Opportunity to testify before SBOE on science TEKS
LAN Update - Archive 11/13/08
The State Board of Education (SBOE) will hear public testimony on proposed revisions to the science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) on Wednesday Nov. 19. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 1-104 of the William B. Travis Building, 1701 N. Congress Avenue, in Austin. However, public testimony is expected to be the last item on the agenda that day.
If you would like to testify, you must register in advance by telephone, fax or in person. Speakers may register only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday Nov. 14 and Monday Nov. 17. We encourage any ATPE member who wishes to testify to sign up as early as possible on Friday morning. Register by phone at (512) 463-9007 or by fax at (512) 936-4319.
Download a public testimony registration form. Be sure to note on the form that you will be testifying in front of the Committee of the Full Board regarding Agenda Item 7. Review the complete rules for public testimony. Access the latest draft of the proposed science TEKS revisions.
If you have any questions, please contact ATPE Governmental Relations at
(800) 777-ATPE or e-mail us at ATPE
Governmental Relations.
To find contact info for your legislators go to
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us and enter your address.
Ask your colleagues to
sign up for the ATPE Legislative Alert Network.
This is legislative advertising
contracted for by Doug Rogers, Executive Director, Association of Texas
Professional Educators, 305 E. Huntland Dr., Suite 300, Austin, TX
78752-3792, representing ATPE.
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