Did you know that the Texas State Board of Education:

Approves the creation of charter schools
Adopts and licenses textbooks for use in the public schools
Determines the passing scores for the state mandated assessment program
Oversees the investment of the Permanent School Fund
Develops plans for educating gifted and talented students
Determines the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for each subject level (K–12); the TEKS define what teachesr are to teach and students are to learn