REVISED AGENDA

 

Joint Meeting of the Management Council and the

Joint Education Interim Committee

Clarion Plaza

Canyon Room

2009 S Douglas Hwy.

Gillette, Wyoming

October 9 and 10, 2003

 

 

 

Thursday, October 9, 2003, 8:30 a.m.

 

1.         Call to Order/Opening Remarks

            Representative Fred Parady, Management Council Chairman

 

2.         Student Assessment/Accountability Task Force: Report to the Legislature

·         State Superintendent Blankenship, Annette Bohling and Jason Nicholas, State Department of Education

·         Arthur Coleman, Task Force Facilitator

 

2003 Laws, Chapter 208, Section 201 established the Task Force to review the statewide assessment system and develop necessary accountability systems in response to NCLB, and to report recommendations to the Legislature.

 

3.         State Superintendent Dr. Trent Blankenship

Discussion of the Organization of the State Department of Education

 

4.         Small School Study

            Jim Smith and Jerry Hayward, MAP

 

2003 Laws, Chapter 208, Section 501 continued legislative study of the small school adjustment.  To assist in study efforts, the Small School Study Advisory Group was established.  The cumulative efforts of both the small school study and regional cost study are to address the impact of expiration of the hold harmless provision at the end of SY03-04.

 

            Impact of Small School Adjustment and School Capital Construction/Major Maintenance Programs

Jim "Bubba" Shivler, School Facilities Commission

 

 

5.         School Facility Commission Update

            Jim "Bubba" Shivler, School Facilities Commission

 

Following conversation at the August 19 meeting of the Management Council, an update of School Facilities Commission review of district five-year facility plans and scheduling of school facility needs to be presented at the 2004 Budget Session.

 

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6.         (If Time Permits)  MAP School Finance Reports

·         Cost-Based Adjustment for Reading & Intervention

·         Classified Personnel Adjustment

Jim Smith, MAP

 

Completion of work initiated in the 2002 interim for development of a cost-based adjustment within the school finance model for reading and intervention programs and adjustment to model prototypes for the experience and longevity of classified personnel.

 

7.         Recess

 

 

Friday, October 10, 2003, 8:30 a.m.

 

1.         Reconvening of Joint Meeting

            Representative Fred Parady, Management Council Chairman

 

2.         MAP School Finance Reports  (Continued As Necessary)

·         Cost-Based Adjustment for Reading & Intervention

·         Classified Personnel Adjustment

Jim Smith, MAP

 

3.         At-Risk Study Report

·         At-Risk Mobility Proxy

·         Summer School Intervention & Remediation

Ruth Sommers

 

2003 school finance legislation provided for the continuation of refinement of at-risk proxies used within the at-risk adjustment and recommendations on summer school intervention and remediation programs.

 

4.         Statewide Student Performance Tracking Data Capability

            Stephen King, State Department

 

2003 Legislation funded efforts to establish a student performance data system supporting the requirements of school district body of evidence systems to determine levels of student performance and to comply with state graduation efforts.  This effort initiated from the data facilitation conducted during the 2002 interim.

 

5.         04LSO-0128, "Education-judicial review."

            Mike O'Donnell, Attorney General's Office

 

6.         Adjournment of Joint Meeting.

Management Council and Joint Education Interim Committee resolve into separate groups to conduct necessary business.

 

 

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Friday, October 10, 2003 (cont.)

 

 

MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Gillette Clarion Plaza Canyon Room

Approximately 1:00 p.m.

 

1.         Call to Order

            Representative Fred Parady, Council Chairman

 

2.         Miscellaneous Council Business

 

3.         Adjournment

 

 

 

JOINT EDUCATION INTERIM COMMITTEE

Gillette Clarion Plaza Mesa Butte Room

Approximately 1:00 p.m.

 

1.         Call to Order

            Senator Hank Coe and Representative Jeff Wasserburger, Committee CoChairs

 

2.         Approval of August 28-29, 2003 Minutes

 

3.         Staff Briefing

            Dave Nelson and Mary Byrnes, LSO

 

4.         Special Education Update

Tammy Cox, State Department

 

5.         Education Information Advisory Groups

            Stephen King, State Department

 

6.         Future Committee Meetings/Staff Directives

 

7.         Adjournment