PART 2. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 115. TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
The State Board of Education (SBOE) adopts amendments to §§115.2-115.7, 115.22, and 115.23, concerning Texas essential knowledge and skills (TEKS) for health education. The amendments are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the March 8, 2013, issue of the Texas Register (38 TexReg 1499) and will not be republished. The sections establish the TEKS for health education instruction in elementary and middle school. The adopted amendments add student expectations for bullying prevention to the TEKS for health education as required by House Bill (HB) 1942, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011.
The 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011, passed HB 1942, amending the Texas Education Code (TEC), §28.002, to define bullying and harassment. Under the TEC, §28.002, as amended, the SBOE shall adopt TEKS for the health curriculum, in consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, that include evidence-based practices that will effectively address awareness, prevention, identification, self-defense in response to, and resolution of and intervention in bullying and harassment. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) worked with the Texas School Safety Center to provide recommendations for amendments to the health education TEKS in Kindergarten-Grade 8 to address bullying behavior, including the addition of a specific bullying prevention strand for Grades 4-8.
The adopted amendments have no procedural and reporting implications. The adopted amendments have no locally maintained paperwork requirements.
The TEA determined that there is no direct adverse economic impact for small businesses and microbusinesses; therefore, no regulatory flexibility analysis, specified in Texas Government Code, §2006.002, is required.
The SBOE took action to approve the amendments for second reading and final adoption during its April 19, 2013, meeting.
No public comments were received on the proposal.
SUBCHAPTER A. ELEMENTARY
The amendments are adopted under the Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4), which authorizes the SBOE to establish curriculum and graduation requirements, and §28.002(s), which authorizes the SBOE to adopt essential knowledge and skills for the health curriculum, in consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, that include evidence-based practices that will effectively address awareness, prevention, identification, self-defense in response to, and resolution of and intervention in bullying and harassment.
The amendments implement the Texas Education Code, §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002(s), 37.001, and 37.0832.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 17, 2013.
TRD-201301990
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: August 26, 2013
Proposal publication date: March 8, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
The amendments are adopted under the Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4), which authorizes the SBOE to establish curriculum and graduation requirements, and §28.002(s), which authorizes the SBOE to adopt essential knowledge and skills for the health curriculum, in consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, that include evidence-based practices that will effectively address awareness, prevention, identification, self-defense in response to, and resolution of and intervention in bullying and harassment.
The amendments implement the Texas Education Code, §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002(s), 37.001, and 37.0832.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 17, 2013.
TRD-201301991
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: August 26, 2013
Proposal publication date: March 8, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497