Task Force Description

Meeting Information

Education and Workforce Development Task Force Agenda

States and Nation Policy Summit | Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

1:45 PM – 4:45 PM

1:45 PM – Welcome, Introductions, and Ground Rules

1:50 PM – Public Schools Without Boundaries

2:20 PM – Empowering Parents to Fuel A K-12 Revolution

2:50 PM – The Public, Parents, and K-12 Education: A National Polling Report

3:20 PM – New ALEC Education Freedom Rankings

3:50 PM – Consideration of Model Policies

• Amendment to the Open Enrollment Act
• Limiting Student Use of Cell Phones in K-12 Schools Act
• Standardized Testing Choice Act
• Education Tax Credit Act

4:35 PM – Good of the Order

4:45 PM – Adjourn

All Model Policies

• Limiting Student Use of Cell Phones in K-12 Classrooms Draft

  Section 1. Definitions. (A) “Instructional time” is time during which students are participating in an approved course, curriculum, or other educationally-related activity under the direction of a teacher. The term does not include a period of time between classes, lunch, or recess. (B) “Mobile device” means a personal mobile telephone…

• Education Tax-Credit Act Draft

  Section 1. Definitions (A) “Qualifying student” carries the definition of a “qualifying child” found in 26 U.S.C. § 152(c)(1) through (4) who received full-time academic instruction in a nonpublic school. (B) “Curriculum” means a completed course of study for a particular content area or grade level,…

• Standardized Testing Choice Act Draft

  Section 1. Definitions (A) “CLT” means the Classic Learning Test administered by Classic Learning Initiatives. Section 2. Post-Secondary and Higher Education Admissions (A) Public institutions of higher education shall accept a student’s score on the ACT, CLT, or SAT, as those terms are defined in [insert statutory reference], for purposes…

• Amendment to the Open Enrollment Act Draft

  Section 1. Purpose (A) The purpose of this Act is to improve educational achievement and to enhance the opportunity for parental choice in education by providing additional options to pupils in the state to enroll in public schools and educational programs throughout the state without regard to pupil…

• Freedom from Indoctrination Act Final

  Section 1. Definitions (A) “Constrain” means failure during any semester to provide sufficient open seats in alternative courses for a student to complete or progress toward completion of a degree or program requirement. (B) “DEI-CRT” means diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory. (C)…

• Act to Prohibit Anti-Semitism in State K-20 Educational Institutions Final

  Preamble WHEREAS, a historic rise in antisemitic violence, harassment, and discrimination has occurred at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities across the United States, targeting Jewish students; WHEREAS, in April 2024, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found that the number of FBI investigations into antisemitic hate crimes…