Legislature(2001 - 2002)

03/06/2002 08:11 AM House EDU

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                     ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                 
               HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION                                                                           
                          March 6, 2002                                                                                         
                            8:11 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
THE PROGRESS OF EACH SCHOOL TOWARD HIGH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RECOMMENDATIONS   FOR  HIGH  SCHOOL   GRADUATION  QUALIFYING   EXAM                                                             
WAIVERS AND APPEALS                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02-11, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
02-12, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CON  BUNDE,  Chair,   convened  the  House  Special                                                             
Committee on Education at 8:11 a.m.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were  Representatives   Bunde,  Green,                                                             
Stevens,  Joule, and Guess.   Representative  Chenault was  also in                                                             
attendance.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ED   McLAIN,   Ph.D.,   Deputy   Commissioner,    Office   of   the                                                             
Commissioner,  Department  of  Education   and  Early  Development,                                                             
summarized  the   department's  reports  to  the   legislature  and                                                             
responded to questions from committee members.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MARK  LEAL,   Director   of  Assessment,   Teaching  and   Learning                                                             
Support,  Department  of Education  and  Early  Development  (EED),                                                             
reported  on test-result  turnaround  times and  answered  members'                                                             
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The Committee will meet on April  3 to consider HB 479; other bills                                                           
heard might  include HB 449  and HB 464.   The committee  will also                                                             
provide the  department with  the committee's  position on  the EED                                                             
report, "Waivers  and Appeals  - SB 133:   A  Report to  the Alaska                                                             
State Legislature" and  let EED know if the  committee will sponsor                                                             
legislation to create an appeals board.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BUNDE adjourned  the House  Special  Committee on  Education                                                             
at 9:40 a.m.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting  was recorded  and handwritten  log notes  were                                                             
taken.   A copy of  the tape(s)  and log notes  may be obtained  by                                                             
contacting  the House  Records  Office at  State  Capitol, Room  3,                                                             
Juneau,  Alaska   99801  (mailing  address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                             
after  adjournment  of  the second  session  of  the  Twenty-Second                                                             
Alaska  State  Legislature  this  information  may be  obtained  by                                                             
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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