20-7-105. K-12 data task force. (1) There is a K-12 data task force established by the office of public instruction.
     (2) The K-12 data task force is composed of:
     (a) The presiding officer and vice presiding officer of the senate and house standing committees on education and the presiding officer and vice presiding officer of the joint subcommittee for education that deals with appropriations or their designees;
     (b) additional positions appointed by the majority vote of the presiding officers and vice presiding officers referred to in subsection (2)(a), as follows:
     (i) three elected school board trustees consisting of one each from a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district;
     (ii) three school administrators consisting of one each employed by a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district;
     (iii) three teachers consisting of one each employed by a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district;
     (iv) three technology staff consisting of one each employed by a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district;
     (v) six parents, consisting of one parent of an elementary pupil currently enrolled in each of a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district and one parent of a high school pupil currently enrolled in each of a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district; and
     (vi) three school district clerks, as provided in 20-3-325, consisting of one each employed by a class 1, class 2, and class 3 school district.
     (3) The K-12 data task force shall serve in an advisory capacity to the office of public instruction. The task force shall review, monitor, and provide input and guidance in enhancing the statewide K-12 data system pursuant to 20-7-104.
     (4) Unless otherwise provided by law, each member is entitled to be paid $50 for each day in which the member is engaged in the performance of duties under this section and is also entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses, as provided for in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503, incurred while in the performance of task force duties. Members who are full-time salaried officers or employees of this state or of a political subdivision of this state are not entitled to be compensated for their service as members except when they perform their task force duties outside their regular working hours or during hours charged against their leave time, but those members are entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided for in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 2013.