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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

        February 6, 2009

Mr. President:

    The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 159, MATH EDUCATION INITIATIVE, by Senator H. Stephenson, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 32 through 33 :    

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{       .    adopt math curriculum standards for students who participate in the Math

             33      Education Initiative;
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{   53A-13-406, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }


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             133     
{       Section 6. Section 53A-13-406 is enacted to read:

             134          53A-13-406. Math curriculum standards.
             135          (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt math curriculum standards for students
             136      who participate in the Math Education Initiative.
             137          (2) The standards adopted pursuant to Subsection (1) shall include:
             138          (a) the Singapore 2001 elementary mathematics standards; and
             139          (b) the standards for the quick recall of arithmetic facts contained in the Curriculum

             140      Focal Points of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
             141          (3) (a) A school district or charter school shall deliver instruction to students who
             142      participate in the Math Education Initiative in accordance with the math curriculum standards
             143      adopted under this section.
             144          (b) A school district or charter school may deliver instruction to students who do not
             145      participate in the Math Education Initiative in accordance with the math curriculum standards
             146      adopted under this section in lieu of other math curriculum standards prescribed by the board.
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Renumber remaining sections accordingly

        Respectfully,

        Curtis S. Bramble
        Committee Chair

Voting: 5-0-2
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