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DATE: | January 8, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Noh, Andreason, Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Introductions –
Guests |
He then asked the 12 guests in attendance to introduce themselves and to briefly tell about the organizations they represent. John Eikum – Executive Director, Idaho Rural Schools Jerry Helgeson – Educator, President, Meridian Education Association Anne Pasley-Stuart – Lobbyist, Idaho Nurses Association, and member of Steven Meade – Legal Counselor, Idaho School Boards Association Cliff Green – Executive Director, Idaho School Boards Association Tom Farley – Bureau Chief, Bureau of Federal Programs Mike Friend – Executive Director, Idaho Association of School Phil Homer – Lobbyist, Idaho Association of School Administrators Vikki Reynolds – Administrative Assistant, Idaho Association of School Bob Haley – Legislative Liason, Department of Education John Watts – Lobbyist, Idaho School Boards Association Jim Shakelford – Executive Director, Idaho Education Association |
Introductions-
Staff and |
Senator Schroeder told the committee members that as their chairman, his responsibility to them was to provide enough information on issues so they could make good decisions. He will bring in speakers and people to testify to provide this information. The Chairman introduced Juanita Budell, committee secretary and page, Senator Tom Gannon, Vice Chairman, Buhl Senator John Goedde, Coeur d’Alene Senator Ron McWilliams, Caldwell Senator Elliot Werk, Boise Senator Edgar Malepeai, Pocatello Excused from this meeting were Senator Laird Noh, Kimberly; Senator |
Announcements | Senator Schroeder asked that RS’s be turned into him as soon as possible so that he can schedule them on the calendar. He also announced that Mike Gilmore, Deputy Attorney General, will review the status of the pending lawsuit regarding school facilities tomorrow. Tim Hill, Bureau Chief of Finance, will speak on Public School financing Friday. Next week will be Rules Review, with Vice Chairman Gannon in charge. |
Adjournment | Senator Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 9 a.m. |
DATE: | January 9, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Goedde |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. and asked the secretary to take a silent roll call. |
Guest Speaker | He then asked Mike Gilmore, Deputy Attorney General, to review the status of the pending lawsuit regarding school facilities. Mr. Gilmore gave a brief background of events leading up to the lawsuit The plaintiffs in the suit are 25 schoolchildren and their parents; ISEEO, an The 1993 decision of the Idaho Supreme Court said they would look to the After the 1993 decision, all of the State Board’s rules were repealed and
Mr. Gilmore said the State’s position was that there was only one district In the meantime, the Division of Building Safety has been given some The latest action by Judge Bail was to appoint a Special Remedial Master, Mr. Gilmore provided the committee with the following material: The Writ of Prohibition is to prohibit the District Court and the District Judge Senator Schroeder asked when the Supreme Court might respond. Mr. |
Other business | Ms. Randi McDermott, Plans & Policy Officer for the Idaho State Board of Education, gave each committee member a notebook containing the Rules that are to be presented next week. By receiving the Rules now, the members can review the material to be presented by Ms. McDermott. Chairman Schroeder allowed time for the committee to hold an informal |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10 a.m. |
DATE: | January 10, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schroeder at 8:35 a.m. |
Introduction of Guests
Announcement |
Jim Shakelford, Executive Director of IEA, introduced two teachers visiting the area: Mike Anderson from Lewiston and Gary Holt, Genesee. Both are Junior High School teachers. Senator Schroeder announced that he needed to put a rumor to rest that |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder then turned the meeting over to Tim Hill, Bureau Chief of Finance, who gave a power point presentation on public school finance. Tim said to help understand the complexity of school financing, the
Handouts of the presentation were provided to the members of the To fully understand school financing, one needed to be present at this |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
DATE: | January 14, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Announcements | The Chairman announced there is information in the blue folders on the table that should be reviewed. WWAMI has extended an invitation to a reception and dinner on January Tomorrow from 8 a.m. to noon on the 4th Floor of the Rotunda, Service A Bond equalization levy index calculation table has been made available |
Rules Review | Chairman Schroeder said Idaho is one of a few states that has a legal right, as stated by the Supreme Court, to review rules of the state agencies. This process is held in January and according to tradition, the vice chairman of the committee, chairs the rules review. He then turned the meeting over to Vice Chairman Gannon. Chairman Gannon welcomed Randi McDermott, Plans and Policy Officer |
Docket number:
08-0203-0202 |
Assessment – The changes are essentially housekeeping in nature. Removes the reference to require non-public students to participate in state testing at their own expense. All newly adopted tests have been renamed and are now referred to as Idaho Standards Achievement Tests. Removed specific allowance for 9th grade students to take the high school test. Clarifies that the SBOE will establish proficiency levels for the high school ISAT. Minor clerical changes were also made. |
08-0203-0204 | Language Arts Standards – Minor changes include editing for wordiness and clarity. Ensures that standards, content knowledge and skill are aligned by grade level. |
08-0203-0203 | Humanities Standards – Changes made were minor clerical changes for correctness and clarity. |
08-0202-0203 | Driver Education/Public Schools – The revisions regarding commercial schools are not yet ready; however, the rule change related to public schools is ready to go forward. It establishes minimum standards for teen driver education. The last revision was in 1996. |
02-0202-0201 | Teacher Technology Skills – Adds a requirement that technology competency must be demonstrated prior to obtaining a certificate. |
08-0202-0202 | Interim Certification – Provides a process for out-of-state certificate holders to get an interim three year, non-renewable certificate in Idaho. |
There were many questions by some of the new committee members. However, Ms. McDermott and Ms. Weaver did a good job of explaining the rules and the rules process. |
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Adjournment | Senator Gannon turned the meeting back to Senator Schroeder who then adjourned the meeting at 11 a.m. |
DATE: | January 15, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Senator Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. He then turned the meeting over to Senator Gannon to continue the Rules Review. |
Rules Review | Senator Gannon welcomed Sue Payne from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. She will address the rule changes for that department. He also welcomed Jana Jones from the Department of Education to address the rules on Special Education. |
Docket number:
47-0101-0201 47-0102-0201 47-0103-0201 |
Vocational Rehab – The reason for the change is to streamline and to condense the rules from three sections to one. It will reduce duplication of the Rehabilitation Act and federal regulations. There are also some word changes, such as: from client to participant; and from Administrative Review to Informal Dispute Resolution or Mediation. |
08-0203-0201 | Special Education – In order to receive federal funds to support the education of students with disabilities in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997, Idaho has to demonstrate that it has met all required conditions. On March 15, 2001, the Idaho Department of Education submitted the 2001 Idaho Special Education Plan to the US Department of Education that it had complied with all requirements. The US Department of Education contacted the State Department requiring changes in state rules as a condition of approval of the state plan. The changes to the rules reflect the recommended changes. |
Following the presentation of the Rules Review, time was allowed for a discussion of various topics. Senator Gannon then turned the meeting back to Senator Schroeder. |
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Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 9 a.m. |
DATE: | January 16, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Announcements | He thanked the committee for their hard work the past two days regarding the Rules Review. He announced that voting will take place Wednesday, January 22. |
Guest speakers | The Chairman said there are representatives from four groups to present their legislative agenda before the committee. He then welcomed the first speaker, Julie Van Orden, President, Idaho PTA, Inc. |
Ms. Van Orden said the Idaho PTA has six items on their legislative agenda:
Regarding funding, she said they will pursue all reasonable avenues to The Idaho PTA believes tuition tax credits/vouchers would be detrimental The Idaho PTA believes that schools should incorporate parent Regarding state achievement standards, Ms. Van Orden said the Idaho Regarding a safe and nurturing environment, the Idaho PTA supports The last item on the Idaho PTA’s legislative agenda is safe school In closing, Ms. Van Orden said she feels parental involvement is the key |
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Senator Schroeder thanked Julie for the good work that she is doing through the Idaho PTA and for speaking to the committee today. He then introduced Kathy Phelan, President of the Idaho Education Association. |
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Ms. Phelan said the IEA is an organization of almost 12,000 members and it supports policy decisions that advance the interests of children and public education. The IEA’s legislative goals are:
Regarding class size, they support reducing class sizes in grades K-6 to In the Professional Development area, educators in Idaho who have The IEA knows how important it is for parents to be involved in their The New Teacher Support program is critical to the success of the new Professional Advocacy – the IEA believes that school district employees Regarding adequate funding, the IEA supports Dr. Marilyn Howard’s |
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Invited to speak next, following a 15 minute break, was Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director for the Idaho School Boards Association, which has a membership of about 550 trustees. Regarding their legislative agenda, Dr. Green said every year ISBA holds |
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Dr. Mike Friend, Executive Director for the Idaho Association of School Administrators, was the next speaker. He said IASA has four Legislative priorities:
Regarding funding, the Association supports a 2004 Public School Budget The IASA believes that the current standards, assessment, and The IASA supports the Idaho Legislature in its efforts to assist in providing Regarding school facilities, the IASA recognizes the need for the Idaho Dr. Friend also presented the Association’s “Position Statements” on a |
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Closing comments |
Senator Schroeder thanked the people that spoke to the committee today. He said he also wanted to thank the people that continually attend the meetings, as he can rely on their expertise and knowledge when he needs an answer to a question. |
Announcements | Tomorrow’s meeting will be held in the Gold Room and the program is “Education Reform Initiatives”. |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 10:50 a.m. |
DATE: | January 17, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Gold Room |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder call the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Announcements | The Chairman made several announcements for the benefit of the committee. He said the official clock for the Senate is in the Senate Chambers. There are other clocks, but they may not be in sync. He also explained the new sound system for the Gold Room and the on/off buttons for the microphones. Next Tuesday, Vice Chairman Gannon will be in charge of the committee meeting as Senator Schroeder will be attending a panel discussion regarding education issues. He then welcomed the associations who are presenting today’s program on “Education Reform Initiatives”. They are the Idaho Education Association, the Idaho Association of School Administrators, and the Idaho School Boards Association. This presentation was made to the State Board of Education and was well received. |
Guest speakers | Chairman Schroeder then turned the meeting over to Jim Shackelford, Executive Director of the Idaho Education Association. Jim said his presentation will provide a historical picture of how we got to Mr. Shackelford introduced nine people who have participated in this A copy of Mr. Shackelford’s presentation is attached. Highlights from his
Jim said it is a thrilling, exhilarating, and profound time for the teaching |
Dr. Friend said when the Stakeholder’s group met, they looked for ways to improve the school initiatives. They devised a plan which they called a “Conceptual Framework”. The outcome they hope to achieve is that all schools in Idaho meet accreditation requirements to help ensure all students in Idaho meet and/or exceed the Idaho Achievement Standards. This framework consists of six areas: Standards and Assessment; Accountability for Results; Focused Professional Development; A competent, caring, qualified teacher in every classroom; A State Data Management System to support data based Decision Making;and Leadership in the State, District, School, Classroom and Community. The next step was to compare how Federal and State Initiatives align. The work plan has been aligned to the Conceptual Framework. (Handout attached.) |
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Next to speak was Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director, Idaho School Boards Association. Attached is his testimony. A brief summary of his remarks are as follows:
In closing, Dr. Green said that “if we don’t work together and support each Time was allotted for questions from the committee, as well as testimony |
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Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m. |
DATE: | January 21, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Schroeder |
Call to order | Vice Chairman Gannon assumed the duties of the Chair in the absence of Senator Schroeder, who is testifying on a panel relating to education issues. Chairman Gannon called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Introduction of State Board members |
He then introduced Blake Hall, president of the State Board of Education who is from Idaho Falls. Mr. Hall introduced the other members of the Board. They are Dr. Marilyn Howard, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Boise; Darrell Manning, Boise; Paul Agidius, Moscow; Laird Stone, Twin Falls; James Hammond, Vice President, Post Falls; Karen McGee, Pocatello. Board member Rod Lewis was unable to attend. Mr. Hall also introduced staff members – Randi McDermott and Randy Thompson. Following the introductions, Mr. Hall made some brief remarks. Chairman Gannon thanked the Board for taking the time to visit and |
Announcements | Chairman Gannon announced that tomorrow the committee will be voting on the Rules. Randi has provided a handout (in blue folder) for each member regarding Drivers Education Rules, as there were some concerns. This information should help to clarify those concerns. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman then welcomed Robert Huntley, a local attorney for ISEEO (Idaho Schools for Equal Education Opportunity). Mr. Huntley had a handout for each committee member and it provides a
(This document will be on file in the Senate Education office for review.) Following Mr. Huntley’s presentation, time was allowed for questions from |
Adjournment | Senator Gannon adjourned the meeting at 9:50 a.m. |
DATE: | January 22, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:35 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Vote – Rules | He said the first order of business would be to vote on the Rules presented by the Department/Board of Education and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. |
Motion | After a very brief discussion, Senator Andreason made the motion that the Rules be accepted as submitted. The motion was seconded by Senator Noble. A voice vote indicated that it was unanimous. |
RS 12459 | Senator Goedde said his RS points out the disparity in federal funding of education in the Western states. It is his intent to have this RS printed, then have a hearing at which time a PowerPoint presentation will be made. |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to send RS 12459 to print. The motion was seconded by Senator Werk. A voice vote indicated that it was unanimous. |
RS 12405 | Chairman Schroeder presented RS 12405 in Senator Davis’s absence. This RS concerns the name change of Eastern Idaho Technical College. Senator Goedde questioned the lower case c in the word county, page 1, line 18. |
Motion | After some discussion, Senator Goedde made the motion to send RS 12405 to print, with the provision that Legislative Services check to make sure it is written properly. The motion was seconded by Senator Gannon. A voice vote indicated that it was unanimous. Senator Davis arrived at the conclusion of the discussion regarding RS |
At ease | Chairman Schroeder announced that Kelly Matthews, this morning’s speaker, will not arrive until 9:30 a.m. and the committee will be at ease until that time. |
Reconvene | The Chairman welcomed Mr. Matthews, Executive Vice President and Economist from Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Guest Speaker | Mr. Matthews thanked the committee for the opportunity to speak. He introduced Brent Fery, who is a Government Relations representative with the bank. Mr. Matthews provided two handouts: Idaho Economic Forecast Summary
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The Chairman allowed time for questions from the committee.
