Text: HF02291 Text: HF02293 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. AREA EDUCATION AGENCY INTERIM STUDY. The 1 2 legislative council is requested to establish an interim study 1 3 committee consisting of legislators and public members and, as 1 4 an ex officio, nonvoting member, the director of the 1 5 department of education, or the director's designee. The 1 6 purpose of the study is to thoroughly review the mission, 1 7 structure, responsiveness, and funding of the area education 1 8 agencies. The review shall include but not be limited to the 1 9 fiscal policies and types of services provided by area 1 10 education agencies, with a focus on whether access to those 1 11 services is equitable statewide and on the capacity of the 1 12 public and private sectors to provide those services. The 1 13 director of the department of education shall provide the 1 14 committee with an update on the accreditation process, which 1 15 the general assembly required the department to establish 1 16 effective July 1, 1997. The committee shall evaluate area 1 17 education agency efforts to assist schools in incorporating 1 18 accountability for student achievement into the standards and 1 19 accreditation process as required under section 256.7, 1 20 subsection 21; evaluate area education agency effectiveness in 1 21 improving instruction and student achievement; evaluate the 1 22 adequacy of resources available to area education agencies to 1 23 provide the assistance to school districts as required of area 1 24 education agencies under the Code; and consider any changes 1 25 needed to improve the efforts and effectiveness of the area 1 26 education agencies. The committee shall also explore 1 27 opportunities for coordinating the media services provided by 1 28 the area education agencies, public libraries, and the 1 29 regional libraries. The committee shall submit a report of 1 30 its findings and recommendations for restructuring the area 1 31 education agency system to better serve schools within the 1 32 system's mission to the chairpersons and ranking members of 1 33 the senate and house standing committees on education and the 1 34 joint appropriations subcommittee on education by December 1, 1 35 2001. 2 1 HF 2292 2 2 kh/jg/25
Text: HF02291 Text: HF02293 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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