Task Force on School Dropout Prevention and Recovery
Overview
 NCSL's Task Force on Dropout Prevention and Recovery was initiated in August 2009 by former NCSL President, Speaker Joe Hackney from North Carolina. The task force heard from top researchers about programs that work to improve dropout rates and how state legislatures might bring them to scale. The task force developed a series of recommendations for state legislatures to improve the nation's dropout rates in A Path to Graduation for Every Child: State Legislative Roles and Responsibilities (January 2011).
Task Force Co-Chairs
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Representative Rich Crandall, Arizona
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Representative Greg Porter, Indiana
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Members
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Senator Joyce Elliott, Arkansas
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland
Representative Deena Horst, Kansas
Senator Clark Jolley, Oklahoma
Representative Wes Keller, Alaska
Senator Wayne Kuipers, Michigan
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Representative Reginald Meeks, Kentucky
Representative Karen Middleton, Colorado
Representative Phil Owens, South Carolina
Representative Earline Parmon, North Carolina
Senator Patricia Torres Ray, Minnesota
Senator Stephen Wise, Florida
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Meetings
Spring Forum April 25, 2009 Washington, DC
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Legislative Summit July 20, 2009 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Speaker:
Fall Forum December 12, 2009 San Diego, CA
Spring Forum April 10, 2010 Washington, DC
Legislative Summit July 24 - 25, 2010 Louisville, Kentucky
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