New Term Begins for Tex. State Bd. of Education Members
“New Term Begins for Tex. State Bd. of Education Members”
By Donna Garner
1.26.21
It was an important day at the SBOE today because of the choosing of leadership positions and the changing of various organizational rules.
This was the first SBOE meeting since the Nov. 2020 elections. The four new SBOE members are:
Jay Johnson
Will Hickman
Audrey Young
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
To learn more about each SBOE member, please go to this link: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/leadership/state-board-of-education/sboe-board-members/sboe-members
Keven Ellis is the Governor-appointed Chair of the SBOE. He led the SBOE to discuss and vote on several new operating rules.
The decision was made to vote on the nominees for Vice-Chair and for Secretary in the order in which they were nominated.
A majority of the members present and voting elected Pam Little as the Vice-Chair, and Georgina Perez was chosen as the Secretary.
The TEA announced that Yolanda Walker had been hired as the new Executive Director of SBOE Support. Yolanda is currently a manager in the Financial Compliance division at TEA.
Each SBOE member was asked to list three choices of committee assignments in the order of preference. The Chair (Keven Ellis), Vice-Chair (Pam Little), and Secretary (Georgina Perez) met together to go through the requests and assigned the members to these three working committees. When each of the committees meets on 1.28.21, the members will elect their committee chairs.
Committees of the State Board of Education
(updated Jan. 26, 2021)
INSTRUCTION
Sue Melton-Malone
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
Pam Little
Georgina Pérez
Audrey Young
SCHOOL FINANCE/PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND
Tom Maynard
Lawrence Allen, Jr.
Keven Ellis
Pat Hardy
Marisa Perez-Diaz
SCHOOL INITIATIVES
Matt Robinson
Ruben Cortez, Jr.
Aicha Davis
Will Hickman
Jay Johnson
TO WATCH THE WEBCASTS OF THE SBOE MEETNGS, PLEASE GO TO THIS PAGE (https://tea.texas.gov/node/106036), AND CLICK ON “MEETING WEBCASTS” —
https://tea.texas.gov/node/106036
Blessings,
Donna Garner
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