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STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 445, State Capitol
February 6, 2012
Rep. Bill Wright, Vice Chair
Rep. Patrice Arent
Rep. LaVar Christensen
Rep. Becky Edwards
Rep. Steven Eliason
Rep. Greg H. Hughes
Rep. John G. Mathis
Rep. Kay L. McIff
Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
Rep. Merlynn Newbold
Rep. Marie H. Poulson
Rep. Kraig Powell
Rep. Ken W. Sumsion
MEMBERS EXCUSED: Rep. Rebecca D. Lockhart
STAFF PRESENT: Constance C. Steffen, Policy Analyst
Linda Service, Committee Secretary
Note: List of visitors and copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes.
Rep. Gibson called the meeting to order at 2:07 p.m.
MOTION: Rep. Edwards moved to approve the minutes of February 2, 2012. The motion passed unanimously. Rep. Arent, Rep. Christensen, Rep. Hughes, Rep. McIff, Rep. Newbold, Rep. Sumsion, and Rep. Wright were absent for the vote.
H.B. 218 Local School Board Business Administrator (Rep. D. McCay)
Rep. McCay introduced the bill which changes procedures related to hiring a business administrator of a school district.
MOTION: Rep. Newbold moved to pass the bill out with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously. Rep. Christensen, Rep. Hughes, and Rep. Wright were absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Eliason moved to place the bill on the consent calendar. The motion passed unanimously. Rep. Christensen, Rep. Hughes, and Rep. Wright were absent for the vote.
H.B. 230 Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Amendments (Rep. J. Seelig)
MOTION: Rep. Arent moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 1, Lines 18 through 19 :
18 . report
verbally and in written form
annually to the Education Interim
Committee on the Utah Schools for the
19 Deaf and the Blind;
2. Page 3, Lines 64 through 89 :
64 [
(a)
The board shall:
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(a)
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(i)
establish the Advisory Council for the Utah Schools for the Deaf
and the Blind and
70 appoint no more than 11 members to the advisory council;
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(b)
}
(ii)
make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative
72 Rulemaking Act, regarding the operation of the advisory council; and
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(c)
}
(iii)
receive and consider the advice and recommendations of the
advisory council but is
74 not obligated to follow the recommendations of the advisory council.
(b) The advisory council described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include at least:
(i) two members who are blind;
(ii) two members who are deaf; and
(iii) two members who are deafblind or parents of a deafblind child.
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76 Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
77 (6)
(a)
On or before the November interim meeting each year, the board shall
report to the
78 Education Interim Committee on the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(b)
The report shall
be presented verbally and in written form to the
Education Interim Committee and shall
79 include:
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(i)
a financial report;
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(b)
}
(ii)
a report on the activities of the superintendent and associate
superintendents;
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(c)
}
(iii)
a report on activities to involve parents and constituency and
advocacy groups in
83 the governance of the school; and
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(d)
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(iv)
a report on student achievement including:
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(i)
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(A)
student academic achievement data, including longitudinal data
for both current and
86 previous students served by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind;
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(ii)
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(B)
graduation rates; and
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(iii)
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(C)
students exiting the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind and
their educational
89 placement after exiting the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
The motion passed unanimously. Rep. Hughes and Rep. Wright were absent for the vote.
Rep. Seelig introduced the bill which modifies provisions relating to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Supt. Martell Menlove, Deputy Superintendent, Utah State Board of Education, and Dixie Allen, State Board of Education, assisted in the presentation of the bill.
Ms. Jan Ferre, Legislative Coalition for Persons with Disabilities, spoke in support of the bill.
The following spoke to the bill:
Mr. Dan Mathis, deaf community
Mr. Philippe Montalette, UAD President
MOTION: Rep. Sumsion moved to pass the bill out as amended with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously. Rep. Wright was absent for the vote.
H.B. 285 Repeal of Higher Education Tuition Assistance Program (Rep. S. Eliason)
Rep. Eliason introduced the bill which repeals the Utah Higher Education Tuition Assistance Program. Mr. Dave Buhler, State Board of Regents, assisted in the presentation.
MOTION: Rep. McIff moved to pass the bill out with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Rep. Newbold moved to place the bill on the consent calendar. The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Rep. Poulson moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. Chair Gibson adjourned the meeting at 3:04 p.m.
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Rep. Francis Gibson, Chair