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BACK TO SCHOOL 2014 | wyoea.org 19 Future Meetings Select Committee On Statewide Educational Accountably Friday, September 26, 2014 8:30 a.m. Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Building Conference Room 2211 King Boulevard Casper, Wyoming Joint Education Committee Date: October 23, 2014 Location: Tbd City: Casper, Wy Time: 8:00 a.m. Select Committee On School Facilities Date: October 29, 2014 Location: Tbd City: Casper, Wy Time: 8:00 a.m. Joint Appropriations Interim Committee Date: October 30, 2014 Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Building 2211 King Blvd. City: Casper, Wyoming Time: 9:30 a.m. State Board Meets to discuss the future of education governance in Wyoming The State Board of Education (SBE) met Sept. 4 in Casper to have an in-depth discussion and determine its responses to questions posed regarding the Wyoming K-12 Educational Governance Study being conducted by the Wyoming Legislature. Cross and Joftus is the consultant firm hired by the Legislature to solicit input from numerous Wyoming stakeholder groups and individuals on this interim study topic. SBE's responses will be considered along with others from the public and from representatives of such groups as WEA, the school boards', principals', superintendents', and curriculum directors associations, and many more. The consultants will be reporting some initial findings of their study to the Joint Education Committee in late September. The SBE will meet again on Oct. 9 in Riverton, followed by a retreat at Ucross in November. become an appointed position rather than elected, though opinions were divided as to who should be the appointing body. The final report from the consultants is due in November. The next JEC meeting will be held October 23 in Casper. JEC