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Bill Details: SB0145: Physics Education Pilot Program
Sponsor: Sen. Howard A. Stephenson, Co-Sponsor:
Bill Summary:
General Description: This bill creates a pilot grant program for physics education in secondary schools.
Highlighted Provisions:
o creates the Physics Education Pilot Program;
o requires the STEM Action Center Board to prequalify one or more physics education consultants to provide high quality professional development, physics
curriculum materials, and support for physics teachers;
o specifies criteria for the STEM Action Center Board to consider in prequalifying physics education consultants and selecting local education agencies to participate in the pilot program;
o provides a grant for local education agencies to implement the Physics Education Pilot Program; and
o requires the STEM Action Center Board to contract with an independent evaluation and report to the State Board of Education, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, and the Education Interim Committee.
The majority of this bill sunsets in 2020 and 2021.
Reviewer Name: Morgan Olsen, Rating: Oppose
Reviewer Comments:
Violates the principle of Local Control by
- by developing State funded curriculum(210)
- Requiring LEAs to sequence Physics before Biology and Chem to get the grant (219)
- Providing a Physics Education Consultant to babysit LEA’s (208-211)
Requires individual student outcome data be sent to the Board and an Independent Evaluator. (234 &238)
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