Chairman Schroeder thanked Mr. Matthews for speaking to the committee |
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Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m. |
DATE: | January 23, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schroeder at 8:30 a.m. |
He welcomed Dr. Dene Thomas, president of Lewis-Clark State College. | |
Guest Speaker | Dr. Thomas had two handouts (attached) for the committee members. One is a PowerPoint presentation, but she opted to do it in print form, rather than to show it. The other handout is a fact sheet regarding the college. Some facts that were pointed out by Dr. Thomas: LCSC was founded in The six emphasis areas are teacher education, nursing, social work, The impact of FY03 budget cuts for personnel resulted in 16 FTE President Thomas said LCSC is meeting its mission and is operating Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Thomas for her presentation and |
Reconvene | The Chairman called the meeting to order and said the next presenters are from Pocatello School District #25 and they will demonstrate how they use the products and services of Compass Learning. He then welcomed Ms. Linda Powell, Superintendent, and her group of principals, teachers, and representatives from the company. |
Guest Speakers | Ms. Powell said that in the second year of implementation, they are seeing increases in student achievement across the district. Compass Learning is an instructional intervention program comprised of instructional software, management reporting and continuous assessment. The software provides instructional lessons and activities that address each of the Idaho Achievement Standards and associated objectives, Grades K – Adult. A PowerPoint presentation was given showing how students in one room, at various levels of learning, receive the necessary help. Students move through their instructional plan based upon their individual performance. Also addressing the committee and participating in the PowerPoint presentation were Cheryl Charlton, Principal; Evelyn Robinson, Principal; Brenda Scheer, teacher; Janelle Arvas, teacher; and Mary Wallace, Compass Learning, Senior Vice President. |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked everyone for their presentation, then adjourned the meeting at 11:20 a.m. |
DATE: | January 24, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Andreason |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schroeder at 8:35 a.m. |
Approval of minutes |
The Chairman entertained motions for the approval of minutes. |
Motion | Senator Malepeai made the motion for the approval of the minutes as written for January 8, 9, 10. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made the motion for the approval of the minutes as written for January 16 and 17. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Guest Speakers | Chairman Schroeder said he had invited the student lobbyists from the three universities to share some of their thoughts and concerns with the committee. First to speak was Nate Flory, representing the University of Idaho. Next was Richard Hachtel, Boise State University. Representing Idaho State University was Jeremy Peirsol. Jerilynn Mecham, Idaho State University student body president, also spoke. After hearing from the student lobbyists, it was apparent they all were in agreement with the Governor’s budget proposal. Senator Goedde asked Ms. Randi McDermott from the State Board of Senator Schroeder thanked the student lobbyists for their presentations. Chairman Schroeder introduced Dr. Robert Hoover, President of the Dr. Hoover said there were several areas he wished to address – UI’s The University of Idaho was constitutionally established as the Idaho The strategic priorities are the strategic goals; residential campus of The three role and mission goals are: residential campus of choice in Regarding research, there was more than $88 million in research activity Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Hoover for speaking to the committee |
Approval of minutes |
Before adjourning the meeting, the Chairman said there was more business before the committee. |
Motion | Senator Noble made the motion for the approval of the minutes as written for January 14 and 15. Senator Noh seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Announcements | Senator Schroeder announced that our page, Erin Darnell, will be leading the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance today. He also asked that any additional RS’s be given to him as soon as possible. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. |
DATE: | January 28, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Guest Speaker | He then introduced Mike Rush, Administrator of the Idaho Division of Professional-Technical Education, who will present his annual report. Mr. Rush provided a copy of the Professional-Technical’s FY2002 Annual The mission statement for the Professional-Technical Education is to The Professional-Technical Education system experienced significant Three of the six technical colleges are part of four-year institutions, two Mr. Rush provided a PowerPoint presentation (attached), assisted by Chairman Schroeder thanked Mike for his report and also for the good job |
Reconvene
Introduction of Guest Speaker |
After calling the meeting to order, Senator Schroeder asked Rick Waitley to introduce his guests. Mr. Waitley said the nine students are from the U of I campus in Moscow and the campus in Idaho Falls and are on a public policy tour. Chairman Schroeder introduced Jeff Shinn, Analyst with the Department Senator Andreason inquired as to the growth of enrollment this year. Dr. Andreason requested information regarding this matter and Mr. Hill said In Jeff’s concluding remarks, he said there are three things to remember |
Adjournment | The Chairman thanked Jeff for his presentation. He then adjourned the meeting at 10:55 a.m. |
DATE: | January 29, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Announcements | He said there were several handouts (in the blue folder) for the committee members. Tim Hill has provided the enrollment figures, as requested by Senator Andreason yesterday. Tim will be available for questions for a brief time, then has another meeting to attend. There are also handouts from the two speakers, as well as a letter from a retired teacher. |
SJM 101 | Senator Schroeder said that Senator Goedde will present his bill, SJM 101. Senator Goedde had a PowerPoint presentation – The Apple Initiative (Action Plan for Public Lands and Education). Following the presentation and questions, Senator Schroeder read the definition of a joint memorial from the Blue Book, which is: A petition usually addressed to the President, the Congress, or some official or department of the United States Government, requesting an action which is within the jurisdiction of the official or body addressed. A Joint Memorial is acted upon in essentially the same manner as a bill, and must be passed by both houses. It is not signed by the Governor. |
Motion | Senator Goedde made the motion to send SJM 101 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Noh seconded the motion. After some discussion, a roll call vote was taken. The motion passed unanimously. Senator Goedde will be the sponsor of the bill. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Dr. Charles Ruch, President of Boise State University. Dr. Ruch said he would talk about the following issues:
Why the new campus Governor’s recommendation to bond
Dr. Ruch provided the committee two handouts (attached). One is a fact Highlights of his talk are as follows: Boise State’s goal is to maintain the quality of its programs and services. BSU was founded by the Episcopal Church in 1932 as a Junior College, The Governor’s budget recommendation for FY ’04 is to provide funding The university offers courses in eight colleges: Applied Technology, Arts Senator Schroeder thanked Dr. Ruch for his 10 years of leadership at Senator Schroeder announced there would be a 10 minute break. |
Reconvene | Following the break, Senator Schroeder introduced Jane McClaran, analyst for Higher Education from the Department of Financial Management. Ms. McClaran provided a six page handout (attached) that listed the |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 10:50 a.m. |
DATE: | January 30, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Noh and McWilliams |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Guests & Guest Speaker |
He then introduced Carolyn Mauer, Bureau Chief of Curriculum and Accountability, who will talk about “Charter Schools: Idaho’s Newest Public School”. Senator Schroeder also introduced Dr. Bob Barr, BSU, and Dr. Bob Haley, State Department of Education, who will assist Ms. Mauer in answering questions. Arriving in time to observe the Senate Education Committee in action and Ms. Mauer gave the committee members a five page handout with Some highlights Ms. Mauer said regarding charter schools: There are Following the presentation, time was allowed for questions from the Chairman Schroeder asked several students from the Sandpoint Charter Senator Schroeder thanked Ms. Mauer for her presentation and also |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder then adjourned the meeting at 9:30, as there is a joint meeting with the House Education committee in the Gold Room at 9:40. |
Joint meeting in the Gold Room |
Representative Tilman chaired the joint meeting and called it to order at 9:45 a.m. He welcomed Craig Olsen from the Albertson Foundation who will present a program regarding Idaho Student Information Management and Reporting System (ISIMS). Mr. Olsen gave a PowerPoint presentation and furnished a notebook, with The goal of ISIMS is for the standardization of Idaho student data. It is Goals and benefits are:
Some of the issues that need to be resolved are:
Mr. Olsen said this offer is open until the end of the 2003 legislative |
Adjournment | Chairman Tilman allowed a few questions from the joint committee before adjourning the meeting at 10:50 a.m. |
DATE: | January 31, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order and announcements |
Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. He said the meeting needed to be concluded by 11 a.m. and there would be a 10 minute break midway through the meeting. The first half hour will be devoted to charter schools (a continuation from yesterday) and on February 4, Bob Henry, Nampa School Board chairman, will present a trustee’s perspective on Charter Schools. A half hour will be allotted to Dr. Marilyn Howard to present her proposed budget, followed by Marybeth Flachbart, Reading Coordinator, who will report on the Idaho Reading Initiative (IRI). |
Approval of minutes |
The Chairman entertained motions for the approval of minutes. |
Motion | Senator Werk made the motion that the minutes of January 21 and 22 be approved as written. Senator Noh seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Motion | Senator McWilliams made the motion that the minutes of January 23 and 24 be approved as written. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Guest speaker | Chairman Schroeder said Ms. Carolyn Mauer would continue her talk regarding charter schools. Ms. Mauer gave a recap of yesterday’s presentation, emphasizing that |
Introduction of guests |
At the conclusion of Ms. Mauer’s presentation and before the committee asked questions, Senator Schroeder said he would like for Kathy Phelan, president of the IEA, to introduce her guests. Ms. Phelan said her eleven guests are teachers attending meetings in Boise and they are from all areas of the state. |
Continuation | Time was allowed for some questions from the committee. Chairman Schroeder thanked Ms. Mauer for returning to talk to the committee and said that perhaps he might need her to return again. |
Guest speaker | The Chairman then welcomed Dr. Marilyn Howard, Superintendent of Public Instruction, who will present her budget request. Dr. Howard had two handouts for the committee, Public Schools Budget State general account funds include state sales taxes, corporate taxes, The FY2004 request includes the Public School Coalition’s Using the handouts provided to the committee, Dr. Howard reviewed her During the “questions and answers” session, a question was raised Following the budget presentation, Dr. Howard spoke briefly about “No Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Howard for her presentation and also He then called for a 15 minute break. |
Reconvene and Guest Speaker |
Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. and said the committee would hear a report on the Idaho Reading Initiative (IRI) from Ms. Marybeth Flachbart, the reading coordinator. A copy of her report is attached. |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked Ms. Flachbart, then adjourned the meeting at 11:05 a.m. |
DATE: | February 4, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Announcements | The Chairman said there were a number of handouts (in the blue folder) that provided useful information and suggested the members review them. |
Guest Speaker | He then introduced Bob Henry, Chairman of the Nampa School Board, who will talk about charter schools from a trustee’s perspective. Mr. Henry provided a handout to the committee which he referred to Mr. Henry indicated there is some frustration of the Nampa School Board The committee asked questions of Mr. Henry during his presentation. Senator Schroeder requested a copy of the charter. Copies were Bart McKnight, Chairman of the Charter School Board, was given an Chairman Schroeder said the issue before the committee is how do we |
RS 12578 | Chairman Schroeder said the purpose of this RS is to provide a minimum age requirement for attendance in prekindergarten in the districts which conduct prekindergarten. It does not require districts to have prekindergarten, just provides language to legally allow 4 year olds to participate in the programs. Some schools are already doing this and paying for the programs with private funds. |
Motion | Senator Noh made the motion to have RS 12578 printed. Senator Werk seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
RS 12696 | Dr. Howard explained this RS. She said it would increase the classified staff allowance from .375 to .385. The effect will be to increase the number of positions for which districts will receive reimbursement from the state. |
Motion | Senator Werk made the motion to have RS 12696 printed. Senator Noh seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Chairman Schroeder called a 10 minute recess. |
Reconvene | The Chairman introduced Keith Hasselquist, Chief Fiscal Officer for the State Board of Education, who will address the equity issue for higher education. This presentation is for information only and no testimony is to be heard. |
Guest Speaker | Mr. Hasselquist reviewed the college and university equity issues. He said the legislature provides the Board with a lump sum appropriation for the LCSC, BSU, ISU, and UI. The Board uses a formula to allocate the money to the four institutions, using a base plus process, then an add-on of additional money. Mr. Hasselquist provided a handout (attached) which helped explain his presentation. There was time for questions following Mr. Hasselquist’s talk. Chairman Schroeder made the following summary: The study revealed |
Announcements | Chairman Schroeder went over the week’s agenda and also announced that there will be a meeting Monday morning (2/10) at 10 a.m. for the purpose of introducing RS’s. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 a.m. |
DATE: | February 5, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:40 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Mike Gilmore, Deputy Attorney General. The Chairman said he asked Mr. Gilmore to talk about the Supreme Court’s decision regarding the Boundary School District. Mr. Gilmore provided three handouts for the committee. They included a He said the Idaho Supreme Court has ordered a trial on a challenge to the Chairman Schroeder thanked Mr. Gilmore for his presentation. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman welcomed and introduced Dr. Michael Burke, President of North Idaho College, located at Coeur d’Alene. Dr. Burke had two handouts regarding the college. One is a summary of He said NIC is Idaho’s oldest community college. It began in 1933. NIC The NIC Workforce Training Center is located in Post Falls and provides a Dr. Burke said the student placement rate for NIC Professional-Technical Dr. Burke said he felt that Idaho cannot afford to not invest in higher Senator Goedde said he would like to thank Dr. Burke and the college, as Senator Schroeder thanked Dr. Burke for speaking to the committee. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman welcomed Dr. Miles LaRowe, President of Eastern Idaho Technical College, located at Idaho Falls. Dr. LaRowe presented the committee with the college’s fact sheet Some of the highlights are: EITC is a state supported technical college There is online instruction and Dial Up connectivity, as well as community The enrollment figures for FY02 were 1,399 for AAS/Certificate; 6,026 in Dr. LaRowe said the budget strategies for FY04 would be to further Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. LaRowe for his talk. He said the |
Reconvene | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order, then welcomed Dr. Bowen, President of Idaho State University, located at Pocatello. |
