| (B) The purpose of the continuing education on setting
individual campus goals for early childhood literacy and mathematics
and college, career, and military readiness is to facilitate boards
meeting the requirements of TEC, §11.185 and §11.186.
(C) A candidate for school board may complete the training
up to one year before he or she is elected or appointed. A newly elected
or appointed school board member who did not complete this training
in the year preceding his or her election or appointment must complete
the training within 120 calendar days after election or appointment.
(D) The continuing education shall be completed every
two years.
(E) The training shall be at least three hours in length.
(F) The continuing education required by this subsection
shall include, at a minimum:
(i) instruction in school board behaviors correlated
with improved student outcomes with emphasis on:
(I) setting specific, quantifiable student outcome
goals; and
(II) adopting plans to improve early literacy and numeracy
and college, career, and military readiness for applicable student
groups evaluated in the Closing the Gaps domain of the state accountability
system established under TEC, Chapter 39;
(ii) instruction in progress monitoring practices to
improve student outcomes; and
(iii) instruction in state accountability with emphasis
on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, state assessment instruments
administered under the TEC, Chapter 39, and the state accountability
system established under the TEC, Chapter 39.
(G) The continuing education shall be provided by an
authorized provider as defined by subsection (d) of this section.
(H) If the training is attended by an entire school
board and its superintendent, includes a review of local school district
data on student achievement, and otherwise meets the requirements
of subsection (b)(4) of this section, the training may serve to meet
a school board member's obligation to complete training under subsection
(b)(4) and (6) of this section, as long as the training complies with
the Texas Open Meetings Act.
(7) Each board member shall complete continuing education
on identifying and reporting potential victims of sexual abuse, human
trafficking, and other maltreatment of children in accordance with
TEC, §11.159(c)(2).
(A) A candidate for school board may complete the training
up to one year before he or she is elected or appointed. A newly elected
or appointed school board member who did not complete this training
in the year preceding his or her election or appointment must complete
the training within 120 calendar days after election or appointment.
(B) The training shall be completed every two years.
(C) The training shall be at least one hour in length.
(D) The training must familiarize board members with
the requirements of TEC, §38.004 and §38.0041, and §61.1051
of this title (relating to Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect, Including
Trafficking of a Child).
(E) The training required by this subsection shall
include, at a minimum:
(i) instruction in best practices of identifying potential
victims of child abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment
of children;
(ii) instruction in legal requirements to report potential
victims of child abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment
of children; and
(iii) instruction in resources and organizations that
help support victims and prevent child abuse, human trafficking, and
other maltreatment of children.
(F) The training sessions shall be provided by a registered
provider as defined by subsection (c) of this section.
(G) This training may be completed online, provided
that the training is designed and offered by a registered provider,
incorporates interactive activities that assess learning and provide
feedback to the learner, and offers an opportunity for interaction
with the instructor.
(H) The registered provider shall determine the clock
hours of training credit to be awarded for successful completion of
an online course and shall provide verification of completion as required
in subsection (h) of this section.
(c) For the purposes of this section, a registered
provider has demonstrated proficiency in the content required for
a specific training. A private or professional organization, school
district, government agency, college/university, or private consultant
shall register with the TEA to provide the board member continuing
education required in subsection (b)(3), (5), and (7) of this section.
(1) The registration process shall include documentation
of the provider's training and/or expertise in the activities and
areas covered in the framework for governance leadership.
(2) An updated registration shall be required of a
provider of continuing education every three years.
(3) A school district that provides continuing education
exclusively for its own board members is not required to register.
(4) An ESC is not required to register under this subsection.
(d) An authorized provider meets all the requirements
of a registered provider and has demonstrated proficiency in the content
required in subsection (b)(4) and (6) of this section. Proficiency
may be demonstrated by completing a TEA-approved train-the-trainer
course that includes evaluation on the topics and following a review
of the provider's qualifications and course design, or through other
means as determined by the commissioner.
(1) A private or professional organization, school
district, government agency, college/university, or private consultant
may be authorized by TEA to provide the board member training required
in subsection (b)(4) and (6) of this section.
(2) An ESC shall be authorized by TEA to provide the
board member training required in subsection (b)(4) and (6) of this
section.
(3) The authorization process shall include documentation
of the provider's training and/or expertise in the activities and
areas covered in the framework for governance leadership.
(4) An updated authorization shall be required of a
provider of training every three years.
(e) No continuing education shall take place during
a school board meeting unless that meeting is called expressly for
the delivery of board member continuing education. However, continuing
education may take place prior to or after a legally called board
meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Texas Government
Code, §551.001(4).
(f) An ESC board member continuing education program
shall be open to any interested person, including a current or prospective
board member. A district is not responsible for any costs associated
with individuals who are not current board members.
(g) A registration fee shall be determined by ESCs
to cover the costs of providing continuing education programs offered
by ESCs.
(h) For each training described in this section, the
provider of continuing education shall provide verification of completion
of board member continuing education to the individual participant
and to the participant's school district. The verification must include
the provider's authorization or registration number.
(i) To the extent possible, the entire board shall
participate in continuing education programs together.
(j) At the last regular meeting of the board of trustees
before an election of trustees, the current president of each local
board of trustees shall announce the name of each board member who
has completed the required continuing education, who has exceeded
the required hours of continuing education, and who is deficient in
meeting the required continuing education as of the anniversary of
the date of each board member's election or appointment to the board
or two-year anniversary of his or her previous training, as applicable.
The announcement shall state that completing the required continuing
education is a basic obligation and expectation of any sitting board
member under SBOE rule. The minutes of the last regular board meeting
before an election of trustees must reflect whether each trustee has
met or is deficient in meeting the training required for the trustee
as of the first anniversary of the date of the trustee's election
or appointment or two-year anniversary of his or her previous training,
as applicable. The president shall cause the minutes of the local
board to reflect the announcement and, if the minutes reflect that
a trustee is deficient in training as of the anniversary of his or
her joining the board, the district shall post the minutes on the
district's Internet website within 10 business days of the meeting
and maintain the posting until the trustee meets the requirements.
(k) Annually, the SBOE shall commend those local board-superintendent
teams that complete at least eight hours of the continuing education
specified in subsection (b)(4) and (5) of this section as an entire
board-superintendent team.
(l) Annually, the SBOE shall commend local board-superintendent
teams that effectively implement the commissioner's trustee improvement
and evaluation tool developed under the TEC, §11.182, or any
other tool approved by the commissioner.
(m) This section will be implemented May 1, 2020. This
section as it read prior to adoption by the SBOE at its January 2020
meeting controls continuing education for school board members until
May 1, 2020.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §61.1 adopted to be effective March 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 875; amended to be effective May 7, 2003, 28 TexReg 3718; amended to be effective December 20, 2010, 35 TexReg 11223; amended to be effective August 25, 2014, 39 TexReg 6224; amended to be effective June 13, 2018, 43 TexReg 3783; amended to be effective March 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 1984 |
