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UK drops United Healthcare

UK officials said they will accommodate emergencies;
contract negotiations broke down after a few months

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Beginning Dec. 1, anyone
with insurance through Unit-
ed Healthcare will not be cov-
ered at UK hospitals. includ-
ing the Chandler Medical
Center.

Failed contract renewal
negotiations between United
Healthcare and the UK Chan-
dler Medical Center mean

that people with insurance
through United Healthcare
will have very limited access
to UK medical services. UK
announced Monday.

In many cases. patients
will either have to pay more
money to receive treatment at
a UK hospital or go elsewhere.

UK officials said they re-
gretted any inconvenience
caused by the failed negotia—
tions but said they still want-

ed to provide quality health
care.

“We affirm our commit-
ment to meet the health care
needs of Central Kentuckians
and those throughout our en-
tire service area,” said Frank
Butler, vice president for med-
ical center operations.

The main issue of the ne
gotiations was about United
Healthcare's insurance pay-
ments to the medical center
for services to their clients.

“The medical center pro
vides a certain number of
specialty services, such as
neonatal care and trauma ser-

vices, that are a higher cost to
provide than normal ser-
vices.” Butler said. “We were
asking that United Healthcare
reimbursement recognize the
value of those services."

Butler said the contract
renewal talks stalled because
medical center officials and
United Healthcare could not
agree on an amount of reim-
bursement.

“The problem was that
United Healtcare was offering
to reimbursing us less than
the costs of providing that

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Keg registration
decision delayed

56 officials address proposed keg tagging:
officers say registration not just targeting UK

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Urban County Council voted unanimously to elay
action on the proposed keg ordinance until Nov. 6.

Councilmembers said they want to give stu-
dents more time to get involved with the policy that
would tag and track beer kegs.

“I am not here to advocate underage drinking,”
said Watts as she stood before the council at Tues-
day’s work session. “I know it's a problem. I’m just
asking you to slow this down so students can hop
on."

Watts asked the council for an extra week. They
gave her two.

80 has been scrambling to voice student opin-
ion since a committee approved the ordinance last
Tuesday with a 6-1 vote. No students were present at
that meeting.

“Student opinion was not sought out on this is-
sue,” said John Weis. SG Senate chairman. “We
don’t want the council to come running to us with
things like changing the names of street signs, but
we do want to hear about things that ndtly affect
us.”

Mayor Teresa Isaac said the council will use the
delay to research the legal issues.

Watts said she is working with Isaac to hold a fo-
rum between students, police, neighborhood associ-
ations and councilmembers.

Students first discussed their concerns about
the policy during Monday’s forum hosted by SG and
attended by councilmembers Paul Brooks and David
Stevens.

“There were a lot of good questions posed at the
forum." said Matt Rippettoe, SG vice president. “In
this next forum we want to respectfuny search out
all the possible implications of this policy ”

Students are not the only ones involved in the
debate.

Ike Lawrence, who owns properties in the Eu-
clid Avenue area where many keg parties take place,
said keg tagging is a “feel good ordinance." It will af-
fect more legal college drinkers than high school
students, he said.

“The keg is a college institution,” he said. “It’s
not going to be much fun if you’re having a party
but have to sit and watch your keg the whole time.”

Sgt. Richard Bottoms of the Lexington police’s
alcohol beverage control unit said keg tagging is
necessary to help his officers curb underage drink-
ing.

“I’m not targeting college students,” he said.
“We just want to stop underage drinking wherever
it is happening.”

Councilmember Dick DeCamp said he is im-
pressed with how SG is handling the current debate.

“This has been nothing like the ‘wildcat war'
brought on by the last president,” he said about for-
mer SG President Tim Robinson’s campaign against
the Lexington Area Party Plan in 2001. “Rachel has
shown that students can respond to problems in a
very civilized way. She has begun to smooth the wa-
ters between students and the council."

However. DeCamp disagreed with 86‘s accusa-
tion that the approval came as a surprise.

“I talked to SG about it personally," he said.
“This was not a surprise. They just didn‘t keep up
with it."

The delay means the ordinance will not be up
for a formal vote until Nov. 20.

