AGENDA

EDUCATION TASK FORCE

UTAH LEGISLATURE

Tuesday, July 22, 2014 • 9:00 – 4:00 p.m. • Room 210 Senate Building

9:00 a.m. 1. Task Force Business

· Call to order

· Approval of the minutes of the June 24, 2014, meeting

· Recess 9:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. to view personalized learning demonstrations; lunch recess 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

9:10 a.m. 2. State Government Finance

The task force will receive briefings on the fiscal impact of making incremental changes to various taxes and historical trends in state funding of higher education.

· Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst

· Task force discussion/action

9:55 a.m. Recess

The task force will recess to view demonstrations of how educational technology may be used in classrooms to personalize learning. The demonstrations will be held in the Kletting, Olmsted, Spruce, and Copper rooms on the first floor of the Senate Building. The public is invited to view the demonstrations to the extent space is available in each room. Following the demonstrations, the task force will recess for lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. 3. Utah College of Applied Technology Funding and Governance

The chair of the Utah College of Applied Technology College Board of Trustees will address the issue of equity funding for regional college campuses. Representatives of public education and higher education will address the following: 1) Should school district representatives on regional campus boards be voting or advisory members? and 2) Should the Legislature appropriate all Career and Technical Education (CTE) funds for high school students to the Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT) and allow UCAT to contract with school districts for CTE services?

· Mr. Tom Bingham, Chair, Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees

· Ms. Mary Shumway, State Director, Career and Technical Education, Utah State Office of Education

· Mr. Rob Brems, President, Utah College of Applied Technology

· Task force discussion/action

2:00 p.m. 4. Higher Education Funding

The task force will consider a formula for higher education funding.

· Sen. Stephen H. Urquhart

· Task force discussion/action

2:45 p.m. 5. Developing Effective School Principals

Pursuant to its responsibility to establish the qualification and certification of educators and a framework for the evaluation of educators, the State Board of Education has established standards, licensure requirements, and an evaluation framework for school principals. Representatives of the State Board of Education, Utah School Boards Association, and Utah School Superintendents Association will address actions taken to develop effective school principals and any barriers or gaps to ensuring that each school has an effective principal.

· Utah State Board of Education representatives

· Utah School Boards Association representatives

· Utah School Superintendents Association representatives

· Task force discussion/action

4:00 p.m. 6. Other Task Force Business/Adjourn