Texas Commission on Public School Finance

 July 3, 2018- 9:30 a.m.
 Capitol Extension, State Capitol Building - Room E1.026
 Agenda  

Final Outcomes Working Group White Paper (As Amended and Adopted)_07.05.2018

Outcomes Working Group Recommendations AS PRESENTED

 June 6, 2018- 9 a.m.Agenda
Expenditures Working Group- Texas Commission on School Finance
Capitol Extension, State Capitol Building - Room E2.030

Presentations
Monica Martinez, Associate Commissioner for Standards and Support, Texas Education Agency -Technology and Instructional Materials Allotment (PDF)
Leo Lopez, Chief School Finance Officer, Texas Education Agency -Funding Weights & Allotments (PDF)
Zahava Stadler -Recommendations from EdBuild (PDF)

June 5, 2018- 9 a.m.
Agenda
William B. Travis Building - Room 1-104
1701 N. Congress Ave., Austin, TX
The meeting will be webcast at:http://www.adminmonitor.com/tx/tea

Presentations
Justin Porter, Executive Director Special Populations, Texas Education Agency -Bilingual Education Funding under the Foundation School Program (PDF)
David Garcia, Principal, Mark Twain Dual Language Academy -What Works! Building a National Dual Language Model (PDF)
Olivia Hernandez, Ph.D., Assistant Superintendent for Bilingual/ESL & Migrant Students, San Antonio ISD -San Antonio ISD State Finance Commission Presentation (PDF)
Leo Gomez, Ph.D., Professor, Owner, Dual Language Training Institute in San Antonio -One-Way Dual Language Enrichment for ELLs (PDF)
H.D. Chambers, Superintendent, Alief ISD - Presentation on Alief ISD (PDF)
Sarah Perez, 4th Grade Teacher, Teach Plus Policy Fellow -Prioritizing Education, Prioritizing Texas (PDF)
Andrew Kim, Superintendent and David Andersen, CFO, Comal ISD -IDEA: Student Performance GROWTH (PDF)
Linda Webb, Principal, Gonzalo Garza Independence H.S., Austin ISD - Remote Homebound Instruction Funding (PDF)
Elizabeth Fagen, Superintendent, Humble ISD -Policy Flexibility for Better Use of Funding (PDF)
Scott Harrell, Superintendent, Sudan ISD - Small District Perspective (PDF)
Dr. Jim Chadwell, Superintendent and James Schiele, CFO, Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD -Testimony to Texas Commission on Public School Finance (PDF)
Tanya Larkin, Superintendent, Pampa ISD -Testimony to the Special Commission on Public School Finance (PDF)

NOTE:Working Group on Revenues
Will convene 10 minutes upon adjournment of full Commission meeting
Agenda
William B. Travis Building - Room 2.195
1701 N. Congress Ave., Austin, TX

May 29, 2018 Outcomes Subcommittee  

05.29.2018 Outcomes Working Group Agenda

Anne Dunkelberg - CPPP - 5.29.18 PSFC Outcomes Working Group
Grade 3_8 Outcomes_OutcomesWorkingGroup
Post Secondary Outcomes Initiative
MultiStep_Tiered Teacher Licensure_Overview
March 26 Teacher Comp Presentation TEA FINAL
Kate Rogers, SFC 5.29.18 Outcomes Working Group

May 4, 2018- 9 a.m.
Expenditures Working Group- Texas Commission on School Finance
Capitol Extension, State Capitol Building - Room E2.030
Agenda
Leo Lopez, Chief School Finance Officer, Texas Education Agency -Special Education Funding Weights

May 3, 2018- 9 a.m.
Agenda
William B. Travis Building - Room 1-104
1701 N. Congress Ave., Austin, TX

Early Childhood Education
Alexandra Hales, Executive Director, Good Reason Houston - Early Matters: A Historic Coalition on Early Education
Susan Dawson, President and Executive Director, E3 Alliance - Child Outcomes
Ruth Lopez Turley, Professor of Sociology, Director, Houston Education Research Consortium, Associate Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research -PreK in Houston ISD
Dr. Esperanza Zendejas, Superintendent, Brownsville ISD -Reaching our Goals: Expanding BISD’s Pre-K Program
Linus Wright, Former Superintendent, Dallas ISD and Former Undersecretary of Education, USDE - Testimony

