05/11/2025
CERTIFY NEWS
Spring, TX May 11-25
May English as a Second Language Stakeholder Engagement Sessions Registration Open This Week
Topic: New English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) Overview
Target Audience:
English as a second language, bilingual or dual language instruction stakeholders, including teachers in all content areas, district administrators, campus administrators, curriculum writers, parents, and professional organizations.
Session Description:
TEA staff will share information regarding the newly adopted ELPS. The team will explain in greater detail the changes to the structure of the ELPS and the inclusion of content-area proficiency level descriptors.
Dates, Times, and Registration Links:
Session 1: Wednesday, May 14, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (CT): May 14 Registration Link
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/6V0c34l4S8aDj4232jKvWA #/registration
Session 2: Tuesday, May 20, 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (CT): May 20 Registration Link
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gP9Dki1cSaSoQbrYlH0iXA #/registration
Both sessions will contain the same content. Two sessions are provided to allow stakeholders multiple opportunities to attend.
Preliminary 2025-26 Public Education Grant (PEG) List Available
As the issuance of 2024 A-F ratings remains pending and subject to change based on judicial rulings, campuses that received an overall scaled score below 60 in 2023 were used to determine the Preliminary 2025-2026 PEG List, available on the Public Education Grant webpage. The preliminary list will be replaced with the final list when ratings are finalized in August 2025 to allow for any changes to the preliminary list resulting from the appeals process. Following the release of the final PEG list in August 2025, LEAs will have until September 1, 2025 to notify the parents of students assigned to a campus included on the Final 2025-26 PEG List.
Additional guidance can be found in the Public Education Grant (PEG) FAQ webpage
Revision to Classroom Teacher Certification Standards (Elementary, Middle and Secondary School)
The revisions repeal the current grade-banded classroom teacher pedagogy standards and replace them with the new Classroom Teacher Pedagogy standards. The revisions were adopted with changes since published as proposed. The Effective Date for these revision changes is May 18, 2025.
Reference website source link:
Adopted Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 235, Classroom Teacher Certification Standards, Subchapter A, General Provisions, Subchapter B, Elementary School Certificate Standards, Subchapter C, Middle School Certificate Standards, and Subchapter D, Secondary School Certificate Standards
2024-2025 Texas Education Agency (TEA) Accountability Ratings
Klein ISD located in Harris County is one of the 120 school districts across Texas maintained its B rating with the release of the 2022-2023 Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability ratings. Klein ISD serves 54,000 students with 50 schools teaching from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. The TEA 2025 accountability ratings, from the 2024-2025 school year, will be released in August 2025.
Approved College Preparatory Course List to be Implemented Only with 2028 Refreshed Ratings
In response to public comments received during the A-F Accountability Rating System Manual for 2026 ratings proposed rule public comment period, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is deferring the proposed change to give credit to only those courses on the approved college preparatory course for College Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) list until the 2028 accountability year, with the 2026-2027 graduates. This change will be reflected in the proposed manual for 2026 ratings, which will be adopted in June 2025. The public comment period remains open for one more week until May 19th.
Grade level requirements are not being postponed and will be implemented as announced in the 2024 A-F Accountability Ratings System Manual.
The list of approved college preparatory courses for CCMR for 2028 accountability will be provided in a forthcoming TEA communication.