Mechanical engineering freshman ‘Mer Roberson packs all his belongings into his SUV as he prepares to leave UK forever. He withdrew from E-maii khenderson@kykernel.com

all his classes instead of falling them. Although he is unsure of the future he said, "if i want to go anywhere, I gotta get out now." The last
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Fraternities, sororities discuss governing councils

Governing councils manage activities and discipline;
students said they give them leadership opportunities

By Andrew Martin
STA" WRITER

Every Greek organiza-
tion at UK is a member of
one of three self-governing
groups that help manage and
regulate fraternities and
sororities on campus.

The Interfraternity
Council regulates UK frater-
nities. the Panhellenic coun-
cil regulates UK sororities,
and the Pan-Hellenic council
regulates African-American
chapters of both fraternities
and sororities. UK mandates

that each Greek organiza-
tions belong to the corre-
sponding council.

Officers of these govern-
ing bodies view these gov-
erning councils as a service
to the students.

“The IFC is here to in-
sure the livelihood of all fra-
ternities," said John Weis.
the Interfraternity Council
president.

All Greek councils have

elements of representative
democracy that allow UK fra-
ternities and sororities to
govern themselves.

Each council has a con-
stitution. three branches of
government and bylaws. The
council consists of two dele-
gates from each fraternity or
sorority who vote on consti-
tutional amendments and by-
laws that regulate the frater-
nities and sororities.

Officers said they believe
the right of each chapter to
make its own rules brings co
operation and takes every-
one‘s opinion into account.

“Everybody's different.
If everybody was the same
we‘d all be in one fraternity."
said Brad Bacon. vice presi~
dent of scholarships for the
Interfraternity Council.

If a fraternity or sorori-
ty is found to violate the

rules. the judicial council
hears both the sides of the
issue at hand and deter-
mines if and what type of
punishment a fraternity or
sorority will receive.

This provides some so-
lace to fraternities or sorori~
ties that stand trial to their
council's judicial board.

“I feel it allows a sorori-

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Bush m from Asia in terror w. free trade

SINGAPOR — President Bush pressed for more Asian
help in the war on terror Tuesday, carrying his appeal to Sin-
gapore after winning a pledge from regional leaders to curb
illicit weapons. Bush failed to win explicit endorsement by
the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum for a
new U.S.-led diplomatic initiative to end a yearlong nuclear
standoff with North Korea. And North Korea’s firing of a
short-range missile — possibly two —- appeared to undercut
progress toward an agreement. However. the leaders called
for resumption of multinational negotiations to resolve the
impasse. The call was made by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra, who chaired the annual APEC summit. and he
spoke with the other leaders flanking him. Bush came up
empty in getting Asian allies to back U.S. efforts to persuade
China to end an exchange-rate policy that US. manufacturers
and politicians of both parties claim is costing American
JO 5.

Ten Pdestiilis kled ii intense Israeli air assailts

NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP. Gaza Strip w The flag-
wrapped bodies of seven Palestinians killed in an Israeli mis-
sile strike were carried through this shantytown Tuesday.
with tens of thousands of mourners clamoring for revenge.
The seven, ranging in age from 11 to 49. were bystanders
crowding around a car afier it was targeted by a first missile.
Palestinian security officials said. The Israeli military said it
believed three of the dead were militants in the car. However.
the vehicle did not take a direct hit. and witnesses said the
wanted men escaped. The attack in Nusseirat was one of five
air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday. one of the most in-
tense single-day assaults with helicopters and warplanes in
three years of fighting. In addition to the seven killed in Nus-
seirat. three more Palestinians — two Hamas militants and a
bystander —— were killed in the other strikes. About 100 Pales-
tinians were wounded. hospital officials said. More than a
dozen were in serious condition.

little school student brnigs rm to school, no one but
RADCLIFF. Ky. — A mid le-school student has been
charged with terroristic threatening after he allegedly
brought a gun to his school. police said. The boy. a student at
Bluegrass Middle School. will attend a hearing Thursday to
determine his future in the school district. The school board
could expel him or place him in an alternative school. said
Richard Hughes. superintendent for the Hardin County
schools. Another student notified a parent Thursday morn-
ing that he or she had witnessed the eighth-grader show the
weapon to some students on the school bus the day before.
The parent then called the school shortly after 7 am. EDT. of-
ficials said. Radcliff police responded. but the child was not
in school. They went to his home. where the officers found
the child and a loaded handgun. police spokeswoman Elaine
Leach said. The child's parents escorted their son to the po-

lice department for questionth Police said the boy stole the
weapon from a 19-year-old re tive who was living in the
boy’s residence at the time of the alleged incident.

