House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Adds the requirement that the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee (Committee) study strategies for providing the state with great leaders for great schools and requires the Committee to study and make recommendations on the implementation of five specified initiatives. Specifies ten issues that the Committee must consider. Requires a report to the 2014 Regular Session of the 2013 General Assembly when it reconvenes in 2014.

Also requires the Committee to study the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the short and long term educational, economic, and regulatory impact of those changes. Specifies 25 issues that the Committee must consider. Requires a report to the 2015 General Assembly upon its convening.

Requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to study and develop recommendations on whether the use of certain safety measures, including silent panic alarm systems are necessary in each school in the state to increase student safety and to respond to life-threatening and emergency situations. Specifies four issues that DPI must consider. Requires a report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on or before January 1, 2014.