Weights and Allotments
Leo Lopez, Chief School Finance Officer, and Justin Porter, Executive Director of Special Populations, Texas Education Agency - Weighted Student Funding Trends under the Foundation School Program
Rachel Quenemoen, Retired from University of Minnesota, National Center for Educational Outcomes (Special Education) - Students with disabilities: What should we expect?
Israel Cordero, Deputy Superintendent, Dallas ISD (P-Tech) - Network Approach to ECHS/P-TECH Dallas ISD & DCCCD
Dottie Smith, Managing Director, (Teacher Quality) Best in Class: Championing Effective Educators for Every Student

Permanent School Fund
David Bradley, Board Member, Texas State Board of Education -Texas Permanent School Fund Distributions to the Available School Fund

May 2, 2018 - 4 p.m.
Outcomes Working Group - Texas Commission on School Finance
Agenda
Penny Schwinn, Chief Deputy Commissioner for Academics - Texas Student Performance: Outcomes Working Group  

April 20, 2018- 9 a.m.
Expenditures Working Group- Texas Commission on School Finance
Capitol Extension, State Capitol Building - Room E2.030
Agenda
An archived video of this meeting is available athttp://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=13&clip_id=15082

April 19, 2018- 9 a.m.
Agenda

Tax Policy Issues
Nicole Kaeding, Director of Special Projects, Tax Foundation -Texas Tax Policy: Options for Reform(PDF)
Steven Sheffrin, Professor of Economics and Executive Director of Murphy Institute, Tulane University -Fairness and Property Taxes in Texas(PDF)
Daphne A. Kenyon, Resident Fellow in Tax Policy, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy -Improving the Property Tax: Lessons from Other States(PDF)
Lisa Christensen Gee, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy -From Property Tax to ?Revenue Sources, Tradeoffs, Trends(PDF)
ITEP Presentation:Additional Tax Resources(PDF)

Current Sources of Public Education Funding
Leo Lopez, Chief School Finance Officer, Texas Education Agency -FSP Method of Finance Breakdown(PDF)

Tax Policy Issues (Cont)
Michael Amezquita, Chief Appraiser, Bexar Appraisal District -Testimony to Commission on Public School Finance(PDF)
Dale Craymer, President, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association -Property Taxes and School Finance(PDF)
Ray Freeman, Executive Director, Equity Center -Using Property Tax Collections to Ensure a System that is Efficient and Fair to Both Taxpayers and Children(PDF)
Dick Lavine, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Center for Public Policy Priorities -Potential Revenue Sources(PDF)

April 5, 2018
Agenda(PDF)

• Leo Lopez, Chief School Finance Officer, TEA - Sources of Education Funding(PDF)
• Phillip Ashley, Comptroller of Public Accounts -Texas Tax Revenues: Recent Trends and Outlook(PDF)
• Anette Nellen, Tax Executive Committee of the American Institute of CPAs -Principles of Good Tax Policy(PDF)
• James LeBas, Former Chief Revenue Estimator -Turning Points: Modern Property Tax Property Developments in Texas(PDF)
• Nathan Anderson, Attorney at Ropes Gray -Local Property Taxes in the United States(PDF)
• Kevin Kieschnick, Nueces County Tax-Assessor Collector -Background on the Pevato Bill 1979(PDF)
• Bob Adair, Property Tax Specialist, Phillips 66 -Property Tax Impact on Business Decisions(PDF)
• Wayne Gerami, VP of Client Services, Austin Habitat for Humanity -Property Taxes(PDF)

April 4, 2018 Outcomes Working Group  

60x30TX Overview THECB_Gardner_04.04.2018

State.Finance.Commission 4.04.18 v16_Commit_Desai

TEA CounForStrongAmerica_Mission_Readiness_McMahan_06.26.2018

March 20, 2018 

Agenda
An archived video of this meeting is available athttp://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=13&clip_id=14855

March 19, 2018- Public Hearing
Agenda(PDF)
Public Testimony - Copies of some of the public testimony presented at the hearing
List* of Invited Speakers and Panels(PDF)
*Please note that the groups and order are subject to change.
List* of On-site Registrants(PDF)

*Please note that some speakers may have left before presenting testimony.

