:20.990
the second reading

02:37:20.990 --> 02:37:22.407
and final adoption proposed amendments

02:37:22.407 --> 02:37:25.527
to 19 TAC Chapter 74: Curriculum Requirements,

02:37:25.772 --> 02:37:28.000
Subchapter B: Graduation Requirements.

02:37:29.681 --> 02:37:32.146
The actual motion is on page eight in the Board Minutes,

02:37:32.608 --> 02:37:33.674
members.

02:37:34.223 --> 02:37:35.439
The top of page eight.

02:37:43.334 --> 02:37:46.022
<v ->It's been moved to approve the second reading</v>

02:37:46.164 --> 02:37:47.647
and final adoption proposed amendments

02:37:47.647 --> 02:37:50.455
to 19 TAC Chapter 74: Curriculum Requirements.

02:37:50.783 --> 02:37:52.473
Subchapter B: Graduation Requirements.

02:37:53.611 --> 02:37:54.656
Yes, Mr. Ratliff.

02:37:54.656 --> 02:37:57.505
<v ->I would like to move to postpone this item</v>

02:37:57.852 --> 02:37:59.129
to the April agenda.

02:37:59.986 --> 02:38:00.899
Members, staff

02:38:01.394 --> 02:38:03.190
and some members have been talking about the issue

02:38:03.190 --> 02:38:04.638
that was raised by the charter schools

02:38:04.638 --> 02:38:07.796
on the AP sequencing for the APE English classes.

02:38:08.489 --> 02:38:10.432
Rather than trying to do it at the eleventh hour,

02:38:10.432 --> 02:38:11.912
we want to be more deliberate

02:38:11.912 --> 02:38:13.784
and make sure we do this correctly

02:38:13.910 --> 02:38:15.223
so we're going to postpone to April.

02:38:15.364 --> 02:38:16.164
<v Voiceover>Is there a second?</v>

02:38:16.164 --> 02:38:16.776
<v Voiceover>Second.</v>

02:38:16.973 --> 02:38:18.765
<v Voiceover>Are you ready for the question?</v>

02:38:18.940 --> 02:38:19.696
<v ->Madam Chair.</v>

02:38:19.864 --> 02:38:24.135
I just wanted to make you aware of one other issue

02:38:25.286 --> 02:38:27.892
that we hope we'll be able to resolve

02:38:27.910 --> 02:38:29.005
with this postponement

02:38:29.005 --> 02:38:32.490
and that's the scores on the SAT are changing.

02:38:33.699 --> 02:38:35.323
We've got reference to scores

02:38:35.566 --> 02:38:37.854
in the performance acknowledgements in this part

02:38:37.854 --> 02:38:38.743
of the rule.

02:38:39.530 --> 02:38:41.968
We have been in conversations with the college board

02:38:42.189 --> 02:38:46.501
and we don't have the ability to make a recommendation

02:38:46.502 --> 02:38:48.651
on what the new score should be right now,

02:38:48.758 --> 02:38:51.187
but they anticipate that they will be able to provide us

02:38:51.187 --> 02:38:54.271
with information after the March administration.

02:38:54.904 --> 02:38:59.426
That's a second amendment that we would likely bring forward

02:38:59.957 --> 02:39:03.408
in April for this particular set of rules.

02:39:03.446 --> 02:39:08.310
So, there are really two issues that we can get to some resolution

02:39:08.310 --> 02:39:09.425
between now and April.

02:39:11.032 --> 02:39:11.986
<v Voiceover>Ok, yes,</v>

02:39:12.595 --> 02:39:13.377
Ms. Hardy.

02:39:13.377 --> 02:39:17.220
<v ->I thought we were hamstrung by legislation on this one.</v>

02:39:19.531 --> 02:39:21.362
<v ->We do think there are some ways</v>

02:39:21.503 --> 02:39:24.504
that the AP issue can be addressed.

02:39:26.210 --> 02:39:29.030
As we discuss some potential solutions,

02:39:29.121 --> 02:39:31.347
we want to make sure that there aren't any

02:39:31.385 --> 02:39:32.266
unintended consequences.

02:39:32.266 --> 02:39:36.541
This is still in line with your statutory requirements.

02:39:37.250 --> 02:39:40.593
We want to make sure that anything that we suggest

02:39:40.836 --> 02:39:42.262
for your consideration doesn't create

02:39:42.886 --> 02:39:45.209
unintended consequences.

02:39:45.590 --> 02:39:48.619
If we could just have a little bit of time to work

02:39:48.619 --> 02:39:51.211
through the two issues we believe

02:39:51.211 --> 02:39:54.051
we can bring forward a proposal in April.

