SBOE to Hold Special Meeting Next Week

The State Board of Education (SBOE) will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 25 — and may meet the next day (Thursday, Feb. 26) to take action on leftover items (if any).

Discussion/Action

The items include:

• Discussion/approval of a couple of instructional materials related items — including requests by the TEA to update the Bluebonnet materials after TEA identified more than 4,200 errors and brought them to the board’s attention during the January meeting (Texas Tribune).
  
  
• Public hearing/discussion on a proposed new Social Studies TEKS.
  
  
• Approval of legislation-required parental rights training for ISD trustees.
  
  
• Approval of a legislation-required civics training program for designated school personnel to foster the teaching of civics to students as a social studies component.
  

Agenda/Public Testimony

The comprehensive agenda — including background materials — is posted here.

Online public testimony registration for in-person testimony opens at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, and closes at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20.

The board’s next regular meeting is April 6-10.