DATE:                        October 14, 2005

TO:                 Members, News Media

FROM:           Legislative Service Office

NEWS RELEASE

Senator Tex Boggs and Representative Mark Semlek, CoChairs, Private School Licensing Subcommittee of the Joint Education Interim Committee, has scheduled a meeting of the Subcommittee as follows:

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

8:00 a.m.

Pronghorn Room

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Regional Office Building

3030 Energy Lane

Casper, Wyoming

The purpose of this meeting is to finalize recommendations on state licensure of private, for-profit degree-granting post secondary education institutions operating in Wyoming, for submission to the Joint Education Interim Committee at its December meeting.  A copy of proposed draft legislation initiating Subcommittee discussion will be available about one week prior to the meeting on the legislative website at http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.  Questions about this meeting should be directed to Dave Nelson, Legislative Service Office.  Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations at this meeting are requested to contact the Legislative Service Office at (307) 777-7881 for assistance.

PLEASE NOTE:  Individuals who plan to submit comments and/or written information to the Subcommittee during this meeting are requested to provide sufficient copies of remarks and/or information for members of the Subcommittee, Subcommittee staff and interested individuals attending the meeting.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the comments and/ or materials to Subcommittee staff at the meeting. All materials provided to the Subcommittee in written form will be part of the official record of the Subcommittee meeting and the Subcommittee report to the Joint Education Interim Committee, and will be on file with the Legislative Service Office.

Members of the Private School Licensing Subcommittee:

Senators:  Tex Boggs and Kit Jennings;

Representatives:  Lorraine Quarberg and Mark Semlek.