02:39:55.310 --> 02:39:57.652
These rules wouldn't be affective until the start

02:39:57.652 --> 02:40:00.055
of the next school year anyway.

02:40:02.725 --> 02:40:04.465
There's not any impact

02:40:04.576 --> 02:40:06.429
because none of this would become affective

02:40:07.183 --> 02:40:09.353
upon this vote to begin with.

02:40:11.146 --> 02:40:12.302
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Ratliff.</v>

02:40:13.004 --> 02:40:13.709
<v ->Monica, if I</v>

02:40:13.709 --> 02:40:14.947
could ask y'all, as we're looking

02:40:15.193 --> 02:40:16.930
at the SAT score realignment,

02:40:16.930 --> 02:40:18.627
I don't know if it's in the current rule

02:40:18.627 --> 02:40:19.241
or not,

02:40:19.244 --> 02:40:22.481
but many colleges do what's called, 'superscoring,'

02:40:22.777 --> 02:40:23.806
on SAT scores.

02:40:23.806 --> 02:40:26.121
That if a student take the SAT twice,

02:40:26.457 --> 02:40:27.582
they'll take the best Math

02:40:27.582 --> 02:40:28.911
and the best English

02:40:28.911 --> 02:40:32.953
and pair them for that student's SAT entrance score.

02:40:34.179 --> 02:40:36.159
With regards to the performance acknowledgement,

02:40:36.252 --> 02:40:37.299
whether or not

02:40:37.825 --> 02:40:39.107
we either have the authority to

02:40:39.107 --> 02:40:43.806
or whether it's a good idea to superscore those for purposes

02:40:43.806 --> 02:40:44.938
of that as well.

02:40:46.359 --> 02:40:47.832
<v Voiceover>We can take a look at that.</v>

02:40:48.227 --> 02:40:49.012
<v Voiceover>That's all.</v>

02:40:49.012 --> 02:40:50.252
Just if we can.

02:40:50.252 --> 02:40:51.123
<v Voiceover>Ok, Ms. Beltran.</v>

02:40:51.222 --> 02:40:52.128
<v ->Thank you, Madam Chair.</v>

02:40:52.225 --> 02:40:53.227
I just want to thank

02:40:53.227 --> 02:40:56.069
and acknowledge the testifiers who were here yesterday.

02:40:56.069 --> 02:40:57.302
Some of them are here today again.

02:40:57.375 --> 02:41:00.517
I just want to thank them for their advocacy on behalf

02:41:00.517 --> 02:41:01.418
of their students

02:41:01.418 --> 02:41:04.155
because I know that they're really interested in providing

02:41:04.155 --> 02:41:04.770
college and career

02:41:04.770 --> 02:41:06.000
readiness for their kids.

02:41:06.386 --> 02:41:08.611
One of the other things that was flagged to me

02:41:09.048 --> 02:41:10.941
because when I was having these conversations

02:41:10.941 --> 02:41:12.278
and learning more about this,

02:41:12.720 --> 02:41:15.950
I started wondering if maybe there are other sections

02:41:16.005 --> 02:41:17.624
where more courses can be added.

02:41:17.722 --> 02:41:18.958
One of the things that was flagged

02:41:18.958 --> 02:41:20.904
was in Arts and Humanities that potentially

02:41:23.556 --> 02:41:25.148
Can we also look at that

02:41:25.148 --> 02:41:27.871
and see if there's room for AP English Language.

02:41:29.464 --> 02:41:30.690
It's I-97.

02:41:31.438 --> 02:41:34.575
Just in general to have another opportunity to

02:41:34.776 --> 02:41:35.721
look through this

02:41:35.721 --> 02:41:38.069
and make sure that we're giving the school districts

02:41:38.069 --> 02:41:39.992
enough flexibility to make sure there kids are.

02:41:41.012 --> 02:41:41.849
<v Voiceover>Monica, do</v>

02:41:41.849 --> 02:41:43.232
you know what's she's saying there?

02:41:43.232 --> 02:41:44.884
<v ->Yes, I think</v>

02:41:44.884 --> 02:41:47.702
we would take a look at any references

02:41:47.858 --> 02:41:51.802
to these specific courses in the rule

02:41:51.896 --> 02:41:53.948
and make a recommendation accordingly.

02:41:53.948 --> 02:41:56.301
I think that's another example of where

02:41:56.301 --> 02:41:59.692
if you make a decision to take action right now,

02:41:59.990 --> 02:42:01.966
we don't always have the opportunity to look

02:42:01.966 --> 02:42:04.156
at corresponding section of the rule.