Guest Speaker | Dr. Bowen had two handouts, a 12 page “portrait” of ISU and a campus profile for the Fall, 2002 (both are attached). His talk centered around the information on these publications. Some pertinent information was: the total enrollment for academic and technology in the Fall of 2002 was 13,350. Full-time students numbered 8,708 and part-time students accounted for 4,642. Dr. Bowen said the ten most popular majors of graduates were Secondary Senator Malepeai praised Dr. Bowen and the administrative staff of ISU |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Bowen for speaking to the committee. He also thanked the committee for their hard work. The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 a.m. |
DATE: | February 6, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Gold Room and Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noh |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the joint meeting with the House Education committee to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Guest Speaker | He welcomed the Idaho Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and their president, Julie Van Orden. The meeting was then turned over to Ms. Van Orden. Several PTA members presented a skit, depicting the organization a few Ms. Van Orden then presented the six Idaho PTA Legislative Priorities for
Ms. Van Orden stated the Idaho PTA supports the Public Schools Budget Regarding parent involvement, Ms. Van Orden said according to the No Time was allowed for questions from the joint committee. |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked Ms. Van Orden and the Idaho PTA for their presentation. He announced that the House Education committee would remain in the Gold Room and the Senate Education committee would return to Room 433 to conduct further business. He adjourned the meeting at 9:10 a.m. |
Reconvene | Room 433
Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. and said the After the discussion, the committee determined they would like more (1) The Albertson Foundation’s program – Idaho Student Information (2) Transportation services. (3) School consolidation – with a map of the districts. Chairman Schroeder said he would arrange to have the necessary people |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 a.m. |
DATE: | February 7, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:40 a.m. |
Treats | Senator Jack Noble passed out bubblegum cigars to the committee to announce the birth of a son. |
RS 12640 | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Senator Keough, a former member of this committee, and asked her to tell the committee about RS 12640. Senator Keough said it would create a religious exemption for non-public post-secondary educational programs and would like for the committee to have it printed. |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to send RS 12640 to print. Senator Noh seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
RS 12832 | Chairman Schroeder explained this RS and said it would authorize a reduction in the number of hours of instruction time required when distribution from the Public School Income fund is deficient. John Eikum, who represents the Idaho Rural Schools Association, agreed with the Chairman that it is necessary, should funds not be available. |
Motion | Senator Noh made the motion to send RS 12832 to print. Senator Andreason seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Diane Demarest, Program Coordinator for Parents As Teachers (PAT), who then turned the meeting over to Harriet Shaklee, Family Development Specialist. Ms. Shaklee provided the committee with a copy of the their state report, This program serves 1332 families, 1889 children in 37 programs. Parent After one year of PAT, parents report significant increases in knowledge, Ms. Shaklee introduced two mothers who testified as to the positive At the conclusion of Ms. Shaklee’s presentation, she answered questions The Chairman said there would be a short recess before hearing Dr. |
Reconvene | The Chairman called the meeting to order after a 10 minute recess. |
Guest Speaker | He then introduced Dr. Tom Farley, Bureau Chief of Federal Programs for the State Department of Education, who will further explain the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Dr. Farley provided a notebook of material relating to NCLB and he He then said his presentation would focus on eleven major “points of
The committee asked questions during the presentation. Dr. Farley pointed out that a committee is working to establish Idaho’s |
Announcement | Chairman Schroeder announced there will be a committee meeting on Monday, February 10 at 10 a.m. for the purpose to hear RS’s. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 a.m. |
DATE: | February 10, 2003 |
TIME: | 10:00 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Andreason and Noble |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schroeder at 10:05 a.m. |
RS 12548C3 | Senator Schroeder said the purpose of this RS is to provide that General Fund surpluses over a certain amount be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Fund, The Idaho Millennium Fund, and The Public School Protection Fund. It would create the Public School Protection Fund and provide for the orderly management of surplus revenues. |
Motion | After some discussion, Senator Goedde made the motion to send RS 12548C3 to print. Senator Noh seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
RS 12579C1 | Senator Schroeder said more work needed to be done on this RS and withdrew it. |
RS 12729 | Dr. Mike Friend explained this RS. He said the purpose of this legislation is to protect school districts from a shortfall of state appropriated dollars per support unit. If the number of estimated support units is less than the actual number of support units generated in any given year, the appropriated support unit value will be less than the amount upon which the school district budget is based. |
Motion | Senator Noh made the motion to send RS 12729 to print. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
Announcements | Chairman Schroeder announced that tomorrow’s meeting would start in the Gold Room to hear from the Idaho School Boards Association, then return to this room for a report from Rodney McKnight, Transportation Supervisor, regarding transportation services. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. |
DATE: | February 11, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Gold Room and Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Representative Tilman chaired the joint meeting of the House and Senate Education committees. He called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. and welcomed Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director of the Idaho School Boards Association (ISBA) and the trustees (approximately 100). Chairman Tilman turned the meeting over to Dr. Green. |
Guest speaker | Dr. Green introduced ISBA’s Executive Committee. They are Janet Orndorff, Wanda Quinn, Scott Tverdy and himself. The ISBA is a statewide advocacy organization of over 550 publicly Dr. Green talked about the three roles of the trustee: authority – the right He then introduced Terry Schwartz, President of ISBA, who talked about Mr. Schwartz then introduced his daughter, Samantha. Samantha said she attends Arco High School and she presented a Chairman Tilman thanked Samantha and ISBA for their presentation. |
Adjournment | He advised the House Education Committee to remain in the Gold Room for another presentation and dismissed the Senate Education Committee. He then adjourned the meeting at 8:55 a.m. |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order in Room 433 at 9:10 a.m. |
Guest Speaker | He welcomed Rodney McKnight, Transportation Supervisor, who will address transportation issues. Mr. McKnight gave each committee member a copy of his slide presentation, Idaho’s Pupil Transportation Support Program, Report to the Senate Education Committee. In lieu of showing the slides, he read his report from the hard copy (attached). Before starting his presentation, Mr. McKnight gave a brief background of Several requests for information were asked of Mr. McKnight and they are
Chairman Schroeder thanked Mr. McKnight for his presentation. |
Announcements | He then announced that discussion of the budget and making budget recommendations will be on the agenda for the rest of the week, finalizing the recommendations on Friday. They are to be presented to JFAC on Monday, the 17th. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 a.m. |
DATE: | February 12, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Andreason and Malepeai |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
He then said he would like to present a gift to the committee’s Page, Erin |
Guest Speakers | The Chairman welcomed Dr. Gerald Meyerhoffer, President of the College of Southern Idaho (CSI), located in Twin Falls. Attached is a copy of Dr. Meyerhoffer’s presentation. The committee Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Meyerhoffer for speaking to the Dr. Bob West, Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, was the |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 10 a.m. |
DATE: | February 13, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:40 a.m.
The first order of business was to approve the minutes of previous |
Motion | Senator Malepeai made the motion for the approval of minutes, as written, for January 28 and 29. Senator Werk seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made the motion for the approval of minutes, as written, for February 4 and 5. Senator Noh seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder said there is to be further discussion of the Idaho Student Information Management and Reporting System (ISIMS). A presentation was given January 30 in the Gold Room and today, the focus will be more on the technical aspects of the program. He then welcomed Craig Olson from the Albertson Foundation. Mr. Olson introduced Wayne Rush, program officer; Roger Widner, At the meeting of January 30, a notebook was presented to the committee Mr. Olson reviewed the mission of the Albertson Foundation regarding Mr. Olson said there are two major components.
After hearing from Mr. Olson, Chairman Schroeder directed specific Schroeder to Olson: Review the money commitment. Olson: The AF will build, design, then turn over to the state to operate — to Schroeder to Olson: Suppose we establish law, then future legislation Olson: AF is asking for contractual arrangements of the state and Schroeder to Department of Administration: Conflict of bids? Richard Elwood responded for the Department. He sees no red flags. Schroeder to Gary Stivers, Executive Director, State Board of Education, Mr. Stivers: OSBE can work through without any problems. Schroeder to Stivers: Where should the system be located? Stivers: OSBE has looked at various buildings. Took in consideration of Schroeder to Olson: Will this system tie-in with data from federal Olson: It needs to be with an agency that involves education, under that Schroeder to Dr. West: Can the Department of Education manage this Dr. West, Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction: We are now Schroeder to Stivers: OSBE is a policy making body. What is the Board Stivers: The Board has seen the presentation of ISIMS. The Board has Schroeder to Stivers: Separation of policy and administration. What Stivers: Lots of discussion. Schroeder to Stivers: When will this be resolved? AF wants to know by Stivers: We will definitely have something ready. Schroeder to Stivers: Said he wanted three things. (1) Wants definitive Mr. Olson’s closing remarks: AF frustrated by who will oversee this One last question asked of Mr. Olson was if school trustees had been |
Motion | Before taking a 10 minute break, Senator Schroeder said there were more minutes to approve. Senator Noble made the motion for approval of the minutes for January 30 and 31. It was seconded by Senator McWilliams. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Reconvene | Calling the meeting to order, the Chairman said they would review the budget in preparation for making recommendations to JFAC. He then reviewed the information (handouts) that was provided to the committee members at an earlier date. It included the Public Schools Budget Request, Executive Budget Recommendations for Public School Support and Professional-Technical Education and Post-Secondary Education, and a Comparison Sheet of Public School Budget Proposals. |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to recommend to JFAC the Governor’s recommendations for colleges, universities, Professional-Technical education, and Community Colleges. It was seconded by Senator Gannon. |
Discussion | In the discussion, Senator Andreason urged the committee to go with the “do-able”. Senator Werk expressed concern about equity portion, and Senator Noble had concerns regarding transportation. Senator Noh said he shares the frustration that Senators Werk and Noble feel, but agrees with Senator Andreason. He feels if the committee hangs together, this budget might pass. Senator Malepeai was in agreement. The committee then voted on the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed |
Chairman Schroeder indicated he would review the budget proposals, as outlined on the comparison sheet. He covered all items A 1-11. Discussion revolved around A 10, the Early Retirement Program. It was |
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Motion | Senator Malepeai made the motion to keep early retirement in the budget. It was seconded by Senator Werk. A roll call vote indicated it passed eight to one. Senator Noble voted no. |
Motion | Senator Werk made a motion to have Dr. West see if there is a mechanism that could be developed regarding early retirement. Senator Goedde said he would like the motion to include the word economical. Senator Werk said he had no objection. |
Motion | Senator Goedde made the motion to have the Department of Education do a study to see if there is an economical way to track replacements of teachers who retire early. Senator Noh seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. It was stated that there seems to be some concern over the number of |
Motion | In discussing B1, Technology Grants, Senator McWilliams said a “vigorous recommendation” should be given to JFAC to keep the recommended amount for technology and to be closely guarded. He then made the motion to retain the $8.4 million as recommended by the Governor. It was seconded by Senator Andreason. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Announcements | Chairman Schroeder said the budget recommendations would continue through Friday and he thanked the committee for their work thus far. He then asked John Eikum to provide a letter as to what administrators do. The Chairman said he will write a letter to the Department of Education stating the motion and making a request. |
DATE: | February 14, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noh |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:40 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Pages | He announced that the chocolates are a gift from Erin, our departing Page. The Chairman then welcomed the new Page, Alexey Chikanchil from Nampa. |
Guest speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Darrel Deide from the Governor’s office, who will talk about the building projects the Governor has proposed. The ten projects are: Lewis Clark State College campus activity center; College of Southern Idaho fine arts addition; University of Idaho teaching and learning center; Boise State University west campus building; Idaho Historical Society museum project; Idaho State University classroom building; North Idaho College nursing/life science building; Idaho State Police training academy expansion; Department of Corrections women’s community work center; and Eastern Idaho Technical College. All have previously been funded by the Legislature but lost funding due to holdbacks. Dr. Deide asked the committee to endorse the Governor’s facilities |
Introductions | Dr. Deide’s presentation was temporarily interrupted to introduce some guests. Senator Gannon introduced Rick Hill, Superintendent of the Buhl School District. Senator Goedde introduced Coeur d’Alene superintendent, Harry Amend. |
Discussion | Dr. Deide said there is growing support for the building projects around state. He emphasized again that they are needed and will create economic stimulus. There are no general fund dollars required. The $5 million annual bond payment comes from existing dedicated funds going into the Permanent Building Fund. |
Motion | Senator Goedde made the motion to recommend the building fund projects. It was seconded by Senator Werk. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Deide for appearing before the The Chairman said he would now continue with the discussion of the Senator Schroeder requested a 10 minute break, and said upon |
Reconvene | After calling the meeting to order, Senator Schroeder asked Dr. Bob West to explain why the money for B7 (Achievement Standards Implementation) needs to be with the Department of Education and not with the State Board. Dr. West provided the committee with a letter from Dr. Tom Farley, Dr. West explained the letter, how funds are to be used, the compliance Chairman Schroeder requested Jeff Shinn, an analyst in the Governor’s |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked the committee for their hard work. He then adjourned the meeting at 10:55 a.m. |
DATE: | February 18, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:40 a.m. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman welcomed Brent Reinke, Director of Juvenile Corrections.
