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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 20, 2012 04:50 PM |
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| From: | Representative Will Tallman |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | State Board of Education changes -- Prior HB 2514 |
| TO: All House Members FROM: Rep. Will Tallman DATE: December 20, 2012 SUBJECT: State Board of Education changes (Prior HB 2514) In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation (formerly HB 2514) that amends the makeup of the State Board of Education within the Department of Education. The purpose of this legislation is to reduce the membership of the Board from 21 to 15, and ensure that when the Board is establishing policies and standards they must consider the economic impacts that accompany the implementation of those policies and standards. The State Board of Education is the agency that enacts the unfunded mandates on our local school districts. We have the Keystone Exams and the Common Core Standards recently mandated by the State Board without legislative input or intent. Both of these have a direct cost impact on our schools. It also removes local control which is a concept established in the Commonwealth. This legislation will further prohibit Board members from being employed by the Department of Education; with the exception of the Secretary of Education. Finally, the bill will provide for the selection of certain Board members, both by service as a school director, and by geographic location; one from the eastern region of the state and one from the western region. |
Introduced as HB340