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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 66 – No Child Left Behind/compliance

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 66

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HCR066.........................................................by EDUCATION
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the
Idaho State Board of Education to propose changes to the Idaho No Child
Left Behind compliance agreement plan that would place a temporary
suspension on the imposition of sanctions for non-Title I schools until
state funding for remediation is available.
                                                                        
03/22    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/23    Rpt prt - to Educ
03/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/27    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - ADOPTED - 64-0-6
      AYES -- Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
      Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
      Chadderdon, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller,
      Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould,
      Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer,
      Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
      Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Anderson, Clark, Crow, Henbest, Henderson,
      Smylie
    Floor Sponsor - Barraclough
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/28    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
04/04    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
04/05    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsors - Burkett & Gannon
    Title apvd - to House
04/05    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
04/06    To Secretary of State

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 66
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND URGING THE IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCA-
  3        TION TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO THE  IDAHO  NO  CHILD  LEFT  BEHIND  COMPLIANCE
  4        AGREEMENT  PLAN  THAT WOULD PLACE A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION ON THE IMPOSITION
  5        OF SANCTIONS FOR NON-TITLE I SCHOOLS UNTIL TWELVE MONTHS AFTER STATE FUND-
  6        ING IS MADE AVAILABLE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        WHEREAS, the 2001 Reauthorization of the Elementary and  Secondary  Educa-
  9    tion Act of 1965, commonly referred to as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB),
 10    raises  the  accountability  of  the  state  and  local  education agencies to
 11    increase the academic achievement of students at all levels of  public  educa-
 12    tion; and
 13        WHEREAS,  NCLB  requires that all students achieve at proficiency or above
 14    in reading, mathematics and science within twelve (12) years of enactment; and
 15        WHEREAS, schools and district and charter local education agencies and the
 16    state are challenged to implement programs and procedures that will help  stu-
 17    dents  who  are  not  reaching proficiency improve academic achievement to the
 18    proficient level or above within this time frame; and
 19        WHEREAS, under NCLB, federal funding is provided under Title I to  schools
 20    with  student  populations composed of more than forty percent of students who
 21    participate in the free and reduced lunch program; and
 22        WHEREAS, the Idaho State Board of Education places specific  sanctions  on
 23    the schools and district and charter local education agencies that do not meet
 24    Adequate Yearly Progress; and
 25        WHEREAS,  under NCLB, the Title I schools receive an allocation of federal
 26    funds each year  for  supplemental  services  to  remediate  and  provide  the
 27    instruction  and  programs  needed in the schools and classrooms to facilitate
 28    students who are not meeting the proficiency standards on the Idaho  Standards
 29    Achievement  Test (ISAT). Federal funding for supplemental services in Title I
 30    schools includes certified remedial teachers and  paraprofessionals  who  help
 31    children  meet  the  proficiency  standards in reading, math and, beginning in
 32    2007, science; and
 33        WHEREAS, under the NCLB Compliance Agreement Plan submitted by  the  Idaho
 34    State  Board  of  Education  to the United States Department of Education, the
 35    sanctions of NCLB apply to both Title I and non-Title I schools in  the  state
 36    of Idaho; and
 37        WHEREAS,  under  NCLB,  no  federal funding is provided for remediation at
 38    non-Title I schools; and
 39        WHEREAS, non-Title I schools educate thousands of children who qualify for
 40    the free and reduced lunch program, with many of these  schools  comprised  of
 41    twenty percent or more of the student population participating in the free and
 42    reduced lunch program; and
 43        WHEREAS,  parents  and  teachers  in non-Title I schools are making heroic
 44    efforts to raise funds for reading and math programs  and  to  provide  parent
                                                                        
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  1    volunteers  and additional teaching time to raise these students to proficient
  2    levels in reading and math; however, parent volunteers and  teachers  in  non-
  3    Title  I  schools  cannot  provide adequate resources in comparison to Title I
  4    schools; and
  5        WHEREAS, the state of Idaho provides no additional remediation funding  to
  6    non-Title I schools to address the Adequate Yearly Progress deficiencies.
  7        NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
  8    sion of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of  Representatives  and
  9    the  Senate  concurring  therein,  that  the Idaho State Board of Education is
 10    urged to propose changes to the NCLB Compliance  Agreement  Plan  implementing
 11    NCLB  in  the  state  of  Idaho that would place a temporary suspension on the
 12    imposition of sanctions on the non-Title I schools until twelve  months  after
 13    state funding is made available.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16270

Non Title 1 schools are neglecting the average and above average
students in their effort to help the lower students.  This bill
would place a temporary suspension on the imposition of sanctions
from No Child Left Behind Legislation on the non-Title I schools
until twelve months after state funding is made available.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact





Contact
Name: Speaker Newcomb, Rep. Barraclough, Rep. Ellsworth 
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        HCR 66