Committee Report | March 2011

Report of the


REGENTS P-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE and


SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE AID


to


The Board of Regents


March 7, 2011

            Your P-12 Education Committee and Subcommittee on State Aid held a joint meeting on March 7, 2011.  All members were present, except for Vice Chancellor Cofield and Regent Brooks Hopkins, who were excused.

ACTION ITEMS

Mandate Relief and Flexibility – Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approves the mandate relief and flexibility recommendations previously proposed by the Board of Regents, as described in Appendix A-1 of the report. 

Additional draft mandate relief and flexibility options relating to school operations and special education can be found in Appendix A-2 and Appendix B-2, respectively.  These options will be discussed in further detail at the April meeting.  [P-12/SA (A) 1]

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

           

            Madam Chancellor and Colleagues: Your P-12 Education Committee and State Aid Subcommittee recommend, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon the recommendation in the written report of the Committees’ deliberations at their meeting on March 7, 2011, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent. 

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Tuition Rate Setting Methodology for Special Education Providers – The Committee began discussions relating to rate setting methodologies.  Due to time constraints, this conversation will continue at the April meeting.