Posted by Jack/AR/7-8 on 3/04/09

I just received this from a different site and thought you
might enjoy looking at it. It would create a task force to
improve the teaching of Arkansas History in the classroom.
Jack/AR/7-8

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined
language would be added to the law as it existed
prior to this session of the General Assembly.
*SAG079* 02-23-2009 14:16 SAG079
1 State of Arkansas
2 87th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2009 SENATE BILL 452
4
5 By: Senators Salmon, Madison, Elliott, Teague
6 By: Representatives Saunders, Ragland, House
7
8
9 For An Act To Be Entitled
10 AN ACT TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE TASK
11 FORCE ON THE ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF
12 ARKANSAS HISTORY EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND
13 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
14
15 Subtitle
16 TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE TASK
17 FORCE ON THE STATUS OF ARKANSAS HISTORY
18 EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
19
20
21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS:
22
23 SECTION 1. TEMPORARY LANGUAGE - DO NO CODIFY.
24 (a) There is created the Arkansas Legislative Task Force
on Arkansas
25 History Education.
26 (b) The task force shall consist of the following
members:
27 (1) The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee;
28 (2) One (1) member of the Senate appointed by the
President Pro
29 Tempore of the Senate;
30 (3) One (1) member of the House of Representatives
appointed by
31 the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
32 (4) Two (2) members at large appointed by the Governor;
33 (5) Two (2) parents of children enrolled in the public
school
34 system appointed by the Governor;
35 (6) Two (2) school administrators selected by the
Arkansas
36 Association of School Administrators;
1 7) Two (2) teachers of Arkansas history selected by the
2 Arkansas Council for the Social Studies;
3 (8) Two (2) members appointed by the Executive Director
of the
4 Arkansas Educational Television Network;
5 (9) Two (2) members appointed by the Arkansas State
Historian;
6 (10) Two (2) members appointed by the President of the
Arkansas
7 History Education Coalition;
8 (11) Two (2) members appointed by the President of the
Arkansas
9 Historical Association;
10 (12) Two (2) members appointed by the Director of the
Department
11 of Arkansas Heritage; and
12 (13) Two (2) members appointed by the Director of the
Department
13 of Parks and Tourism.
14 (c)(1) The member of the House of Representatives and
the member of
15 the Senate appointed to the task force under subsection
(b) of this section
16 shall serve as cochairs of the task force.
17 (2) Meetings of the task force shall be held at least
one (1)
18 time every three (3) months but may occur more often at
the call of the
19 cochairs or by petition by a majority of the members.
20 (3) The task force may solicit, accept, and expend gifts
and
21 grants.
22 (d) If a vacancy occurs on the task force, the vacancy
shall be filled
23 by the same process as the original appointment.
24 (e) The task force shall establish rules and procedures
for conducting
25 business.
26 (f) Legislative members of the task force shall be
entitled to receive
27 reimbursement for expenses and per diem at the same rate
and from the same
28 source as provided by law for members of the General
Assembly attending
29 meetings of interim committees.
30 (g) A majority of the members of the task force shall
constitute a
31 quorum for transacting any business of the task force.
32 (h) The Bureau of Legislative Research shall provide
staff for the task
33 force.
34 (i) The task force shall be abolished on June 1, 2011.
35
36 SECTION 2. TEMPORARY LANGUAGE - DO NOT CODIFY.
1 kansas Legislative Task Force on Arkansas History
Education
2 shall:
3 (1) Assess the status of Arkansas history education in
public
4 schools;
5 (2) Compile information on the need for and availability
of
6 instructional materials for Arkansas history classes;
7 (3) Investigate ways state agencies, museums, libraries,
8 professional groups, and other interested parties can
contribute to Arkansas
9 history education;
10 (4) Review Arkansas history preparation programs for
elementary
11 and secondary teachers;
12 (5) Identify means for recognizing outstanding teachers
of
13 Arkansas history;
14 (6) Investigate ways Arkansas history can be used to
reinforce
15 instruction in other subject areas; and
16 (7) Develop a set of written recommendations for the
General
17 Assembly that will improve the Arkansas history
curriculum taught in public
18 schools.
19 (b) The taskforce shall submit two (2) reports to the
House Committee
20 on Education and the Senate Committee on Education
consisting of a:
21 (1) Status report not later than June 1, 2010; and
22 (2) Final report not later than May 1, 2011.

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