MEETING AGENDA
Joint Education Interim Committee
Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Board Room
777 West 1st Street
Casper, Wyoming
August 28 and 29, 2003
Thursday, August 28, 2003, 8:30 a.m.
1. Call to Order/Opening Remarks
Senator Hank Coe, Committee CoChair
Representative Jeff Wasserburger, Committee CoChair
2. Staff Briefing
Dave Nelson and Mary Byrnes, LSO
3. Student Assessment/Accountability Task Force
Task Force Duties & Purpose
Arthur Coleman & Scott Palmer, Task Force Facilitators
NCLB Background, Requirements & Implications
Arthur Coleman & Scott Palmer
How the State Measures Up to NCLB
State Accountability Plan: Annette Bohling and Jason Nicholas, State Department; Scott Palmer
State Assessment: Jason Nicholas
Task Force Facilitation Process
Arthur Coleman & Scott Palmer
Task Force Preliminary Findings
(a) Rewards/Sanctions
(b) Assessment
Arthur Coleman, Scott Palmer, Rebecca Kopriva, Annette Bohling
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4. NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher
Linda Stowers, Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board
5. Recess
Friday, August 29, 2003, 8:30 a.m.
1. Reconvene
Senator Coe and Representative Wasserburger
2. Vocational Education Update
Teri Wigert and Tom Martin, State Department
3. Special Education Update
Bob Morgan, State Department
4. Statewide Education Data System
SBET Student Performance and State Graduation Data Support
State Department
Statewide Education Data System Design Team
Steven King, State Department
5. WICHE Program Support
Rick Miller, UW
6. Constitutional Amendments Pertaining to Local Control and Burden of Proof
Mike O'Donnell, Attorney General's Office
7. Scheduling of Future Committee Interim Activities
8. Adjournment