Legislature(2013 - 2014)
2014-04-07 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2230 HB 278 The following, which was held to today's calendar (page 2200), was read the third time: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 278(FIN) "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; 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 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2231 to the school size factor for public school funding; adjusting the calculation of state aid for public school funding; relating to the local contribution to public education funding; relating to the withholding of state aid to public education for teacher retirement contributions; relating to the teachers' defined benefit retirement plan; establishing the teachers' pension reserve fund; 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." Representative Munoz moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 278(FIN) 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 278(FIN) would be returned to second reading for all amendments. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Munoz, Edgmon, Costello, Seaton, Hawker, Chenault, Stoltze, Gara, and Kawasaki: Page 1, line 11, through page 2, line 3 (title amendment): Delete "adjusting the calculation of state aid for public school funding; relating to the local contribution to public education funding; relating to the withholding of state aid to public education for teacher retirement contributions; relating to the teachers' defined benefit retirement plan; establishing the teachers' pension reserve fund;" Page 12, line 24, through page 15, line 6: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 15, line 26: Delete "sec. 21" Insert "sec. 19" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2232 Page 15, line 29: Delete "secs. 21 and 22" Insert "secs. 19 and 20" Page 16, lines 1 - 15: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 17, line 8, through page 18, line 10: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 20, line 13, through page 23, line 15: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 22 and 23" Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 22 and 23" Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 24 and 45" Page 35, lines 15 - 16: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 35, line 17: Delete "22, and 31- 33" Insert "20, and 25 - 27" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2233 Page 35, line 18: Delete "Section 23" Insert "Section 21" Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 30, 33, 36, and 39" Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 47 - 50" Representative Munoz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative T. Wilson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson Nays: Austerman, Neuman, T.Wilson And so, Amendment No. 1 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 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2234 school course credit earned through assessment; relating to school performance reports; relating to assessments; 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 the school size factor for public school funding; 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. 2 was offered by Representatives Edgmon, Munoz, Holmes, Herron, Seaton, LeDoux, Millett, Chenault, P. Wilson, Tuck, and Guttenberg: Page 1, lines 10 - 11 (title amendment): Delete "relating to the school size factor for public school funding; relating to a grant for school districts;" Page 15, lines 7 - 22: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 15, line 26: Delete "sec. 21" Insert "sec. 20" Page 15, line 29: Delete "secs. 21 and 22" Insert "secs. 20 and 21" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2235 Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 24 and 25" Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 24 and 25" Page 35, following line 13: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 55. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: GRANTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. The Department of Education and Early Development shall distribute a one-time grant in the amount of $30,000,000 as state aid to school districts according to the average daily membership for each district adjusted under AS 14.17.410(b)(1)(A) - (D), as those subparagraphs read on June 29, 2014, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 29 and 53" Page 35, line 15: Delete "27 and 35 - 37" Insert "26, and 34 - 36" Page 35, line 17: Delete "22 and 31 - 33" Insert "21, and 30 - 32" Page 35, line 18: Delete "Section 23" Insert "Section 22" Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 38, 41, 44, and 47" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2236 Representative Edgmon moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Austerman objected. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Holmes: Under Page 1, lines 10 - 11, following "funding;": Insert "Insert" Representative Holmes moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 2 was adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 as amended YEAS: 27 NAYS: 13 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Holmes, Johnson, Josephson, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Olson, Pruitt, Seaton, Tarr, Tuck, P.Wilson Nays: Austerman, Gattis, Higgins, Hughes, Isaacson, Kawasaki, Keller, Neuman, Reinbold, Saddler, Stoltze, Thompson, T.Wilson And so, Amendment No. 2 as amended 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 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2237 school course credit earned through assessment; relating to school performance reports; relating to assessments; 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. 