02:42:05.478 --> 02:42:06.928
We'll take a look at all of it

02:42:06.982 --> 02:42:10.342
and try to bring forward consistent recommendations

02:42:10.342 --> 02:42:11.371
in April.

02:42:11.809 --> 02:42:13.256
<v Voiceover>I just also want to thank the staff.</v>

02:42:13.256 --> 02:42:14.002
Thank you, Monica,

02:42:14.002 --> 02:42:16.050
for taking the time to think about this more carefully.

02:42:18.276 --> 02:42:19.428
<v ->Any other questions?</v>

02:42:19.428 --> 02:42:21.797
So, the motion before us is the motion to postpone.

02:42:22.092 --> 02:42:23.025
All those in favor,

02:42:23.025 --> 02:42:23.737
say I.

02:42:23.819 --> 02:42:24.069
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

02:42:24.335 --> 02:42:25.141
<v ->All opposed,</v>

02:42:25.141 --> 02:42:25.391
say no.

02:42:25.657 --> 02:42:26.419
I's have it.

02:42:26.819 --> 02:42:27.980
<v ->Ok, members.</v>

02:42:27.980 --> 02:42:30.097
Staying on page eight in your Committee

02:42:30.097 --> 02:42:31.167
of the Full Board Minutes.

02:42:31.554 --> 02:42:34.726
The board agenda page is I-101.

02:42:36.925 --> 02:42:38.427
On behalf of the Committee of the Full Board,

02:42:38.563 --> 02:42:40.084
I move that the State Board of Education

02:42:40.084 --> 02:42:40.958
approve for second reading

02:42:40.958 --> 02:42:43.413
and final adoption proposed new 19 TAC

02:42:43.413 --> 02:42:44.544
Chapter 113:

02:42:45.013 --> 02:42:46.349
Texas Essential Knowledge

02:42:46.383 --> 02:42:47.213
and Skills for Social Studies.

02:42:47.283 --> 02:42:48.692
Subchapter C: High School

02:42:49.280 --> 02:42:52.663
Section 113.49: Personal Financial Literacy,

02:42:52.663 --> 02:42:53.738
one half credit,

02:42:53.802 --> 02:42:55.207
Adopted 2016.

02:42:58.436 --> 02:43:00.878
<v ->Let's move to approve for second reading</v>

02:43:00.878 --> 02:43:01.764
and final adoption

02:43:02.709 --> 02:43:04.893
and propose new 19 TAC Chapter 113

02:43:05.429 --> 02:43:06.244
Texas Essential Knowledge

02:43:06.244 --> 02:43:07.582
and Skills for Social Studies.

02:43:07.917 --> 02:43:09.583
Subchapter C: High School,

02:43:10.422 --> 02:43:12.923
113.49: Personal Financial Literacy

02:43:13.219 --> 02:43:15.392
one half credit, adopted 2016.

02:43:15.695 --> 02:43:16.994
Are you ready for the question?

02:43:17.396 --> 02:43:20.392
All those in favor say I.

02:43:20.787 --> 02:43:21.693
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

02:43:21.693 --> 02:43:22.806
<v ->All those opposed say no.</v>

02:43:23.021 --> 02:43:23.784
I's have it

02:43:23.784 --> 02:43:24.714
and the motions adopted.

02:43:25.552 --> 02:43:27.104
<v ->Members staying on page eight,</v>

02:43:28.455 --> 02:43:29.433
in the minutes

02:43:29.433 --> 02:43:32.511
and this corresponds to page I-113

02:43:32.919 --> 02:43:33.745
in your board book.

02:43:34.634 --> 02:43:37.915
The actual motion is on page nine in your Committee Minutes.

02:43:39.462 --> 02:43:41.027
On behalf of the Committee of the Full Board,

02:43:41.381 --> 02:43:42.634
I move that the State Board of Education

02:43:42.634 --> 02:43:43.884
approve for second reading

02:43:43.884 --> 02:43:46.903
and final adoption propose new 19 TAC chapter 74

02:43:46.903 --> 02:43:48.232
Curriculum Requirements,

02:43:48.232 --> 02:43:49.519
Subchapter A:

02:43:49.519 --> 02:43:50.598
Required Curriculum,

02:43:51.007 --> 02:43:53.407
Section 74.6: College and

02:43:53.407 --> 02:43:54.325
Career Readiness,

02:43:54.325 --> 02:43:55.701
and Texas Essential Knowledge

02:43:55.701 --> 02:43:56.878
and Skills alignment

02:43:57.091 --> 02:43:59.251
with an effective date of 20 days after filing

02:43:59.251 --> 02:44:00.867
as adopted with the Texas Register.

