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.