Legislature(1995 - 1996)
1995-05-02 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1753 HB 217 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 217 "An Act relating to employment of teachers." with the: Journal Page HES RPT CS(HES) NT 2DP 1NR 1AM 1344 FISCAL NOTE (DOE) 1345 L&C REFERRAL ADDED 1408 JUD RPT CS(JUD) NT 5DP 1DNP 1446 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DOE) 1446 L&C RPT CS(L&C) NT 2DP 3NR 1693 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DOE) 4/22/95 1694 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 217(L&C) "An Act relating to teacher tenure, teacher layoff and rehire rights, and to the right of tenured teachers to judicial review of decisions of nonretention or dismissal; and relating to retirement for certain employees of school districts and regional educational attendance areas." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Porter and Ivan: Page 1, line 1, after "rights," (title amendment): Insert "public access to information on public school collective bargaining," 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1754 HB 217 Page 4, after line 18: Insert a new bill section to read: "*Sec. 8. AS 23.40 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 23.40.185. INITIAL PROPOSALS AND FINAL AGREEMENTS OF SCHOOL NEGOTIATIONS ARE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. The initial proposals exchanged by the parties to negotiations between a school district or a regional educational attendance area and a bargaining organization representing its employees and the final agreements reached by the parties are public documents." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Brown objected. Representative Brown placed a call of the House. **Representative MacLean was excused due to illness. Amendment to Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Brown: Under section 8, last line: Delete "documents" Insert "records" The call was satisfied. Representative Brown moved and asked unanimous consent that the amendment to Amendment No. 1 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1755 HB 217 CSHB 217(L&C) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 as amended YEAS: 30 NAYS: 9 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brown, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey Nays: Brice, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Robinson, Williams, Willis Excused: MacLean And so, Amendment No. 1 as amended was adopted, and the new title appears below: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 217(L&C) am "An Act relating to teacher tenure, teacher layoff and rehire rights, public access to information on public school collective bargaining, and to the right of tenured teachers to judicial review of decisions of nonretention or dismissal; and relating to retirement for certain employees of school districts and regional educational attendance areas." Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives Bunde and Ivan: Page 2, after line 12: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 3. AS 14.20.150 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (c) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall annually evaluate the performance of each teacher in the district who has not earned tenure. In addition, for three of the four years before a tenure decision is made, each nontenured teacher shall be evaluated by at least one mentoring teacher appointed by the 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1756 HB 217 superintendent. The mentoring teacher or teachers shall submit a report in writing to the superintendent and the nontenured teacher. This report is advisory only. The superintendent shall recommend whether a nontenured teacher should be granted tenure." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 4, line 19: Delete "1 and 2" Insert "1 - 3" Representative Bunde moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Brice objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Brice: Under section 3, after "nontenured teacher shall be": Delete "evaluated" Insert "mentored" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that the amendment to Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Bunde objected. The question being: "Shall the amendment to Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment to Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, Navarre, Nicholia, Robinson, Toohey, Willis 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1757 HB 217 Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: MacLean And so, the amendment to Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. **The presence of Representative MacLean, who had been previously excused from a call of the House, was noted. Representative Kott placed a call of the House and lifted the call. Representative Navarre placed a call of the House and lifted the call. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bunde, G.Davis, Hanley, Ivan, Kohring, Kott, MacLean, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, James, Kelly, Kubina, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Navarre, Nicholia, Parnell, Robinson, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Willis And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1758 HB 217 Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Mackie and Ivan: Page 1, line 3, after "districts" (title amendment): Insert ", regional resource centers, the state boarding school," Page 1, line 4, after "areas" (title amendment): Insert "; and providing for an effective date" Page 4, after line 18: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 8. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE ASTO SECTIONS 9 - 16. Many school districts are facing the need to restructure their operations and their work forces in order to reduce expenditures and balance budgets. Retirement incentives are management tools that have been used extensively by the private sector, the federal government, and other state and local governments across the country. The purpose of secs.9 - 16 of this Act is to make this management tool temporarily available to the public schools and regional resource centers of the state. Sections 9 - 16 of this Act will enable these entities to be more efficient and cost-effective by eliminating certain nonessential positions, and producing a net reduction in personnel costs. * Sec. 9. RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (a) A school district, regional educational attendance area, regional resource center, or the state boarding school may adopt a retirement incentive plan under sec.10 of this Act and designate categories of employees eligible to participate in that plan. An employer need not extend the incentive plan to all employees who would otherwise be eligible, but may choose to extend the plan only to employees (1) in specific budget or administrative components of the employer; (2) in specific job classifications; (3) in specific geographic locations; or (4) on the basis of any combination of factors under (1) - (3) of this subsection. (b) An employee is eligible to participate in a retirement incentive plan under secs.8 - 16 of this Act only if the 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1759 HB 217 (1) employee is a vested member of the public employees' retirement system or the teachers' retirement system; (2) employee will be qualified to retire under AS14.25.110 or AS39.35.370 after receipt of the credit described in (f) of this section; (3) savings to the employer in personal services costs for the employee's position will exceed the costs to the employer for that position within three years after the employee is appointed to retirement. (c) An employer shall file its proposed retirement incentive plan with the commissioner of administration. The commissioner shall approve the plan if the plan meets the requirements of secs.8 - 16 of this Act. A proposed plan filed under this section must (1) identify job classifications of employees, and specific budget or administrative components, eligible to participate in the plan; (2) include a reimbursement agreement that (A) requires the employer, for each employee who retires under the plan, to reimburse the appropriate retirement system, within three years after the end of the fiscal year in which the employee is appointed to retirement, in an amount equal to (i) the actuarial equivalent of the difference between the benefits the participant receives after the addition of the credit under (f) of this section and the amount the participant would have received without the credit, less the amount the participant has paid on the indebtedness determined under (d) or (e) of this section; and (ii) an appropriate share of the administrative costs of the program; and (B) provides that contributions from the employer under this section take priority over other obligations of the employer to the maximum extent permitted by law. (d) A member of the teachers' retirement system who participates in an approved retirement incentive plan under secs.8 - 16 of this Act is indebted to that system for an amount calculated under this subsection. The indebtedness is 25.95 percent of the member's actual compensation for the school year in which the member terminates employment, or the calculated school year compensation for a member who works less than the entire school year. An outstanding 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1760 HB 217 indebtedness at the time a member is appointed to retirement under an approved retirement incentive plan requires an actuarial adjustment to the benefits payable to that member. (e) A member of the public employees' retirement system who participates in an approved retirement incentive plan under secs.8 - 16 of this Act is indebted to that system for an amount calculated under this subsection. The indebtedness is 20-1/4 percent of the member's actual annual compensation for the year in which the member terminates employment, or the calculated annual compensation for a member who works fewer than 12 months. An outstanding indebtedness at the time a member is appointed to retirement under an approved retirement incentive plan requires an actuarial adjustment to the benefits payable to that member. (f) An employee who participates in an approved retirement incentive plan under secs.8 - 16 of this Act receives a credit of three years. The three years must be applied in the following order until exhausted: (1) to meet the age or service required for eligibility for normal retirement under AS14.25.110 or AS39.35.370, as appropriate; (2) to meet the age required for early retirement under AS14.25.110 or AS39.35.370, as appropriate; (3) to reduce the actuarial adjustment required for early re- tirement under AS14.25.110 or AS39.35.370, as appropriate; (4) as years of credited service for calculating retirement benefits. * Sec. 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR RETIREMENT INCENTIVE. (a) An employer may adopt, and file with the commissioner of administration for approval, a proposed retirement incentive plan for its employees. A plan adopted under this section must provide that the application period for participation in the retirement incentive plan is June30, 1995, through December31, 1995. (b) The commissioner of administration may not accept the application of an employee to participate in an approved retirement incentive plan adopted under this section unless the employee will be appointed to retirement on or before August1, 1996. The employer, in a plan adopted under this section, may set an earlier date by which an employee must be appointed to retirement in order to participate in the plan. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1761 HB 217 * Sec. 11. RECOVERY OF EMPLOYER DELINQUENCIES. To recover a delinquency owed by an employer other than the state under an agreement entered into under sec.9(c)(2) of this Act, the Department of Administration may (1) direct that the amount of the delinquency or a lesser amount be withheld from any money payable to the employer by a state department or agency and that the amount withheld be credited to the delinquency; and (2) bring an action against the employer. * Sec. 12. REEMPLOYMENT INDEBTEDNESS; PROHIBITION ON REEMPLOYMENT. (a) If an individual is reemployed as a member of the public employees' retirement system under AS39.35, the teachers' retirement system under AS14.25, the judicial retirement system under AS22.25, or the optional university retirement program under AS14.40.661- 14.40.799 after appointment to retirement under secs.8 - 16 of this Act, that individual forfeits the incentive credit received under sec.9(f) of this Act and is indebted to the system under which the individual took retirement. The indebtedness is 110 percent of the amount the individual received as a result of participation in a retirement incentive plan under secs.8 - 16 of this Act and to which the individual would not otherwise have been entitled, including the cost of health insurance. The amount that the individual has paid under sec. 9(d) or (e) of this Act will be applied as a credit toward the reemployment indebtedness. Interest on the reemployment indebtedness accrues from the date of reemployment until the date that the individual either is appointed to retirement and accepts an actuarial adjustment to the individual's future benefits or repays the indebtedness in full. The rate of interest is that established by regulation for the public employees' retirement system by the public employees' retirement board and for the teachers' retirement system by the teachers' retirement board. (b) An individual who was appointed to retirement under secs.8 - 16 of this Act may not be employed by, or enter into a contract for personal services with, a state agency or the University of Alaska within the three years after the date of appointment to retirement, except that (1) the University of Alaska may enter into a personal services contract with the individual for teaching or research; and 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1762 HB 217 (2) the individual may accept employment with the legislature during a legislative session if the employment is on an hourly basis and does not entitle the individual to receive retirement, health, or leave benefits. (c) Notwithstanding the prohibition in (b) of this section, a state agency or the University of Alaska may enter into a personal services contract with an individual who was appointed to retirement under secs.8 - 16 of this Act if the Board of Regents, for the University of Alaska, or the commissioner of administration, for a state agency, determines that there is a compelling reason to do so because of the individual's specialized or extensive experience that relates to a particular program or project of the state agency or university. * Sec. 13. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. (a) The office of management and budget shall submit a report to the legislature on the retirement incentive program under secs.8 - 16 of this Act on January15, 1997. The report must provide the information necessary for the legislature to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs in achieving their objectives. * Sec. 14. PROGRAM CHANGES. (a) An individual employee does not have a vested or contractual right to a benefit under secs.8 - 16 of this Act until an agreement is executed with the administrator that specifically authorizes that employee to participate in the retirement incentive program under secs.8 - 16 of this Act. The legislature reserves the right to change any aspect of the retirement incentive program as it relates to employees for whom participation agreements have not yet been executed with the administrator or with the commissioner of administration. (b) In this section, "administrator" means the administrator of the public employees' retirement system for employees who are members of that system, and the administrator of the teachers' retirement system for employees who are members of that system. *Sec. 15. REGULATIONS. The commissioner of the Department of Administration may adopt regulations under AS44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement and interpret secs.8 - 16 of this Act. * Sec. 16. DEFINITIONS. (a) Unless provided otherwise in secs.8 - 16 of this Act, the definitions set out in AS14.25.220 apply to provisions in secs.9 - 12 of this Act that relate to the teachers' retirement system and members of the teachers' retirement system. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1763 HB 217 (b) Unless provided otherwise in secs.8 - 16 of this Act, the definitions set out in AS39.35.680 apply to provisions in secs.9 - 12 of this Act that relate to the public employees' retirement system and members of the public employees' retirement system. (c) In secs.8 - 16 of this Act, (1) "employer" means a school district, regional educational attendance area, regional resource center, or the state boarding school; (2) "office of management and budget" means the office of management and budget in the Office of the Governor; (3) "public employees' retirement system" means the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska (AS39.35); (4) "teachers' retirement system" means the Teachers' Retirement System of Alaska (AS14.25)." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Page 12, after line 20: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 18. Sections 9 and 10 of this Act are repealed July1, 1997. * Sec. 19. Sections 8- 16 of this Act take effect immediately under AS01.10.070(c)." Representative Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Barnes objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Parnell: Under Section 13: Delete "January 15, 1997" Insert "April 15, 1997" 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1764 HB 217 Representative Parnell moved and asked unanimous consent that the amendment to Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Mackie objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, it was so ordered. Representative Toohey placed a call of the House. The Speaker invoked Section 102 of Mason's Manual. The following members moved and asked unanimous consent that they be allowed to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest. Objection was heard and the members were required to vote. Representative Bunde Representative Davies The call was satisfied. Representative Barnes rose to a point of order, citing Rule 24(d) of the Uniform Rules. The Speaker ruled that the point was not well taken. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 as amended YEAS: 26 NAYS: 14 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1765 HB 217 Yeas: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Nays: Barnes, Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Foster, Kubina, MacLean, Martin, Masek, Sanders, Willis And so, Amendment No. 3 as amended was adopted, and the new title appears below: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 217(L&C) am "An Act relating to teacher tenure, teacher layoff and rehire rights, public access to information on public school collective bargaining, and to the right of tenured teachers to judicial review of decisions of nonretention or dismissal; and relating to retirement for certain employees of school districts, regional resource centers, the state boarding school, and regional educational attendance areas; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative MacLean: Page 1, line 14: Delete "four" Insert "five" Page 2, lines 8, 9 and 12: Delete "four" Insert "five" Representative MacLean moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1766 HB 217 CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 34 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Foster, Kelly, MacLean, Martin, Moses Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Brown, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, Masek, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Absent: Sanders Nicholia changed from "Yea" to "Nay". And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative MacLean: Page 1, line 1, after "teacher tenure" through line 4 (title amendment): Delete all material. Insert "." Representative MacLean moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 33 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1767 HB 217 Yeas: Foster, Kubina, MacLean, Martin, Masek Nays: Austerman, Brice, Brown, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Absent: Barnes, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative B. Davis: Page 1, line 6, through page 2, line 12: Delete all material. Page 4, lines 19-20: Delete all material. Renumber bill sections accordingly. Representative B. Davis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative MacLean objected. Representative Vezey placed a call of the House on the bill. The call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1768 HB 217 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Martin, Mulder, Navarre, Robinson, Williams, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, MacLean, Masek, Moses, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Willis: Page 1, line 14: Delete "four" Insert "three" Page 2, line 8: Delete "four" Insert "three" Page 2, line 9: Delete "four" Insert "three" Page 2, line 12: Delete "four" Insert "three" Representative Willis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1769 HB 217 CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Barnes, Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Hanley, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Navarre, Parnell, Robinson, Sanders, Williams, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, MacLean, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey Kott changed from "Nay" to "Yea". Barnes changed from "Nay" to "Yea". Bunde changed from "Yea" to "Nay". Sanders changed from "Nay" to "Yea". Mulder changed from "Yea" to "Nay". And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Elton: Page 1, line 6, through page 2, line 2: Delete all material. Page 2, line 3: Delete "Sec. 2. AS14.20.150 is amended to read:" Insert "Section 1. AS14.20.150(a) is amended to read:" Page 2, line 4: Delete "Sec. 14.20.150. ACQUISITION OF TENURE RIGHTS. (a) A" Insert "(a) Unless the school board votes to extend the period of nontenure as provided in (c) - (h) of this section, a" 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1770 HB 217 Page 2, line 8: Delete "four [TWO]" Insert "two" Page 2, line 9: Delete "four [TWO]" Insert "two" Page 2, lines 10 - 12: Delete all material. Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. AS14.20.150 is amended by adding new subsections to read: (c) A school district that has a nontenured teacher evaluation program that satisfies the requirements of this section may extend the probationary period of a nontenured teacher by one year if the district finds, after observation, that the teacher is not performing at a level that warrants granting tenure but the district evaluator believes that the teacher's performance may improve sufficiently after an additional year of nontenured status to warrant granting the teacher tenure at that time. (d) A school district shall establish procedures for evaluating the performance of nontenured teachers. The procedures must provide the teacher with at least two evaluations each year. An evaluation under this subsection consists of a preobservation conference, a formal observation at the teacher's instruction site to observe the teacher while the teacher is teaching, and a post- observation conference to discuss the teacher's instructional delivery, planning, interpersonal skills, knowledge of the subject matter, and other professional qualities and abilities. The evaluation shall be conducted by an evaluator who meets the requirements of (g) of this section. (e) The provisions of (a) and (b) of this section apply to nontenured teachers whose nontenured status has been extended under (c) of this section, except that the teacher does not acquire tenure rights unless the teacher is reemployed for the school year immediately following the three full continuous school years of employment. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1771 HB 217 (f) If an evaluator determines that a nontenured teacher is not performing successfully, the evaluator shall identify specific measurable and relevant objectives that the nontenured teacher must achieve before being granted tenure. (g) To qualify as an evaluator under this section, the person shall demonstrate that the person received in-service training on the evaluation policy and procedure of the school district. (h) A school district shall invite, obtain, and consider community comments and suggestions, including the comments and suggestions of students, parents, teachers, and administrators, in the design of the procedures for and the content of teacher evaluations." Representative Elton moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" the roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Navarre, Robinson, Williams, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1772 HB 217 Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative B. Davis: Page 2, following line 12, insert a new subsection to read: "(c) Notwithstanding AS 14.20.150 a school district may withhold full tenure for up to two years, for a teacher whose performance has been formally observed and evaluated as needing improvement. Nothing in this section prohibits a school board from granting tenure to a teacher after two years of satisfactory service. If