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UTAH STATE SENATE

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        January 22, 2008

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:

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             36          (1) There is created the Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Task Force
             37      consisting of the following

{   17   }        21       members:

             38          (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             39      three of whom may be from the same political party;
             40          (b) seven members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
             41      House of Representatives, no more than five of whom may be from the same political party;
             42          (c) the governor or the governor's designee;
             43          (d) two members from the State Board of Education, appointed by the president of the
             44      Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the State Board of
             45      Education;
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             46          (e) two local board of education members, one from an urban school district and one
             47      from a rural school district, appointed by the president of the Senate and speaker of the

House
             48      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.  


        Respectfully,

        Margaret Dayton
        Committee Chair

Voting: 5-1-2
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