REVISED AGENDA

Joint Education Interim Committee

South Ballroom, Casper Radisson

800 North Poplar

Casper, Wyoming

November 17 and 18, 2003

Monday, November 17, 2003, 8:30 a.m.

1.         Call to Order/Opening Remarks.

            Senator Hank Coe, Committee CoChair

Representative Jeff Wasserburger, Committee CoChair

2.         Approval of October 9-10, 2003 Minutes.

3.         Vocational Education.

A report on the data used in the establishment of vocational education components and the implementation of the cost-based vocational education adjustment.  In addition, the Department will provide a brief update report providing recognition of school district vocational education best practices activities.

                        Terri Wigert and Tom Martin, State Department

                        Pam Robinson, Department of Audit

4.         Community College Vocational Education Programs.

Report on community college vocational education programs including student participation data, program content and program expenditure information.

                        Ed Boenisch, Community College Commission

5.         Special Education.

Report on recommendations for the implementation of a regionalized approach to special education programs and services, statewide guidelines for special education teaching levels and student identification criteria, and mechanisms for review district practices.

Tami Cox and Dr. Gayle Crane, State Department

6.         Staff Briefing on School Finance Issues.

Update on fiscal profile and general information pertaining to the school foundation program account.

• Fiscal Overview of Foundation Program
• External Cost Adjustment
• Routine Maintenance Adjustment

7.         School Finance Guide.

Report on and presentation of a fundamental comprehensive guide to the cost-based model prototypes.

            Jerry Hayward and Rich Seder, MAP

8.         Recess.

Tuesday, November 18, 2003, 8:30 a.m.

1.         Reconvening of Meeting/Opening Remarks.

            Senator Hank Coe, Committee CoChair

Representative Jeff Wasserburger, Committee CoChair

2.         School Finance Legislation & Fiscal Impact Analysis.

            Continuation of studies and modeling of school finance components forwarded at the October 10 Committee meeting.

·        04LSO-0184, "School finance-summer school programs."

·        04LSO-0185, "School finance-classified staff salaries."

·        04LSO-0186, "School finance-reading assessment."

·        04LSO-0128, "Education-judicial review."

3.         School Audits.

Annual report on school audit findings from recent school audits and audit-related finance issue studies.  Test audits were performed on three volunteer districts (Campbell #1, Laramie #2 and Sweetwater #2) as well as the State Department of Education.

Pam Robinson and Richard Cummings, Department of Audit, School Finance Section

4.         Full-Kindergarten Funding/Expenditures.

District expenditure report on full-Kindergarten funding made available for school year 2003-2004 and the feasibility of using federal NCLB funds as a mechanism to fund full-Kindergarten programs.

                        Fred Hanson, State Department

5.         Private School Licensing.

Update report on administration of provisions within Senate File 78 as enacted by the 2003 Legislature.

                        Fred Hanson, State Department

6.         Future Committee Meetings/Concluding Business.

7.         Adjournment.