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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 148 – Students, limited English proficncy

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 148

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SCR148.........................................................by EDUCATION
STUDENTS - Stating findings of the Legislature concerning the test results
indicating that Hispanic and limited English proficient students are not
achieving  educational goals and directing the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction to take steps to ensure that Hispanic and limited
English proficient students are receiving a thorough education and to
require a report to the Legislature on the progress, remaining problem
areas and recommendations for meeting the educational goals of these
students.
                                                                        
02/17    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/18    Rpt prt - to Educ
03/01    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/02    10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to House
03/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ

Bill Text


 SCR148
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 148
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND URGING THAT APPROPRIATE STEPS BE TAKEN
  3        TO ENSURE THAT HISPANIC AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENTS RECEIVE  A
  4        THOROUGH EDUCATION AND DIRECTING A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        WHEREAS,  a  majority  of Hispanic and limited English proficient students
  7    are falling behind their classroom peers in their academic endeavors; and
  8        WHEREAS, these same  students  continue  to  score  at  least  twenty-five
  9    percentile points lower than their Caucasian peers on state standardized tests
 10    such  as  the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Test of Academic Profi-
 11    ciency (TAP); and
 12        WHEREAS, the test scores of Hispanic and limited English  proficient  stu-
 13    dents are comparable to the test scores of special education students; and
 14        WHEREAS,  more  than  fifty percent of Hispanic and limited English profi-
 15    cient students who took the Idaho Reading Indicator (IRI) during  school  year
 16    1999-2000 are reading at below grade level; and
 17        WHEREAS,  at least forty percent of Hispanic students fail to successfully
 18    complete the required high school graduation requirements; and
 19        WHEREAS, Hispanic and limited English proficient students' school  failure
 20    and  the  relative  lack of success of previous attempts at remedial interven-
 21    tion, such as compensatory education, and English as a Second  Language  (ESL)
 22    programs continue to be unsuccessful; and
 23        WHEREAS,  the  proposed  adoption  of  Idaho's Exit Standards will require
 24    these students to meet more rigorous  educational  requirements  in  order  to
 25    graduate from high school.
 26        NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
 27    sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of  Repre-
 28    sentatives  concurring therein, that it is the finding of the Legislature that
 29    the Governor, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Idaho  State
 30    Board  of Education and local school districts should take all necessary steps
 31    to ensure that Hispanic and limited English proficient students are  receiving
 32    the  thorough education required by the Constitution of the State of Idaho. It
 33    is incumbent upon the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of
 34    Public Instruction that they require specific responses from each school  dis-
 35    trict  concerning  their  efforts to provide the educational interventions and
 36    reforms necessary to improve the academic achievement of Hispanic and  limited
 37    English proficient students. The State Superintendent shall submit a report to
 38    the  First  Regular  Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature on progress,
 39    remaining problem areas and recommendations for meeting the educational  goals
 40    of these students.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
                           
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                      RS 10018 
                           
     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure that Hispanic and limited
     English proficient students receive a thorough education as required by the
     Constitution of the State of Idaho. This resolution urges the Governor, State
     Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and local school
     districts to provide the educational interventions and reforms necessary to
     improve the academic achievement of Hispanic and limited English 
     proficient students. School districts would be required to provide specific
     responses regarding the actions to be taken to provide the academic achievement
     of Hispanic and limited English proficient students, and report their progress to
     the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The State Superintendent shall
     have the duty to report progress, problems, and recommendations to the First
     Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho legislature. 
     
     
                    FISCAL IMPACT 
     
     Any costs related to this resolution will be minimal, involving the gathering and
     analyzing of data that already exists.
     
     Contact 
     Name: Senator Betsy Dunklin
     Phone: 334-1382 
     
     
                                                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                              SCR 148