02:44:02.385 --> 02:44:04.335
<v Voiceover>It's moved to approve for second reading</v>

02:44:04.335 --> 02:44:05.307
and final adoption.

02:44:05.312 --> 02:44:07.465
Propose new 19 TAC Chapter 74

02:44:07.635 --> 02:44:09.359
Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter A:

02:44:09.360 --> 02:44:11.868
Required Curriculum, 74.6.

02:44:12.424 --> 02:44:13.550
College and Career

02:44:13.550 --> 02:44:14.224
Readiness

02:44:14.345 --> 02:44:15.424
and Texas Essential Knowledge

02:44:15.428 --> 02:44:16.348
and Skills alignment

02:44:16.351 --> 02:44:17.340
with an effective date

02:44:17.493 --> 02:44:19.387
of 20 days after filing, as adopted

02:44:19.387 --> 02:44:20.563
with the Texas Register.

02:44:21.062 --> 02:44:24.116
To set that early effective date, we need a vote

02:44:24.116 --> 02:44:25.228
of two-thirds.

02:44:26.063 --> 02:44:27.322
Are you ready for the question?

02:44:27.427 --> 02:44:28.351
All those in favor,

02:44:28.351 --> 02:44:29.285
raise your hand.

02:44:35.026 --> 02:44:35.712
All those opposed,

02:44:36.236 --> 02:44:37.418
raise your hand.

02:44:41.266 --> 02:44:42.591
There are 12 in the affirmative.

02:44:43.669 --> 02:44:44.626
The motion carries.

02:44:45.293 --> 02:44:45.956
<v ->Ok, members.</v>

02:44:45.956 --> 02:44:47.417
On page ten in your minutes,

02:44:48.044 --> 02:44:51.332
which correspondes to page I-167

02:44:51.704 --> 02:44:52.537
in the Board book.

02:44:54.580 --> 02:44:56.231
The actual motion is on page 11.

02:44:57.599 --> 02:44:59.653
On behalf of the Committee of the Full Board,

02:44:59.775 --> 02:45:01.075
I move that the State Board of Education

02:45:01.075 --> 02:45:03.047
approve the process for streamlining

02:45:03.152 --> 02:45:04.557
of the TEKS as amended.

02:45:09.596 --> 02:45:10.396
<v Voiceover>I'm sorry, Ms. Hardy.</v>

02:45:10.396 --> 02:45:11.376
Did you have a question?

02:45:11.727 --> 02:45:12.368
<v Voiceover>Yes.</v>

02:45:16.138 --> 02:45:19.763
I think this would want to be at this point that

02:45:19.763 --> 02:45:22.441
Ms. Cargill wanted me to announce that she has communicated

02:45:22.441 --> 02:45:23.759
with science folks,

02:45:23.928 --> 02:45:26.820
and they suggest streamlining the four main science subjects,

02:45:27.236 --> 02:45:28.311
not the electives.

02:45:29.511 --> 02:45:30.826
Is that where this would be talked about?

02:45:31.677 --> 02:45:33.981
<v Voiceover>I think we already gave that instruction.</v>

02:45:34.246 --> 02:45:36.209
We agreed upon that on Wednesday.

02:45:36.209 --> 02:45:38.058
<v Voiceover>She just wanted me to make sure</v>

02:45:38.058 --> 02:45:39.031
that was reiterated.

02:45:39.096 --> 02:45:40.611
That was the way we went with it.

02:45:41.023 --> 02:45:42.043
<v Voiceover>Members, the thing</v>

02:45:42.043 --> 02:45:43.075
that I had asked about

02:45:43.143 --> 02:45:45.110
was the counts for the

02:45:45.110 --> 02:45:46.900
how many students are taking the courses.

02:45:48.073 --> 02:45:53.073
It indeed shows those are overwhelming the four

02:45:53.093 --> 02:45:54.449
Biology, Chemistry,

02:45:54.449 --> 02:45:55.913
Integrated Physics, and Chemistry

02:45:55.913 --> 02:45:57.505
and Physics are the courses that kids,

02:45:57.505 --> 02:45:58.742
by and large,

02:45:58.742 --> 02:45:59.732
are taking.

02:45:59.738 --> 02:46:00.874
The number are much, much

02:46:00.874 --> 02:46:01.917
lower for the other courses.

02:46:01.917 --> 02:46:04.101
It makes sense just to concentrate

02:46:04.424 --> 02:46:06.101
and get those right for the four courses.

