Part 2. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 111. TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR MATHEMATICS
Subchapter D. OTHER HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS COURSES
The State Board of Education (SBOE) proposes amendments to §§111.56 - 111.59, concerning the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for certain high school mathematics courses. The sections establish general and content requirements for International Baccalaureate (IB) mathematics courses for which students may be awarded high school graduation credit. The proposed amendments would reflect technical corrections to the titles of the IB mathematics courses.
IB courses were included in 19 TAC Chapter 111, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics, Subchapter D, Other High School Mathematics Courses, in 1998 to allow students studying under this program to earn mathematics credit toward graduation for IB mathematics courses. The course titles for IB mathematics courses have been changed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. The proposed amendments would bring the titles in 19 TAC Chapter 111, Subchapter D, into alignment with the current IB titles.
Susan Barnes, associate commissioner for standards and programs, has determined that for the first five-year period the amendments are in effect there will be no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result of enforcing or administering the amendments.
Dr. Barnes has determined that for each year of the first five years the amendments are in effect the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing the amendments would be that course titles in SBOE rules will accurately reflect actual IB course titles. There will be no effect on small businesses. There is no anticipated economic cost to persons who are required to comply with the amendments.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez, Policy Coordination Division, Texas Education Agency, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 475-1497. Comments may also be submitted electronically to rules@tea.state.tx.us or faxed to (512) 463-0028. All requests for a public hearing on the proposed amendments submitted under the Administrative Procedure Act must be received by the commissioner of education not more than 15 calendar days after notice of the proposal has been published in the Texas Register.
The amendments are proposed under the Texas Education Code, §7.102(c)(4), which authorizes the SBOE to establish curriculum and graduation requirements; §28.002, which authorizes the SBOE to by rule identify the essential knowledge and skills of each subject of the required curriculum that all students should be able to demonstrate and that will be used in evaluating textbooks and addressed on the assessment instruments; and §28.025, which authorizes the SBOE to by rule determine curriculum requirements for the minimum, recommended, and advanced high school programs that are consistent with the required curriculum.
The amendments implement the Texas Education Code, §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, and 28.025.
§111.56.IB Mathematical Studies Standard [ Subsidiary ] Level (One-Half to One Credit).
(a) General requirements. Students can be awarded one-half
to one credit for successful completion of IB Mathematical Studies
Standard
[
Subsidiary
] Level. To offer this course, the district
must meet all requirements of the International Baccalaureate Organization,
including teacher training/certification and IB assessment. Recommended
prerequisites: Algebra II, Geometry.
(b) Content requirements. Content requirements for
IB Mathematical Studies
Standard
[
Subsidiary
]
Level are prescribed by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
Curriculum guides may be obtained from International Baccalaureate
of North America.
§111.57.IB Mathematics Standard [ Mathematical Methods Subsidiary ] Level (One-Half to One Credit).
(a) General requirements. Students can be awarded one-half
to one credit for successful completion of IB
Mathematics Standard
[
Mathematical Methods Subsidiary
] Level. To offer this course,
the district must meet all requirements of the International Baccalaureate
Organization, including teacher training/certification and IB assessment.
Recommended prerequisites: Algebra II, Geometry.
(b) Content requirements. Content requirements for
IB
Mathematics Standard
[
Mathematical Methods Subsidiary
]
Level are prescribed by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
Curriculum guides may be obtained from International Baccalaureate
of North America.
§111.58.IB Mathematics Higher Level (One-Half to One Credit).
(a) General requirements. Students can be awarded one-half
to one credit for successful completion of IB Mathematics Higher Level.
To offer this course, the district must meet all requirements of the
International Baccalaureate Organization, including teacher training/certification
and IB assessment. Recommended prerequisite: IB Mathematical Studies
Standard
[
Subsidiary
] Level or IB
Mathematics
Standard
[
Mathematical Methods Subsidiary
] Level.
(b) Content requirements. Content requirements for IB Mathematics Higher Level are prescribed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. Curriculum guides may be obtained from International Baccalaureate of North America.
§111.59.IB Further [ Advanced ] Mathematics Standard [ Subsidiary ] Level (One-Half to One Credit).
(a) General requirements. Students can be awarded one-half
to one credit for successful completion of IB
Further
[
Advanced
] Mathematics
Standard
[
Subsidiary
] Level.
To offer this course, the district must meet all requirements of the
International Baccalaureate Organization, including teacher training/certification
and IB assessment. Recommended prerequisite: IB Mathematics Higher
Level.
(b) Content requirements. Content requirements for IB
Further
[
Advanced
] Mathematics
Standard
[
Subsidiary
] Level are prescribed by the International Baccalaureate
Organization. Curriculum guides may be obtained from International
Baccalaureate of North America.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 26, 2007.
TRD-200703246
Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Policy Coordination
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: September 9, 2007
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497