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Archived 2019 Study Information - Department of Education
Reports, Recommendations, and Implementation
Meetings
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
Education and Cultural Subcommittee
- Public Survey and Public Input
- Public Survey
- Public Input Meeting - Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 10:00 a.m. (Blatt 110)
- Public Input received via House Legislative Oversight Committee webpage
- Committee letter to Department of Education (01/09/2019)
- Committee letter to Department of Education (8/20/19)
- Department of Education Letter to Committee (8/29/19)
- Ad Hoc Subcommittee letter to Department of Education (10.8.19)
- DoE response to Subcommittee (10/14/19)
- Subcommittee letter to Department of Education (10/24/19)
- Department of Education's letter to Subcommittee (11/7/19)
- Subcommittee Letter to Department of Education (11/13/19)
- Department of Education's Letter to Subcommittee (11/25/19)
- Subcommittee Letter to Department of Education (1/24/2020)
- Subcommittee Letter to Law Enforcement Training Council and Criminal Justice Academy (1/24/2020)
- Subcommittee Letter to Department of Consumer Affairs (1/24/2020)
- Department of Education's Letter to Subcommittee (3/6/2020)
- Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Academy's Letter to the Subcommittee (3/4/2020)
- Department of Consumer Affairs Letter to the Subcommittee (3/9/2020)
Responses to online surveys posted on this Committee's webpage are provided verbatim as they were received by the Committee. They are not the comments or expression of the House Legislative Oversight Committee, any of its Subcommittees, or the House of Representatives.
Correspondence
The Committee provides information to the agency about the study process.
The Oversight Committee requests information on the following topics as a follow up to the August 13, 2019, public input meeting: (1) state salary schedule for school bus drivers; (2) virtual education program - teacher evaluations and class size; and (3) special education services in the three schools the agency directly manages.
The agency provides information in response to the Oversight Committee's August 20, 2019, letter on the following topics: (1) state salary schedule for school bus drivers; (2) virtual education program - teacher evaluations and class size; and (3) special education services in the three schools the agency directly manages.
Subcommittee requests information on the Paperwork Reduction and Streamlining Report the Department of Education (DoE) submitted to the General Assembly as a follow up to a Subcommittee meeting with the Department of Corrections.
Department of Education letter states in part that the wording used in the report may warrant clarification. While, there were no responses from teachers or school level administrators from the Palmetto Unified School District (operated within SCDC), three district level administrators did submit responses.
Subcommittee requests information on the following topics as a follow up to the October 9, 2019, Subcommittee meeting: (1) Department of Education - vision, rankings, agency head salary, African American history calendars; (2) school districts - consolidation, bus driver salary supplements, school resource officers, communication; (3) parents - correspondence about SAT and ombudsman requests; and (4) State Board of Education - training and usage of a consent agenda.
The agency provides information in response to the Subcommittee's October 24, 2019, letter on the following topics: (1) Department of Education - vision, rankings, agency head salary, African American history calendars; (2) school districts - consolidation, bus driver salary supplements, school resource officers, communication; (3) parents - correspondence about SAT and ombudsman requests; and (4) State Board of Education - training and usage of a consent agenda.
Subcommittee requests information on the following topics as a follow up to the November 4, 2019, Subcommittee meeting: (1) Chief Finance Office; (2) Office of Career and Technical Assistance; (3) Office of Early Learning and Literacy; and (4) Addressing Barriers for Student Achievement.
The agency provides information in response to the Subcommittee's November 13, 2019, letter on the following topics: (1) Chief Finance Office; (2) Office of Career and Technical Assistance; (3) Office of Early Learning and Literacy; and (4) Addressing Barriers for Student Achievement.
The agency's response includes position descriptions for the Chief Finance Office.
The agency's response includes position descriptions for the Chief Finance Office.
Subcommittee requests information on the following topics as a follow up to November 26 and December 9, 18, and 19 meetings: (1) Performance Measures; (2) Student College and Career Readiness; (3) Accreditation; (4) Testing: Students and Teachers; (5) Students; (6) Learning Disorders Task Force; (7) Special Education Services; (8) Office of General Counsel; (9) Compliance; (10) Compensatory Services/Service Reimbursement; (11) Grants; (12) Procurement; (13) Adult Literacy; (14) Identification of Legislative Barriers; (15) State Board of Education; and 16) Division of Data, Technology and Operations.
Subcommittee requests information pertaining to school resource officers.
Subcommittee requests information about data breaches.
The agency provides information in response to the Subcommittee's January 24, 2020, correspondence requesting information on the following topics: : (1) Performance Measures; (2) Student College and Career Readiness; (3) Accreditation; (4) Testing: Students and Teachers; (5) Students; (6) Learning Disorders Task Force; (7) Special Education Services; (8) Office of General Counsel; (9) Compliance; (10) Compensatory Services/Service Reimbursement; (11) Grants; (12) Procurement; (13) Adult Literacy; (14) Identification of Legislative Barriers; (15) State Board of Education; and 16) Division of Data, Technology and Operations.
The agency provides information in response to the Subcommittee's January 24, 2020, correspondence seeking information pertaining to school resource officers.
The agency provides information in response to the Subcommittee's January 24, 2020, correspondence seeking information about data breaches.