02:46:08.056 --> 02:46:09.330
Thank you very much.

02:46:10.530 --> 02:46:12.553
The recommendation is that the Board

02:46:12.553 --> 02:46:14.882
of Education approve the process for streamlining

02:46:14.882 --> 02:46:16.153
of the TEKS, as admitted.

02:46:16.153 --> 02:46:17.425
All those in favor say I.

02:46:17.534 --> 02:46:18.055
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

02:46:18.055 --> 02:46:19.335
<v ->All those opposed say nay.</v>

02:46:19.335 --> 02:46:20.761
I's have it.

02:46:20.870 --> 02:46:22.200
Thank you very much.

02:46:24.514 --> 02:46:25.588
Is that it?

02:46:25.904 --> 02:46:26.975
Okay, tremendous.

02:46:26.975 --> 02:46:28.259
That was Committee of the Full Board.

02:46:28.259 --> 02:46:29.688
Now we're on Committee of Instruction.

02:46:30.936 --> 02:46:32.427
If you'll point us,

02:46:32.538 --> 02:46:33.635
if you will,

02:46:33.635 --> 02:46:34.521
Ms. Melton-Malone,

02:46:34.521 --> 02:46:37.147
to the right page on your minutes.

02:46:37.214 --> 02:46:38.663
<v ->On our minutes,</v>

02:46:38.663 --> 02:46:41.103
it's the only one that we have for today

02:46:41.268 --> 02:46:42.322
is on page two.

02:46:43.476 --> 02:46:45.158
It is the official item

02:46:45.186 --> 02:46:46.562
of agenda in your notebook.

02:46:46.626 --> 02:46:50.534
Roman Numeral 2-21.

02:46:51.983 --> 02:46:54.030
It's agenda item number 11.

02:46:56.938 --> 02:46:57.355
I'm sorry,

02:46:57.355 --> 02:46:58.645
let me back up.

02:47:00.095 --> 02:47:03.961
It's 2-13 item agenda number 10.

02:47:04.324 --> 02:47:05.502
Number 10?

02:47:05.820 --> 02:47:06.838
Did I have it wrong?

02:47:07.599 --> 02:47:08.673
<v Voiceover>In your Board book.</v>

02:47:08.673 --> 02:47:09.854
<v ->Got it.</v>

02:47:10.670 --> 02:47:12.061
One behalf of the committee on instruction,

02:47:12.138 --> 02:47:14.512
I move that the State Board of Education approve

02:47:14.587 --> 02:47:15.366
for first reading

02:47:15.366 --> 02:47:18.895
and filing authorization propose new 19 TAC,

02:47:19.104 --> 02:47:20.254
chapter 127,

02:47:20.836 --> 02:47:22.007
Texas Essential knowledge

02:47:22.007 --> 02:47:23.596
and Skill for Career Development,

02:47:23.759 --> 02:47:25.424
Subchapter B: High School,

02:47:25.424 --> 02:47:30.043
Section 127.16: Extended Career Preparation,

02:47:30.161 --> 02:47:32.412
one credit, adopted 2016.

02:47:34.594 --> 02:47:35.567
<v Voiceover>Are you ready for the question?</v>

02:47:35.681 --> 02:47:37.556
All those in favor say I.

02:47:37.967 --> 02:47:38.842
<v Voiceover>I.</v>

02:47:38.842 --> 02:47:39.875
<v ->All those opposed say nay.</v>

02:47:39.875 --> 02:47:40.962
The I's have it,

02:47:41.078 --> 02:47:42.164
and motion is adopted.

02:47:42.485 --> 02:47:45.080
<v ->Our only other thing that was an action item,</v>

02:47:45.547 --> 02:47:47.839
did not need to come to play

02:47:48.210 --> 02:47:50.750
was withdrawn, because the agency had not received

02:47:50.750 --> 02:47:53.934
any applications for any innovative courses that needed

02:47:54.004 --> 02:47:55.293
the board's approval.

02:47:57.089 --> 02:47:57.602
<v ->Terrific.</v>

02:47:57.673 --> 02:47:59.715
So we're moving on past 11.

02:47:59.827 --> 02:48:02.899
Item 11 on your agenda, Proposed Approval

02:48:02.968 --> 02:48:04.123
of Innovative Courses.

02:48:04.123 --> 02:48:05.218
We can go ahead

02:48:05.339 --> 02:48:06.061
and skip.

02:48:06.187 --> 02:48:08.499
Now we're on Committee on School Finance,

02:48:08.499 --> 02:48:10.405
Permanent School Fund. There were no action items

02:48:10.405 --> 02:48:12.304
as I recall, correct?

02:48:13.460 --> 02:48:14.642
Terrific.

02:48:14.757 --> 02:48:16.650
Committee on School Initiatives, Mr. Rowley.

02:48:16.763 --> 02:48:17.898
<v ->Thank you Madam Chair.</v>

02:48:17.907 --> 02:48:22.416
This is on page two of the report

02:48:23.086 --> 02:48:25.689
on the Committee of School Initiatives minutes.

02:48:27.051 --> 02:48:29.234
It's Agenda Item Three,

02:48:30.214 --> 02:48:31.346
on page two.

02:48:32.215 --> 02:48:35.468
It's also Roman Numeral 4-45, I guess

02:48:35.474 --> 02:48:36.659
in the Board book.

02:48:38.776 --> 02:48:40.019
Everybody there?

02:48:40.550 --> 02:48:41.646
The committee recommended that the

02:48:41.764 --> 02:48:43.524
State Board of Education take no action

02:48:43.642 --> 02:48:47.511
on the proposed amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 242

02:48:47.511 --> 02:48:48.946
Superintendent Certificate,

02:48:49.474 --> 02:48:51.400
Section 242.20.

02:48:51.517 --> 02:48:53.824
Requirements for the Issuance of the Standard

02:48:54.049 --> 02:48:55.442
Superintendent Certificate.

02:48:57.888 --> 02:48:59.326
<v Voiceover>Is there a motion to reject?</v>

02:49:02.221 --> 02:49:03.058
Hearing none.

02:49:03.058 --> 02:49:05.082
<v ->He's got a question.</v>

02:49:05.082 --> 02:49:06.576
<v Voiceover>I'm sorry.</v>

02:49:06.576 --> 02:49:07.370
I'm sorry, yes, Mr. Ratliff.

02:49:07.370 --> 02:49:08.679
<v ->I have a question just for those that may not</v>

02:49:08.679 --> 02:49:09.894
have watched the committee hearing,

02:49:09.894 --> 02:49:11.964
this was the two different pathways

02:49:12.020 --> 02:49:14.146
to the Superintendent Certificate that we

02:49:14.146 --> 02:49:15.234
rejected last time

02:49:16.049 --> 02:49:17.258
and said we wanted one,

02:49:17.258 --> 02:49:17.889
but not the other.

02:49:17.889 --> 02:49:19.341
They've dropped the one that we did not like

02:49:19.341 --> 02:49:20.865
and only brought forward the one we did like.

02:49:21.194 --> 02:49:21.881
<v Voiceover>That's exactly right.</v>

02:49:21.881 --> 02:49:22.649
<v ->Thank you.</v>

02:49:23.202 --> 02:49:24.831
<v Voiceover>Now this is Subpart A</v>

02:49:24.986 --> 02:49:26.053
and not Subpart B.

02:49:26.289 --> 02:49:27.015
<v ->Thank you.</v>

02:49:30.061 --> 02:49:30.980
<v ->Ok, terrific.</v>

02:49:33.825 --> 02:49:34.667
Ok, hearing none.

02:49:34.667 --> 02:49:35.637
No action is taken,

02:49:35.637 --> 02:49:38.262
and the proposed amendment to 19 TAC

02:49:38.318 --> 02:49:39.315
Chapter 242:

02:49:39.315 --> 02:49:42.426
Superintendent Certificate, 242.20:

02:49:43.030 --> 02:49:44.580
Requirements for the Issuance of Standard

02:49:44.809 --> 02:49:46.067
Superintendent Certificate

02:49:46.231 --> 02:49:48.302
will take affect on February

02:49:48.841 --> 02:49:49.721
Do we have a date?

02:49:56.650 --> 02:49:57.706
Mr. Regal?

02:49:58.009 --> 02:49:59.316
Is there date?

02:50:02.160 --> 02:50:03.473
I understood there was a specific date.

02:50:04.047 --> 02:50:05.922
February 28, 2016.

02:50:07.110 --> 02:50:07.536
Ok, thank you

02:50:07.536 --> 02:50:08.488
very much.

02:50:10.534 --> 02:50:13.927
<v ->The next action item is on page three</v>

02:50:14.307 --> 02:50:15.615
of the same minutes.

02:50:15.615 --> 02:50:17.016
It's Agenda Item Four.

02:50:18.541 --> 02:50:20.074
In which the committee recommended

02:50:20.093 --> 02:50:22.069
the State Board of Education take no action

02:50:22.069 --> 02:50:26.581
on the proposed for business 19 TAC Chapter 227: Provisions

02:50:26.657 --> 02:50:29.182
for Educator Preparation Candidates.

