The House Committee on Public Education will meet to hear
invited and public testimony on the following interim charges:
Examine the causes for and the impact to student outcomes
of the increasing number of newly hired Texas teachers who are not certified
by the State Board for Educator Certification. Make recommendations to
enhance opportunities for uncertified teachers to become certified and
strengthen parental rights and notifications.
Evaluate opportunities to improve students’ foundational
early literacy and numeracy outcomes in Pre-Kindergarten through the third
grade. Study best practices for identifying students requiring reading and
math intervention and providing evidence-based intervention strategies.
Recommend changes and evaluate investments to increase the number of students
achieving reading and math proficiency by the end of third grade.
Electronic public comment may be submitted for: