BILL REQ. #:  H-4402.1 

Read first time 01/23/2006.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     WHEREAS, The 2005 legislature in House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408 authorized creation of a joint select committee on secondary education to examine the basic structure of middle and high schools and to recommend more effective organizational structures; and
     WHEREAS, The joint select committee examined visions of secondary education reform with the assistance of state and national experts; and
     WHEREAS, The joint select committee also examined various models of secondary education reform being implemented by high schools across the state and being recommended by state and national organizations and stakeholders; and
     WHEREAS, The joint select committee was able to identify, on a preliminary basis, several common themes pertaining to effective secondary education reform; and
     WHEREAS, Members of the joint select committee should have the opportunity to provide findings and recommendations regarding effective secondary reform based on their work to the K-12 advisory committee and steering committee of Washington Learns so that these committees can benefit from, consider, and possibly incorporate the work of the joint select committee into their deliberations and final report;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the state of Washington, the Senate concurring, That the joint select committee on secondary education created under House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408 in 2005 summarize its findings and recommendations and forward them to the advisory and steering committees of Washington Learns by May 15, 2006.