02:50:31.363 --> 02:50:32.671
<v ->Is there a motion to reject?</v>

02:50:33.857 --> 02:50:35.373
<v ->We might expound on this one as well</v>

02:50:36.152 --> 02:50:37.256
for just a moment.

02:50:37.640 --> 02:50:39.875
This was the item that came to our attention

02:50:39.890 --> 02:50:44.672
sometime back about raising the admission GPA requirement

02:50:45.310 --> 02:50:47.236
from 2.5 to 2.75.

02:50:47.986 --> 02:50:49.704
There was an ambiguity that was contained

02:50:49.704 --> 02:50:50.901
in the statute.

02:50:51.237 --> 02:50:53.551
The legislature took up that issue,

02:50:53.929 --> 02:50:55.077
cured the ambiguity,

02:50:55.407 --> 02:50:57.120
left it at 2.5,

02:50:57.551 --> 02:51:00.652
but then required that the admitting class

02:51:01.385 --> 02:51:04.627
of each of the preparation programs

02:51:05.057 --> 02:51:07.435
have an average GPA of 3.0.

02:51:12.979 --> 02:51:13.916
There you go.

02:51:17.213 --> 02:51:17.732
<v Voiceover>Ms. Hardy,</v>

02:51:17.812 --> 02:51:18.297
did you want to speak?

02:51:18.297 --> 02:51:19.916
<v Voiceover>I'd like some clarification.</v>

02:51:20.599 --> 02:51:23.359
How did that happen, that the legislature could do that

02:51:23.359 --> 02:51:24.322
when they're not in session?

02:51:24.322 --> 02:51:25.541
<v Voiceover>This was previous.</v>

02:51:25.541 --> 02:51:26.447
<v ->This was sometime back.</v>

02:51:26.542 --> 02:51:28.604
<v Voiceover>It was brought to us in a confused state?</v>

02:51:30.536 --> 02:51:31.349
<v ->May I respond?</v>

02:51:31.349 --> 02:51:32.604
<v Voiceover>Yes, Mr. Rowley.</v>

02:51:32.604 --> 02:51:33.627
<v ->It came to us.</v>

02:51:34.572 --> 02:51:36.593
There was some ambiguity

02:51:37.229 --> 02:51:39.672
that was contained in the original rule.

02:51:40.415 --> 02:51:43.423
SBEC made the determination that

02:51:43.568 --> 02:51:45.327
it should be 2.5.

02:51:45.838 --> 02:51:46.643
Clarified that,

02:51:46.683 --> 02:51:47.802
sent that to us,

02:51:48.530 --> 02:51:49.382
SBOE.

02:51:49.553 --> 02:51:51.860
We came back at 2.75.

02:51:52.824 --> 02:51:54.321
Actually rejected the rule,

02:51:54.600 --> 02:51:56.240
sent back to SBEC.

02:51:56.411 --> 02:51:57.071
In the meantime,

02:51:57.071 --> 02:51:59.720
there was a legislative session that took place,

02:52:00.025 --> 02:52:02.097
so this was a year or more ago.

02:52:02.771 --> 02:52:04.062
They came back

02:52:04.274 --> 02:52:07.640
and said, "no, 2.5 is the minimum standard,

02:52:07.923 --> 02:52:11.255
but the cohort average has to be 3.0."

02:52:12.709 --> 02:52:17.364
<v ->I'm not sure that you would be privy to know what would</v>

02:52:17.364 --> 02:52:20.734
have caused the legislature to come up with such an idea

02:52:20.734 --> 02:52:23.704
that the group grade is the way we're going to go.

02:52:23.965 --> 02:52:26.391
Do you have any idea what their thinking,

02:52:26.391 --> 02:52:27.640
or lack thereof, was?

02:52:27.640 --> 02:52:32.640
<v ->I have no idea, but there are staff</v>

02:52:32.654 --> 02:52:33.238
(laughter)

02:52:33.238 --> 02:52:34.294
There are staff members here.

02:52:34.605 --> 02:52:37.637
Dr. Miller and Mr. Regal.

02:52:38.094 --> 02:52:39.651
If either one would like to speak to that?

02:52:40.163 --> 02:52:42.245
<v ->It kind of smacks of everyone getting a trophy,</v>

02:52:42.354 --> 02:52:43.153
if you ask me.

02:52:43.372 --> 02:52:44.596
<v Voiceover>There were some other provisions too</v>

02:52:44.596 --> 02:52:45.797
about the 10%

02:52:46.086 --> 02:52:47.087
and all of that.