Pope Imus new m Ist of callus
VATICAN CITY —— His health failing, Pope John Paul II
added 30 names to the list of his possible successors Tuesday
installing a diverse collection of cardinals in a consistory
some say may be his last. In a ritualfilled ceremony on the
steps of St. Peter's Basilica, the 8&yearold pope gave the new
“princes of the church" their red hats and declared them
members of the elite band of chur hmen who will elect the
next pope. The pope‘s increasing fr ilty. on display during a
rigorous week of ceremonies surrounding his 25th anniver-
sary. added poignancy to Tuesday’s consistory, the ninth of

his pontificate.
Rid: ii Kl'bdl. shots lied h Bagdad lllilg spot
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Coalition troops and Iraqi police arrest-
ed 32 people Tuesday in raids in the Shiite Muslim holy city Kar-
bala, and US. troops fired in the air to disperse a crowd at the Oil
Ministry alter a woman objected to a search by a sniffer dog.In
Fallujah, troops of the 82nd Airborne Division were back on the
sweets Tuesday one day after one paratrooper was killed and six
wounded in an ambush. Two civilians. including a Syrian truck
driver. were also killed. A full 24 hours after the deaths in Fallu-
jah. the US. command in Baghdad said it still had no comment
on an allegation by the family of one of the dead civilians that
he was killed by American tr00ps after they detained him. Pol-
ish military spokesman Capt. Andrzej Wiatrowski said the raid
in Karbala. 50 miles south of Baghdad, took place before dawn
against a group which seized an Iraqi official last week in a dis-
pute over a bus, triggering armed clashes between rival Shiite
factions.

to address box-cutter incident on

WASHINGTON — Congress wants to know ow a ZOyear-
old college student apparently spirited box cutters onto two air-
planes. where they lay undetected for weeks after he allegedly
told the Transportation Security Administration about them. He
even emailed ofiicials his name and telephone number. the FBI
said. Rep. Tom Davis. R-Va., chairman of the House Government
Reform Committee. said Monday he told TSA Chief James boy
that the panel would review the agency‘s operations. including
airline passenger screening. “Despite significant seizures of pro
hibited items from passengers going through TSA security
checkpoints. this week‘s events highlight possible weaknesses in
the system which need to be addressed." Davis said in a letter to
Loy. Nathaniel Heatwole. 20. of Damascus. Md. was charged
Monday in federal court in Baltimore with taking a dangerous
weapon aboard an aircraft. The case followed discovery of bags
containing box cutters. bleach and other prohibited items
aboard two Southwest Airlines planes.

Judge orders trial for Kobe

EAGLE, Colo. — NBA star Kobe Bryant has been ordered to
stand trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a IOyearold Col-
orado resort worker. but the judge said prosecutors had offered
only minimal evidence. Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett
said Monday that although prosecutors presented “a minimal
amount of evidence." what they did show suggested “submis-
sion and force." The evidence included photographs of the
woman‘s injuries. as well as blood on her underwear and on
Bryant's T-shirt. The Los Angeles Lakers guard could face life in
prison if convicted. His next appearance was set for Nov. 10.
Bryant. 25. has said the sex was consensual. His attorneys sug-
gested the woman‘s injuries came during sex with other men in
the days before her June 30 encounter with Bryant at a posh re
sort in nearby Edwards.

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KENTUCKY

SelectedreportsmadetoUKPolicefrom
Oct.7. ZOO3toOcL12. 2003.

Oct. 7: Fourth-degree assault reported at 454 Complex Drive at
7:50 pm. A 21-year-old man who was visiting UK said a known sub-
ject assaulted him.

Oct. 8: Criminal mischief reported at 1095 Veterans Drive at 9:40
am

Oct. 8: Medical assistance given to 18-year-old female who passed
out in room 114 of 140 Patterson Drive.

Oct. 8: TV stolen from front lobby at 343 Martin Luther King
Boulevard at 2:30 pm.

Oct. 8: Fight in progress at 800 Rose Street at 9:04 pm.

Oct. 9: Criminal mischief reported at 318 Hilltop Avenue at 2:02 am.
Oct. 9: Harassment by letters. phone calls to 620 South Limestone
Street at 9:22 am.

