2013-04-04                     House Journal                      Page 0890
Representative Seaton moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
CSHB 162(EDC) be returned to second reading for the specific                                                                    
purpose of considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection,                                                              
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, CSHB 162(EDC) would be                                                              
returned to second reading for Amendment Nos. 1 - 4.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Seaton:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 4, through page 2, line 17:                                                                                        
    Delete all material and insert:                                                                                             
"* Section 1. AS 14.20.150(a) is amended to read:                                                                             
         (a)  Except as provided in (c), [OR] (d), or (f) of this section,                                              
    a teacher acquires tenure rights in a district when the teacher                                                             
             (1)  possesses a valid teaching certificate that authorizes                                                        
    the teacher to be employed as a certificated teacher or as an                                                               
    administrator under regulations adopted by the department;                                                                  
             (2)  has been employed as a teacher in the same district                                                           
    continuously for four [THREE] full school years;                                                                        
             (3)  receives, in the fourth [THIRD] year of any four-                                                     
    year [THREE-YEAR] period of continuous employment with the                                                              
    district, an evaluation under the district's evaluation system stating                                                      
    that the teacher's performance meets the district performance                                                               
    standards; and                                                                                                              
           (4)  on or before October 15 of the school year,                                                                    
                  (A)  accepts a contract for employment as a teacher                                                           
         in the district for a fifth [FOURTH] consecutive school year;                                                      
         and                                                                                                                    
                  (B)  performs a day of teaching services in the district                                                      
         during that school year.                                                                                               
   * Sec. 2. AS 14.20.150(e) is amended to read:                                                                              
         (e)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a teacher who has                                                            
    acquired tenure in a school district who moves to a new school                                                              
    district acquires tenure in the new school district on the first                                                            
    instructional day of the fourth [THIRD] year of employment in                                                           
    the new school district if                                                                                                  
             (1)  the teacher otherwise meets the qualifications for                                                            
    tenure set out in (a) of this section; and