March 15, 2018 Outcomes subcommittee 

Outcomes Committee Kickoff Meeting 3 15 2018  

March 7, 2018
Meeting Agenda

• Amy Dodson, Director of Blended Learning, Cisco ISD and Karen Hickman, Deputy Superintendent of Academic Achievement, Pasadena ISD -Blended Learning in Texas Public Schools (PDF)
• Danny King, Superintendent, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD -Scaling Early College High School (PDF) Joe May, Chancellor, Dallas County Community College, and Eric Ban, Managing Director of the Dallas County Promise -The Dallas Promise Network (PDF)
• Paul Hill, Founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Research Professor at the University of Washington Bothell - Reinventing Public Education (PDF)
• Pedro Martinez, Superintendent, San Antonio ISD - Innovative Approaches to Public School Options and Poverty (PDF)
• Orlando Riddick, Superintendent, Midland ISD - Midland ISD (PDF)
• Tom Torkelson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, IDEA Public Schools - IDEA Public Schools (PDF)

Feb. 22, 2018  

• Leo Lopez, Chief School Finance Officer, Texas Education Agency - Teacher Compensation Trends (PDF)
• Eric Hanushek, Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education, Hoover Institution, Stanford University - School Finance and School Outcomes The Role of Incentives (PDF)

• Kate Rogers, Executive Vice President, Holdsworth Center - HC Differentiated Compensation (PDF)

• Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD - Achieving Improved Student Outcomes (PDF)

• Berhl Robertson, Superintendent, Damon McCall, Principal, O.L. Slaton Middle School, Nikki Beaty, Teacher, O.L. Slaton Middle School - Lubbock ISD e3 Award (PDF)
  Lubbock ISD e3 and r3 Award Program Information with Value Added Description (PDF)

• Don Rogers, Texas Rural Educators Association, Brian Stroman, Superintendent, Bloomburg ISD, and Cody Newcomb, Superintendent, Centerpoint ISD - Rural School View (PDF)

• Gary Godsey, Executive Director, Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) - ATPE Testimony (PDF)

• Jacquie Porter, Director of Early Learning, Texas Education Agency - Prekindergarten in Texas (PDF)

• Todd Williams - Benchmarking Achievement Growth Across Major TX Urban ISD’s Since 2012 (PDF)
  Executive Summary - Southern Dallas County (PDF)

• Practitioner Panel:
  Derek Little, Assistant Superintendent for Early Learning, Dallas ISD - Early Childhood Outcomes and Funding in Dallas ISD (PDF)
  Schronda McKnight, Early Childhood Coordinator, Bryan ISD -Bryan ISD PreK Presentation (PDF)
  Cathy Airola and Luci Schulz Assistant Superintendents for Elementary, Ellen Shimer, Director of Early Childhood, Humble ISD -Humble ISD Early Childhood 2018 (PDF)

Feb 8, 2018  

• Meeting Agenda
• Leo Lopez, Chief Schools Finance Officer - School Finance Trends (PDF)
• Taylor Commission - School Finance: Incentives and Foundations (PDF)
• Michael Griffith and Emily Parker - School Finance In Texas (PDF)
• Mathew Chingos - School Funding And Student Achievement (PDF)
• Mike Morath, Commissioner - Revenue per Student Compared to District Progress (PDF)
• Edbuild - Texas School Funding Reform In Context (PDF)

Jan. 23, 2018  

• Meeting Agenda(PDF)
• Gov. Greg Abbott - Letter to Texas Commission on School Finance 1.23.2018 (PDF)
• Sen. Paul Bettencourt -Comments to Texas Commission on Public School Finance 1.23.2018 (PDF)
• Justice Craig T. Enoch -TAKS vs Spending1.23.2018 (PDF)
• Lloyd Potter, Texas State Demographer -Student Populations in Texas1.23.2018 (PDF)
• Mike Morath, TEA Commissioner- Texas Public Education Outcomes 1.23.2018 (PDF)
• Raymund Paredes, THECB Commissioner, -K-12 Efforts Support 60x30 TX Success 01.23.18 (PDF)