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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36

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HCR036.........................................................by EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Authorizing the Legislative Council to appoint an interim
committee to undertake and complete a study of public school academic
exiting standards and to make recommendations.

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HCR036


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36

                                  BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO
 3        APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE AND COMPLETE A  STUDY  OF  PUBLIC  SCHOOL
 4        EXITING STANDARDS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

 5    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        WHEREAS,  the  Constitution  of the State of Idaho, Section 1, Article IX,
 7    charges the legislature with the duty to establish  and  maintain  a  general,
 8    uniform and thorough system of public free common schools; and
 9        WHEREAS,  the  legislature  has in part defined thoroughness in the public
10    school system to include the teaching of skills  to  communicate  effectively,
11    and a basic curriculum necessary to enter academic or vocational postsecondary
12    educational programs; and
13        WHEREAS,  the  legislature  believes that establishment of strong academic
14    exiting standards is part of its constitutional responsibility in the  mainte-
15    nance of a uniform and thorough system of public common schools; and
16        WHEREAS, the legislature believes that the state of Idaho should establish
17    minimum  exiting  standards for grades 1 through 12 in our public schools, and
18    allow local school boards to create curriculum programs and guides to properly
19    prepare students to meet or exceed those standards.
20        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
21    sion  of  the Fifty-fourth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
22    the Senate concurring therein, that the Legislative Council is  authorized  to
23    appoint  a  committee  to  undertake  and complete a study of available public
24    school information from the more than thirty states which have adopted exiting
25    standards, with the goal of creating strong minimum academic standards, grades
26    1 through 12, for presentation and adoption at the next  legislative  session.
27    The proposed standards should allow for local school board adoption of curric-
28    ulum  and  guides that create a foundation and means of accomplishment for the
29    new standards. The Legislative Council shall determine the number of  legisla-
30    tors  and  membership  from  each  house  appointed to the committee and shall
31    authorize the committee to receive input, advice and  assistance  from  inter-
32    ested and affected parties who are not members of the legislature.
33        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that nonlegislative members of the committee may be
34    appointed  by  the cochairs of the committee who are appointed by the Legisla-
35    tive Council. Nonlegislative members of the advisory committee  shall  not  be
36    reimbursed  from legislative funds for per diem, mileage or other expenses and
37    shall not have voting privileges regarding the committee's recommendations and
38    proposed legislation.
39        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall report its findings,  rec-
40    ommendations  and  proposed  legislation  to  the First Regular Session of the
41    Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





    
    
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 07960
    
    This resolution would authorize the Legislative Council to appoint 
    an interim study committee to undertake, complete a study, and 
    make recommendations on exiting standards for public schools 
    grades 1 through 12.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    If this resolution is adopted by the Legislature and the committee 
    is appointed by the Legislative Council, any necessary legislator 
    travel and per diem expense would be paid from the existing 
    legislative appropriation to the Senate and House of 
    Representatives. Funding for staff support and expenses would be 
    provided from the existing appropriation to the Legislative Council 
    for Legislative Services Office. There would be no additional 
    impact upon the state General Fund as a result of this resolution.
    
    CONTACT: Representative Ron Black
             208-332-1000
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
    HCR 36