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Interim Education Hearings Begin
Both the House Public Education Committee and the Senate Education Committee held their initial interim hearings last month. They will study issues identified by the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor, respectively and report their findings prior to the 2011 session. Many times, these interim committee recommendations are passed by the legislature.
The committee charges are as follows:
House Public Education Committee
- Monitor the implementation of the public school accountability, college readiness, and other reforms enacted by HB 3 (81R) and recommend adjustments as needed.
- Study the role of public schools in promoting student health, providing health related information, and responding to infectious diseases, including the H1N1 virus.
- Study the best leadership and management practices of campus administrators for improving student achievement, with particular focus on effective leadership models for improving lowperforming campuses. Make recommendations on how to implement successful strategies at scale. Review the current administrator certification process and make suggestions for improvements.
- Review policies to ensure the availability of quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum to all students in primary and secondary education. Examine strategies to increase the supply and improve retention rates of teachers in STEM fields.
- Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Senate Education Committee
- Review the performance and accountability of the state’s charter schools. Specifically, study the following:
- Options for increasing the number of outstanding charter schools;
- Best practices employed by high performing charter schools and make recommendations for ways to implement these strategies in other charter and public schools;
- Feasibility of operating charter schools focused on providing high quality education for students with disabilities, such as autism;
- Charter school initiatives in other states, specifically including incentives for public education campuses to become charter schools;
- Options for development and funding of a charter schools facilities program.
- Review the state’s education policy and initiatives regarding middle grades...
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Articles in this issue of TIER CAPITOL UPDATE Volume2, Issue1
- Interim Education Hearings Begin
- HB 3 Update
- TIER Adopts Revised Business Plan
- Amato Elected to TIER Board
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