The Committee on Instruction voted to approve second reading and final adoption of proposed amendments to 19 TAC chapter 127, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Career Development and Career and Technical Education, subchapter C, sections 127.49, 127.51 and 127.52, and set an effective date 20 days after filing with the Texas Register.

The amendments are technical fixes intended to correct a course prerequisite that listed an incorrect level, update course titles changed during the TEKS review process, and replace a prior reference to employability skills with the board’s newly adopted employability-skills standard. Jessica Snyder, senior director in the Standards and Student Support Division, told the committee the change corrects “a Level 3 course that incorrectly listed a Level 4 prerequisite” and updates course titles and employability-skills references to match recent TEKS work.

Snyder said staff received 14 public comments supporting the correction to the prerequisite. The motion approved by the committee included an explicit affirmative finding that immediate adoption was necessary; the motion set the effective date for 20 days after filing to apply the amendments in the current school year.

The motion for second reading and final adoption was moved and seconded from the dais; the committee chair called for objections and, hearing none, announced the motion passed. The committee recorded the item on the consent agenda and did not request further debate.

The changes are procedural and corrective rather than substantive policy shifts; staff recommended the shorter effective date to ensure the corrections apply during the ongoing school year.