Exciting stuff Jack, especially line 32(h)! I think this board
is really taking off (but how will we fit all the replies here)!!

On 3/04/09, Jack/AR/7-8 wrote:
>
> 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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