Mr. Reinke had three handouts for the committee: Q1 FY03 Fact Sheet, One of the programs that has been highly successful is the Functional The tracking system used by the Department is the Idaho Juvenile There are 6,500 juveniles that are on county probation today. Last year The average cost per day is $169.81 or $60,000 per year per juvenile. Senator Schroeder asked Mr. Reinke to furnish him with two pieces of Mr. Reinke introduced Ms. Glenda Rohrbach, who is in charge of the Ms. Rohrbach has been with IDJC for 17 years and she is seeing the The educational programs are accredited as Special Purpose Schools by Ms. Rohrbach said the average stay is 11 months and the transition back Chairman Schroeder thanked Mr. Reinke and Ms. Rohrbach for their |
Reconvene | The Chairman called the meeting to order. He welcomed Mike Johnson, a former Representative, and now the Deputy Warden of Operations with Idaho State Corrections. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder asked Mr. Johnson to tell the committee what has been done in regards to the hold back that was requested by the Governor. Mr. Johnson said that two program managers were eliminated, four or five One out of every three people (who are incarcerated at the prison) do not Mr. Johnson said they have tapped into the Correctional Learning System In the past, education, programs and the parole board were all separate Mr. Johnson feels that the facilities at Cottonwood and Pocatello are Time was allowed for questions from the committee. |
Announcements | Community Resource Workers will be speaking to the committee tomorrow. Bills will be heard next week. The Chairman thanked the committee for their work. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 a.m. |
DATE: | February 19, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Motion | He said motions were in order to approve some minutes. Senator Werk made the motion to approve the minutes of February 6 and 7, as written. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Motion | Senator McWilliams made the motion to approve the minutes of February 10 and 11, as written. Senator Werk seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Motion | Senator Malepeai made the motion to approve the minutes of February 12 and 13, as written. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. Senator Malepeai questioned the attendance record and the secretary was instructed to make any necessary corrections. |
Announcements | Senator Davis has withdrawn his bill and will reschedule it at a later date. Tomorrow, we will hear Senator Goedde’s RS, then dismiss so that anyone who would like may go to JFAC. |
Guest Speakers | Chairman Schroeder said he has asked Kathy Phelan, president of the IEA, to introduce each of today’s speakers who will be updating the committee on the Community Resource Workers’ Program in the Public Schools. Ms. Phelan gave a brief background of this program. She then introduced Dr. Williamson has been at Taft Elementary for five years. She said 75% Ms. Phelan introduced Mickey Harmer, Program Specialist with the Health Ms. Harmer said the Community Resources for Families (CRFF) Program There are two kinds of services: Assessment and Referral Services (AR) Today, there are 22 participating school districts and 30 Resource Ms. Phelan introduced Sandra Stange, Community Resource Worker with Ms. Stange said she works at three schools – Monroe, Jefferson, and Ms. Stange gave several examples of how the program works, once a Ms. Stange was asked to identify the differences of a social worker, a Ms. Phelan introduced the final speaker, Joan Parsons, who is a Ms. Parsons said her role is to help children succeed successfully in the Time was allowed for the committee to ask questions of the panel. The |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 9:50 a.m. |
DATE: | February 20, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Ellis (Malepeai) |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:40 a.m. |
The Chairman announced that Senator Malepeai will be out-of-town for a few days and he introduced his replacement, Dr. Rulon Ellis, a former school superintendent. |
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RS 13006 | Chairman Schroeder then asked Senator Goedde to explain his RS.
The Statement of Purpose for RS 13006 states that current contributions Senator Goedde provided the committee with a handout regarding |
Motion | Senator Goedde made the motion to have RS 13006 printed and requested it to be sent to State Affairs for printing. The motion was seconded by Senator Schroeder. A roll call vote was requested by the Chairman. Voting aye were |
Chairman Schroeder said the committee would recess until 9:05 a.m. | |
Reconvene | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order and said leadership asked for a review of the intent language for the Public Schools Holdback and also the intent language for the College and Universities. The intent language for the Public Schools Holdback is as follows: The State Controller shall transfer $18,400,000 from the General Fund to The Public Schools Budget Stabilization Account shall cease to exist on The Chairman summarized, by saying, what this plan would do is to There was discussion from the committee, testimony from Dr. Mike Chairman Schroeder called a five minute recess. |
Reconvene | The Chairman called the meeting to order and said he was withdrawing the intent language for the College and Universities. He then distributed new proposed intent language for Public Schools. It reads: Section 2. It is legislative intent that school districts absorb their The minority of school districts that are unable to otherwise absorb Chairman Schroeder suggested the insertion of the word “may” between The Chairman then said he would like to submit the following proposal to After listening to expert testimony and deliberations, the Senate While the Senate Education committee finds this intent language |
Motion | After some discussion, Senator Andreason moved that the statement read by the Chairman be the position of the Education Committee. It was seconded by Senator Gannon. More discussion followed. Voting was by voice vote and it was unanimous. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 a.m. |
DATE: | February 21, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Ellis (Malepeai) |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order and announcements |
Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. He announced that there would not be a discussion on the 2% holdback this morning as indicated on the agenda. Next week, there could be an informational hearing regarding this matter. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman welcomed H. B. “Bicker” Therien, Director, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA). Also welcomed were several students and teachers involved in IDLA. Mr. Therien introduced Donna Vakili, Curriculum Director for IDLA, who will talk about curriculum and professional development and Wes Stoddard who will speak about student/teacher interaction. Mr. Therien presented a Powerpoint presentation on “How Digital Some statistics regarding IDLA: The IDLA was created in the State Following the presentation, the committee members asked questions of A question arose as to the curriculum. Dr. Bob West, Chief Deputy The funding that is being requested for this program is $600,000. The |
Introduction of Guest |
Chairman Schroeder announced that the former chairman of this committee has joined them former Senator John Hanson. The Chairman introduced Mr. Hanson and welcomed him back. He then said there would be a five minute break. |
Reconvene | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order. |
Guest Speaker | He welcomed Ms. Carolyn Mauer, Bureau Chief of Curriculum and Accountability, who will talk about Digital Charter Schools – the Idaho Virtual Academy and the Idaho Virtual High School. She had notebooks for the committee members which contained information regarding the Digital Charter Schools. Some facts regarding the Idaho Virtual High School: The charter granting Facts regarding the Idaho Virtual Academy: The charter granting entity is Other information pertaining to Charter Virtual Schools:
Senator Schroeder asked Ms. Mauer to provide him the amount that is |
It was pointed out that home scholars are taking advantage of the education offered by Charter Digital Schools. The Chairman told Ms. Mauer that he may invite her back to provide more |
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Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked Ms. Mauer for speaking to the committee and then adjourned the meeting at 10:45 a.m. |
DATE: | February 25, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order: | The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Chairman Schroeder announced that Dr. Hoover will not be speaking to the committee today, as he was requested to talk to JFAC. He has been rescheduled on our agenda for tomorrow. |
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Discussion | The Chairman said there would be a discussion today regarding the budget and the suggested holdbacks. Several handouts were given the committee members. They included H 293, relating to appropriations; memo from Dr. Cliff Green relating to Idaho School District Fund Balances and H 293; Proportional Budget Comparison; an e-mail to Senator Goedde regarding the impact of a 2% holdback on the Coeur d’Alene School District; and resolutions (regarding the 2% holdback) from the Associated Student Association (UI, ISU, BSU). These documents were discussed by the committee during the meeting and are attached. |
Chairman Schroeder asked John Watts, lobbyist for the Idaho School Board Association, to speak. Mr. Watts indicated that a document reporting Idaho School District fund balances was distributed to legislators. While many districts currently maintain fund balances, the document revealed only a portion of the information needed about the status and availability of these fund balances. Mr. Watts explained why districts might have fund balances. Examples Districts receive five payments per year from the State Department Districts have the option to use the state’s bond rating for issuing a Many times districts experience unexpected emergencies where Chairman Schroeder asked when the five payments are made to the Others testifying to the negative effects of the 2% holdback were student |
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Adjournment | The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 9:50 a.m. |
DATE: | February 26, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order: | The Chairman called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Announcements: | Chairman Schroeder said the confirmation hearing for Milford Terrell to the State Board of Education has been postponed until tomorrow. He then welcomed Dr. Bob Hoover, President of the University of Idaho. |
Guest speaker | Dr. Hoover said he had been invited to speak to the committee regarding the Idaho Water Center/University Place and the $10 million dollar loan made to the Foundation by the University. He provided a nine page hand-out to the committee members, from which he addressed his remarks and those documents are attached. Dr. Hoover introduced Roy Eiguren, University of Idaho Foundation; Also speaking to the committee was Mr. Eiguren. Time was allowed for questions from the committee members. |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Hoover for the job he is doing at the University and also for talking to the committee today. He then adjourned the meeting at 9:40 a.m. |
DATE: | February 27, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:40 a.m. |
Guest speaker | He then welcomed Mr. Jim Hammond, Vice President of the State Board of Education, who will talk about “Idaho’s MOST”. (Maximizing Opportunities for Students & Teachers). Mr. Hammond reviewed the history and background of Idaho’s MOST. The mission of MOST is to maximize opportunities for student learning by The goals are (1) get serious about standards for both students and |
Mr. Hammond provided an eight page brochure which included graphs supporting research. The brochure also listed recommendations that will be presented to the Legislature during the next legislative session. They are: (1) Proposed Tiered Licensure Model
(2) Proposed Professional Development Model
(3) Recommendations for Middle Level Preparation
The committee asked questions throughout Mr. Hammond’s presentation. Chairman Schroeder inquired about the issue of the Nez Perce language The Chairman said to Mr. Hammond, ” In tough fiscal times, and with Chairman Schroeder asked Mr. Hammond about his service on the State The Chairman thanked Mr. Hammond for his presentation of “MOST”. |
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Confirmation hearing |
He then welcomed Mr. Milford Terrell, who has been appointed to the State Board of Education by the Governor, the term commencing on January 22, 2003 and expiring March 1, 2007. Mr. Terrell introduced his wife, daughter, and two grandsons. He then As to his role on the State Board, he views the Board as a policy-making Chairman Schroeder then read from the State Constitution the duties of The Chairman thanked Mr. Terrell for appearing before the committee and He then announced there would be a ten minute break before discussing |
Reconvene | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order. He then said he would brief the committee as to what has transpired in regards to SCR 106. SCR 106 was on the third reading yesterday. He sent a letter to the Pro The Chairman then referred to the information (single page) that was Chairman Schroeder said the state law says that the State Board is Chairman Schroeder said SCR 106 would delete this rule. He then asked Dr. Bob West, Chief Deputy Superintendent for the Dr. West indicated that this would nullify a practical arrangement of 35 Dr. West questioned as to why it was felt the Department was not Chairman Schroeder asked Ms. McDermott if she knew anything about Chairman Schroeder said the argument seems to be where the NCLB Randi McDermott said if the rule should be rejected, the Board would |
Adjournment | The Chairman said there would be more discussion regarding SCR 106. He then adjourned the meeting at 10:45 a.m. |
DATE: | February 28, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Noble and Malepeai |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
RS 12831C1 | He then asked Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director of the Idaho School Boards Association, to talk about this RS. Dr. Green said that last November at the annual conference of ISBA, Dr. Green said that this concurrent resolution, if passed, would authorize |
Motion | Following a discussion, Senator Noh made the motion to print RS12831C1. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. Chairman Schroeder said he would send the RS to State Affairs for printing. |
Consideration of Gubernatorial Appointment |
The Chairman said there would now be a discussion regarding Mr. Terrell’s appointment to the State Board of Education. Senator Andreason led the discussion. He then made a motion to accept |
Chairman Schroeder called for a two minute break to allow the secretary to obtain printed material for the committee. |
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Reconvene | Calling the meeting back to order, the Chairman read a letter from the co-chairs of JFAC regarding the reorganization being discussed by the State Board of Education (attached). Chairman Schroeder distributed a five page handout that included the following information: Page 1 – Regarding SCR 106; Page 2 – Article IX of the Constitution – the role of the State Board; Page 3 -Title 33, Section 33-110 and Board rule 08.02.01, Section 100; Page 4 – Idaho Code, Sections 33-110, 33-102, 33-107, 33-125; Page 5 – Title IX – General Provisions (excerpt from ESEA, 1965 and amended by NCLB, 2001). All are attached. Chairman Schroeder read Page 2, pointing out the term “shall be Chairman Schroeder said he feels the committee should discuss the role Senator Noh asked if the author of SCR 106 was known and Chairman Chairman Schroeder then asked Gary Stivers, Executive Director of the Mr. Stivers said before starting his presentation, he’d like to comment that Mr. Stivers provided a handout to the committee which included his talk, Mr. Stivers said the intent of this restructuring is to improve Chairman Schroeder asked Mr. Stivers if the co-chairs of JFAC had Senator Gannon asked Mr. Stivers to provide the number of employees in After a discussion, Chairman Schroeder suggested that the intent |
Reconvene | Calling the meeting to order, Chairman Schroeder said he would continue to take testimony on this issue. Testifying next was Mike Rush, Administrator for DPTE. One of Mr. The Chairman requested the number of FTE’s be provided to Senator Ms. Maggi Blackstead testified next in support of this restructuring. She |
Adjournment | The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 10:05 a.m. |
DATE: | March 4, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator McWilliams |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
S 1062 | The Chairman gave a brief history regarding this bill, saying a few years ago, there was a study on early childhood development and the value of Pre-K programs. The normal school age for children is five years old, except for special needs children which can be three. Some schools have programs for Pre-K that are funded privately and they allow four year olds. Chairman Schroeder said that this bill would legally allow four year olds to participate in prekindergarten programs in public schools. Former Senator Darrel Deide said this bill would do several things, such Also testifying to the advantages of this bill was Harriet Shaklee (testifying Dr. Bob West, Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Schools, also |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to send S 1062 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Werk seconded the motion. After some discussion, it was determined that it should be stipulated as to when a child is eligible. It was suggested that for a child to be eligible for the Pre-K program, they should be four years old on or before September 1st. Senator Andreason said he would amend his motion to send S 1062 to the 14th Order and have an amendment prepared. This was agreeable with Senator Werk. A voice vote indicated the motion passed unanimously. Regarding the restructuring and consolidation of OSBE, Chairman Chairman Schroeder referred to the third paragraph and the 10% transfer |
Announcements | Chairman Schroeder announced there would not be a committee meeting tomorrow (Wednesday). Thursday, Senator Goedde’s transportation bill will be heard and Friday, there will be several RS’s relating to Charter Schools. There was discussion relating to SCR 106. The Chairman gave the The Chairman said he was concerned about ISIMS and the Albertson |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 a.m. |
DATE: | March 6, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Anderson (Noble), Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Introduction | The Chairman welcomed Ms. Linda Anderson to the committee. She is substituting for Senator Noble. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Brent Reinke, Director of Juvenile Corrections. The Chairman said that when Mr. Reinke spoke to the committee on February 18, several questions were raised that required him to do some research. Mr. Reinke will address those requests today. Mr. Reinke provided the committee with a handout that provides statistics Other research done by Mr. Reinke, as requested by the committee: 21.8% of the juveniles, after being released from Juvenile The average time between DJC release and DOC commitment is The average age of the DOC commitment is 19 years old and this Special Ed juveniles, on the average, stay 19% longer, or about Also included in Mr. Reinke’s handout was the Table of Contents for Mr. Reinke then introduced Mr. Chuck Halligan, Bureau Chief of Family Mr. Halligan’s handout, Idaho Council on Children’s Mental Health – The Department of Juvenile Corrections is now tracking indicators to Mr. Halligan also made available to the committee an Idaho update on The Chairman thanked both Mr. Reinke and Mr. Halligan for their |
S 1134 | Chairman Schroeder said Pro Tem Geddes would present his bill, S 1134.