02:52:47.223 --> 02:52:50.187
Make sure, Dr. Miller.

02:52:50.904 --> 02:52:51.692
<v Voiceover>Yes, ma'am.</v>

02:52:51.692 --> 02:52:54.076
In terms of the legislative intent of the 3.0,

02:52:54.989 --> 02:52:56.299
I don't have those materials with me.

02:52:56.299 --> 02:52:57.548
So I wouldn't want to speculate on that

02:52:57.548 --> 02:53:00.030
without reviewing anything they may have put forth

02:53:00.070 --> 02:53:02.734
as to why they went with the 3.0 cohort average.

02:53:04.039 --> 02:53:05.613
<v ->I think it means everybody got a trophy.</v>

02:53:06.756 --> 02:53:08.117
<v ->Ok, is there</v>

02:53:08.148 --> 02:53:09.615
a motion to reject?

02:53:11.420 --> 02:53:12.206
Hearing none,

02:53:12.206 --> 02:53:13.020
no action is taken.

02:53:13.020 --> 02:53:16.123
Proposed amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 227: Provisions

02:53:16.123 --> 02:53:18.747
for the Educator Preparations Candidates

02:53:18.747 --> 02:53:21.874
will take affect on February 28, 2016.

02:53:25.971 --> 02:53:26.541
And, that's it.

02:53:26.541 --> 02:53:29.723
Members, I look forward to going to some of your districts

02:53:30.002 --> 02:53:31.300
before the next meeting

02:53:31.404 --> 02:53:32.900
and having our community conversations.

02:53:33.040 --> 02:53:34.347
I really look forward to that.

02:53:36.678 --> 02:53:37.733
Also, I wanted

02:53:37.733 --> 02:53:38.737
to make an announcement.

02:53:38.737 --> 02:53:40.042
Barbara Cargill

02:53:40.042 --> 02:53:41.098
and Pat Hardy are receiving

02:53:41.098 --> 02:53:43.425
the Texas Education Leadership and Literacy Award

02:53:46.054 --> 02:53:50.487
from the Texas Association for Literacy Education.

02:53:50.755 --> 02:53:53.310
Saturday, February 13 in San Antonio.

02:53:54.035 --> 02:53:56.911
Recognizing them for their efforts of promoting literacy

02:53:56.911 --> 02:53:57.741
for all students.

02:53:57.874 --> 02:53:58.647
Thank you very much.

02:53:58.999 --> 02:54:00.086
I believe Barbara Cargill

02:54:00.250 --> 02:54:02.236
and Thomas Ratliff, right?

02:54:03.265 --> 02:54:05.525
Are receiving an award from the Texas Music

02:54:05.755 --> 02:54:07.262
Educators Association, correct?

02:54:07.480 --> 02:54:09.293
Friday, February 12 in San Antonio.

02:54:11.022 --> 02:54:12.668
(applause)

02:54:12.668 --> 02:54:13.693
(laughter)

02:54:13.852 --> 02:54:14.436
Absolutely.

02:54:14.563 --> 02:54:15.548
Is there any other - ?

02:54:15.548 --> 02:54:16.784
Oh, we

02:54:16.807 --> 02:54:17.145
have an engagement, yes.

02:54:17.145 --> 02:54:19.093
Erica Beltran is engaged.

02:54:19.112 --> 02:54:20.039
We're excited about that.

02:54:20.662 --> 02:54:22.275
(applause)

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Congratulations.

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We should have a little bundle of joy

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almost next time.

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(laughter)

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(applause)

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Alright, members.

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If we have no other

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<v Voiceover>Madam Chair.</v>

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<v ->Oh yes,</v>

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I'm sorry.

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Ms. Monica.

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<v ->I was asked if we could just make a plug.</v>

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We are still looking for instructional materials reviewers

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for Proclamation 2017.

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That's CTE

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and the Special Topics in Social Studies

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and languages other than English.

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If you would please get the word out

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that we're still looking for reviewers, that would

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be really helpful.

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<v Voiceover>So, we need reviewers.</v>

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Would you mind sending us a reminder?

02:55:21.238 --> 02:55:23.079
<v Voiceover>We'll ask Renee to send a reminder</v>

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with the link to the application again.

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CTE,

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languages other than English,

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Special Topics in Social Studies,

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and Algebraic Reasoning.

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We have enough for the Math.

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We need CTE,

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languages other than English, primarily.

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<v Voiceover>Oh, ok, ok, great.</v>

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Members, if there's

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no other business,

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the meeting is adjourned.

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Thank you very much.

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(gavel bang)