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SPRING 2015 | WEAnews 18 Priority #: 7 High School Completion - The Committee will study completion rates for twelfth grade students and the possibility of creating a mechanism to account for students that receive a high school equivalency certificate after attending a Wyoming public high school. Priority #: 8 Recreational Mill Levies - The Committee will conduct a general study of recreational mill levies and the equity of these levies between communities. The Committee will consider methods to mitigate the impacts of assessed valuation differences and associated unfair results. Priority #: 9 Educational Workforce Skills Gap - The Committee will focus on STEM education, transitions from K-12, community colleges' workforce training and the U.W. Tennessee Model. Priority #: 10 Advanced Placement Classes in Computer Science - The Committee will concentrate its study on workforce development and preparation. Priority #: 11 Coordination of Committees - The Committee requests Council authorize the use of funds to allow members of the Joint Education Interim Committee to attend the meetings of the Select Committee on Statewide Education Accountability and the Select Committee for School Finance Recalibration over the course of the 2015 interim. JEC JOINT ACCOUNTABILITY IN EDUCATION INTERIM COMMITTEE Meeting June 2-5 in Sheridan, WY Meeting Oct. 28-30 in Cody, WY Meeting Dec. 14-16 in Casper, WY SELECT COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FACILITIES Meeting June 2-5 in Sheridan, WY Meeting Sept. 1-4 Location TBD Meeting Oct. 28-30 Cody, WY Priority #: 1 Statutory Responsibilities - The Select Committee is charged by statute to: (1) monitor the assessment of statewide school facility needs, the prioritization of those needs and remediation of identified needs as undertaken by the school facilities commission and department; (2) develop knowledge and expertise among its members relating to statewide facility adequacy; (3) prepare budget recommendations addressing statewide building and facility needs; and (4) review commission rules. The WEA would like to thank the following Wyoming Legislators for voting in favor of the External Cost Adjustment Senators: Anderson J.D., Anderson J.L., Barnard, Christensen, Cooper, Craft, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, Hastert, Hicks, Johnson, Kinskey, Landen, Pappas, Rothfuss, Scott, Wasserburger Representatives: Allen, Barlow, Berger, Blackburn, Blake, Byrd, Cannady, Clem, Connolly, Dayton, Edwards, Esquibel, Freeman, Halverson, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Jaggi, Jennings, Kirkbride, Krone, Laursen Dan, Lindholm, Madden, McKim, Miller, Northrup, Paxton, Pelkey, Petroff, Piiparinen, Schwartz, Sommers, Steinmetz, Throne, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dan