Texas Register, Volume 10, Number 8, Pages 265-308, January 25, 1985 Page: 276
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The amendments are proposed under the
Texas Education Code, 311.52(d), which
provides the commissioner of education
with the authority to prescribe uniform
systems of forms, reports, and records
necessary to secure needed information
from county school officers and local
school districts.
041.61. School Dstrnct Data Submission to
the Texas Education Agency.
(a) The rules for data submission to
the Texas Education Agency (TEA) are
described in the official TEA bulletin School
District Data Submirsion to the Texas Edu-
cation Agency, Bulletin 742, as amended
February 1915 [October 19831, which is
adopted by this reference as the agency's
official rule. A copy is available for exami-
nation during regular office hours, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., except holidays, Saturdays, and
Sundays, at the Central [Texas] Education
Agency [(headquarters) Building, 201 East
11lth Street, Austin, Texas]. On the effec-
tive date of this rule, the agency is located
at 201 East 11th Street, Austin, Texas
71701. During the summer of 1985, the
agency will move to 1701 North Congress
Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701. After the
agency's move, the rule will be available for
laspection at that location.
(b) (No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the pro-
posal has been reviewed by legal counsel
and found to be within the agency's
authority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on January 10, 1986.
TRD-850493 W. N. Kirby
Interim Commissioner of
Education
Earliest possible date of adoption:
February 25, 1985
For further Information, please call
(512) 475-7077.
Chapter 75. Curriculum
Subchapter B. Essential Elements--
Prekindergarten [Kindergarten]-
Grade Six
* 19 TAC 75.21-75.29
(Editor's note: Sections 75.21-75.28 are pro-
posed to be renumbered as 75.22-75.29,
without changes to the text. The text of the
rules will not be republished but may be
seen at the Texas Education Agency, 201
East 11th Street, Austin, or the Texas
Register office, Room 503E, Sam Houston
Building, 201 East 14th Street, Austin.)
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) pro-
poses amendments to 175.21-75.28
and new 175.21, concerning essentialelements for prekindergarten through
grade six. Sections 75.21-76.28 are
renumbered to be 175.22-75.29, and
a new 175.21 is proposed The proposed
amendiments change the subchapter title
to include a refer ence to prekindergarten
and designate the essential elements for
prekindergarten education. Related pro-
visions concerning prekindergarten edu-
cation are included in an amendment to
75.141.
A task force comprised of representatives
from school districts, regional education
service center s, and universities assisted
in drafting the proposed essential ele-
ments for prekindergarten education and
in developing provisions for the operation
of prekindergarten programs.
Proposed new 75.21, concerning pre-
kindergarten education, sets out essential
elements in a developmental sequence
focusing on communication development,
cognition development, motor develop-
ment, fine arts, and social/emotional de-
velopment. These elements are designed
to allow students to build a foundation
that will enable them to be successful in
sL 'sequent school experiences.
Richard Bennett, associate commissioner
for finance, has determined that for the
first five-year period the rules will be in
effect there will be no fiscal implications
for state or local government or small
businesses as a result of enforcing or ad-
ministering the rules.
Dr. Beverly J. Bardsley, policy develop
ment director, and Mr. Bennett have de-
termined that for each year of the first
five years the rules are in effect the public
benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing
the rules is specification of those com-
ponents which must be included in all
prekindergarten programs to ensure qual-
ity and consistency of such programs
throughout the state. There is no antici-
pated economic cost to individuals who
are required to comply with the rules as
proposed.
Comments on the proposal may be sub-
mitted to Dr. Beverly J. Bardsley, Director
for Policy Development, 201 East 11th
Street, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 475-
7077. All requests for a public hearing on
proposed sections submitted in accor-
dance with the Administrative Procedure
and Texas Register Act must be received
by the commissioner of education not
more than 1 5 calendar days after notice
of a proposed change in rules has been
published in the Texas Register.
The amendments and new section are
proposed under the Texas Education
Code, 421.101, which requires the State
Board of Education to designate essential
elements for specified subjects and to re-
quire sc! ool districts to teach them at ap-propriate grade levels, prekinderglrten-
grade 12.
75.21. Prekindergarten Education.
(a) Communication development,
prekindergarten. Communication develop-
ment, prekindergarten, shall include the fol-
lowing essential elements.
(1) Listening (receptive language).
The student shall be provided opportunities
to:
(A) respond to simple directions,
commands, and questions;
(B) recognize and compare fa-
miliar and unfamiliar environmental
sounds, including sounds of animals, mo-
tors, musical instruments, and nature;
(C) acquire the meaning of vo-
cabulary words related to concepts being
presented;
(D) listen to literary selections
daily for personal enjoyment;
(E) become aware of various
speech sounds and patterns through
rhymes, poems, chants, and fingerplays;
(F) respond to storytelling or
oral reading by telling what the story is
about, recalling facts and details, and recall-
ing the sequence of events;
(G) focus attention on a speaker
without interruption; and
(H) recognize voice tone as a
way to express feeling.
(2) Speaking (expressive language).
The student shall be provided opportunities
to:
(A) participate in nonverbal
communication through gesture, panto-
mime, and facial expression;
(B) use a variety of words to ex-
press feelings and ideas;
(C) talk about what is seen,
heard, touched, tasted, or smelled as ob-
jects, people, and events are experienced;
(D) engage in a conversation by
sharing ideas with others;
(E) dictate ideas and feelings as
they are recorded;
(F) retell a familiar story or
nursery rhyme;
(G) speak clearly;
(H) present fingerplays; and
(1) use oral language in a variety
of situations.
(b) Cognition development, prekin-
dergarten. Cognition development, prekin-
dergarten, shall include the following essen-
tial elements.
(1) 'Identifying. The student shall
be provided opportunities to:
(A) match objects in a one-to-
one correspondence such as a cup to saucer,
napkin to plate, etc. (mathematics);
(B) orally identify the number of
objects in a group (mathematics);
(C) recognize the empty set (con-
cept of zero) (mathematics);
(D) discuss ways people can help
each other (social studies);10 Tee 27 aur 2,15 exsRe
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