Session of 1999 
          HOUSE BILL No. 2487  
          By Committee on Education 
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   9             AN  ACT establishing a task force to study the implementation of state- 
10             wide workforce development plans. 
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12       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:   
13              Section  1. There is established a task force to study the status of 
14       workforce development programs in Kansas, to determine the impact of 
15       such programs on education, and to evaluate the effectiveness of such 
16       programs by observation of objective results.  The task force shall report 
17       its findings to the legislature one year from the formation of the task 
18       force. 
19              Sec.  2. The task force shall consist of 11 members as follows: 
20              (a) Two members of the senate education committee, appointed by 
21       the chair of the committee; 
22              (b) two members of the house education committee, appointed by 
23       the chair of the committee; 
24              (c) two members of the state board of education, appointed by the 
25       chair of the state board; 
26              (d) one member, appointed by the Kansas national education 
27       association; 
28              (e) one member, appointed by the Kansas association of school 
29       boards; and 
30              (f) three members who are stakeholders representative of business, 
31       parental and community interests, one of whom shall be appointed by 
32       the chair of the senate education committee, one by the chair of the house 
33       education committee, and one by the chair of the state board of 
34       education. 
35              Sec.  3. The task force shall meet at least four times per year and at 
36       other times deemed necessary to perform its functions.  Members of the 
37       task force attending meetings of the task force, or attending a subcom- 
38       mittee meeting thereof authorized by the task force, shall receive amounts 
39       provided for in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223 and amendments thereto. 
40        Sec.  4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
41       publication in the Kansas register.