Oct. 9: Three small children left alone in a car for over an hour out-
side of Agricultural Science Center North at 10:20 am.

Oct. 9: Disorder in progress. arrest made at University and Hilltop
Avenues at 9:48 pm

Oct. 10: Criminal mischief investigated at 368 Rose Street at 3:25
am.

Oct. 10: Item stolen from vehicle at 330 Hilltop Avenue at 4:53 pm.
Oct. 11: Suspicious person arrested at Kitty O'Shea's at 4:58 am.
Oct. 11: Disorder in progress, arrest made at 343 Aylesford Place at
2:24 am.

Oct. 11: First-degree burglary and second-degree assault reported at
545 South Limestone Street at 7:42 pm. A man kicked in the door
of his girlfriend's apartment, where he threw a porcelain mug at her
head and tried to strangle her. She suffered from cuts to her head
and swelling to her throat, but was treated and released from the
hospital.

Oct. 12: Fourth-degree assault reported at 434 Aylesford at 2:10
am. 23-year-old man suspected of hitting people, vehicles with
fence plank.

Oct. 12: Criminal mischief investigated on Woodland Avenue at 1:25
pm. Subjects suspected of pouring paint on vehicle parked on
Woodland Ave.

Source: UK Police Web site at www.uky.edu/Police and police
reports.

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Students take advantage of campus fitness centers;
counselors advise how to stay slim and keep in shape

By: Shanna Sanders
CONIRIBUIING WRIIIR

The two gyms on cam
pus tend to see more stu-
dents during different times
of the year as some students
start new fitness routines.

The Johnson Center is
located on University Drive
on South Campus. and the
Underground Fitness Center
can be found in the basement
of Donovan Hall on Central
Campus.

The Johnson Center is
open to full-time UK and
LCC students, and the Un-
derground Fitness Center is
free for dorm residents.

“The busiest times of
the year are at the beginning
of semesters." said Robert
Hayslett. fitness director at
the Johnson Center. “This is
the time that students are
trying to orient to new class
es. friends, campus. etc. This
is the same time that stu-
dents try to take on a new fit-
ness routine. Some stay the
course and other fall off the
bandwagon.“

Finding an enjoyable ac-
tivity is the key to keeping
up a fitness routine, he said.

“The key to staying ac
tive and maintaining a rec-
ommended weight is to find
an activity that you enjoy."
Hayslett said. “Too often I
see individuals that exercise
because they feel it is some-
thing that they have to do.
and not that they want to do.

These are the same individu~
als that I see at the begin-
ning of each semester for
about a week or two."

Any activity that burns
calories is considered a
workout. including sports,
aerobic classes. weightlifting
and running.

Mary Bolin-Reece. direc-
tor of the Counseling and
Testing Center. said that
most students begin to be-
come upset over weight gain
in the early spring after go-
ing home and having friends
notice their weight gain.

“A lot of student worries
depend on their body image
and weight prior to college,“
Bolin-Reece said. “If they
have already had problems
with the issue. then it can be
distressing. For a lot of stu-
dents. though. it's not the
end of the world.“

Bolin-Reece also said
that one of the best ways to
exercise is walking to class.

“Students should just
walk very briskly around
campus." she said. “I think
there is a myth that you have
to do thirty minutes on' the
treadmill for it to count."

Students can also use re-
sistance training in their
dorm rooms to stay in shape.
she said.

“You can buy small hand
weights." she said. “You can
work most of the major mus-
cle groups without taking up
much room."

Many students begin fit-

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ness routines as they see the
effects of the Freshman 15.
extra weight gained by un-
healthy eating the first se—
mester away from home.

“I know it exists. Skinny
girls come home with a little
extra padding." said Katie
Hansen, a French freshman.

However. some upper-
classmen debate the exis-
tence of the Freshman 15 at

UK.

“I don't think anyone I
know gained any weight,"
said computer science sopho-
more Nick Mattei.

“I actually was worried
(about it) before I came. I got
on the scale before I left and
then I did when I got home
and I had lost ten pounds.“

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Officer let John Muhammed go just after a shooting;
Muhammed faces the jury as his own legal counsel

ASSOCIATED PRESS

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. ——
A policeman spoke to sniper
suspect John Allen Muham-
mad just a half-hour afier the
shooting for which he is on
trial. but let him go as the offi-
cer tried to deal with angry.
panicked drivers trying to
leave the scene, a jury at
Muhammad's murder trial
was told Tuesday

Prince William Officer
Steven Bailey testified that
Muhammad was “very polite
and very courteous" when
they spoke as Muhammad
drove his Chevrolet Caprice
out of a restaurant parking
lot where police believe the
snipers fired the shot that
killed Dean Harold Meyers on
Oct. 9. 2002.

