Senator FANNING proposed the following amendment (WAB\419C054.SM.WAB20):

Amend bill , as and if amended, Section 59-5-10(C), as contained in SECTION 2.A., by deleting the subsection and inserting:

/ (C) In consultation with the Education and Economic Development Act Coordinating Council and the State Superintendent of Education, the board annually shall provide a comprehensive report to the Governor and the General Assembly before December first that specifically identifies key benchmarks within the zero-to-twenty education and workforce pipeline for measuring the progress of the Education Oversight Committee's efforts to meet those benchmarks. The board, through the State Superintendent of Education, shall provide recommendations regarding the future need of having two state agencies, the State Department of Education and the Education Oversight Committee, or whether the State would be better served by dissolving the Education Oversight Committee, thereby streamlining the education bureaucracy in this State."/