Legislative
*State Board of Education
The State Board of Education (SBOE) is composed of 15 elected members with each member representing more than a million Texans. Together, the members of the SBOE, the commissioner of education, and the Texas Education Agency facilitate the operation of the Texas public school system consisting of more than 1,200 school districts and charter schools, 8,200 campuses, 630,000 educators and other employees, and 4.7 million schoolchildren.
The SBOE adopts rules and establishes policies that govern a wide range of educational programs and services provided by Texas public schools. The SBOE’s duties include:
- Overseeing the investment of the Permanent School Fund which help funds public schools;
- Mandating what Texas students are taught and what classroom teachers must teach through the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills;
- Selecting textbooks and instructional materials from which Texas school districts chose;
- Approving the creation or revocation of open-enrollment charter schools;
- Adopting rules governing teacher and administrator certification and ethics as proposed by the State Board for Educator Certification; and
- Setting goals for the Texas public school system and adopting four-year plans for meeting those goals.
| Issue | Download |
|---|---|
| SBOE Textbook Meetings Highlights | Summary  |
| Graduation Requirements-FAQs Volume One | FAQs |
| Graduation Requirements | Link to Texas Education Agency |
| SBOE-Who Are They and What Do They Do? | PowerPoint Presentation  |
| SBOE-Who Are They and What Do They Do Information | Email Blast |
| Advocacy and your PTA | Powerpoint Slides |
| Graduation Requirements Timeline | Packet |
| TASB Legislative Alert and Links | TASB |
| Sample Thank You Letters to Legislators | Samples  |
| Sample Letters to the Editor | Sample |
| End of Session Update | Alert |