Bailey said Muhammad
told him that police had actu-
ally directed him into the
parking lot as they secured
the crime scene. Only later
that night did Bailey find out
that was untrue.

“I didn‘t catch on. I wish I
had." Bailey told Muhammad
on cross-examination.
Muhammad is serving as his
own lawyer.

Police have said they had
several encounters with the

 

sniper suspects during the
killing spree that terrorized
the Washington area, but the
manhunt focused on a white
van thought to be the sniper
vehicle.

Bailey said he faced a dif-
ficult situation in which he
interviewed every driver in
the lot. preventing people
from leaving who were scared
to be at the scene.

“We were having prob-
lems with people getting irate.
wanting to leave the scene.“
he said.

Muhammad asked Bailey.
“Did you ever see me with a
weapon?" and Bailey respond-
ed “No.” Muhammad has
asked similar questions of
many witnesses in the case.

Bailey also testified that
he found a Baltimore map
book in the restaurant park-
ing lot. which was later deter-
mined to have Muhammad's
fingerprints on it. The map
book is one of the few pieces
of physical evidence linking
Muhammad to the Manassas
crime scene.

Muhammad, 42. and fel-
low suspect Lee Boyd Malvo.
18, are charged with 13 shoot-
ings. including 10 deaths. over
a three-week span last Octo-

sniper suspect go

her in the Washington area.
They are also suspected or
charged in shootings in Al-
abama. Georgia. Louisiana,
Arizona and Washington
state.

Muhammad‘s trial took a
surprising turn Monday
when he was granted the
right to serve as his own
lawyer.

But prosecutors com-
plained Tuesday that Muham-
mad’s court-appointed attor-
neys are playing too large a
role in the case. Muhammad
made his opening statements
and has questioned witnesses,
but his attorneys were al-
lowed to stay at his side to
provide assistance.

"It's apparent the defen-
dant cannot act as his own
counsel,“ said assistant prose—
cutor Richard Conway. “The
current situation is intolera-
ble."

Circuit Judge LeRoy F
Millette Jr. agreed that
Muhammad was getting too
much help. saying the defense
lawyers should only interact
with Muhammad when he
specifically requests for help.

So far. though. Millette
said Muhammad “appears to
be competently representing
himself. appears to be asking
questions appropriately.
seems to understand his legal
rights."

Court began Tuesday
with Muhammad withdraw~
ing a request that might have
allowed him to introduce
mental health evidence at his
trial.

“I‘ve changed my mind
on that," Muhammad told
Millette at the start of the tri-
al‘s sixth day.

Muhammad has been
barred from presenting any
mental health evidence on his
behalf because he refused to
meet with prosecutors” men-
tal health expert. On Monday.
he had asked Millette to re-
consider that ruling in hopes
of using it as mitigating evi-
dence at sentencing if he is
convicted.

A witness to the shooting
of Meyers testified that he
heard the shot and saw Mey-
ers as he lay in a pool of blood
beside a gas pump.

He immediately assumed
it was a sniper shooting and
told prosecutor Paul Ebert
that he “went inside the store.
dug down. We felt unsafe.
scared." The testimony could
bolster the prosecution‘s theo-
ry that the sniper shootings
amounted to acts of terror-
ism.

On cross—examination.
Muhammad asked the wit-
ness. Jason Salazar. "C an you
recall seeing me at the area?”
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care." Butler said.

Butler said that the two
sides had been discussing the
contract for months.

“We had been attempting
to negotiate for the last six
months." Butler said. “I‘m

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ty to voice their side," said
Vanessa Hahn, Panhellenic
Council president. “We usu-
ally can work out a solution
together.“

Officers also said they
feel the executive branch is
responsible for enforcing
rules.

"It‘s important for every-
body to pull their weight."
Bacon said about executive

  

disappointed that we couldn't
come to some agreement."

People with United
Healthcare who use UK physi-
cians for primary health care
will have to find another doc-
tor. Butler said.

