Task Force Meetings

July 8, 2008

Agenda

June 9-10, 2008

Agenda

Minutes

Link to the TVW audios: 

June 9:    http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008061005
June 10:  http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008061006

Presentations and Handouts

• Funding System to Support Student Success: Quality Educator Development, Compensation, and Support, Terry Bergeson, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Erin LaVerdiere, Sumner School District; Jeanne Harmon, Center for the Strengthening of the Teaching Profession; Holly Koon, Mount Baker High School; and Pete Bylsma, education consultant
• Going the Extra Mile: A Finance System for Student Success, Terry Bergeson, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Executive Summary	Career and Technical
Development Model	Staffing Model: Guidance
Compensation Model	Classified Staff: Ratios
Staffing Model: Class Size	Classified Staff: School Security
Staffing Model: Libraries	Classified Staff: Salary Allocations
Staffing Model: Health	Classified Staffing Salary Allocation Method—Appendix A
Staffing Model: Learning Support	NERC: Foundation
Struggling Students	NERC: Instructional Technology
English Language Learners	NERC: Curriculum

• The Edmonds Compensation Model, Dan Wilson, Edmonds Education Association; and Debby Carter, Edmonds School District 
  • Draft Compensation Model
  • Four Scenarios–Draft
• A Case for High-Quality Support for New Teachers in Washington, Jeanne Harmon, Center for the Strengthening of the Teaching Profession; and Jennifer Wallace, Professional Educator Standards Board 
• Social Emotional Learning as Part of a Basic Education in Washington State, Representative Mary Lou Dickerson, Washington State House of Representatives; and Sheryl Harmer, SLPH & Associates  
  • Proposal
  • CASEL Documents
  • Background Materials
• A Funding System to Support Student Success: Presentation to the Basic Education Funding Task Force—Student Support and System Foundations, Terry Bergeson, Howard DeLeeuw, John Aultman, and Dennis Small, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Vickie Damon, Renton School District; John Mannix and Neil Sullivan, Spokane Public Schools; and Mike Cullum, Northshore School District
• A Way Forward, Lisa McFarlane and George Scarola, League of Education Voters Foundation; and John Tapogna, ECONorthwest  
  • Presentation
  • Five Proposals to Transform Washington Education Finance and Drive Gains in Student Achievement
• School District Alliance for Adequate Funding for Special Education, Chip Kimball, Lake Washington School District; and Lydia Sellie, Northshore School District   
• Highly Capable Students, Barbara Maurer and Irene Greve, Washington Coalition for Gifted Education 
  • Highly Capable Programs
  • Funding and Services for Highly Capable Students: Fact Sheet
• Making Early Education a Funding Priority, Joel Ryan, Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP (WSA) 
• Extending State Support for Schools through a Regional Delivery System: A Funding Proposal Submitted to the Joint Task Force on Basic Education Finance by the Association of Educational Service Districts, Bill Keim, ESD 113
• Hungry Kids Can’t Learn, Mitch Denning, Washington School Nutrition Association; Jim Koval, North Thurston Public Schools; Lincoln Pierce, Bethel School District; and Debra Gary, Pioneer Elementary School  
  • School Nutrition and the Definition of Basic Education in Washington
  • Statement Letter
• Full Funding Coalition, Paul Rosier and Bill Freund, Washington Association of School Administrators; Randy Parr, Washington Education Association; and David Conley, Center for Educational Policy Research, University of Oregon  
  • Presentation
  • Attaining a World-Class K–12 System: Aligning Washington’s Funding Structure with 21st Century Educational Expectations
  • Appendix

May 6, 2008

Agenda

Minutes

Link to the TVW videos: 

• http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008050073A , Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008050073B , Representative Ross Hunter, Washington State House of Representatives
• http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008050073C , Jennifer Priddy, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008050073D , Mary Jean Ryan, State Board of Education

Presentations and Handouts

• Current State K-12 Budget Drivers: Key Trends and Tradeoffs, Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy 
• Implications of Class Size and Other Funding Decisions, Representative Ross Hunter, Washington State House of Representatives
  • Class size and other fundamental decisions  
  • Proposed Statewide Minimum Graduation Requirements: Sample Student Schedule Scenarios 
  • Hypothetical Program of Basic Education -- Minimum Credit requirements for a Typical High School Student -- Spreadsheet  
  • Hypothetical Program of Basic Education -- Minimum Credit requirements for a CTE High School Student -- Spreadsheet 
  • Hypothetical Program of Basic Education -- Minimum Credit requirements for a Honors High School Student -- Spreadsheet
  • Hypothetical Program of Basic Education -- Minimum Credit requirements for a Struggling High School Student -- Spreadsheet 
• Quantifying the Fiscal Impact of Compensation Changes on School Districts' Local Funds: Projections for the Upcoming Three School Years, Jennifer Priddy, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• State Board of Education Draft Recommendations With Funding Implications, Mary Jean Ryan, State Board of Education 
  
  • Working to Improve Student Achievement 
  • Opening Doors with Core 24 
  • Core 24: College and Work Ready Student Pursuing the Environmental Exploration AP Program at a Skills Center  

