Senator FANNING proposed the following amendment (WAB\419C215.SM.WAB20):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 59-18-1640(E)(2)(a), as contained in SECTION 49, by deleting the subitem and inserting:

/(a) Once a district subject to subsection (C) has met annual targets identified in the district's revised strategic plan for sustained improvement for a minimum of three consecutive years, the State Superintendent of Education shall submit to the State Board of Education documentation of such. The State Board of Education shall approve that an interim local district board of trustees be appointed. The interim local district board of trustees shall consist of five members appointed in the following manner with a chairman elected by the appointees:

(i) one member appointed by the Governor;

(ii) one member appointed by the local legislative delegation;

(iii) one member a ppointed by the State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the local legislative delegation;

(iv) one member appointed by a vote of the school improvement councils within the district; and

(v) one member appointed by the local teachers employed in the district. /