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2008 Legislative Update Meeting Materials

• Presentations

  These presentations are an overview of education-related legislation by Department of Education staff that passed during the 2008 session. The status of some of the bills/information highlighted during the presentations may have changed. Please see the DOE 2008 Session Implementation Overview located below for the most updated status.
  • K-12 Presentation (PDF, ) by Dr. Frances Haithcock, Chancellor, Division of Public Schools
  • Community College Presentation (PDF, ) by Dr. Willis Holcombe, Chancellor, Division of Community Colleges
  • Workforce Education Presentation (PDF, ) by Lucy Hadi, Chancellor, Division of Workforce Education
  • School Choice Presentation (PDF, ) by Jean Miller, Acting Director, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Presentation (PDF, ) by Bill Palmer, Director, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Budget Presentation (PDF, ) by Linda Champion, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Finance and Operations
  
  

• Video Streams

  Below are video streams of the individual presentations of the 2008 Legislative Update Meeting. To accompany the video stream, posted above are printable copies of each presentation.
  • Introduction (WMV) by Eric Smith, Commissioner, Department of Education
  • K-12 Presentation (WMV) by Frances Haithcock, Chancellor, Division of Public Schools
  • Community College Presentation (WMV) by Will Holcombe, Chancellor, Division of Community Colleges
  • Workforce Education Presentation (WMV) by Lucy Hadi, Chancellor, Division of Workforce Education
  • School Choice Presentation (WMV) by Jean Miller, Director, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Presentation (WMV) by Bill Palmer, Director, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Budget Presentation (WMV) by Linda Champion, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Finance and Operations



• DOE 2008 Session Legislative Implementation Overview (Word, )
  This chart represents the legislative bills that have passed during the 2008 legislative session that affect and/or have an impact on the Department of Education. Included in this chart is a link to the final bill text and the DOE bill summary. Located under the Additional Information section is DOE contact information as well as a link to the bill summary and other DOE notifications/documents related to that legislation.
  
  
• 2008 Legislative Review Book Revised (PDF, )
  (Please note: This file is formatted for double-sided printing and therefore contains some blank pages.)
  This book contains summaries of education-related legislation, including the budget, passed this session. Please refer to the overview chart above for up-to-date information on when a bill is signed into law.
  • 2008 Legislative Review Book Addendum (PDF, )
    If you downloaded or received the 2008 Legislative Review Book prior to 5.22.08 this addendum contains two additional bills that have been included in the revised version of the book above.
    
    

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