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Beyond the 84th Texas Legislature

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The 84th Bill Captions: Real or Not?

Animals & Insects Category

“Relating to the sale and purchase of shark fins or products derived from shark fins” HB 1579 by Rep. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville “Designating the western honey bee as the official State Pollinator of Texas” — beelieve it or not — HCR 65 by Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin. “Designating the Lake Worth Bullfrog as the mascot most likely to be eaten by a Joshua Owl” Not really--just a wisecrack!

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The 84thBill Captions: Real or Not? Your Government At Work Category “Relating to the naming by the Texas Historical Commission of certain areas without historical value that are on historic sites”

HB 2332 by Rep. Doug Miller, R-New Braunfels

“Relating to the use of fireworks at certain Texas Department of Transportation rest areas”

SB 570 by Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, & HB 397 by Rep. J.D. Sheffield, R-Gatesville

“Relating to the tasting of alcoholic beverages by students enrolled in certain courses”

HB 909 by Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman. This deals with 18- to 20-year-olds enrolled in courses involving wine or beer technology by helpfully defining taste as “to draw a beverage into the mouth without swallowing or otherwise consuming the beverage.”

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The 84thBill Captions: Real or Not?

“Relating to the prosecution of entry of a person into a public restroom designated for the opposite sex as disorderly conduct” HB 1747 by Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball “Relating to a study on automobile theft” HB 3704 by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. I hope this leads to a law banning it. “Relating to the deregulation of hair braiding” — a twisted topic — SB 1193 by Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, and HB 2717 by Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth “Relating to creating the offense of voyeurism” HB 207 by Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano. A bill worth watching.

With Appreciation to Corbin Van Arsdale!

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The 84thBill Captions: The Winner

Relating to the establishment of an unmanned aircraft program in the office of the governor HB 3429 by Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville

The 2013 caption winner was Bryan Rep. Kyle Kacal’s memorable HB 1819: “Relating to liability for injuring a trespassing sheep or goat.”

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Return to the Start: January 2015

A Positive Financial Picture

New Statewide Leadership

A Conservative and Inexperienced Senate

Significant House Turnover

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Public Education in the 84th

A MACRO REVIEW

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How Is Success Measured?

1) Appropriations

2) Legislation that Was Passed

3) Legislation that Failed to Pass

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Appropriations

$2.5B Enrollment Growth

$1.2B into Basic Allotment

$105M in New Funds for Facilities Programs ◦ $55M for IFA ◦ $47.5M for NIFA

$200M for “Fractional Funding”

$798M to Cover TRA Care Shortfall

$118M for Pre-Kindergarten Programs

$205M Above Current Funding for IMF

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Passed Legislation: A Snapshot

Academies Legislation (Multiple bills) ◦ Literacy Academies ($17.8M) ◦ Math Academies ($22.8M) ◦ Counselor Academies ($10M)

HB 4/Huberty Pre-Kindergarten

HB 18/Aycock ◦ Builds on HB 5 ◦ Counselor Academies ◦ Expands High Performance Consortium ◦ Dual Credit Instructor Qualifications

HB 1474 – IMA Distribution

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Passed Legislation: A Snapshot

SB 149/Seliger - Graduation Review Committees ◦ Limited Applicability ◦ Considerations of fifteen data sources ◦ Expires in 2017

Graduation Requirements – Multiple bills

Career & Technical Education – Multiple bills

HB 2804/Aycock – Public School Performance

HB 2205 – School District Teaching Permits

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Failed Legislation: A Snapshot School Vouchers

Achievement/Opportunity School District

Parent Trigger Local Instructional Materials Review

Home School Participation in UIL

State Agency Designation for UIL (Sunset)

…and so much more!

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Bills & Issues of Note SB 507/Lucio – Cameras in Special Ed Classrooms

School Discipline Legislation ◦ SB 107/Whitmire ◦ HB 2398/White

Course Credit Related Legislation ◦ HB 1992/Zerwas – AP Programs ◦ Dual Credit Legislation

◦ HB 505/Eddie Rodriguez ◦ HB 2812/Springer

◦ SB 453 - Credit by Exam (CLEP)

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As Your Time Permits THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BETWEEN NOW AND THE 85TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE

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Thinking About Interim Issues What are the issues and needs of your schools?

A standard yardstick may not be the best measurement tool.

Texas is a state that is characterized by the inverse relationship between the number of school districts and the percentage of students educated. ◦100,000+ 4 ISDs ◦50,000-99,999 14 ISDs ◦>1,000 675 ISDs & State Charter Schools

Governance of public education is characterized by local control with accountability.

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Interim Issue #1

School Finance

◦SCOT: Oral Arguments made on September 1 ◦When will a ruling be issued? ◦Special Session…or Not ◦State Surplus

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Interim Issue #2

Retirement Plans Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution

◦ TPPF: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article27546100.html

◦ Texas Retired Teachers Association: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article28357126.html

◦ Texans for a Secure Retirement: http://www.texansr.org/

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Interim Issue #3-The Scope of Our Work

APPROXIMATELY 5.6M

Home Schools Private Schools

Charter Schools ISDs

SCHOOL AGE KIDS IN TEXAS

2.7% 4.4% 3.6%* 89.3%

*”Waiting List of 100,000” = +0.9%

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Interim Issues #4

How Much More “Reform”? Recent experience says ‘reformers’ are never finished. Know the players, know the issues. Principles of Privatization http://www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueID=92 Education Reform as Malpractice http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-nelson/education-reform-is-malpr_b_7847910.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education

There are differences between private sector partners and privatizers of public ed.

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In the Interim - Anticipated Issues

Student Performance: Literacy Instruction in MS and HS Blended Learning Parent Involvement & Community Engagement – Post HB 5 & HB 2804 Discipline and Alternative Education Management Professional Ethics Civic Responsibility: Educating Students

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Texas Public Schools in 2015

Who is most capable of giving direction to Texas public schools, citizens who have demonstrated an interest in public schools and people trained as educators, or people with limited, if any, education background and experience?

There is a concerted and widespread effort across our state to malign public schools, specifically ISDs, and to open the door for quick fixes that all have price tags.

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The Long View or Short View?

Will the lawmakers in the 85th Session be more interested in political issues than in improving critical state services?

When the 1994-95 Snapshot was released, only 24 of the state’s current 181 legislators were in office. The people they were serving in the 74th Legislature had little concern about what the schools would look like in 2015.

You are operating public schools today that look completely different from what the schools that were operating twenty years ago. We must help our elected officials recognize this.

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Staying in Touch: Where is the Info? Professional Associations

Texas Tribune (TribFest Oct. 16) http://www.texastribune.org/

TEA Communications http://tea.texas.gov/ (available through news releases, online correspondence, mailing lists, and other posted information)

Raise Your Hand Texas http://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/

SXSWedu (March 7-10, 2016) http://sxswedu.com/

ESC Region 11 http://www.esc11.net/Page/1

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Your Reading & Study Assignment Changing Texas-Implications of Addressing or Ignoring the Texas Challenge Murdock, Cline, Zey, Jeanty & Perez Texas A&M Press (www.tamupress.com) “While We’re Young” article by Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly, August 2015

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