in the third year, the teacher's evaluation indicates satisfactory performance, tenure will be offered. If the teacher is retained for a fourth year, but the teacher is not fully tenured, tenure rights become effective as prescribed in AS 14.20.150(b). Non-retention during this second two year period may only be for just cause." Representative B. Davis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Mackie, Navarre, Robinson, Williams, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, MacLean, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1773 HB 217 Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Elton: Page 3, line 14, after "section": Insert "unless the teacher declines the offer because the teacher is contractually obligated to provide professional services to another private or public educational program in Alaska" Representative Elton moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Brown, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Williams, Willis Nays: MacLean, Moses, Vezey And so, Amendment No. 10 was adopted. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 3, lines 25 - 26: Delete "A teacher on layoff status is not entitled to be reemployed under AS14.20.145 and does not accrue leave. However, layoff" Insert "Layoff" 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1774 HB 217 Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 11 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Masek, Robinson, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams And so, Amendment No. 11 was not adopted. Amendment No. 12 was not offered. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Elton: Page 1, line 3, after "dismissal" (title amendment): Insert "relating to terms of employment for administrators;" Page 1, line 6, insert a new section to read: "Section 1. AS 14.20.130 is amended to read: Sec. 14.20.130. EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. An employer may, after January 1, issue contracts for the following school year to employees regularly qualified in accordance with the regulations of the department. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1775 HB 217 The contract for a superintendent may not be for more than one school year but may contain two one-year extensions [NOT EXCEED THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS]." Renumber the following sections accordingly. Representative Elton moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Kubina, Masek, Robinson, Therriault, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Williams changed from "Yea" to "Nay". Mackie changed from "Yea" to "Nay". Grussendorf changed from "Yea" to "Nay". And so, Amendment No. 13 was not adopted. Amendment No. 14 was offered by Representative B. Davis: Page 1, line 1, after "relating to" (title amendment): Insert "employment rights of teachers," 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1776 HB 217 Page 1, line 2 (title amendment): Delete "judicial" Page 2, line 18: Delete "AS 14.20.175(b) is amended to read:" Insert "AS 14.20.175 is amended to read: Sec. 14.20.175. NONRETENTION. (a) A teacher who has not acquired tenure rights is subject to nonretention for the school year following the expiration of the teacher's contract for just [ANY] cause and [THAT THE EMPLOYER DETERMINES TO BE ADEQUATE. HOWEVER, AT THE TEACHER'S REQUEST, THE TEACHER] is entitled to a written statement of the cause for nonretention. [THE BOARDS OF CITY AND BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE AREAS SHALL PROVIDE BY REGULATION OR BYLAW A PROCEDURE UNDER WHICH A NONRETAINED TEACHER MAY REQUEST AND RECEIVE AN INFORMAL HEARING BY THE BOARD.]" Page 4, line 2: Delete "AS 14.20.180(b) is amended to read:" Insert "AS 14.20.180 is amended to read: Sec. 14.20.180. PROCEDURE AND HEARING UPON NOTICE OF DISMISSAL OR NONRETENTION. (a) An employer shall include in a notification of [DISMISSAL OF A TEACHER WHO HAS NOT ACQUIRED TENURE RIGHTS, OR OF] nonretention or dismissal of a tenured or nontenured teacher, a statement of cause and a complete bill of particulars." Page 4, line 6: Delete "If the tenured" Insert "The nontenured teacher may, within 15 days immediately following receipt of the notification, notify the employer in writing that a hearing before the school board is requested. If the" Page 4, line 10: Delete "tenured" Insert "[TENURED]" 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1777 HB 217 Page 4, after line 12: Insert "(c) Upon receipt of the notification requesting a hearing, the employer shall immediately arrange for a hearing, and shall notify the [TENURED] teacher or administrator in writing of the date, time, and place of the hearing. A written transcript, tape, or similar recording of the proceedings shall be kept. Transcribed copies shall be furnished to the [TENURED] teacher for cost upon request of the [TENURED] teacher. A final decision of the school board requires a majority vote of the membership. The vote shall be by roll call. The final decision shall be written and contain specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. A written notification of the decision shall be furnished to the [TENURED] teacher within 10 days of the date of the decision." Page 4, line 14, after "Sec. 14.20.205.": Insert "ARBITRATION AND" Page 4, line 15: Delete "after a hearing under AS14.20.180" After "entitled to": Insert "mandatory, advisory arbitration conducted by a neutral third party. If the decision of the school board remains unfavorable to a tenured teacher after the advisory arbitration, the tenured teacher is entitled to" Representative B. Davis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 14 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 14 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 14 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1778 HB 217 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Mackie, Masek, Navarre, Robinson, Williams, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey And so, Amendment No. 14 was not adopted. Amendment No. 15 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 3, line 26: Delete "However, layoff" Insert "A teacher on layoff status is entitled to have the teacher's health benefits continued during the period of layoff at the expense of the school district. Layoff" Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 15 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 15 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 15 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kott, Kubina, Masek, Robinson, Willis 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1779 HB 217 Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams And so, Amendment No. 15 was not adopted. Amendment No. 16 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 3, line 25, after "(e)": Insert "A teacher on layoff status accrues credited service under the teachers' retirement system (AS 14.25) during the period of layoff." Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 16 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 16 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 16 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Masek, Robinson, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams And so, Amendment No. 16 was not adopted. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1780 HB 217 Amendment No. 17 was offered by Representative Finkelstein: Page 4, following line 1: Insert "(g) In making layoff decisions, a school district may not allow an increase of over ten percent in the pupil-teacher ratio of the district or regional educational attendance area." Representative Finkelstein moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 17 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 17 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 17 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Kubina, Masek, Navarre, Robinson, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams And so, Amendment No. 17 was not adopted. Representative Vezey lifted the call. Amendment No. 18 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, after line 1: Insert a new subsection to read: "(g) A teacher on layoff status may propose additional training that the teacher would like to receive in the state for 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1781 HB 217 recertification. The district shall pay for the additional training unless the district demonstrates that the proposal is unreasonable." Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 18 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 18 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 18 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Grussendorf, Robinson, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Barnes, Finkelstein, Kubina, MacLean And so, Amendment No. 18 was not adopted. Amendment No. 19 was offered by Representative Willis: Page 1, line 4, after "areas" (title amendment): Insert "; and relating to employment rights of noncertificated employees of public schools" Page 1, after line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Section 1. AS14.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.20.135. EMPLOYMENT OF NONCERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (a) A noncertificated 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1782 HB 217 employee of a public school who has successfully completed a probationary period may only be terminated for just cause. A probationary period may not last longer than six months from the date of appointment to the position. (b) A public school that terminates the services of a nonprobationary noncertificated employee shall notify the employee of the reasons for the termination of services and shall, if requested by the employee, afford the employee a hearing. (c) The department shall implement this section by regulation." Page 1, line 6: Delete "* Section 1" Insert "* Sec. 2" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 4, line 19: Delete "secs. 1 and 2" Insert "secs. 2 and 3" Representative Willis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 19 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 19 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 19 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Masek, Navarre, Nicholia, Robinson, Willis 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1783 HB 217 Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Barnes, Finkelstein, Kubina, MacLean And so, Amendment No. 19 was not adopted. Amendment No. 20 was offered by Representative Finkelstein: Page 2, following line 12, insert a new subsection to read: "(c) by the end of the second year of employment, the district will provide a non-tenured teacher a written evaluation and, if necessary, will develop a plan for improvement in cooperation with the teacher, established mentors and appropriate administrators." Representative Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 20 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 20 was adopted. Amendment No. 21 was offered by Representative Willis: Page 3, line 1, after "(a)": Delete "A" Insert "Except as provided in (g) of this section, a" Page 4, after line 1: Insert a new subsection to read: "(g) A school district may only lay off a tenured teacher if the district also reduces the number of its administrators in proportion to the reduction in teaching staff. In complying with this subsection, a district is not required to reduce an administrative position until the amount of the reduction is equal to at least 20 percent of the administrative position's time." 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1784 HB 217 Representative Willis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 21 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 21 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 21 YEAS: 3 NAYS: 33 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Brice, Finkelstein, Willis Nays: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Barnes, Kubina, MacLean, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 21 was not adopted. Amendment No. 22 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 1, line 4, after "areas" (title amendment): Insert "; and relating to computation of years of credited service for noncertificated employees of public schools" Page 4, after line 18: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 8. AS39.35 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 39.35.677. COMPUTING YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE FOR EMPLOYMENT ASA NONCERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL. (a) When computing the 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1785 HB 217 credited service to which a member is entitled for employment as a noncertificated employee of a public school in the state, the administrator shall apply the definition of "years of service" found in AS14.25.220 to the period of employment as a noncertificated employee of a public school in the state. (b) In this section, "public school" has the meaning given in AS14.60.010." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 22 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 22 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 22 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 5 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Williams, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Moses, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey Absent: Barnes, Grussendorf, Kubina, MacLean, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 22 was not adopted. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1786 HB 217 Amendment No. 23 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 1, line 3, after ";" (title amendment): Insert "requiring school districts and regional educational attendance areas to pay for the cost of certain immunizations for certain employees;" Page 1, after line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Section 1. AS14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.03.160. PAYMENT FOR IMMUNIZATIONS. A school district or regional educational attendance area shall pay for the cost of immunizations against blood borne pathogens for an employee who requests that the school district or regional educational attendance area do so." Page 1, line 6: Delete "* Section 1" Insert "* Sec. 2" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 4, line 19: Delete "secs. 1 and 2" Insert "secs. 2 and 3" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 23 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 23 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 23 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 5 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1787 HB 217 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Nicholia, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Barnes, Kubina, MacLean, Masek, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 23 was not adopted. Amendment No. 24 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 1, line 3, after ";" (title amendment): Insert "relating to unemployment compensation for certain employees of educational institutions;" Page 4, after line 18: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 8. AS23.20.354(b) is amended to read: (b) An individual who has otherwise satisfied the requirements of this chapter for the receipt of regular benefits is eligible for state interim benefits if [(1) THE INDIVIDUAL'S WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER THIS CHAPTER IS REDUCED OR DENIED UNDER AS23.20.381(h); OR (2)] the individual is a noncertificated individual who provides compensated service to a school district for teaching indigenous languages and the individual's weekly benefit amount payable under this chapter is reduced or denied under AS23.20.381(e). * Sec. 9. AS23.20.354(c) is amended to read: (c) The amount of state interim benefits payable to an individual for a week is equal to the difference between the individual's weekly benefit amount, including the dependents allowance, established under AS23.20.350 and the individual's weekly benefit amount, including the dependents allowance, 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1788 HB 217 payable for that week under AS23.20.381(e) [OR 23.20.381(h)]. The total amount of state interim benefits paid may not exceed the total amount of regular benefits denied solely under AS23.20.381(e) [OR 23.20.381(h)]. * Sec. 10. AS23.20.381(i) is amended to read: (i) Benefits based on services described in (e) [AND (h)] of this section may not be paid to an individual for a week that begins during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if the individual performs those services in the period immediately before the vacation period recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform those services in the period immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess. * Sec. 11. AS23.20.381(j) is amended to read: (j) Benefits based on services described in (e) [AND (h)] of this section shall be denied under (e) [, (h),] and (i) of this section to an individual who performed those services in an educational institution while in the employ of an educational service agency. In this subsection, "educational service agency" means a governmental agency or governmental entity that is established and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing services to one or more educational institution. * Sec. 12. AS23.20.381(h) is repealed." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 24 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 24 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 217(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 24 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 5 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1789 HB 217 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Martin, Navarre, Nicholia, Robinson, Therriault, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Mackie, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Barnes, Kubina, MacLean, Masek, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 24 was not adopted. Amendment No. 25 was offered by Representative Finkelstein: Page 2, line 8: Delete "[TWO] full school" Insert "[TWO FULL SCHOOL]" After "years" Insert "since the day originally hired." Delete "and is reemployed for the school year immediately following the four [TWO] full school years" Insert "[AND IS REEMPLOYED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE TWO FULL SCHOOL YEARS]" Page 2, line 12, after "the": Insert "original" Delete "full school" Insert "[FULL SCHOOL]" Representative Finkelstein moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 25 be adopted. Representative Ivan objected. Representative Finkelstein moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 25. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 1995-05-02 House Journal Page 1790 HB 217 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB217(L&C)am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Objection was heard. The Speaker stated that CSHB 217(L&C) am will be in third reading on the May 3, 1995, calendar.