Education Interim Committee
TO: Education Interim Committee
FROM: J. Wayne Lewis, Research Analyst
DATE: May 7, 1998
SUBJECT: May 20, 1998 Meeting
Senator David H. Steele and Representative Lloyd Frandsen have scheduled a meeting of the Education Interim Committee as follows:
DATE: Wednesday, May 20, 1998
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Room 303 State Capitol
An agenda is included. If you are unable to attend, please call me or Jim Wilson at 538-1032.
Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard
Sen. Scott N. Howell
Sen. Joseph L. Hull
Sen. Howard C. Nielson
Sen. Howard A. Stephenson
Rep. Sheryl L. Allen
Rep. Ron Bigelow
Rep. Duane Bourdeaux
Rep. Judy Ann Buffmire
Rep. David L. Hogue
Rep. Susan J. Koehn
Rep. Keele Johnson
Rep. Patricia B. Larson
Rep. Evan L. Olsen
Rep. Tammy J. Rowan
Rep. Richard M. Siddoway
Rep. A. Lamont Tyler
Rep. Bill Wright
1. Call to Order - Rep. Lloyd Frandsen
a. Approval of April 22,1998 Minutes
b. Committee Business
2. School Fees Study- Superintendent Steven Baugh - Alpine School District
A task force has completed its study of school fees. The task force has prepared recommendations for committee consideration.
3. Master Planning for Higher Education - Education Commission of the States (ECS)
Staff from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) will discuss the considerations that should be made while implementing the process for master planning in higher education.
4. Educational Technology Initiative (ETI) for Higher Education - Staff
The Education Interim Committee endorsed legislation for the 1998 General Session, which specifically addressed funding for the higher education ETI. Although the bill passed simultaneously with other 1998 legislation, its directive was apparently lost or ignored. In 1998-99, the colleges of education within the Utah System of Higher Education faces another year without ETI funding.
5. School Finance Task Force - Laurie Chivers, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
Although the School Finance Task Force has been working on problems in school finance for a short time, the committee needs to understand the specific problems this group is attempting to resolve, and which will hopefully increase funding availability and equity.
6. Professional Development Update - Phyllis Sorensen, Pres UEA and Steve Laing, Associate Superintendent for Public Instruction
The subcommittee for professional development of the Joint Liaison has been meeting regularly and will make a progress report to the committee.
7. School Facilities Extended Use - Scott Bean, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Staff of the Education Interim Committee will work closely with the State Office of Education, local education associations, and the Department of Education in Washington D.C. to gather data that may suggest the best uses of public education facilities after school and during the summer.
8. Adjournment
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