April 14, 2008

Agenda

Minutes

Link to the TVW audio: 

http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008041010

Presentations and Handouts

• Basic Education Finance Action Plan, Representative Skip Priest, Washington State House of Representatives 
• Pay for Performance Knowledge and Skills, Annie Pennucci, Senior Research Associate, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• Minnesota's Quality Compensation for Teachers Program:  Q Comp
  
  Ward Brossoit, President of the Exclusive Representative of the Teachers for Grand Meadow School District
  • Q Comp Application Rubric 
  • Q Comp Program Review Process 
  • Peer Review-Site Visit Rubric  
  • Peer Review Level 1 Document Review 
    
    
  Mark Robertson, Superintendent of Fridley School District
  • Q Comp Fact Sheet 
  • Quality Compensation for Teachers or "Q Comp" 
  • Fridley Public Schools, Q Comp Summary Presentation  
  • Creating an Integrated Student Achievement/Staff Development and Performance Pay System 
    
    
• School Finance and Educator Compensation, Jim Carlson, President, Educator Compensation Institute 
  • Comments to the Task Force 
  • Educator Compensation Institute Overview 
  • Alternative Teacher Compensation in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Six Years Later  

March 24, 2008

Agenda 

Minutes

Link to the TVW audio: 

http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008031043

Presentations and Handouts

• School Employee Compensation Questions, Dan Grimm, Chair, Basic Education Finance Joint Task Force 
• WASL Questions, Dan Grimm, Chair, Basic Education Finance Joint Task Force
• Other Policy and Budget Questions, Representative Skip Priest, Washington State House of Representatives; Superintendent Bette Hyde, Bremerton School District; and Representative Kathy Haigh, Washington State House of Representatives
• 2008 Legislation Applicable to the Task Force
• Technical Advisory Committee Members 
• Upcoming Meetings.  Updates to this meeting handout are available at http://www.leg.wa.gov/Joint/Committees/BEF/. 

January 11, 2008

Agenda

Minutes (Revised 4/29/08)

Link to the TVW audio: 

http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008011005

Presentations and Handouts

• History and Policies Related to the WASL and Education Reform, Stephen Nielsen, Assistant Superintendent, Financial Services, Puget Sound ESD, and former Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on Education Reform and Funding; and Brian Benzel, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Whitworth University, former Superintendent of Spokane School District, and former member of the Washington State Commission on Student Learning
• Education Reform: The Implications for School Finance, Terry Bergeson, Superintendent of Public Instruction
• WASL Results: How Many Students Have Met Standard?  A "Cohort" Analysis, Annie Pennucci, Senior Research Associate, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• Funding That Puts Students First, Steve Mullin, President, Washington Roundtable
• Task Force Work Plan  

December 13, 2007

Agenda

Minutes (Revised 4/29/08)

Link to the TVW audio: 

http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007121007

Presentations and Handouts

• Fair School Funding, Federal Way School District v. State of Washington, Lester "Buzz" Porter, Dionne & Rorick
• Labor Market Projections for Washington State, Paul Sommers, Ph.D., Seattle University
• Washington's School Finance System, Ben Rarick, Office of Program Research, Washington State House of Representatives
• Improving the Transparency of the K-12 Funding System, Jennifer Priddy, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

November 19-20, 2007

Agenda

Minutes (Revised 4/29/08)

Link to the TVW videos (in four segments): 

November 19
(a) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007110149A
(b) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007110149B

November 20
(a) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007110150A
(b) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007110150B

Presentations and Handouts

• Network for Excellence in Washington Schools, Thomas F. Ahearne, Attorney, Foster Pepper & Shefelman
• Washington Adequacy Funding Study, David T. Conley, Educational Policy Improvement Center
• Financing Washington Schools for High Performance, Lawrence O. Picus, USC Rossier School of Education
• Teacher Compensation Reform, Dan Goldhaber, University of Washington and Urban Institute
• K-12 Finance and Student Outcomes, Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• Draft Transparency Outline, Jennifer Priddy, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

October 22, 2007

Agenda 

Minutes (Revised 4/29/08)

Link to the TVW videos (in three segments): 

(a) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007100156A
(b) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007100156B
(c) http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007100156C

Presentations and Handouts

• School Funding Litigation Presentation, Dave Stolier, Assistant Attorney General
• Overview of K-12 Finance Presentation, Bryon Moore, Senate Committee Services, Washington State Senate 
• Education Reform Presentation, Bob Butts, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Other Initiatives Presentation, Barbara McLain, House Office of Program Research, Washington State House of Representatives 
• Washington Learns Summary, Jennifer Priddy, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Washington Learns K12 Compensation Subgroup Recommendations, Representative Ross Hunter, Washington State House of Representatives
• Washington Learns Minority Report , Representative Glenn Anderson, Washington State House of Representatives

September 10, 2007

Agenda 

Minutes (Revised 6/11/08)

Link to the TVW video:

http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2007090112

Presentations and Handouts

• Initial Report to the Joint Task Force
• Senate Committee Services - Staff Presentation
• K–12 Finance and Student Outcomes:
  A 5000′ Flyover and Proposed Research Approach
• Recent and Upcoming Washington K–12 Studies