TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATION Role

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TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATIONRole Function of
Education Service Centers

• Presented by
• Region 10
• Education Service Center
• Richardson, Texas

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TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATIONROLE FUNCTION OF
EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS

• State View of Education Service Centers
• Region 10 Education Service Center
• Current Educational Issues

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TEXAS EDUCATION CODE COMMISIONERS RULES

• Purpose
• Governance
• Location
• Core services
• Funding
• Evaluation

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PURPOSE

• Assist school district improve student
  performance
• Enable school districts to operate more
  efficiently and economically
• Implement initiatives assigned by the legislature
  or commissioner

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GOVERNANCE

• Texas Legislature
• Commissioner of Education
• Board of Directors

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EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS
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CORE SERVICES

• Service for low performing campuses
• Services to promote district efficiency and
  economical operations
• Mathematics
• Reading
• Writing
• English/Language Arts
• Social Studies

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CORE SERVICES

• Science
• Special Education
• Compensatory Education
• Bilingual Education
• Gifted and Talented
• Services to assist district in meeting
  accreditation standards
• Site-based Decision Making

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CORE SERVICES

• Services for districts out of compliance in the
  federal and state special education requirements
• Compliance with state laws and rules
• Statewide Initiatives (reading, math and dyslexia
  academies)

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FUNDINGBudgeted Sources of Revenue
FY 2003 ESC Annual Data Collection Texas
Education Agency
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EVALUATION

• Texas Legislature
• Commissioner of Education
• Board of Directors
• Client Satisfaction

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CHAPTER 8.104 SANCTIONS

• Conduct an on-site investigation

• Require center to send notice of each deficiency
  to districts and campuses
• Require center to prepare a plan to address each
  area of deficiency
• Appoint a master to oversee the operation of the
  center
• Replace executive director or board
• Close the center

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REGION 10 SERVICE AREA
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REGION 10 DISTRICTS
Whitesboro Sam Rayburn Pottsboro Dent
on Honey Grove S
S Sherman Savoy Dodd City Bells Ector
Bonham Collinsville Whitewright Howe
Tioga Tom Bean Gunter Van
Alstyne Trenton Leonard Celina Anna W
olfe City Prosper Melissa Blue
Ridge Celeste Commerce McKinney Farmersvil
le Frisco Princeton Allen Lovejoy Bla
nd Greenville Campbell Plano Wylie Community
Caddo Mills Coppell Carrollton Farmers
Branch Royce City Lone Oak Richardson Garland
Boles Irving Highland Park Rockwall Quinl
an Sunnyvale Dallas Mesquite Forney Terrel
l Wills Point Grand Prairie Duncanville Wilme
r-Hutchins Canton Cedar
Hill DeSotoLancaster Crandall Kaufman Red
Oak Ferris Midlothian Palmer Scurry-Rosser
Kemp Mabank Waxahachie Maypearl Enni
s Italy Avalon Milford
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REGION 10 DEMOGRAPHICS

• 81 Districts
• 31 Charter Schools
• 971 Campuses
• 554,704 Students
• 72,398 Educators
• 2001-2002 Snapshot Data
• Texas Education Agency

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REGION 10 DIVERSITY

• Size of Districts - students
• 131 to 163,562
• Wealth of Districts (Taxable Value Per Student)
• 11,295 to 990,275
• Student Ethnicity
• 21.6 African-American
• 26 Hispanic
• 45 White
• 4.8 Other
• 2001-2002 AEIS Snapshot 2001
• Texas Education Agency

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REGION 10 GROWTH
1997 - 2001 Snapshot Data Texas Education Agency
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REGION 10 ORGANIZATION

• Division of Administration
• Division of Information Services
• Division of Instruction
• Division of Finance

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REGION 10 SERVICES

• Division of Administration
• Business/Finance Operations Services
• Human Resources Services
• Accountability and Compliance Services
• Information and Training Services
• Planning and Support Services
• Division of Information Services
• Administrative Microcomputer Services
• Mainframe Services

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REGION 10 SERVICES

• Division of Instruction
• Foundation/Enrichment/Instructional Strategies
• Health, Drug Education and Nutrition
• Instructional Resources
• Instructional Technology
• Preschool Services
• Special Populations
• Telecommunications - EdNet10

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REGION 10 SERVICES

• Service Summary 2001-2002

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REGION 10 FUNDING
Fund Balance 3
Federal 27
State Categorical 21
Local 44
State ESC Funds 5
FY 2002 Region 10 Funding Source General and
Special Revenue Funds
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REGION 10 COMMUNICATION

• Advisory Committees
• Dimensions periodical published three times a
  year
• District annual reports
• Superintendent annual visits
• Legislative reports

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CURRENTEDUCATIONAL ISSUES

• Public School Finance

• TAKS
• Teacher shortage
• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• 78th Legislature
• Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
• Student Success Initiative

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STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE

• Mandates that students must demonstrate
  proficiency in the subjects to advance to the
  next grade
• Grade 3 reading
• Grade 5 reading and mathematics
• Grade 8 reading and mathematics
• Goal is to support, on grade level, student
  academic achievement

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STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE

• A student may be promoted by the local Grade
  Placement Committee as set by the district school
  board
• Promotion standards for grades 1-8
• Alternate assessment instruments
• Standards for promotion upon appeal
• Assignment of retained students
• Reduction of student retention

http//www.tea.state.us/student.assessment
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STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE
Phase-in Plan for TAKS Standards
Approved by the Texas State Board of Education -
November 15, 2002
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IN SUMMARY

• Regional Education Service Centers (RESCs) are an
  integral part of public education in Texas.
• RESCs provide training, support and technical
  assistance to districts for improving student
  performance, enhancing efficiencies and economies
  and promoting the initiatives of the
  Commissioner, the Governor and the Legislature.