AGENDA

EDUCATION TASK FORCE

UTAH LEGISLATURE

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 • 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. • Room 445 State Capitol

Approximate

time frame

8:30 a.m. 1. Task Force Business

• Call to order

• Approval of the minutes of the November 22, 2013, meeting

8:35 a.m. 2. Increase in Average National Assessment of Educational Progress

(NAEP) Grade 8 Reading Scores among Hispanic Students

Supt. Menlove will discuss potential explanations for the significant increase in

average NAEP grade 8 reading scores among Hispanic students from 2011 to 2013.

• Dr. Martell Menlove, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

8:50 a.m. 3. Math Readiness for Higher Education

The task force will discuss math readiness for higher education, including a proposal to provide incentives to high school students to take Math 1050 through concurrent enrollment.

• Sen. Stephen Urquhart

• Task force discussion/action

9:15 a.m. 4. Draft Legislation "Governance of the Utah Education Workforce

Alliance and Utah Futures"

The task force will consider draft legislation that establishes the Utah Education Workforce Alliance and amends provisions regarding the governance of the Utah

Education Workforce Alliance and Utah Futures.

• Sen. Howard Stephenson

• Task force discussion/action

9:45 a.m. 5. Local School Board Governance

The task force will consider whether to endorse, in concept, a proposal to clarify statutory provisions related to local school boards.

• Speaker Rebecca Lockhart

• Task force discussion/action

10:00 a.m. 6. Key Factors Contributing to High Student Achievement

The task force will review the key factors contributing to student achievement that have been identified by various stakeholders throughout the interim. The task force will consider adopting certain key factors as part of the task force report to be used as a framework for policy decisions.

• Staff briefing

• Dr. Richard West, Executive Director, Center for the School of the Future

• Task force discussion/action

10:45 a.m. 7. Strategic Plan Framework

The task force will consider adopting the updated Strategic Plan Framework for public education as part of the task force report.

• Task force discussion/action

11:00 a.m. 8. Task Force Report

The task force will finalize a task force report, which will include the findings and recommendations of the task force.

• Task force discussion/action

11:30 a.m. 9. Other Items / Adjourn