S.J.R.
26
JOINT RESOLUTION ON ENGAGEMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Senate Floor
Amendments
Amendment 3 March 5, 2012 10:39 AM
Senator Mark B. Madsen proposes the following amendments:
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13 . expresses a legislative desire to improve collaboration between the Legislature
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14 the State Board of Education
, and teachers in the public schools of the state
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17 seven days;
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. encourages public education teachers to read an online fact sheet and take a test on
information contained in the fact sheet;
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20 visits
and where the fact sheet and test results can be maintained
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26 Board of Education each play an important role with respect to the public education system;
WHEREAS, teachers in the public schools of the state also play an important role with respect
to the public education system;
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30 the stated goal of
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the members of the Legislature
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the State Board of
Education
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32 public education to achieve this goal
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WHEREAS, the Legislature, the State Board of Education, and public school teachers can better work together to reach their common goal by gaining a better understanding of each others' perspective with respect to the public education system:
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34 improve collaboration between the Legislature
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the State Board of Education
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school teachers
with respect to
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41 a charter school.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature encourages teachers in the public schools of
the state to participate, on a rotating basis at the rate of about 2% per month, in an online activity
consisting of reading a fact sheet relating to commonly misunderstood aspects of public education,
developed by or under the direction of the Legislative Management Committee, and then answering a
set of questions testing knowledge gained from information in that fact sheet.
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48 the public an opportunity to read and review that information
, and where the public can view the fact
sheet developed by or under the direction of the Legislative Management Committee and the results of
the test that teachers take relating to the information on the fact sheet may be maintained and made
available to the public
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