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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
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
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