Pro Tem Geddes said the purpose of this legislation is to change the There was no testimony against this bill. |
Motion | Senator Werk made the motion to send S 1134 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. Senator Geddes will be the sponsor and consideration will be given to other Senators who would like to co- sponsor this bill. |
Introductions of Guests |
Chairman Schroeder welcomed several Bishop Kelly High School students and asked them to introduce themselves. |
S 1129 | He then said Senator Goedde would present his legislation, S 1129.
Senator Goedde explained his legislation saying that funding for public Testifying in favor of the bill was Jeff Miles, Transportation Director for the There was some discussion regarding contracts and Mr. Miles said the Testifying in opposition of the bill was A. J. Balukoff, a trustee for the Rodney McKnight, Transportation Director for the State Department, Testifying in opposition to the bill was Sarah Stobaugh, Transportation |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder said discussion regarding this bill would continue tomorrow. He then adjourned the meeting at 10 a.m. |
DATE: | March 7, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Approval of minutes: Motion |
He said he would entertain motions for the approval of minutes. |
Motion | Senator Werk made the motion to approve the minutes as written for February 21 and 25. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated the motion passed unanimously. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made the motion to approve the minutes as written for February 19, 20 and 28. Senator Noh seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated the motion passed unanimously. Senator Malepeai made the motion to approve the minutes as written for |
H 261 | Chairman Schroeder said that H 261 would be heard, with Representative Tom Trail explaining the bill. Representative Trail said this legislation, if passed, would increase the Testifying in support of this bill was Randi McDermott from the State Dr. Bob West, from the Department of Education, said the Department Also testifying in support of this bill were Jim Shackelford, IEA; Patty |
Motion | After some discussion by the committee, Senator Andreason made the motion to send H 261 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Noble seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated the motion passed unanimously. Senator Andreason will be the sponsor of this bill. |
Introduction of Guests |
Chairman Schroeder said there were some Republican Women in the audience and he asked them to stand and be recognized. Today is “A Day on the Hill” for Republican Women and they are dressed in red. |
S 1129 | Chairman Schroeder said discussion would continue on S 1129. He asked Ms. Sarah Stobaugh, who testified yesterday in opposition to the bill, to continue her testimony. Ms. Stobaugh said she was asked yesterday if she had contacted the Jeff Miles, Boundary County School District, testified in favor of the bill. Testifying in opposition to the bill was Armand Eckert, retired trustee of Rick Vertrees, Caldwell Transportation, testified in opposition to the bill Ms. Dawn Justice, IACI representative, said IACI feels this bill is good Testifying in opposition was Vic Koshuta, Superintendent, Garden Valley Ms. Janet Orndorff, Boise School District, testified in opposition to this bill. Rodney McKnight, Bureau Chief of Transportation for the Department of Written testimony was submitted by John Eikum, Executive Director of the Chairman Schroeder said testimony on this bill will continue next week. |
Announcements | He then announced there is a letter in the folder from the State Board with regards to SCR 106. Also, items on the agenda that were not heard today will be heard next week. |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 10 a.m. |
DATE: | March 11, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
S 1129 | The Chairman said S 1129 was before them for discussion and action.
Senator Noh requested clarification and a definitive answer to the Mr. Rod McKnight, Transportation supervisor, said the state does not Chairman Schroeder then asked Senator Goedde, sponsor of the bill, to Senator Goedde said this bill is about efficiency and pointed out that for There was more discussion prior to motions made. |
Motion | Senator Noble made a motion to send S 1129 to the floor without recommendation. There was not a second. |
Motion | Senator Werk made a motion to hold S 1129 in committee. Senator Noh seconded the motion. |
Substitute Motion |
Senator Goedde made a motion to send S 1129 to the 14th order. Senator McWilliams seconded the motion. |
A roll call vote was taken on the substitute motion to send S 1129 to the 14th order. Voting aye were Senators Noble, McWilliams, and Goedde. Voting nay were Senators Malepeai, Werk, Andreason, Noh, Gannon, and Schroeder. The motion failed, three to six. A roll call vote was taken on the original motion to hold S 1129 in |
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H 263 | Chairman Schroeder said Representative Garrett would explain her bill.
Representative Garrett said H 263 was a very simple bill, changing the There was no testimony in opposition to this bill. Testifying in support of this bill was Ms. Janet Orndorff, trustee for the |
Motion | Senator Noble made a motion to send H 263 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Andreason seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. Senator Noble will be the sponsor. |
Chairman Schroeder said there are several RS’s regarding charter schools. He explained that a charter is a contract with local boards of trustees. There have been several issues that have come up this year. One issue is the election of the boards of charter schools. The Chairman said that public money is involved and with that, comes accountability. Public money is not an entitlement – it is given for a purpose. Another issue is the selection of students. Also, some students enrolled in the Digital Charter School may be also enrolled in public school. This issue is – are these students counted twice? He said it appears that the state has the right to know. Another issue is that of a charter school not following its charter. Chairman Schroeder asked Tim Hill, Finance Bureau Chief, to inform the |
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Chairman Schroeder said his intent, regarding the four RS’s listed on the agenda, is to discuss them, then vote on them Friday. |
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RS 13127C1 | The Chairman said Mr. Bob Henry, chairman of the Nampa School Board, will explain RS 13127C1. Mr. Henry deferred his time to Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director of the Idaho School Boards Association. Dr. Green said he wanted to state ISBA’s position on charter schools. Dr. Green said the reason for this RS is to clean up some language in the The Statement of Purpose for this RS states that it sets out requirements Chairman Schroeder announced that there was time for a few questions |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 a.m. |
DATE: | March 12, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Rouse, (Andreason), Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Introduction | He then introduced Ms. Lori Rouse, Senator Andreason’s daughter, who will be replacing him while he is out-of-state on education business. |
Announcement | Chairman Schroeder announced that if H 325 makes its way to this committee, he will conduct two evening hearings and they will be held in the Gold Room. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made a motion to approve the minutes of March 4, 6, and 7 as written. It was seconded by Senator Goedde. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
RS 13127C1 | The Chairman said discussion would continue on RS 13127C1. He then called on Mr. Bob Henry, who deferred his time to Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director of the Idaho School Boards Association. Dr. Green said he wanted to read from ISBA’s 2003 Resolutions & “ISBA recognizes “charter schools” as another public school choice (a) retains sole authority to grant the charter; (b) determines the ways in which charter schools will be held (c) retains authority to decertify or not renew the charter of any school that (d) has the authority to endure that a charter does not foster racial, social, (e) determines that funding for the other schools under its jurisdiction is ISBA Position – ISBA recognizes “charter schools” as another public Dr. Green stated that there have been two complaints filed by the Office In regards to RS 13127C1, Dr. Green said his executive committee had Dr. Green stressed that they are willing to meet with charter school Some of the issues raised by the committee are as follows:
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RS 13123 |
Chairman Schroeder said this RS would direct the legislature to establish a study committee to undertake and complete a study of the statutes governing charter schools. |
RS 13122 | The Chairman said this one would provide a period from April 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004 when no new charter school shall be authorized. |
RS 13128 | This RS provides for election of members of a charter school board of directors. |
RS 13161 | This RS relates to admissions to charter schools and amends Section 33-5205. It would require public notice of the date, time and place of a lottery for admission and announcement of application procedures. |
Chairman Schroeder said discussion on these RS’s would continue Thursday and Friday. He said his office is always open to anyone who wishes to talk to him about these issues. |
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Adjournment | He then adjourned the meeting at 9:25 a.m. |
DATE: | March 13, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Rouse (Andreason), Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman welcomed Ms. Shirley Silver, Special Projects Coordinator, for the Displaced Homemaker Program. Ms. Silver provided the committee with copies of the annual report of the Ms. Silver gave a brief history of this program. The 1980 Idaho Legislature Ms. Silver said the mission of this program is to help participants become The number of people served in FY2002 was 1,994. Of that number, 475 Ms. Silver related several success stories regarding participants of this Time was allowed for questions from the committee. Among the Chairman Schroeder thanked Ms. Silver for her presentation. |
RS 13127C1 | The Chairman said discussion would continue on RS 13127C1. He then announced that some revisions had been made to the RS and it had been rewritten and it is now RS 13127C2. Copies were given to the committee. He then asked Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director of ISBA, to speak. |
RS 13127C2 | Dr. Green said first he wanted to say that he appreciated the opportunity to sit down with Mr. Paul Powell, (representing the Idaho Charter School Network) and review the RS. Dr. Green said Mr. Powell provided meaningful input and listened to ISBA’s concerns. Suggestions and modifications were made and that resulted in the RS being revised. Dr. Green then addressed the agreed-upon changes.
An issue not resolved was a remedy for the probation period. Dr. Green Chairman Schroeder asked Mr. Powell what his position was on RS Chairman Schroeder said he was trying to “flush out” what is agreeable |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 a.m. |
DATE: | March 14, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Rouse (Andreason), Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. |
RS 13127C2 | Chairman Schroeder said this RS had undergone more changes since yesterday’s meeting, and it is now RS 13127C3. He then called on Dr. Cliff Green to update the committee on the changes |
RS 13127C3 | Dr. Green said they made some changes to the RS. The first change relates to elections and now reads as follows: “All Idaho electors who have children attending the charter school or who are founding charter members, board members or full-time employees of the charter school may vote in the charter school election and shall receive notice of elections as notice is provided for other school district elections.” The second change relates to the selection of students (lottery). The RS The third change was a technical change with regards to “placed on Dr. Green said they had discussion as to using the term “material violation |
Discussion | Senator Goedde asked Dr. Green how these changes would affect the existing bylaws of charters. Dr. Green stated that he doesn’t have an answer right now; however, his understanding is that the existing charters would play out in the time period that they were set up for. Senator Schroeder asked Dr. Green to ask the bill writers for the answer to this question and to have it next week. After the discussion, Chairman Schroeder reviewed the changes to make |
Motion | Senator Noh made the motion to send RS 13127C3, (with appropriate changes it becomes C4), and RS 13123 to print. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
RS 13178 | Chairman Schroeder then asked Dr. Mike Friend to introduce RS 13178.
Dr. Friend said this RS would amend two sections of Chapter 55. The |
Motion | After a brief discussion, Senator Noble made the motion to send RS 13178 to print. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder introduced Ms. Maggie Blackstead, Interim Administrator for Vocational Rehabilitation. Ms. Blackstead provided the committee with copies of her PowerPoint Following are some highlights:
During the discussion following the presentation, Senator Gannon asked Chairman Schroeder thanked Ms. Blackstead for her report. |
Guest Speaker | The Chairman introduced the next speaker, Ned Parrish from the Office of Performance Evaluations. Mr. Parrish also presented a PowerPoint program (copy attached). He was accompanied by Rakesh Mohan, Director of the Office of Performance Evaluations. Mr. Parrish said in February, legislative leadership (JLOC) requested an Phase 1 would be a statewide review of district revenues and Phase 1 of the statewide review will be a comparison of district revenues The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee (JLOC) has approved this Questions were asked of Mr. Parrish and Mr. Mohan during the The committee was assured that the OPE works independently. Topics |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 9:35 a.m. |
DATE: | March 19, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
` | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Announcements | The Chairman announced that there are several letters of correspondence in each member’s blue folder. The information provided are answers relating to questions asked in previous meetings. Two letters are from Dr. West. One concerns the enrollment of students in Idaho charter schools and the other addresses home schooled children. There is a letter from the Attorney General’s office regarding charter schools’ admission of students of employees. The final letter is from Ms. Shirley Silver, Special Projects Coordinator for the Displaced Homemaker Program. |
RS 13190 | Chairman Schroeder asked Dr. Bob Haley to explain this RS.
