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S.B. 169 Enrolled

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EDUCATION TASK FORCE

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2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Stuart C. Reid

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House Sponsor: Francis D. Gibson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill creates the Education Task Force.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    creates the Education Task Force;
             13          .    provides for membership of the task force and compensation for members; and
             14          .    specifies duties and responsibilities of the task force.
             15      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             16          None
             17      Other Special Clauses:
             18          This bill is repealed on December 31, 2013.
             19      Uncodified Material Affected:
             20      ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
             21     
             22      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             23          Section 1. Education Task Force -- Creation -- Membership -- Interim rules
             24      followed -- Compensation -- Staff.
             25          (1) There is created the Education Task Force consisting of the following 14 members:
             26          (a) the president of the Senate;
             27          (b) the Senate chair of each of the following committees:
             28          (i) the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee;
             29          (ii) the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee; and


             30          (iii) the Senate Education Committee;
             31          (c) the Senate minority leader;
             32          (d) one member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate;
             33          (e) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate minority leader;
             34          (f) the speaker of the House of Representatives;
             35          (g) the House chair of each of the following committees:
             36          (i) the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee;
             37          (ii) the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee; and
             38          (iii) the House Education Committee;
             39          (h) the House minority leader;
             40          (i) one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
             41      of Representatives; and
             42          (j) one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the House minority
             43      leader.
             44          (2) The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall
             45      serve as a cochairs of the task force.
             46          (3) In conducting its business, the task force shall comply with the legislative interim
             47      rules.
             48          (4) Salaries of the members of the task force shall be paid in accordance with Section
             49      36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Chapter 3, Expense and Mileage Reimbursement
             50      for Authorized Legislative Meetings, Special Sessions, and Veto Override Sessions.
             51          (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
             52      to the task force.
             53          Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
             54          (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on public education and
             55      higher education issues, including:
             56          (a) identification of long-term education policies necessary to help job creation and
             57      education quality to improve the state's economic prosperity;


             58          (b) alignment of public education and higher education, including the Utah College of
             59      Applied Technology, within their individual organizational structures and a combined seamless
             60      alignment of public education and higher education in support of a successful education system
             61      for student achievement;
             62          (c) alignment of both public education and higher education with the state's economic
             63      development goals and workforce needs;
             64          (d) long-term priorities for public education and higher education funding and
             65      budgeting; and
             66          (e) setting standards to be economically competitive in the United States and
             67      throughout the world.
             68          (2) The task force shall receive and consider recommendations from education
             69      stakeholders regarding public school funding including issues of equity, local replacement
             70      funding, taxation, formula development, distribution, transparency, and growth.
             71          (3) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented to both the
             72      Education Interim Committee and the Executive Appropriations Committee before December
             73      31, 2013.
             74          Section 3. Repeal date.
             75          This bill is repealed on December 31, 2013.


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