TENTATIVE MEETING AGENDA

 

 

Joint Education Interim Committee

University of Wyoming Outreach Building

951 North Poplar

Casper, Wyoming

September 24, 2007

 

 

8:30 a.m.  Call to Order/Opening Remarks.

Senator Hank Coe, CoChair

Representative Del McOmie, CoChair

 

Approval of Minutes.

·         June 18, 2007 Meeting

 

School District Local Resources.

Committee interim assignments include a review of school district cash flow requirements and, in light of passage of Amendment B to the Wyoming Constitution, development of recommendations redirecting to the state those revenue flows currently flowing to school districts through counties.

 

·         08LSO-0046.W2, "School finance-local resources."

 

LSO Staff

 

School Configuration Guidelines.

2006 legislation enacting recalibration of the block grant model required the State Superintendent to develop statewide guidelines on school configuration for purposes of block grant model administration and computation of school foundation program amounts.  (2006 Laws, Chapter 37, Section 7(a)).  The recalibrated model is a "school" based model, as contrasted to the preexisting "district" based model.  Guidelines are by law to address school configuration on the basis of adequate delivery of the required statewide educational program in a cost-efficient and educationally effective manner.

 

State Superintendent Jim McBride

 

Career and Technical Education-Implementation Recommendations

Subsequent to the MPR report presentation and Committee discussion on Wyoming career and technical education at the June 18 Committee meeting,  the  Department  of  Education   provides recommendations to commence implementation of report findings consistent with the Committee's interim assignment to develop state policy on career and technical education and preparation of high school students for a full-range of post secondary options.

 

Deputy State Superintendent Joe Simpson

Teri Wigert, WDE

 

Wyoming P-16 Education Council.

Representatives of the Wyoming business community together with all levels of education, preschool through college, have been appointed by the Governor and State Superintendent to a fifteen member council to study the improvement of Wyoming education quality and the transition between education levels.

 

Rollin Abernethy, UW and P-16 Council Member

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

Mike O'Donnell, State's Counsel

 

Block Grant Model Component Reports.

2006 model recalibration required continued analysis of several model components based upon data refinement, and required development of recommendations for necessary model adjustment based upon refined data.  (2006 Laws, Chapter 37, Section 7(e) and (f) and 2007 Laws, Chapter 147, Section 202).

 

·         Student Activity Report.

Mary Kay Hill, WDE

Larry Picus, Picus & Associates

 

·         Food Service Report.

John Perkins, Perkins Consulting Group

Larry Picus, Picus & Associates

 

·         Summer School/Extended Day Report.

Ruth Sommers, WDE

Larry Picus, Picus & Associates

 

Block Grant Model Administration: Technical Issue Report.

W.S. 21‑2‑202(e) requires the State Superintendent to promulgate rules governing block grant model administration and to make technical corrections to model spreadsheets necessary for model administration in accordance with law.  Statute also requires the State Superintendent to report corrections to the legislature together with associated fiscal and technical impact.

 

·         Technical Corrections.

Brenda Long, LSO

Matt Willmarth, WDE

 

·         ADM Computation Policy.

Matt Willmarth, WDE

 

·         Groundskeeper Computation within Maintenance and Operations Model Component

Matt Willmarth, WDE

Larry Picus, Picus & Associates

 

Governor's Community College Study Commission-Update.

The Commission, established by the Governor to study the Wyoming community college system, is in the process of finalizing study recommendations to the Governor.  A progress report on Commission efforts is provided at this time, to be followed by a complete report together with recommendations at a subsequent Committee meeting.

 

Tex Boggs, Study Commission Chair

 

Other Business/Future Committee Meetings.

 

Adjournment.

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