New Revisions to Previously Adopted ELAR TEKS that may impact your curriculum planning

Don't panic. We're going to be fine. But you need to know what's happening. 

At the meeting of the full board on April 3-5, 2018 the State Board of Education held the first hearing for revisions to the ELAR TEKS that had been previously adopted.  This has some implications for your curriculum writing and preparation. 

You can read about the rationale for the changes and review the changes presented at first reading here: 

https://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/Leadership/State_Board_of_Education/2019/April/April_2019_Committee_of_the_Full_Board_Item_6/

If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, you will see Attachment 1 (ELAR TEKS) and Attachment 2 (SLAR TEKS) .  These documents show the proposed changes.

The SBOE is accepting pubic commentary about the revisions: 

PUBLIC COMMENTS: The public comment period on the proposal begins May 3, 2019, and ends June 7, 2019. The SBOE will take registered oral and written comments on the proposal at the appropriate committee meeting in June 2019 in accordance with the SBOE board operating policies and procedures. A request for a public hearing on the proposal submitted under the Administrative Procedure Act must be received by the commissioner of education not more than 14 calendar days after notice of the proposal has been published in the Texas Register on May 3, 2019.