TENTATIVE AGENDA

 

Joint Education Interim Committee

Room 302, State Capitol Building

Cheyenne, Wyoming

February 2 and 3, 2006

 

 

 

Thursday, February 2, 2006.

 

8:30 a.m.         Call to Order/Opening Remarks.

Senator Hank Coe and Representative Jeff Wasserburger, Education Committee CoChairs

 

Approval of Minutes.

 

School Finance Litigation Update.

Mike O'Donnell, State's Counsel

 

                                    Education Merit Scholarship Committee Report.

Senator Tex Boggs and Representative Steve Harshman, Committee CoChairs

·         Committee Final Report Recommendations.

·         06LSO-0042.W11, "Hathaway scholarship program."

·         06LSO-0145.W3, "Higher education appropriation."

·         06LSO-0056.W2, "Higher education endowment funds."

 

                        National Board Certified Teachers.

                        Mary L. E. Garland, John P. Ellbogen Foundation

 

1:00 p.m.         School Finance Recalibration.

Lawrence O. Picus & Allan Odden, Picus & Associates

·         Regional Cost Adjustment.

·         Model Version 1, updated with Base Year 2005-2006 data.

·         06LSO-0180.W6, "School finance amendments."

 

5:00 p.m.         Recess.

 

 

Friday, February 3, 2006.

 

8:30 a.m.         Call to Order.

Senator Hank Coe and Representative Jeff Wasserburger, Education Committee CoChairs

 

                        School Finance Recalibration-Continued.

 

Tentative Meeting Agenda

Joint Education Interim Committee

February 2 and 3, 2006

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1:00 p.m.         WCLI Refinement Report.

                        Buck McVeigh, A&I Economic Analysis Division

 

                        Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development.

                        Dr. Jim Rose, WCCC, and Kathy Emmons, Workforce Services

·         06LSO-0332.W3, "Adult basic education."

 

Required Instruction in US and Wyoming Constitutions.

Rollin Abernethy, UW, and Ed Boenisch, WCCC

 

Wyoming Department of Education Reports.

 

·         Summer School and Extended Day Learning Program.

Ruth Sommers

 

·         Statewide Student Assessment.

Dr. Annette Bohling, WDE

 

·         Gifted and Talent Programs.

Dr. Annette Bohling, WDE

 

                        Charter School Initiative.

                        Steve Friess

 

                        Completion of Joint Education Interim Committee Business.

 

5:00 p.m.         Adjournment.