Dr. Haley told the committee that a similar RS failed in the House The United States Congress has passed legislation requiring high schools Dr. Haley said he felt it was not a big issue, just a compliance issue. |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to send RS 13190 to the Judiciary & Rules Committee for printing. Senator Noh seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated that it was unanimous. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Dr. Bob Barr from Boise State University who will present a status report on Idaho’s Charter Schools Initiative. Dr. Barr provided a 14 page booklet to the committee members (attached)
Regarding the National Review, Dr. Barr reviewed the summary of |
Dr. William Parrett, Boise State University, reviewed the growth of charter schools. He also noted that the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory reported positive findings regarding Idaho’s charter schools. |
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Ms. Kerri Whitehead, Accountability Project Coordinator for Idaho Charter School Network, reviewed ISCN’s mission and role. Ms. Whitehead said that at the upcoming Annual conference with the State Department, they will focus on board relations, partly because of the discussions that have been held with this committee. |
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One of the questions asked was regarding funding. The Department of Education has received two federal grants for charter schools totaling more than $5.5 million during the past four years, with two years remaining on their second grant. These funds provide assistance to Idaho charter schools for start-up and dissemination activities. |
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Because of the one year delay for reimbursement costs of transportation, charter school students must provide their own transportation the first year the school opens. Senator Schroeder asked Dr. Bob Haley if he would provide some recommendations regarding this issue for the next legislative session. Dr. Haley said he would. |
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Answering questions posed by the committee were Dr. Barr, Dr. Parrett, Ms. Whitehead and Ms. Carolyn Mauer, Coordinator for Charter Schools. |
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Announcements | Chairman Schroeder announced that the second part of Dr. Barr’s presentation, Idaho Technology Initiative Status Report, will be rescheduled. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 a.m. |
DATE: | March 20, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
He then welcomed Representative Gagner to the Education Committee meeting and asked him to explain his bill, H 301. |
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H 301 | Representative Gagner said this bill will act as an incentive to cause doctors to want to serve in rural communities when a need is demonstrated. A fee would be assessed to students preparing for the medical profession which would be deposited in the rural physician incentive fund. Physicians who have paid the fee shall be given a preference over other applicants when applying for practice in a predetermined rural area. The maximum amount of educational debt payment that a rural physician may receive is $50,000.00 over a five year period. |
Discussion | There was discussion regarding the amount of assessed fees, the definition of “rural”, and physicians who receive their education elsewhere and have not contributed to the incentive fund. Also discussed was the consideration of a medical board, working in conjunction with the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho. |
Motion | Senator Goedde made a motion to send H 301 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. |
Discussion | There was more discussion regarding this bill and some questions were left unanswered. |
Consent | Senator Noh asked for unanimous consent to hold H 301 for one day. The request was granted. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 a.m. |
DATE: | March 21, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Approval of Minutes |
The Chairman entertained motions for the approval of minutes. |
Motion | Senator McWilliams made the motion that the minutes of March 11 and 12 be approved as written. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Motion | Senator Werk made the motion that the minutes of March 13 and 14 be approved as written. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. |
Guest speakers | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Mr. Robert Huntley who will update the committee regarding the School Facilities Task Force Recommendations. Mr. Huntley provided a 13 page handout (attached) that he referred his remarks to. Page one is the computation of the first ten years’ cost to the state, with Mr. Huntley said the Task force met four times and found the following:
These four points summarize the Task Force’s findings and they have |
Chairman Schroeder welcomed Mr. Mike Gilmore from the Attorney General’s office, who represents the State in the lawsuit. Mr. Gilmore provided a news release from the Governor and Chairman Schroeder asked Dr. Deide, education liaison for the Following Dr. Deide’s remarks, Senator Goedde made two requests. He The committee asked a few questions of Mr. Huntley, Mr. Gilmore, and Chairman Schroeder thanked the three gentlemen for their information |
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H 301 | The Chairman said that Representative Gagner would continue the discussion of H 301. Representative Gagner said that Dr. Jim Blackman, Assistant Dean at the Dr. Blackman said the incentive is to do something about the debt load Discussion centered around several items: Montana’s program, fee Representative Gagner recommended that the committee send this bill to Chairman Schroeder suggested to Representative Gagner that he work |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 10 a.m. |
DATE: | March 25, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Announcement | The Chairman announced that he had received a packet of letters from fifth grade students attending Centennial Elementary in Nampa and has distributed the letters among the committee members. A letter of response has been written to the students and the committee members are invited to sign it. |
H 301 | Chairman Schroeder called on Representative Gagner to explain the suggested amendments that he and Senator Lodge have proposed for this bill. Representative Gagner suggested that: Section 1, line 14 remove “and board of regents of the University Section 1, line 18 change eight percent to four percent. Section 1, line 19 change individual to average, so that it reads Section 2, line 28 remove “and board”. Section 2, line 29 remove “of regents of the University of Idaho”. Section 2, line 30 after code, add “The State Board of Education Section 3, line 36 remove “and Board of Regents of the University Section 3, line 5 add after board, “through its oversite committee”. |
Withdrawal of motion |
After some discussion, Senator Goedde requested that his motion made last Thursday (to send H 301 to the floor with a do pass recommendation) be withdrawn. Senator Gannon, who seconded the motion, was agreeable with the request. |
Motion | Following more discussion, Senator Goedde made a motion to send H 301 to the 14th Order with the amendments discussed. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated that the motion passed. Senator Lodge is the sponsor of this bill. |
S 1169 | Chairman Schroeder asked Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director of the Idaho School Boards Association, to talk about this bill. Dr. Green said this bill is the result of four changes made to an RS The areas of concern were the election process, the selection process, Working on these changes with Dr. Green were Paul Powell, Idaho |
Motion | After some discussion, Senator Goedde made the motion to send S 1169 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Werk seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated that it passed unanimously. Senator Goedde will be the sponsor of this bill and Senator Werk is the co-sponsor. |
S 1170 | Dr. Mike Friend, Executive Director of the Idaho Association of School Administrators, was asked to explain this bill. He stated that during the last legislative session, Chapter 55, creating the Dr. Friend said that as fees are phased in, the fiscal impact will decrease. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made the motion to send S 1170 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator McWilliams seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated that it passed unanimously. The sponsor of this bill will be Senator Gannon. |
Recess | Chairman Schroeder called for a five minute recess. |
Call to order | After calling the meeting back to order, the Chairman said the next order of business would be to discuss the effect of the public school education budget if less than $943 million. A handout (prepared by Tim Hill, Bureau Chief of Finance and Testifying as to the effect were Dr. Mike Friend, Dr. Cliff Green, and Ms. The Chairman said this discussion would continue tomorrow. |
Adjournment | He then adjourned the meeting at 10:30 a.m. |
DATE: | March 26, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Discussion | The Chairman said discussion would continue regarding the effect a budget reduction would have on public school education, if less than $943 million. He then called on Tim Hill, Bureau Chief of Finance and Transportation for the State Department of Education. Mr. Hill had four handouts (attached). A budget of $920 million (blue One of the questions asked was regarding the obligation of contracts. Mr. Following the committee’s discussion, Ms. Kathy Phelan, President of the John Eikum, representative for the Idaho Rural Schools Association, said Senator Andreason requested information regarding the effect any budget Chairman Schroeder said a comment was made on the Floor that it would |
H 366 | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Representative Lake who will explain
H 366. Representative Lake said this legislation was brought to him by a State There was much discussion as to what features might be optional, what is Testimony of Mr. Rod McKnight, transportation supervisor, indicated that Senator Noh said that with only three bus manufacturers, perhaps there Chairman Schroeder announced that more discussion regarding this bill |
H 270 | Presenting H 270 was Representative Eberle. He said the purpose is to amend the section of the Idaho Code that relates to the purchase of property by the school district board of trustees. This amendment will increase the amount from $15,000 to $25,000 that can be spent without going out to bid. It also will eliminate prior approval by the State Board of Education. Randi McDermott, Plans and Policy Officer for the State Board of Also testifying in support of this bill was Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to send H 270 to the Floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Werk seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. Senator Andreason will be the sponsor of this bill. |
H 319 | Explaining this bill, H 319, in the absence of Representative Denney, was Jason Hancock. He said this bill makes technical corrections in the timing of appropriations for school districts and it will make it easier to administer S 1474. Schools must pass bonds by January 1 to ensure that funds are available. There was no testimony pro or con regarding this bill. |
Motion | Senator Noh made the motion to send this bill to the Floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Andreason seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. Senator Noh will be the sponsor of this bill. |
H 326 | Mike Gilmore, Deputy Attorney General, opened testimony for this bill. The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that expenditures made to abate unsafe or unhealthy conditions in public school facilities by repair, renovation or replacement are and have been ordinary and necessary expenses. Mr. Gilmore provided a handout which was the Idaho Constitution Article VIII, Section 3. It says, in part, that no school district, or other subdivision of the state, shall incur any indebtedness, or liability, in any manner, or for any purpose, exceeding in that year, the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors. Any indebtedness or liability incurred contrary to this provision shall be void. This section shall not be construed to apply to the ordinary and necessary expenses authorized by the general laws of the state. He said he was asked to write a bill that clarifies legislative intent. The Representative Eskridge, co-author of this bill, said there is a legal There was no other testimony. |
Motion | Senator Goedde made the motion to send this bill to the Floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. Senator Goedde will be the sponsor of this bill. |
Announcements | Chairman Schroeder announced that the ISIMS bill will be heard next week. There will also be some facility bills that will be coming before this committee in the next few days, and they will be scheduled as soon as they are received. These bills are in regards to the pending lawsuit. |
Adjournment | The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 9:55 a.m. |
DATE: | March 27, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
none |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
H 366 | He said discussion would continue on H 366. Representative Lake, sponsor of this bill is in a meeting, but if needed, he is willing to be summoned to answer any questions. The Chairman called on Mr. Rod McKnight, Transportation Supervisor, to Mr. McKnight provided a handout to the committee with regards to the Mr. McKnight has alluded that his department is working on some Board |
Motion | Following the discussion, Senator Andreason made the motion to hold
H 366 in committee. Senator Gannon seconded the motion. |
Substitute motion |
Senator Goedde made a substitute motion to send H 366 to the Floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Noble seconded the motion. During the discussion, Senator Noh made the observation that perhaps The Chairman called for a roll call vote on the substitute motion. Voting The roll call vote on the original motion showed Senators Noble, Senator Andreason asked that the State Board of Education scrutinize the |
S 1174 | Chairman Schroeder called on Darrel Deide to present S 1174. Mr. Deide said that Jason Hancock, analyst, is available to answer questions also, regarding this bill. Mr. Deide said a task force was created in January by the Governor and He said the four issues were:
Mr. Deide said there are four bills to address these needs and he will He said there are some differences in the four bills than what the task Mr. Deide said there is no difference between the task force’s The difference of what was recommended by the task force and S 1173 is Last year, S 1474 provided for the use of market value, unemployment, |
Motion | After some discussion, Senator Goedde made the motion to send S 1174 to the Floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Andreason seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. Senator Goedde will be the sponsor of this bill. |
S 1173 | Mr. Deide said S 1173 would require that each school district shall have a maintenance fund each year that is equal to the number of square feet of buildings used for teaching, multiplied by “$74” by 1 ½ percent. This legislation also requires that the state will participate in this fund by contributing 1/3 of the cost, which will be phased in over 10 years. He said there would be no fiscal impact in FY04, in FY05 $1 million, in FY06 $2 million, and increasing $1 million each year to the 10th year when the fiscal impact will be approximately $10 million. Mr. Deide said the district’s amount will be reduced each year as the There was much discussion by the committee on this bill. Due to lack of |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 10:10 a.m. |
DATE: | March 28, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Noble, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Werk |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:35 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Confirmation Hearing |
The Chairman welcomed Laird Stone and his family to the committee meeting. He then asked Mr. Stone to briefly tell the committee about himself and to also express his views regarding education. Following questioning by the committee, Chairman Schroeder thanked |
SCR 115 | Chairman Schroeder said this resolution, SCR 115, will direct the legislature to establish a study committee to undertake and complete a study of the statutes governing charter schools. There will be no impact upon the state general fund as a result of this resolution, as it would be paid from the existing legislative appropriation to the Senate and the House of Representatives. |
Motion | Senator Noh made the motion to send SCR 115 to the Floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Andreason seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. Senator Andreason will be the sponsor of this bill. |
S 1173 | The Chairman asked Darrel Deide to refresh the committee on this legislation, S 1173. Mr. Deide had two handouts pertaining to S 1173. One is an amendment Mr. Hancock reviewed the spending analysis of the districts. Mike Senator Goedde asked Mr. Gilmore if this legislation is passed, would it Testifying next was Stan Kress, Superintendent of Cottonwood School Mr. Kress indicated that the legislation presented to the committee was With regards to the changes made to S 1174, Mr. Kress said there were The changes made to S 1173 are as follows: the replacement value was |
Adjournment | The Chairman said discussion of this bill would continue next Tuesday. He then adjourned the meeting at 10:10 a.m. |
DATE: | April 1, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
Announcements | The Chairman announced that due to the Senate convening earlier, that leaves less time for committee meetings. Therefore, it will be necessary to circulate buck slips for some of the legislation. For the freshman members of the committee, a sample of a buck slip was placed in their folders for review. Also in the folders is information from Stan Kress, president of ISEEO and |
Consideration of Gubernatorial Appointment |
Chairman Schroeder said the committee would now consider the appointment of Laird Stone to the State Board of Education. Senator Noh made the motion to recommend the confirmation of Mr. |
H 367
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Chairman Schroeder said that H 367 would be heard next and it is in regards to the Idaho Student Information Management System (ISIMS). Dr. Mike Friend gave a brief review of the statement of purpose, fiscal (The committee was first introduced to the ISIMS project at a joint meeting Dr. Friend stated that ISIMS is a statewide system and must be used by The Idaho Student Information Management System (ISIMS) means a Craig Olson, Executive Director for the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Testifying in support of this bill were the following: Gary Stivers, Executive Director, State Board of Education Jeff Shinn, representing Governor Kempthorne Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director, ISBA Kathy Phelan, President, IEA Dr. Mike Friend, Executive Director, IASA Dr. Bob West, representing Dr. Marilyn Howard, State Superintendent |
Motion | Senator Andreason made the motion to send H 367 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Senator Werk seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it was unanimous. Sponsors of the bill will be Senator Schroeder, Senator Gannon, and Senator Werk. |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 a.m. |
DATE: | April 2, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator McWilliams |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Approval of minutes Motion |
The first order of business was to approve the minutes of previous meetings. Senator Malepeai made the motion for the approval of minutes, as written, |
Guest speaker | Chuck Winder presented an informational program on “Statewide Construction Projects”. Attached are two handouts that he provided the committee. One is a fact sheet and the other handout is a copy of the slides viewed in the PowerPoint presentation. There are eight projects and they have previously been provided some
