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2001-05-07 House Journal

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SB 174                                                                                            
The following was read the second time:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 174(RLS)                                                                 
    "An Act establishing a base student allocation for purposes of                                  
    determining education funding in the amount of $4,010; providing                                
    that only 50 percent of the annual increase in assessed value may                               
    be included for purposes of calculating the required contribution                               
    to education from a city or borough school district; providing that                             
    a community with at least 101 students but not more than 425                                    
    students in average daily membership is counted as one                                          
    elementary and one secondary school, and that, in a community                                   
    with more than 425 students in average daily membership, each                                   
    facility administered as a separate school, except certain                                      
    alternative schools, is counted as a school; and providing for an                               
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
with the:                                                   Journal Page                            
                                                                                                    
 FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 6DP 1NR 3AM                                        1645                           
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Representative James moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                     
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 174(FIN)                                                    
    (same title)                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Berkowitz:                                            
                                                                                                    
Page 3, line 5:                                                                                     
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   "* Sec. __. AS 14.17.490(d) is amended by adding a new section to                              
read:                                                                                               
     (d) Beginning in fiscal year 2004 [2000], if a district receives                           
    more public school funding under AS 14.17.410 than the district                                 
    received in the preceding fiscal year, any amount received by the                               
    district under this section shall be reduced.  The amount of the                                

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    reduction required under this subsection is equal to the amount of                              
    increase from the preceding fiscal year in public school funding                                
    multiplied by 40 percent.  In this subsection, "public school                                   
    funding" does not include funding under this section.                                           
   * Sec. __. AS 14.17.490(e) is amended to read:                                                 
     (e) Beginning is fiscal year 2004 [2000], in each fiscal year,                             
    the department shall compare each district's ADM with the                                       
    district's ADM in fiscal year 1999.  If the current fiscal year ADM                             
    is less than 95 percent of the district's ADM in fiscal year 1999,                              
    the department shall reduce the district's public school funding                                
    calculated under (a) of this section by a percentage equal to the                               
    percentage of decrease in the district's ADM."                                                  
                                                                                                    
Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that                                     
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Bunde objected.                                                                      
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                  
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
HCS CSSB 174(FIN)                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 1                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  23   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Davies, Guess, Halcro,                                   
Hayes, Hudson, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Kott, Morgan,                                     
Moses, Murkowski                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Bunde, Chenault, Coghill, Dyson, Fate, Foster, Green, Harris,                                
James, Kohring, Lancaster, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Mulder, Ogan,                                     
Porter, Rokeberg, Scalzi, Stevens, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson                                       
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                            
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representative Croft:                                                
                                                                                                    
Page 1, line 2 (title amendment):                                                                   
 Delete "4,010"                                                                                   
 Insert "4,041"                                                                                   

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Page 1, line 2 following "$4,010;" through Page 1, line 8 "as a                                 
school;"                                                                                          
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Page 2, line 11:                                                                                    
 Delete "4,010"                                                                                     
 Insert "4,041"                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Page 2, line 12 through Page 3, line 4:                                                             
 Delete all material.                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Renumber the following section accordingly.                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that                                         
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Mulder objected.                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Representative Ogan rose to a point of order regarding improper                                     
reference to the other Body.                                                                        
                                                                                                    
The Speaker cautioned the member to proceed in order.                                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                  
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
HCS CSSB 174(FIN)                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 2                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  11   NAYS:  28   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                  
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Davies, Guess, Hayes,                                    
Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Moses                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Bunde, Chenault, Coghill, Dyson, Fate, Foster, Green, Halcro,                                
Harris, Hudson, James, Kohring, Kott, Lancaster, Masek, McGuire,                                    
Meyer, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Porter, Rokeberg, Scalzi,                                   
Stevens, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson                                                                 
                                                                                                    

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Absent:  Joule                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                            
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Guess:                                                
                                                                                                    
Page 3, following line 4:                                                                           
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   "* Sec. __.  This subsection is repealed July 1, 2002."                                        
                                                                                                    
Representative Guess moved and asked unanimous consent that                                         
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Objection was heard.                                                                                
                                                                                                    
Amendment to Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative                                          
Guess:                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
Change "Page 3, following line 4" to                                                                
"Page 2, following line 20"                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Guess moved and asked unanimous consent that                                         
Amendment to Amendment No. 3 be adopted.  There being no                                            
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended be                                           
adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                            
                                                                                                    
HCS CSSB 174(FIN)                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 3 as amended                                                                          
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  22   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Bunde, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Davies, Guess,                                    
Hayes, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, McGuire, Morgan, Moses,                                   
Porter, Stevens, Whitaker                                                                           
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Chenault, Coghill, Dyson, Fate, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris,                               
Hudson, James, Kohring, Kott, Lancaster, Masek, Meyer, Mulder,                                      
Murkowski, Ogan, Rokeberg, Scalzi, Williams, Wilson                                                 
                                                                                                    
And so, Amendment No. 3 as amended was not adopted.                                                 

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Representative James moved and asked unanimous consent that HCS                                     
CSSB 174(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading,                                   
and placed on final passage.                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Representative Berkowitz objected.                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The Speaker stated that HCS CSSB 174(FIN) will advance to third                                     
reading on the May 8, 2001, calendar.