2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-1210.525. Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Steering Committee - Creation - Duties - Membership - Compensation.

A. There is hereby created to continue until December 31, 2009, the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Steering Committee. The Committee shall assist the State Board of Education with implementation of the student assessment requirements enacted pursuant to the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. The ACE Steering Committee shall advise the Board on the following:

1. Curriculum alignment of third through eighth grade and high school subjects which are assessed pursuant to Section 1210.508 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Review of existing and development of new assessments;

3. Determination of cut scores for required assessments;

4. Alternate tests or assessments which equal or exceed the rigor of the end-of-instruction assessments. The Steering Committee shall:

a.evaluate alternate tests including, but not limited to, the ACT assessment, the Advanced Placement (AP) tests, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program assessments, WorkKeys assessments, Compass tests, and the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE),

b.develop a list of career and technology education state and national tests that may serve as alternatives, provided the test is a state and/or national business and industry-recognized test that results in a business and industry-endorsed recognized credential. The list of tests developed shall be forwarded to the State Board of Career and Technology Education for consideration and approval. The tests approved by the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall be forwarded to the State Board of Education for consideration and approval, and

c.determine if each alternate test evaluated is standardized, independently graded, knowledge-based, and administered on a multistate or international level. The Steering Committee shall also study and recommend the minimum score or level of mastery needed to pass each alternate test;

5. Intervention and remediation strategies and delivery methods for students who do not meet the mandated standard; and

6. Consequences for eighth-grade students who do not meet the mandated standard.

B. The membership of the ACE Steering Committee shall be composed as follows:

1. The Chair of the State Senate Education Committee, or designee;

2. The Chair of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Common Education Committee, or designee;

3. One member of the State Senate to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, or designee;

4. One member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or designee;

5. One representative of the private business sector selected from the Governor’s Council on Workforce and Economic Development to be appointed by the Governor;

6. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee;

7. The Director of the State Department of Career and Technology Education, or designee;

8. The Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, or designee;

9. Four faculty members from institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education with expertise in the curriculum areas of mathematics, English, science and social studies, to be appointed by the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education;

10. One superintendent of a technology center to be appointed by the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education;

11. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint one representative from each of the following:

a.a statewide organization representing rural schools,

b.a statewide organization representing rural elementary schools,

c.a statewide organization representing suburban schools,

d.a statewide organization representing secondary school principals,

e.a statewide organization representing parent-teacher organizations,

f.a statewide organization representing school administrators,

g.a statewide association representing teachers,

h.a statewide federation representing teachers,

i.a statewide association representing professional educators,

j.nonaffiliated teachers,

k.a statewide organization representing school board members, and

l.a statewide coalition representing business and education; and

12. The State Superintendent may also appoint interested members who served on the ACE Task Force created pursuant to the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005.

C. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall serve as chair of the ACE Steering Committee. Staffing shall be provided by the State Department of Education. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

D. The ACE Steering Committee shall present a written report of recommendations to the State Board of Education, the Legislature, and the Governor annually, beginning December 1, 2006, with a final report presented by December 31, 2009.

E. The ACE Steering Committee members shall receive no compensation for serving on the committee but may receive travel reimbursement as follows:

1. Legislative members of the committee may be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of duties, in accordance with Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, from the legislative body in which they serve; and

2. Other members of the committee may be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of duties by the respective appointing authorities in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 289, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.