MEETING AGENDA

 

 

Joint Education Interim Committee

Herschler Building, Room 1699

122 West 25th Street

Cheyenne, Wyoming

December 17 and 18, 2008

 

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

 

1:30 p.m.        Call to Order/Opening Remarks.

Senator Hank Coe, JEC CoChair

Representative Del McOmie, JEC CoChair

 

Approval of Prior Committee Meeting Minutes.

·         October 28-29, 2008 Committee Meeting.

 

School Foundation Account Fiscal Profile/Information-Update.

LSO Staff Report

 

Community College Planning Task Force Report.

2008 Wyoming Laws, Chapter 48, Section 327 established the Community College Planning Task Force to review and evaluate the Wyoming community college system, and to report study findings and recommendations to the Joint Education Committee and the Joint Appropriations Committee.

 

Senator Hank Coe and Representative Del McOmie

 

09LSO-0202.W1, "Community college-amendments."

Draft legislation implementing Task Force recommendations as forwarded under 09LSO-0202.W1.

 

Dave Nelson, LSO

 

5:00 p.m.         Recess.

 

 

Thursday, December 18, 2008

 

8:30 a.m.         Reconvene.

Senator Hank Coe, JEC CoChair

Representative Del McOmie, JEC CoChair

 

Community College Planning Task Force-(continued as necessary)

 

U.W. Certification of College of Education Graduates.

Report on mechanisms allowing UW teaching graduates to become certified simultaneous with graduation.

 

State Superintendent Jim McBride

Wyoming School Board Association.

Pursuant to a request of the Association, time is provided for consideration of proposal on treatment of ADM for populating new schools.

 

Mark Higdon, WSBA

 

School Finance Recommendations.

The following copies of draft legislation forward Department of Education recommendations submitted at the October 28-29 meeting, for Committee consideration and action:

 

09LSO-0179.W1, "Charter school law-amendments."

 

09LSO-0297.W1, "School finance appropriations."

 

09LSO-0298.W1, "Hathaway student scholarship program administration."

 

 

Higher Education Endowment Fund Recommendation.

The following draft legislation was forwarded by the Committee at the October 28-29 meeting for subsequent consideration and action:

 

09LSO-0295.W1, "Higher education endowment fund."

 

Other Business.

 

Adjournment.

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