2014-04-07                     House Journal                      Page 2244
CSHB 278(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  22   NAYS:  18   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Higgins, Holmes,                                                            
Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Millett, Munoz, Neuman,                                                              
Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Stoltze, Thompson, T.Wilson                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Costello, Drummond, Edgmon, Feige, Gara, Gruenberg,                                                                      
Guttenberg, Herron, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                              
Lynn, Nageak, Seaton, Tarr, Tuck, P.Wilson                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was adopted, and the new title follows:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 278(FIN) am                                                                                          
     "An Act increasing the base student allocation used in the formula                                                         
     for state funding of public education; relating to the exemption                                                           
     from jury service for certain teachers; relating to the powers of the                                                      
     Department of Education and Early Development; relating to high                                                            
     school course credit earned through assessment; relating to school                                                         
     performance reports; relating to assessments; establishing a public                                                        
     school and school district grading system; relating to charter                                                             
     schools and student transportation; relating to residential school                                                         
     applications; relating to tenure of public school teachers; relating                                                       
     to unemployment contributions for the Alaska technical and                                                                 
     vocational education program; relating to earning high school                                                              
     credit for completion of vocational education courses offered by                                                           
     institutions receiving technical and vocational education program                                                          
     funding; relating to schools operated by a federal agency; relating                                                        
     to a grant for school districts; relating to education tax credits;                                                        
     establishing an optional municipal tax exemption for privately                                                             
     owned real property rented or leased for use as a charter school;                                                          
     requiring the Department of Administration to provide a proposal                                                           
     for a salary and benefits schedule for school districts; making                                                            
        conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was offered  by Representative Seaton: