REVISED MEETING AGENDA

 

 

Joint Education Interim Committee

University of Wyoming Outreach Building

951 North Poplar

Casper, Wyoming

December 5-6, 2007

 

 

Note: The bills listed below will be accessible on the web site in late November

 

 

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

 

9:00 a.m.        Call to Order/Opening Remarks.

Senator Hank Coe, CoChair

Representative Del McOmie, CoChair

 

Approval of Minutes.

·         October 22-23, 2007 Meeting

 

Distance Education Programs.

2007 Laws, Chapter 147, Section 3 requires the State Superintendent, in consultation with a task force created by law, to develop recommendations on state oversight, assistance and guidance for the development, operation and funding of distance education programs by school districts as extensions to or a component of public school education programs.

 

State Superintendent Jim McBride

Dr. Tim Snyder, WDE Consultant

 

At-Risk Programs.

2007 Laws, Chapter 147, Section 1 requires the Department of Education to continue its review of at-risk resources generated under the block grant school funding model and the at-risk strategies employed by districts with at-risk resources.  Based upon school district data describing program structure, content, delivery and program effectiveness, the Department is directed to provide recommendations on necessary refinement of model components supporting at-risk students.  The Department is further directed to include recommendations on funding alternative schools as one component of a total at-risk program strategy subject to established program criteria.

 

Deputy State Superintendent Joe Simpson

 

Charter Schools.

2007 Laws, Chapter 84 refined the Wyoming Charter School Law application process.  In response, the

 

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Department of Education developed a template for charter applications.

 

State Superintendent Jim McBride

Mary Kay Hill, WDE

 

District Litigation Expenditure Report.

2006 Laws, Chapter 37, Section 11 imposed reporting requirements upon school districts to report expenditures of public monies on matters related to school finance litigation and required the Department of Education to compile the reports and to annually present the compilation to the Committee.

 

Fred Hansen, WDE

 

Block Grant Model Administration Reports.

W.S. 21‑2‑202(e) requires the Department of Education to administer the block grant model and to make necessary corrections and recommendations to the Committee on model administration.

 

·         Student Activities (Report continued from September 24 Meeting)

o        08LSO-0220, "School finance-student activities."

 

·         ADM Computation Policy (Report continued from September 24 Meeting)

 

·         Model At-Risk Data Correction

 

Larry Picus, Picus & Associates

Fred Hansen/Matt Willmarth, WDE

 

Old Business Carried Forward From September 24 Meeting Pertaining to School Finance.

 

·         08LSO-0151, "School finance-career-technical education."

Teri Wigert, WDE

 

·         08LSO-0150, "School finance-summer school program."

Ruth Sommers, WDE

 

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·         08LSO-0152, "School finance-maintenance-operations."

Larry Picus, Picus & Associates

Fred Hansen/Matt Willmarth, WDE

 

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

LSO Staff

o        Amendments.

 

5:00 p.m.         Recess.

 

 

Thursday, December 6, 2007

 

8:30 a.m.         Reconvene.

Senator Hank Coe, CoChair

Representative Del McOmie, CoChair

 

Old Business Carried Forward From September 24 Meeting

Continued from previous day as necessary.

 

Instructional Facilitator Program.

2007 Laws, Chapter 147, Section 2 at 202(a)(ii), requires the Department of Education to report on the instructional facilitator program established by model recalibration under 2006 Laws, Chapter 37, Section 4, and based upon its review, recommend the manner and level of program continuation.

 

Joy Mockelman, WDE

Wyoming School District Representatives

 

Annual Report on School Audits.

W.S. 9‑1‑513(b)(viii) requires the school audit section of the Department of Audit to annually report on district audits conducted during the current year and on district and Department of Education efforts to resolve identified problems within the audits and reports.

 

Mike Geesey/Pam Robinson/Rich Cummings, Department of Audit

 

·         Department of Education Response to Audit Report

Fred Hansen, WDE

 

 

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Old Business Carried Forward From October 22-23 Meeting Pertaining to Higher Education.

 

·         08LSO-0200, "Hathaway scholarship program."

State Superintendent Jim McBride

 

·         08LSO-0198, "Workforce training appropriation."

LSO Staff

 

·         08LSO-0168, "Community colleges-statewide levy."

LSO Staff

o        Amendments.

 

·         08LSO-0202, "Community colleges."

Senator Jennings

 

Other Business/Future Committee Meetings.

 

Adjournment.