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S.F. No. 0073 |
State-federal partnership schools. |
Sponsored By: Select Committee On Tribal Relations
AN ACT relating to public schools; authorizing partnership agreements between the state and federal government for school districts providing educational programs and services to school age children; incorporating such districts into the state school system subject to conditions and exclusions; imposing duties on the state superintendent; prescribing duties and granting authority to partnership districts; establishing district governance through a board of trustees; prohibiting local taxation; subjecting partnership districts to uniform state educational program requirements and to student performance, accountability and high school graduation requirements; including districts in the state system of school finance, state retirement and school building maintenance; excluding partnership district buildings from state programs and oversight; conforming statutory provisions accordingly; appropriating funds and directing the state superintendent to commence specified agreements; and providing for effective dates.
1/5/2007 Bill Number Assigned
1/9/2007 S Received for Introduction
1/10/2007 S Introduced and Referred to S03
1/22/2007 S03 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Case, Jennings and Mockler
Nays: Senator(s) Ross
Excused: Senator(s) Peck
Ayes 3 Nays 1 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/22/2007 S Placed on General File
1/23/2007 S Rereferred to S02
1/24/2007 S02 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Job, Meier, Nicholas, Peterson and Townsend
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/24/2007 S Placed on General File
Page 2-line 21 After "education," insert "the governor and the attorney general".
Page 3-line 2 After "schools." insert "The initial agreement shall not exceed six (6) years, but may be renewed for an additional six (6) year time period.".
Page 47-line 9 Before "Ten" insert "(a)".
Page 47-After line 23 insert:
"(b) No agreement shall be entered into between the state and the federal government under this section or W.S. 21‑3‑601 through 21‑3‑612 as created under section 1 of this act, for any bureau of Indian affairs school on or after July 1, 2010.". CASE, CHAIRMAN
1/24/2007 S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Burns, Case, Cooper, Decaria, Hastert, Jennings, Job, Meier, Mockler, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Vasey and Von Flatern.
Nays: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Coe, Fecht, Geis, Hines, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Nicholas, Perkins, Peterson, Ross and Townsend
Excused: Senator(s) Peck
Ayes 14 Nays 15 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0