Friends:

The Senate Education and General Government Committee will be hearing two TAG bills on Tuesday morning at 8:15:

SB 312
Requires school districts to submit written plan of instruction for talented and gifted children to Superintendent
of Public Instruction for approval. Click here.

SB 622

-- Requires Department of Education to provide full-time
equivalent employee to administer talented and gifted program.
-- Directs department to establish six regional talented and gifted
planning centers.
-- Requires school districts to submit written plan of instruction
for talented and gifted children to Superintendent of Public


http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0600.dir/sb0622.intro.html

OATAG supports both these bills. SB 622 would restore the Regional Planning Groups that existed to plan staff development before the funding was cut in 2002.

I have received a request from Sen. Metsger's office for the names of those who are planning to attend the public hearing on these bills and testify. Sen. Metsger is the chief sponsor of SB 622.

In particular, we need to have students and families from smaller or rural districts participate in addition to those who have already let me know they are coming from larger districts.

Please let me know if you can come. My phone number is 503-774-7017 or you can reply by e-mail to margaretdelacy@comcast.net .

If you plan to testify it's a good idea to read the bills first, so you know exactly what you are responding to. Links to the bills are below. For other information about hearings see http://www.leg.state.or.us/citizenguide/

A good turnout for this hearing will have an impact on TAG programs in Oregon for years to come.

It is worth missing school to attend!

In addition, the House Education Innovation committee will be holding a public hearing on HB 2606 at 1:00 PM on Tuesday afternoon in Hearing Room D if you wish to stay for that.

HB 2606 "Directs school districts to award high school diploma to students who have satisfied graduation requirements in less than four years. Allows students who have satisfied requirements for current grade level to advance to next grade level."
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/hb2600.dir/hb2606.intro.html

There are some drafting errors in the bill that need to be corrected but I will be testifying in favor of this bill for OATAG.

Thanks

Margaret

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Oregon State Capitol
900 Court Street NE, Room S401A, Salem, Oregon 97301
Phone: 503-986-1664

AGENDA
ISSUED 03/06/2007
TUESDAY

Date: March 13, 2007
Time: 8:15 A.M.
Room: HR B
Public Hearing and Possible Work Session


SB 312
Requires school districts to submit written plan of instruction for talented and gifted children to Superintendent
of Public Instruction for approval.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0300.dir/sb0312.intro.html

SB 622

-- Requires Department of Education to provide full-time
equivalent employee to administer talented and gifted program.
--Directs department to establish six regional talented and gifted
planning centers.
-- Requires school districts to submit written plan of instruction
for talented and gifted children to Superintendent of Public Instruction for Approval

http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0600.dir/sb0622.intro.html


Work Session

SB 372
Directs Department of Education to develop statewide assessment system in physical education.

SB 517
Prohibits school district employees, contractors and volunteers from selling, marketing, distributing, endorsing
or suggesting steroid or performance-enhancing supplements to students.

SB 198
Excludes degree mills and diploma mills from definition of "school" for purposes of schools authorized to
confer academic degrees.

Staff respectfully requests that you submit 20 collated copies of written materials at the time of your
testimony.
Persons making presentations including the use of video, DVD, PowerPoint or overhead projection equipment
are asked to contact committee staff 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Any item on this agenda may be carried over to the next scheduled meeting in accordance with Senate Rule