The total project costs are $68,471,000 and the economic impact is There would be no general fund dollars used for bond payments. Existing Following Mr. Winder’s presentation, an inquiry was made as to where the |
Adjournment | The Chairman thanked Mr. Winder, then adjourned the meeting at 8:55 a.m. |
DATE: | April 3, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, Noble, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator McWilliams |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. |
He then entertained motions for the approval of minutes. | |
Motion | Senator Werk made the motion to approve the minutes of March 25 and 26, as written. It was seconded by Senator Malepeai. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Motion | Senator Goedde made the motion to approve the minutes of April 1 and 2, as written. Senator Werk seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made the motion to approve the minutes of March 27 and 28, as written. It was seconded by Senator Andreason. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Announcement | Chairman Schroeder announced that JLOC (Joint Legislative Oversight Council) would be holding a meeting in the Gold Room from 12 to 2 p.m. with regards to a study of the school districts. |
S 1173 | The Chairman said the next order of business would be to take action on S 1173, which has been discussed the past few days. There was no one signed up to testify on this bill. |
Motion | Senator Gannon made the motion to hold S 1173 in committee. It was seconded by Senator Noh. A voice vote indicated it passed unanimously. |
Guest Speaker | Chairman Schroeder welcomed Dr. Bob Barr, BSU, who will present a status report on the Idaho Reading Initiative. Dr. Barr said the more research that has been obtained and completed in Dr. Barr provided the committee with copies of the status report. On page The Comprehensive Literacy Act represented a significant shift in With regards to “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) found on page 2 of the The Idaho Reading Initiative places Idaho well ahead of most other states In the summary on page 8 of the status report, it indicates that a small Dr. Barr said the five most important factors in readying children to read Chairman Schroeder asked Dr. Barr to tell the committee three things that The Chairman thanked Dr. Barr for his presentation on the reading Chairman Schroeder announced that H 186 will be heard next Tuesday, |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 a.m. |
DATE: | April 4, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Goedde, Werk |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Andreason, McWilliams, Noble, Malepeai |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Guest speaker | He then welcomed Dr. Marilyn Howard, Superintendent of Public Instruction who will inform the committee about state testing. Chairman Schroeder said he was especially interested in knowing if the Inserted in these minutes is a copy of Dr. Howard’s talk. Comments to Senate Education Committee by Dr. Marilyn Howard Senator Schroeder and committee members: A year ago, the State Board of Education proposed, and the Legislature through the rule-making process, a state-testing plan that, in a nutshell, For years, we used the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, which measured reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, and research skills of students in Under the new plan, we discontinued the Iowa Test and substituted the ISAT, a multiple-choice test that assesses reading, language arts, and math twice a year As its testing contractor, the State Board of Education picked the Northwest Evaluation Association. The idea was to modify the NWEA’s “levels” test for use Let me take a moment to talk about a “levels” testing. This is a test that adapts to each student’s level of performance. For instance, a fifth grader who answers a different. This choice -working with the NWEA’s levels testing -was popular because more than 30 school districts already were using their local funds to buy the So the idea was to use the levels testing as the basis for the new ISAT, and for students to take the test twice: once in the fall to give teachers a way to plan Then we hit our first problem. The U.S. Department of Education would not accept the adaptive testing format selected by the State Board. That’s because the federal focus is on making sure every student is meeting grade-level standards. In other words, every student should be asked the same The U.S. Department of Education’s stamp of approval is critical. That’s because the No Child Left Behind Act requires states to set standards for students and During the year, the then-State Board of Education President made repeated attempts to approach federal officials, including U.S. Department of Education All of this came to a head last spring. To make sure that Idaho would continue to receive federal education aid, the State Department of Education entered into a That’s an overview of the past year. Where are we today? The State Board of Education bought the NWEA’s test, which means that we buy access to the items in the NWEA test bank. When the test is delivered have a higher numerical value each time the test is given if learning is When the student takes this test in Idaho, we call it an ISAT . Then, as required by our compliance agreement with the feds, we began developing the federally-required tests, which we will pilot this spring. The Last, we were able to satisfy both objectives -the state’s need for levels testing to see whether students were making progress, and the federal need to find out Ultimately, this one blended test, given in the spring to grades 3-8, will include both components: the standards measurement and the levels testing. The result Bob West said Senator Schroeder asked for information about how the tests created, how the tests are being evaluated, and what the tests are suppose to I’ll start with the part of the spring ISAT that is being developed to meet federal requirements. This is the piece of the ISAT for which the State Department of The questions for l0th, 8th, and 4th, grade tests are being written or reviewed by Idaho teachers and the department’s experts in reading, language arts, and The same process will be used to develop the “federal” tests for 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades during the next two years. This will give us the information the feds As for the fall ISAT and “non federal” portions of the spring ISAT, it is important to remember that the state bought a preexisting test that was originally developed That raises an obvious question: Does the NWEA continuum match the Idaho achievement standards? No, not exactly. That’s one of the reasons the department has contracted with the Northwest Association to create a customized document called the “Idaho That and other aides developed by the State Department will be powerful tools to show the connections among the standards, the assessments, local curriculum, The next question had to do with how we are evaluating the ISAT. Again I’ll start with the “federal” portion of the spring ISAT. Under the compliance agreement I signed last spring, the State Department must provide the federal department evidence that the test is reliable and valid, The tests also must be free of bias. Test questions can’t be written in a way that could limit the performance of specific groups of students. The questions must be cognitively complex. The students have to do more than just regurgitate facts and figures. They must show they can apply what they know The test must be suitable for use with special needs students and if not, appropriate accommodations such as large print or Braille tests must be made In addition, we must have the data disaggregated so we can report on the performance of each subgroup. To do all this, the State Department of Education is working with a Technical Advisory Panel of national experts, and with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, and with the Northwest Evaluation Association to produce the studies As for the state portions of the ISAT, the State Board of Education has not discussed pursuing reliability, validity and bias studies. This has been of some The State Department has asked the vendor, NWEA, to provide tests that meet these expectations and proof that they do so. This is asking the company to Bob West said you also want to know how we administer the ISAT. The State Board of Education’s goal is for all students who are able to do so, to take the During the fall, the majority of students took the ISAT on computer, but a sizeable chunk also took a paper form of the test because of technology Finally, Bob said you also wanted me to talk about my concerns about the cut scores or proficiency levels the State Board of Education adopted for the ISAT A “cut score” is a way we categorize students according to how they did on the test. You all know this from your own school days. In most classes, a 93 or above This is old hat to us: we did the same thing for the Idaho Reading Indicator to decide which students were below grade level, which were above grade, and The reason I was the lone vote against adopting cut scores for the ISAT is that I don’t have the information I need to say with confidence that these scores will tell This is a complicated issue and I’ll skip the long explanation and just say this: At the end, what we really want to know is whether our students are meeting our As I summarized the test development and blending of state and federal requirements, it may have sounded like a neat and tidy package, but the reality is In launching a new test, we expected challenges, but in the interest of full disclosure, I want to share some of the difficulties we faced and continue to One obvious problem has been trying to decide which decisions are policy and which are implementation. The State Board has pretty much taken charge of the testing program, selecting contractor and adding people to its staff. Still, the State Department has had to provide more technical and supplemental services than we anticipated to support the state’s testing contractor. NWEA is a fledgling company and is having to create products new to them. We have to fill For example, the department has provided technology support for everything directly helping districts get their computers online to give the test, to creating the “electronic” formats for reporting data and ensuring the security and privacy of Another example: the department’s reading, language arts, and math specialists have been called on to develop test items, lead teacher workgroups, proofread And our special education staff also has done significant work to help address concerns for special needs students. We do see some relief in sight because the Northwest Association has recently added staff who are knowledgeable in these The other wrinkle this past year has been the mixed messages and in some Early on, the department was told to work with the Northwest Association to implement the ISAT. No problem: that just meant the department would be doing And keep in mind that the state’s assessment plan included not just the new We scheduled meetings with superintendents, principals, testing coordinators, created brochures for parents, provided materials to support school districts in communicating with parents and the public, prepared joint news releases, and so But since about last mid-fall, the board began shifting from oversight to day-to- day operations. Our staff has been told to quit scheduling training and meetings My assumption can only be that the board intended for the department to this program only until it could get other staff on board -which it has done. The No wonder school districts are confused about who is doing what. School districts -teachers and administrators and testing coordinators- are used to We’ve always taken it for granted that Idaho had an efficient system for K-12 issues, but it’s not working that neatly anymore. I didn’t come here today to ask you to sort through these differences. But you’ve all seen the newspaper reports and you know we’ve had problems. The reality is that you can’t drive a car with two sets of hands on the wheel and perhaps that’s why we have seen swerves in the past year. In time, I hope, we Last but not least, I also have concerns about the costs of this testing. I mentioned earlier that school districts were happy about the levels testing decision, because about half of the state’s students- in 33 districts and 3 charter Now, the State Board of Education is paying about $3 million to test about 177,000 students. I want to stress that is just for the state’s portion of the ISAT -the levels testing portion. It does not include the federal portion of the test, which measures the I can’t report to you on how that money was spent since it is a State Board of Education responsibility. I requested a detailed accounting of how state funds The $4 million in federal funds that the department receives has to be spent on In other words, the federal piece -how the state department is using the $4 million- is pretty clear. I don’t have enough information to evaluate the state’s Now, despite the problems I’ve mentioned, and despite how complicated all of this seems, I want all of us to keep an eye on our real goal, which is to use all of We may be hitting a few bumps along the way, but I’m convinced that in the end we’ll have a meaningful, relevant, sensible and defensible testing program. Thank you for your time and I’m here to answer any questions you have. |
Chairman Schroeder thanked Dr. Howard for her presentation and said there would probably be more discussion regarding this subject next week. |
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The Chairman presented the Senate Education page, Alexey Chikanchil, with a letter signed by the committee members and a Senate watch. Alexey thanked Senator Schroeder and the committee and said someday |
Adjournment | The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 a.m. |
DATE: | April 8, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Kumm (Malepeai) |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Announcements | He announced that future meetings would be subject to the call of the chair. The Chairman thanked Juanita, committee secretary, for all of her work Chairman Schroeder welcomed Senator Kumm, an attorney from |
Chairman Schroeder welcomed Representative Jim Clark to the committee meeting. He then asked him to explain his legislation, H 186. |
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H 186 | Representative Clark said the purpose of this legislation is to establish a public school stabilization fund. This is accomplished by amending Chapter 9, Title 33, of the Idaho Code relating to the Public School Educational Support Program. It will create a new section of code, Public School Stabilization Fund, which will provide a mechanism that will be used to help stabilize the variability in public school support units. This legislation will make state support for school districts more predictable, enabling districts to better plan their financial commitments. Representative Clark stated that on page 1, line 20 of the bill, it defines Representative Clark provided a handout to better explain this bill. Testifying in favor of the bill was Dawn Justice, IACI representative. She Also testifying in support of H 186 was Dr. Cliff Green, Executive Director Testifying in opposition to the bill was Kathy Phelan, President of the Dr. Mike Friend, Executive Director of the Idaho Association of School Due to lack of time for more testimony, the Chairman asked |
Buck slips | As announced in the meeting of 4/1, due to time constraints, it has been necessary to place some legislation on buck slips. Following are the results: S 1092 was held in committee pursuant to committee action noted on the H 185 was held in committee pursuant to committee action noted on the H 346 was held in committee pursuant to committee action noted on the H 262 was held in committee pursuant to committee action noted on the H 271 was held in committee pursuant to committee action noted on the H 287a was held in committee pursuant to committee action noted on the |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 9:10 a.m. |
DATE: | April 9, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Kumm (Malepeai) |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Noble and Werk |
Call to order | Chairman Schroeder called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. |
Minutes | Senator Gannon made the motion to approve the minutes of April 3 and 4, as written. Senator Goedde seconded the motion. A voice vote indicated the motion passed unanimously. |
H 186 | Chairman Schroeder then said the next order of business would be to finish hearing testimony on H 186. There was no one signed up to testify, other than Representative Jim Senator McWilliams said that while the bill has elements worthy of Representative Clark said he would be back early next year with another |
Guest speakers | Chairman Schroeder said JLOC had approved a multiphase evaluation of public education and the Office of Performance Evaluations will present a PowerPoint presentation showing the results of their findings for the first phase. Attached is a copy of the presentation given by Ned Parrish and Chris The Executive Summary states the following: Idaho’s 114 school districts spent $1.47 billion in fiscal year 2002 for the About a third (39) of the school districts had enrollments of 500 or fewer The OPE used the State Department of Education’s revenue and Following the PowerPoint presentation, Senator Schroeder made the
Senator Goedde requested that consolidation, as related to efficiency, be Senator Noh asked if it would be useful to look at “time on task”. Senator Andreason said the NCLB issues need to be recognized in all of Chairman Schroeder told the committee to make recommendations to |
Adjournment | The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 9:10 a.m. and announced that future meetings are subject to the call of the Chair. |
DATE: | April 25, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:00 am |
PLACE: | Gold Room |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senators Goedde, McWilliams, Noble |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m. in the Gold Room by Chairman Schroeder. He requested that a silent roll call of the committee members be taken by the secretary. |
Announcements | The Chairman announced that this meeting is an informational meeting and the purpose of the committee is to review the history of the thoroughness lawsuit – the portion of the lawsuit that was voted on relating to thoroughness. Also, there is a need to review the statutory language that was put in code as a result of the settlement from that period. Some of this language has been in place since 1994. Testimony will also be taken on the House Appropriations budget committee’s recommendations and intent language. Chairman Schroeder said after reading the 25 pages of intent language, the issues are interwoven. People testifying on the history may also comment on the intent language, as it is difficult to do one without the other. The Chairman told the audience of approximately 40 people that this is a public hearing and anyone can sign up to testify. |
Handouts for the committee |
Chairman Schroeder identified two handouts that are before the committee members. (1) The Idaho School Superintendents’ Association has provided information – “Idaho’s Funding Formula, Senate Bill 1560, Nearly a Decade Later”, which will be helpful to follow as comments are received. (2) A news release from the Lewiston Morning Tribune, April 24, 2003 relating to the intent language of public education budgets passed by the House Appropriations Committee. |
Testimony | Dr. Bob Haley from the State Department of Education was the first to testify. Inserted in these minutes is a copy of his testimony. In 1990 the first public school funding lawsuit filed was ISEEO vs The The ISEEO group was made up of about 33 school districts that were Frazier was a parent in the Meridian School District and the group was After loosing in district court, an appeal was made to the Idaho Supreme Why were these lawsuits filed?
