Mr. President:
The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 39,
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TASK FORCE, by Senator
H. Stephenson, with the following amendments:
House
Respectfully,
Margaret Dayton
Voting: 5-1-2
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(1) There is created the Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Task
Force
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consisting of the following
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members:
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(a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more
than
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three of whom may be from the same political party;
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(b) seven members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
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House of Representatives, no more than five of whom may be from the same political
party;
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(c) the governor or the governor's designee;
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(d) two members from the State Board of Education, appointed by the president of
the
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Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the State Board
of
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Education;
and
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(e) two local board of education members, one from an urban school district and one
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from a rural school district, appointed by the president of the Senate and speaker of the
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of Representatives, in consultation with the Utah School Boards Association
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(f) two employers who rely on employees with math or science competency, appointed by the
president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives;
(g) one mathematics teacher who is designated NCLB highly qualified under rules of the State
Board of Education, appointed by the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of
Representatives; and
(h) one science teacher who is designated NCLB highly qualified under rules of the State
Board of Education, appointed by the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of
Representatives.
Committee Chair
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