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The bill creates the accountability, accreditation, student
performance, and resource inequity task force (task force) to study
academic opportunities, inequities, promising practices in schools, and
improvements to the accountability and accreditation system.
The bill requires the speaker and minority leader of the house of
representatives, the president and minority leader of the senate, the
governor, and the department of education (department) to appoint
members to the task force no later than July 1, 2023. The task force
consists of 25 members, including members who represent statewide
education organizations, the department, the state board of education
(state board), school district board of education members,
superintendents, principals, and teachers.
The bill requires the department to enter into a contract with a
facilitator to guide the work of the task force no later than August 15,
2023. The facilitator shall draft an interim report and final report.
The task force is required to submit an interim report by March 1,
2024, and a final report by November 15, 2024, reflecting its findings and
recommendations to the education committees of the house of
representatives and senate, the governor, the state board, the
commissioner of education, and the department.
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