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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 22, 2012

Madam Speaker:

    The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 149, ONLINE EDUCATION SURVEY, by Representative S. Eliason, with the following amendments and recommends it be placed on the Consent Calendar.

1.    Page 3, Lines 77 through 81 :    

             77          (f) a survey for teachers to evaluate their school, including safety and security of the
             78      school;

{   and   }

             79          (g) a survey for teachers to evaluate their school's administrators and, if applicable,
             80      their school district's administrators
{   .   }        ;

    (h) statistically valid and reliable measurement tools; and
    (i) survey questions that represent information that a student, parent, or teacher has direct knowledge of.  

             81          (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), the pilot online school survey

2.    Page 4, Lines 112 through 115 :    

             112          (b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             113      State Board of Education shall make rules establishing procedures for administering or making
             114      available online the surveys specified in Subsection (7)(a)
{   .   }        including rules to ensure the privacy and protection of individual educator survey results.      

             115          (8) The survey data shall be available to:

    Respectfully,

    Francis D. Gibson
    Committee Chair
Voting: 11-0-4
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*HCRAMDCON*

 HB0149
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