State Board Of Education To Host Community Conversation In Austin

AUSTIN, TX -- The State Board of Education Support Division and the TEXAS Comprehensive Center at American Institutes for Research invites the community to participate in a Community Conversation discussing the Long-Range Plan for Texas Public Education on Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 4 PM - 6 PM. This conversation would benefit from the input of parents, students, educators, and business leaders.

While members of the community may be vested in multiple roles as a parent, student, educator, and business leader, for the purposes of this event you are asked to choose one role to participate in the activities at the meeting. At registration, you are asked to choose either EDUCATOR, STUDENT, PARENT/COMMUNITY MEMBER, or BUSINESS LEADER caucus group.

You do not need a ticket to attend, however a RSVP is encouraged. Results will be gathered by caucus group.

The Purpose of the Community Meeting

The State Board of Education (SBOE), under Texas law, is required to adopt a Long-Range Plan for Public Education. To help the board gather information that will shape the new plan and set long term goals through the year 2030, it is holding public community meetings around the state.

SBOE recently appointed the Long-Range Plan for Public Education Steering Committee; this 18-member steering committee is made up of state board members, various stakeholder group representatives and representatives from three state agencies. The steering committee will offer a recommendation for long-term goals for Texas schools and will identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of the system.

The recommendations prepared by the steering committee, as well as information gathered from the community meetings and an online survey, will be considered by the board when it ultimately adopts the long-range plan. Adoption of a new long-range plan is tentatively scheduled for Fall 2018.

Agenda Details

During the evening meeting, participants will discuss four broad topics:

1. Student Engagement and Empowerment

2. Educator Preparation, Recruitment, and Retention

3. Equity and Access

4. Family Engagement and Empowerment

Additional education topics may be discussed if time permits.

In order to prepare for the evening's conversation, you may want to preview and familiarize yourself with the documents below. By the end of the event, the input gathered will provide helpful information and a variety of perspectives to pass on to the steering commitee and State Board of Education.

Presentations and resources presented to the steering committee during its first meeting

An Assessment of State Plans, Reports, and Data (PDF, 1,149 KB)

A Sampling of Long-Range Plans From Other States

Education and Texas Demographic Characteristics and Trends(PDF, 7MB)

Related documents

Development of the Long-Range Plan for Public Education, Phase One Planning Document

Findings of the Ad Hoc Committee

Long-Range Plan for Public Education 2001-2006

Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020

You may check for future updates located at the address below:

https://tea.texas.gov/SBOE/long-range_plan/

EVENT DETAILS

Community Conversation AUSTIN

Tuesday, Feb. 20 beginning at 4 PM

William B. Travis Building, Board Room 1-104

1701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701