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Committee advances dozens of CTE course proposals, directs staff on employability standards
Summary
The Committee of the Full Board voted to advance a package of proposed new CTE courses for second reading and final adoption and directed staff to add course‑level labels; members postponed a final decision on a standardized employability template until a subsequent meeting.
The committee considered proposed new 19 TAC Chapter 127 (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Career Development and CTE) courses across multiple clusters and approved a broad slate for second reading and final adoption.
What passed: Member Little moved that the committee recommend the State Board of Education approve for second reading and final adoption a group of proposed new Chapter 127 courses across agriculture, business and marketing, health science, hospitality and tourism, information technology, and law and public service. The motion was seconded and the committee approved the package.
Course levels and employability standards: Following discussion, members also voted to direct staff to add course levels (level 1–4) to course introductions. Member Francis later moved to strike the employability standards from course text and to postpone action on the board‑wide employability template; members agreed to postpone employability‑section action to a subsequent meeting determined by the chair (no later than April by board operating requirements). Staff agreed to prepare a consolidated employability template for later insertion.
Why it matters: CTE courses form the basis of programs of study that feed regional workforce pipelines. Members debated whether to remove embedded employability standards from individual course texts and instead adopt a single cross‑cluster employability template to avoid repeated edits across hundreds of course TEKS.
Next steps: Staff will return with added course‑level language and an organized proposal for employability standards; the committee asked that the chair have flexibility to schedule a subsequent meeting to finalize employability items in time for implementation timelines discussed by staff.
Ending: Committee members voiced support for continuing to refine the employability framework and to use the next meetings to insert the standardized template across courses once the work group produces the template.
