Legislative Meeting Schedule - December 3-13, 2002

Education

House Full Committee Room A 12/3/02 9:00 am

John L O’Brien Bldg.

Olympia

Work Session 9-5 pm

1. High Stakes Testing

2. Certificate of Masteries issues

3. Commission on the A+ Commission’s governance and assessment findings in North Carolina, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

4. Working with stakeholders on education reform issues.

5. Results of the Education Committee’s survey and interim meetings around the state.

House full committee December 4. 9:00 am John L. O’Brien Bldg. Room B

Work session 9-5 pm

Continuation of Dec. 3 meeting.

Creating a committee response to the issues addressed during that meeting.

House full committee December 5 1:30 pm John L. O.Brien Bldg Room A

Work Session Educational governance

1. Washington’s education performance model.

2. Governance models in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Connecticut, and other states.

3. Governance issues.

Finance 12/3/02

House Full Committee Jt. w/Senate Ways and Means Senate Hearing Room 4 10:00 am J.A. Cherberg Bldg Olympia

Work Session

Presentation of the final report of the Washington Tax Structure Study Group.

Bill Gates, Sr. Chair

Hugh Spitzer, Vice -Chair

House Full Committee Hearing Room B 12/5/02 1:30 pm John L. O’Brien Bldg.

Work Season

1. Report of Workforce Board on SHB 3077 (2000)

2. Report of Accountancy Board on E2SSB 5593 (2001)

Transportation

Senate Full Committee Hearing Room 1 J. A. Cherberg Bldg.

Work Session TO BE ANNOUNCED

Ways & Means Senate full committee Jt. w/ House Finance Senate Room 4 12/3/02 10 am Cherberg Bldg.

Work Session Presentation of the final report of the Washington Tax Structure Study Group Bill Gates, Sr. Chair and Hugh Spitzer, V- Chair