Quality Education Council meeting today

The Quality Education Council is about to convene the second of a two-day meeting here in Olympia.

The QEC is the group overseeing the implementation of last year's big education reform bill. The QEC will listen to recommendations from various work groups assigned to work on issues such as how to pay for the expanded program of "basic education," improving the teacher certification process, and more. After reviewing the work groups' recommendations, the QEC members are tasked with submitting a complete set of recommendations to the Legislature for the upcoming 2010 session.

At the end of the noon hour yesterda, Reps. Pat Sullivan and Skip Priest, who sponsored HB 2261 will led a discussion about the QEC's recommendations to the Legislature. You can look at their presentation here.

TVW is airing the meeting live.