The funding formula favored rich school districts.
Following action by the Supreme Court a “Select Committee on In the fall of 1993, Speaker Mike Simpson and President Pro Tem Jerry Steve and I asked Jerry Evans to mediate a meeting between the plaintiff This started a tremendous amount of research into how other states funded Eliminate the off the top line items that created disparities.
Establish an equitable process for allocating salary and Fully equalize the state allowable local property taxes. Make an adjustment to the table of divisors.
Include a statewide salary schedule.
In the old formula, after the off the top lines items were funded then The allocation of staff and allocation of salary to districts was very After thousands of hours of work and dozens of meetings SB 1451 was After many more hours of meetings and negotiations these two items were This formula has served us well since 1995. Only three amendments to Maybe it is time to make some adjustments to this formula. But don’t you If we aren’t careful we will be back to where we were prior to 1995 with |
Testimony | Next to testify was Dr. Terrell Donicht, Superintendent of District 411, Twin Falls County. Inserted in these minutes is a copy of his testimony. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you and It has been very difficult to analyze how this bill might impact my district The number of unknown impacts that this bill might have on my district in First of all, the appropriation bill seems to be segregated into five different The easiest division, facilities, is the one I will start with. This division Equalization Fund. Money from this Fund is given to a limited number of This bill will cost my district approximately $22,852 of our lottery funds. The second division, children’s programs, is one into which the largest put into public education than is the case. One can almost see the editorial State programs funded within this division are the Reading Program, Language in SECTION 9 of this program gives the State Department of The Administration Division breaks out the salaries and possibly benefits Within this bill, the administrative salary index is capped at the current people with advanced degrees are practicing. Under this plan, my district will lose approximately $16,898 that would This part of the appropriation also eliminates the language that says “use it The intent language of the appropriation also eliminates the early process and have resurfaced in the appropriation bill. They are seen as The Teacher Division is perhaps the largest division in terms of size. It has Secondly, it uses more than $2,484,000 in federal funds for districts to The intent language within the teacher division appropriation freezes the teaching staff will get enough money to pay the salaries of these staff in the best interest of children, especially in light of the fact that this bill My district’s teachers will have an index of approximately 1.659327 next The last division is the Operations division, which is basically the “catch provides for a stabilization fund that would be used if the unit factor upon However, also provided in this appropriation bill is language that would There are two changes to transportation reimbursement that are part of this The second transportation measure is one that identifies a basic bus and The state contribution to technology is also being reduced within this The last major change within the Operations Division is the cap on Cascade, Coeur d’Alene, and those fast growing areas will get an ever All in all, this appropriations bill is probably the most significant piece of do it with a bill that alters the financial scene so significantly, provides no |
Testimony | Also testifying was Kathy Phelan, President of the Idaho Education Association (IEA). Inserted in the minutes is a copy of her testimony. Stabilization account or the Preemptive Holdback Bill Idaho’s public school children have always been able to rely on their Last year, for the first time in the history of the state, the legislature passed and the governor signed two bills that undercut public education by Now, once again, you have before you a proposal that undercuts the public education budget-this not a savings account it’s a holdback-a preemptive holdback that destabilizes K-12 public education by leaving it with an operating budget $8M less than this year. Where is the constitutional commitment to free and common schools for every child? What does that say to Idaho’s public school children? When is it the right time to invest in their future? When will it truly be the year of the child? As public schools are struggling with federal and state unfunded and underfunded mandates, more and more Idaho children find themselves in overcrowded classrooms, with inadequate supplies and outdated and fewer curriculum choices, fewer opportunities to discover their talents and interests. And yet, we hold them accountable for results-test results. If education funding is cut by $8M we’ll be holding our children accountable for our failure-our failure to invest in them. I ask you to reject this $12M preemptive holdback-it’s not a savings account, it’s a holdback-yet another broken promise. Your schools, the children in your schools, and the dedicated people who work in your Idaho’s public schools, keep Idaho’s infrastructure strong. Salary Index Freeze Right now we’re holding teachers to higher standards, asking for greater accountability, every day public school employees are asked to do more. Freezing the salary index is a statement-no matter how well you do, no matter how hard you work, no matter how much of yourself you invest in your profession and your students, it’s of no value. Freezing the salary index creates problems for school districts, the index Capping Property Tax Replacement When this idea was enacted to provide property relief to Idaho citizens, the legislature and the Governor made a solemn promise that public schools would not lose funding-the legislature would replace the property taxes and school districts would be held harmless. What I find so disturbing about these proposals is that they were designed without consulting the people who have to distribute the funding, without checking with school districts to see what the impact on their students They’re proposing funds for legislative mandates, and, in several instances, they’re proposing to enact ideas that have already been rejected by committees. |
Testimony | Inserted here is a copy of the testimony of Jim Shackelford, Executive Director of the Idaho Education Association.
IDAHO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Testimony on House Appropriations Bill for FY04 K-12 Public School Specific Issue: New Teacher Support April 25, 2003 Introduction Issue-elimination of funding for new teacher support system
History o Concern from school districts and a few legislators about the o On the other hand, teachers believed some system of fairness o Several legislative attempts to change the law that had been in o Then the 1999 legislative session, after another heated battle over Interim Committee o Committee charge: “to undertake and complete a study of Idaho o Committee membership o Five meetings of the committee o Researchers were brought in to report on what other states were o Trustees, administrators, and teachers were invited to talk to and o Several drafts of possible legislation were developed, debated, o Finally, at its fifth and final meeting, the committee agreed to What the legislation provided Funding o Included in that final legislation was a recognition that both the o That’s why the committee agreed to include in the legislation Intent and Impact o This is only the second year of this program o Last fall the IEA sent a survey to a random sample of teachers o Virtually every response was not only complimentary but Conclusion o While the House Appropriations proposed legislation has many o Such action would not only put districts in a difficult situation, |
TESTIMONY | Inserted here is a copy of the testimony of Julie Van Orden, President of the Idaho PTA. Chairman Schroeder and members of the committee, I stand here and extend a thank-you from the Idaho PTA for allowing Concerning the number juggling that has been happening with the Finally, I do have a citizen question. Are we all meeting our constitutional Thank you for allowing us to give input at this time. |
Testimony | Also testifying was Ms. Janet Orndorff, trustee (vice chairperson) for Independent District of Boise City and a member of Idaho School Boards Association. Some of the issues addressed by Ms. Orndorff are as follows: Ms. Orndorff agreed with Dr. Haley with regards to what can be She also explained that ISBA is not opposed to changes in allocations for (2) Currently reporting their transportation. Districts have costs in Ms. Orndorff said as a board member, she is very much aware of the |
Testimony | Representative Bedke was the last person to testify and the only person to testify in favor of the revised education budget, as approved by the House Appropriations committee. He said he has a responsibility to the taxpayers to reform the education budget and also, it is an economic necessity. He provided two handouts, “Potential Public Schools Budget Breakout” and “Annual and Cumulative Savings from Statutory Changes”, which are attached. Representative Bedke said he believes that JFAC does have the authority The Chairman asked Representative Bedke if he would consider the Following Representative Bedke’s testimony, time was allowed for |
Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 9:30 a.m. |
DATE: | April 29, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order: | The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. |
Guest speaker | The Chairman welcomed Mr. Mike Gilmore, Deputy Attorney General, who will brief the committee on the school facilities lawsuit. Some of Mr. Gilmore’s testimony is as follows: Mr. Gilmore said that as H 403a was working its way through the House and Senate, there really Bob Huntley, who represents the plantiffs in the case, faxed a letter to Mr. Gilmore said that what the court did, later that day, was enter a Rule Mr. Gilmore said that if this case should go to the Supreme Court, it is Following Mr. Gilmore’s presentation, time was allowed for the committee |
Announcements | Chairman Schroeder thanked Mr. Gilmore for speaking to the committee today. He then said there was a copy of a letter from the Idaho School Boards Association to the Pro Tem that has been made available to the committee members. |
Adjournment | The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 10:30 a.m. |
DATE: | May 2, 2003 |
TIME: | 8:30 am |
PLACE: | Room 433 |
MEMBERS PRESENT: |
Chairman Schroeder, Vice Chairman Gannon, Senators Noh, Andreason, Goedde, McWilliams, Werk, Malepeai |
MEMBERS ABSENT/ EXCUSED: |
Senator Noble |
Call to order | The meeting was called to order at 9:10 a.m. by Chairman Schroeder. He announced to the committee and the audience of approximately 40, that this meeting is strictly for informational purposes only, regarding S 1196, S 1197, S 1198, H 456, and H 463. These bills were not referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Committee was not allowed to take any action on these bills. The Chairman said that during this meeting, no votes to pass, hold, or amend the bills will be allowed or taken. A report of this meeting will be given to members of the Senate later today. The report will be prepared by the chairman and will be comprised of suggestions and recommendations from the committee members on each of the five bills. |
Handouts | The Chairman noted that there are several handouts for the committee members. (1) A copy of a letter to Dr. Howard, Superintendent of Public Instruction, from Eugene Hickok, U.S. Department of Education; (2) Key Issues of Public Schools Budget, prepared for Senator Andreason; (3) Annual and Cumulative Savings from Statutory Changes, prepared by DFM; (4) copy of letter from Tim Hill explaining JFAC’s budget and five colored sheets: blue – Index history; green – Distribution Factor; tan – Bond Levy Equalization Support Program; buff – Salary-based Apportionment; cream – Joint Finance Appropriations Committee Distribution Factor. |
Testimony | Inserted in these minutes is a copy of the testimony of Dr. Mike Friend, Executive Director of the Idaho Association of School Administrators. |
Senator Schroeder and Members of the Senate Education Committee:
My name is Mike Friend, Executive Director of the Idaho Association of During last Friday’s discussion before this committee the background of My concerns were elevated when I saw the House Appropriation HB 456 has passed the House; Division of Teachers This bill caps the hire the “lowest cost” teacher – and resulted in the ability of many districts HB 463 has passed the House. Operations Division Included in this On a positive note, we were glad to see the technology appropriation equalization, looses the ability to capture the increased market value of the The issue of using federal dollars for standards implementation remains a The Public Education Stabilization Fund is created within this legislation. overestimation of support units, not as a line item reduction of monies Phasing in of a cap on transportation reimbursement is included in this Basic bus definitions have also been discussed. Our organization has no S1196 Facility Division The distribution of lottery funds should remain as S1197 Administrator Division We have a couple of different issues with issues that should be considered. One, in order to attract the best people S 1198 Children’s Programs The current legislation ignores the growth in The annual contract support program is also not funded in any of these The support unit value has remained the same as for the FY03 year While many of my comments may be interpreted as being negative and |
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Recess | Chairman Schroeder said the committee would take a short break, then resume discussion. |
Testimony | The Chairman called the meeting to order.
Testifying next was Elaine Clegg, Executive Director, Idaho Smart |
Next to testify was Sarah Stobaugh, Transportation Supervisor for the Boise School District. She indicated that the Boise District is working on a plan to minimize expenses. She also defended the amount of spare buses that are in the bus fleet, saying it was well below average for the fleet size. |
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Nancy Gregory, a member of the Boise School Board, also testified. She was not in favor of the bills because they contained policy changes. |
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Jim Shackelford, IEA Executive Director, testified in opposition to the five bills. He also said that he supports Dr. Friend’s testimony. |
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Michael Murphy, Federal Program Coordinator for the State Department of Education, talked about supplanting of federal funds, NCLB, and the non-granting of waivers. |
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After hearing testimony, the committee discussed suggestions and recommendations to be included in the report to be written by the Chairman. |
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Adjournment | Chairman Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 12:45 p.m. |