In the event of an emer-
gency. Butler said that the
medical center would accept
United Healthcare patients.

“In that situation. the pa-
tient will have to work with
us in getting appropriate pay—
ment from United Health-

 

members. “If anyone slacks.
then that area of the overall
experience is not as good as
it could be.“

Each council has an ad-
viser that assists each coun-
cil with parliamentary proce-
dures and understand the by-
laws set by previous groups
and assist in bringing
monies for programming.

“I encourage them to do
programs among themselves
and with other groups on
campus.“ said Dawn Offut.
adviser to the Pan-Hellenic
Council.

Advisers said they enjoy
the working with students.

care." Butler said.

In general. Butler felt that
many Central Kentuckians
would not be affected by this
break of partnership.

“We still accept almost all
other insurance companies.
so I think there won't be a ma-
jor effect on the general popu-
lation.“ Butler said.

Mary Margaret Colliver.
public relations official for
the Medical Center. said out-
side groups will be affected by
this decision. but not any UK

“I like seeing the stu-
dents grow and develop
skills.“ said Susan West. di-
rector of Greek Affairs and
Panhellenic Council adviser.

Another organization
that helps all three councils
coordinate events is the Inter
Greek Programming Associ-
ation.

Any event with four or
more fraternities and sorori-

ties requires approval of the
programming
which allows five votes from
every council when making
decisions.

association.

“It‘s important to negu-

late activities because not

 

employees.

Some UK students may
be affected. depending on
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States report wide range
of teacher qualifications

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON —- Chal-
lenged to get top teachers in
all core classes. states are re-
porting widely varying start-
ing points. from a low in
Alaska to near perfection in
Wisconsin.

The states. under new
federal law. must make public
the percentage of classes
taught by "highly qualified
teachers“ —-- that is. teachers
who have a bachelor‘s degree.
state certification and demon-
strated mastery of every sub
ject they teach.

All states must use that
framework. which means the
figures _. released in re-
sponse to a Freedom of Infor-
mation request from The As-
sociated Press — present the
first benchmark of the coun.
try's teaching corps under
the 2002 law. Still. national
comparisons are imperfect
because states set their own
standards for licensing and
subject mastery by veteran
teachers.

On the low end in the
new figures: Alaska. which
reported that just 16 percent
of its public school classes
were taught by highly quali-
fied teachers. Two other
states reported that less than
half of their classes made the
mark: Alabama. at 35 percent.
and California. at 48 percent.

Wisconsin reported that
almost 99 percent of classes
had top teachers. and Idaho.
Arkansas. Connecticut. Min-
nesota. Indiana. Massachu-
setts. Utah. Michigan. Penn-
sylvania and Wyoming re-
ported totals of at least 95
percent.

By the end of the 2005-06
school year. all teachers of
subjects from English to arts
must be highly qualified. a
mission aimed in particular
at helping poor and minority
students.

Overall. 39 states and the
District of Columbia report-
ed data. and most said that at
least eight in 10 teachers

were already highly quali-
fled. The 11 states that did not
report information were re-
quired to do so as a condition
of receiving federal money
this month.

The reporting will put a
spotlight on the states and
the areas within states that
need the most improvement.
said Celia Sims, who coordi-
nates the federal applications
for the Education Depart-
ment.

The department will pro-
vide help. Sims said. and the
public will get more involved.

“In the past. parents have
never had this type of infor-
mation." Sims said. “It‘s kind
of been that dirty little secret
over the years. and what
we‘re beginning to do is un-
cover that."

Several states indicated
problems in coming up with
the figures in the way the de-
partment wanted: percentage
of classes taught by highly
qualified teachers. not the
percentage of top teachers
themselves.

The distinction is meant
to expose situations in which
teachers qualified in one sub-
ject are assigned to teach
classes outside the field they
know. Beyond gathering data.
just meeting requirements of
the law is a huge challenge
for some states.

In Alaska. for example.
many rural schools have
teachers who handle many
subjects. In many cases. those
teachers would have to get
college degrees in each sub-
ject within the next three
years. or pass rigorous tests
in those subjects. to remain
in the classroom.

“How is that person go-
ing to get highly qualified in
that time period?" asked Cyn-
thia Curran. who adminis-
ters teacher education and
certification for Alaska. "It is
a concern. and we're doing
everything we can to try to
help