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HCR054.........................................................by EDUCATION
HISPANIC - LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT STUDENTS - Stating findings of the
Legislature and urging that appropriate steps be taken to ensure that
Hispanic students and limited-English-proficient students receive a
thorough education and directing a report to the Legislature.
03/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/22 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/24 3rd rdg - PASSED - 28-26-16
AYES -- Bieter, Black, Boe, Cuddy, Deal, Ellsworth, Field(13),
Hadley, Hammond, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
Mader, Marley, Montgomery, Pomeroy, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison,
Sellman, Smylie, Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bruneel, Callister, Cheirrett,
Crow, Denney, Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hansen(23), Hornbeck,
Kendell, Linford, Loertscher, McKague, Moss, Pearce, Pischner, Sali,
Schaefer, Stevenson, Taylor, Wood, Zimmermann
Absent and excused -- Alltus, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Gagner,
Hansen(29), Kunz, Lake, Meyer, Mortensen, Moyle, Reynolds, Shepherd,
Smith, Trail, Wheeler
Floor Sponsors - Montgomery, Reynolds, Bieter, Boe
Title apvd - to Senate
03/27 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/29 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/30 To enrol
03/31 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/03 Pres signed - to Secretary of State
HCR054
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 54
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 classroom 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, more than fifty percent of Hispanic and limited-English-
13 proficient students who took the Idaho Reading Indicator (IRI) during school
14 year 1999-2000 are reading at below grade level; and
15 WHEREAS, at least forty percent of Hispanic students fail to successfully
16 complete the high school graduation requirements; and
17 WHEREAS, Hispanic and limited-English-proficient students continue to have
18 a high rate of school failure, despite attempts at remedial intervention such
19 as compensatory education and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs; and
20 WHEREAS, the proposed adoption of Idaho's Exiting Standards will require
21 these students to meet more rigorous educational requirements in order to
22 graduate from high school.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
24 sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
25 the Senate concurring therein, that it is incumbent upon the State Board of
26 Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction that they gather
27 information on each local district's efforts to ensure that Hispanic and
28 limited-English-proficient students receive a thorough education and to report
29 to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature on the costs
30 and effectiveness of each method of each district and make recommendations for
31 improving the academic performance of these students.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10307
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure that Hispanic and limited
English proficient students receive a thorough education and directing a report to
the Legislature. This concurrent resolution states it is incumbent upon the State
Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction that they
gather information on each local district's efforts to ensure that Hispanic and
limited-English-proficient students receive a thorough education and to report to
the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature on the costs and
effectiveness of each method of each district and make recommendations for
improving the academic performance of these students.
FISCAL IMPACT
Any costs related to this resolution will be minimal, involving the gathering and
analyzing of data that already exists.
Contact
Name: Sen. Betsy Dunklin
Phone: 208/334-1382
Name: Rep. Fred Tilman
Phone: 208/332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 54