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Amend the resolve in section 1 in the last line (page 1, line 18 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "authorized" the following: 'only if the provisionally adopted rule is amended in section 2, subsection 2.01, paragraph B, subparagraph (2), division (b) to require that the step-by-step action plan be developed in documented consultation with the local teacher associations and to require the Commissioner of Education to develop the documentation process that must be used in developing the action plan'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides that final adoption of the provisionally adopted major substantive rule is authorized contingent upon the Department of Education amending the provisionally adopted rule to require that targeted funds plans for implementation of a standards-based system must include a step-by-step action plan developed in documented consultation with the local teacher association and to require the Commissioner of Education to develop the documentation process.