3 was offered by Representatives Lynn, Tarr, Drummond, Tuck, Kawasaki, and Gara: Page 1, line 6 (title amendment): Delete "relating to tenure of public school teachers;" Page 16, line 16, through page 17, line 7: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 34, lines 23 - 27: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 28 and 51" Page 35, line 15: Delete "secs. 27 and 35 - 37" Insert "secs. 25, and 33 - 35" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2238 Page 35, line 17: Delete "31 - 33" Insert "29 - 31" Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 37, 40, 43, and 46" Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 53 - 57" Representative Lynn moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Stoltze objected. Representative Lynn moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting on all amendments and the bill because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and Representative Lynn was required to vote. Representatives Seaton and Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that they be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and the members were required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Drummond, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Holmes, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Tarr, Tuck 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2239 Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Gattis, Herron, Higgins, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Nageak and Guttenberg: Page 1, line 5, following "assessments;" (title amendment): Insert "providing for public school funding for Internet services;" Page 5, following line 26: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 7. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.03.127. Funding for Internet services. (a) A district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is eligible to receive a base amount that is equal to the applicant's share for each school of the Internet services for fiscal year 2015. (b) Each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2016, in addition to the base amount paid under (a) of this section, a district is eligible to receive an adjustment to the base amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the base amount up to the applicant's share for 10 megabits of download a second of the Internet services. (c) If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide funding authorized under (a) and (b) of this section, the state share shall be distributed pro rata to eligible school districts. (d) In this section, (1) "applicant's share" means the difference between the cost of Internet services that are eligible for the discount under the federal universal services program and the discount received for those services under the federal universal services program; (2) "federal universal services program" means the program established in 47 U.S.C. 254 and regulations implementing that section." 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2240 Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 15, line 26: Delete "sec. 21" Insert "sec. 22" Page 15, line 29: Delete "secs. 21 and 22" Insert "secs. 22 and 23" Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 26 and 27" Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 26 and 27" Page 34, line 30: Delete "Sections 7 and 8" Insert "Sections 8 and 9" Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 31 and 55" Page 35, line 15: Delete "sec. 19" Insert "sec. 20" Delete "secs. 27 and 35 - 37" Insert "secs. 28, and 36 - 38" Page 35, line 17: Delete "22 and 31 - 33" Insert "23, and 32 - 34" Page 35, line 18: Delete "Section 23" Insert "Section 24" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2241 Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 40, 43, 46, and 49" Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 57 - 61" Representative Nageak moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Stoltze objected. Representative Nageak moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 4. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Reinbold: Page 1, line 5, following "assessments;" (title amendment): Insert "establishing a public school and school district grading system;" Page 5, following line 11: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 6. AS 14.03.123(c) is amended to read: (c) The state board shall adopt regulations implementing this section, providing for a statewide student assessment system, and providing for the process of assigning a designation under (a) of this section, including (1) the method [METHODOLOGY] used to assign the performance designation, including the measures used and their relative weights; (2) high performance and low performance designations that are based on the accountability system under this section and AS 14.03.124; (3) a procedure for appealing a designation that may be used by the principal of a public school or by the superintendent of a public school district; (4) additional measures that may be progressively 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2242 implemented by the commissioner to assist schools or districts to improve performance in accordance with this section and with federal law; to the extent necessary to conform to federal law, the additional measures may be unique to a certain school or district if that school or district receives federal funding that is not available to all schools or districts in the state." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Page 5, following line 26: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 8. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.03.124. Public school and school district grading system. The department shall establish by regulation the criteria that accounts for improvement in student achievement for assigning annual performance designations as follows: (1) "A" for a school making excellent progress; (2) "B" for a school making above average progress; (3) "C" for a school making satisfactory progress; (4) "D" for a school making less than satisfactory progress; (5) "F" for a school failing to make adequate progress." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 15, line 26: Delete "sec. 21" Insert "sec. 23" Page 15, line 29: Delete "secs. 21 and 22" Insert "secs. 23 and 24" Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 27 and 28" Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 27 and 28" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2243 Page 34, line 30: Delete "Sections 7 and 8" Insert "Sections 9 and 10" Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 32 and 56" Page 35, line 15: Delete "sec. 19" Insert "sec. 21" Delete "secs. 27 and 35 - 37" Insert "secs. 29 and 37 - 39" Page 35, line 17: Delete "22 and 31 - 33" Insert "24, and 33 - 35" Page 35, line 18: Delete "Section 23" Insert "Section 25" Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 41, 44, 47, and 50" Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 58 - 62" Representative Reinbold moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Kito III objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 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: 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2245 Page 2, lines 20 - 21: Delete "mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and world languages" Insert "the subject" Representative Seaton moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 32 NAYS: 8 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Drummond, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Keller, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Holmes, Kawasaki, Kito III, Munoz, Stoltze And so, Amendment No. 6 was adopted. **Representative Isaacson, who was excused (page 2223), left the Chamber. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representatives Josephson, Kito III, Tuck, Gruenberg, Gara, Kreiss-Tomkins, Drummond, Kawasaki, Tarr, and Guttenberg: Page 23, line 23: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 23, line 30: Delete "or private nonprofit" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2246 Page 25, line 7: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 26, line 16: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 26, line 23: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 27, line 31: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 29, line 9: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 29, line 16: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 30, line 24: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 32, line 3: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 32, line 10: Delete "or private nonprofit" Page 33, line 19: Delete "or private nonprofit" Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative Stoltze objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2247 CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Drummond, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, Seaton, Tarr, Tuck, P.Wilson Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Gattis, Hawker, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Stoltze, Thompson, T.Wilson Excused: Isaacson And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representatives Guttenberg, Gara, Tarr, Drummond, Kawasaki, Tuck, Gruenberg, Josephson, and Kito III: Page 2, lines 5 - 6 (title amendment): Delete "requiring the Department of Administration to provide a proposal for a salary and benefits schedule for school districts;" Page 35, lines 8 - 13: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 55 - 59" Representative Guttenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative T. Wilson objected. 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2248 **The presence of Representative Isaacson, who left the Chamber (page 2245), was noted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Drummond, Edgmon, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, Lynn, Tarr, Tuck Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Feige, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representatives Tuck, Gruenberg, Josephson, Kito III, Gara, Kreiss-Tomkins, Guttenberg, Tarr, Kawasaki, and Drummond: Page 15, following line 31: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 24. AS 14.17 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.17.475. Charter school facility cost adjustment. In addition to other money available under AS 14.03.260(a), if a charter school operates in a facility that requires a lease payment, the department shall pay to a charter school established under AS 14.03.250 a facility cost adjustment in the amount of 10 percent of the base student allocation under AS 14.17.470, multiplied by the number of students enrolled in the charter school." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 26 and 27" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2249 Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 26 and 27" Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 31 and 55" Page 35, line 15: Delete "secs. 27 and 35 - 37" Insert "secs. 28 and 36 - 38" Page 35, line 17: Delete "31 - 33" Insert "32 - 34" Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 40, 43, 46, and 49" Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 57 - 61" Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Gattis objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Drummond, Feige, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Higgins, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, Millett, Tarr, Tuck 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2250 Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson Absent: Reinbold And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representatives Drummond, Kawasaki, Tuck, Guttenberg, Gruenberg, Josephson, Kito III, Kreiss- Tomkins, Tarr, and Gara: Page 9, following line 25: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 14. AS 14.07.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (d) Nothing in (b) of this section shall prevent the department from carrying out the duties under (a) of this section, including implementing, or assisting a district in implementing, curriculum or performance standards adopted before July 1, 2014." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 15, line 26: Delete "sec. 21" Insert "sec. 22" Page 15, line 29: Delete "secs. 21 and 22" Insert "secs. 22 and 23" Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 26 and 27" Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 26 and 27" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2251 Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 31 and 55" Page 35, line 15: Delete "sec. 19" Insert "sec. 20" Delete "secs. 27 and 35 - 37" Insert "secs. 28 and 36 - 38" Page 35, line 17: Delete "22 and 31 - 33" Insert "23, and 32 - 34" Page 35, line 18: Delete "Section 23" Insert "Section 24" Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 40, 43, 46, and 49" Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 57 - 61" Representative Drummond moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. Representative T. Wilson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2252 Yeas: Costello, Drummond, Edgmon, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Holmes, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, Munoz, Tarr, Tuck Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Feige, Foster, Gattis, Higgins, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson Absent: Hawker And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representatives Gara, Kawasaki, Tuck, Drummond, Kito III, Tarr, Josephson, Gruenberg, and Guttenberg: Page 15, line 24: Delete "$5,865" Insert "$6,084" Page 15, lines 27 - 28: Delete "$5,923 [$5,865]" Insert "$6,284 [$6,084]" Page 15, lines 30 - 31: Delete "$5,981 [$5,923]" Insert "$6,484 [$6,284]" Page 15, following line 31: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 24. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read: Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,184 [$5,680]. * Sec. 25. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 24 of this Act, is amended to read: Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,384 [$6,184]. * Sec. 26. AS 14.17.470, as amended by secs. 24 and 25 of this Act, is amended to read: 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2253 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student allocation is $6,584 [$6,384]." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 34, line 25: Delete "Sections 25 and 26" Insert "Sections 28 and 29" Page 34, lines 26 - 27: Delete "secs. 25 and 26" Insert "secs. 28 and 29" Page 35, following line 13: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 59. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: CONTINGENT EFFECT. (a) Sections 21 - 23 of this Act take effect only if the Twenty-Eighth Alaska State Legislature passes an appropriation bill that becomes law that appropriates at least $25,000,000 to the Department of Education and Early Development for funding public education as state aid to districts according to the average daily membership for each district adjusted under AS 14.17.410(b)(1), in addition to K-12 support provided under the foundation program. (b) Sections 24 - 26 of this Act take effect only if the Twenty- Eighth Alaska State Legislature fails to pass an appropriation bill that becomes law that appropriates at least $25,000,000 to the Department of Education and Early Development for funding public education as state aid to districts according to the average daily membership for each district adjusted under AS 14.17.410(b)(1), in addition to K-12 support provided under the foundation program." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 35, line 14: Delete "Sections 30 and 54" Insert "Sections 33 and 57" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2254 Page 35, line 15: Delete "secs. 27 and 35 - 37" Insert "secs. 30 and 38 - 40" Page 35, line 17: Delete "31 - 33" Insert "34 - 36" Page 35, line 18: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 35, line 19: Delete "Sections 39, 42, 45, and 48" Insert "Sections 42, 45, 48, and 51" Page 35, following line 19: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 64. If sec. 21 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 2014. * Sec. 65. If sec. 22 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 2015. * Sec. 66. If sec. 23 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 2016. * Sec. 67. If sec. 24 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 2014. * Sec. 68. If sec. 25 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 2015. * Sec. 69. If sec. 26 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 2016." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Page 35, line 20: Delete "secs. 56 - 60" Insert "secs. 60 - 69" Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2255 Representative T. Wilson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 11 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 11 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, Tarr, Tuck Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson And so, Amendment No. 11 was not adopted. Amendment No. 12 was not offered. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Stoltze: Page 23, line 28: Delete "or an annual intercollegiate sports tournament" Insert "[OR AN ANNUAL INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS TOURNAMENT]" Page 26, line 21: Delete "or an annual intercollegiate sports tournament" Insert "[OR AN ANNUAL INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS TOURNAMENT]" Page 29, line 14: Delete "or an annual intercollegiate sports tournament" Insert "[OR AN ANNUAL INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS TOURNAMENT]" 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2256 Page 32, line 8: Delete "or an annual intercollegiate sports tournament" Insert "[OR AN ANNUAL INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS TOURNAMENT]" Representative Stoltze moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 13 was adopted. Amendment Nos. 14 and 15 were not offered. Amendment No. 16 was offered by Representatives T. Wilson, Costello, Munoz, Gattis, Feige, and Kreiss-Tomkins: Page 9, line 10: Delete "may not spend money on implementing standards that are based on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and" Insert "shall not expend any money to implement the set of educational curriculum standards for grades kindergarten through 12 established by the Common Core Standards Initiative and" Representative T. Wilson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 16 be adopted. Representative Josephson objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 16 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 16 YEAS: 38 NAYS: 2 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2257 Yeas: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson Nays: Drummond, Josephson And so, Amendment No. 16 was adopted. CSHB 278(FIN) am was automatically in third reading. The question being: "Shall CSHB 278(FIN) am pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 278(FIN) am Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 29 NAYS: 11 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson Nays: Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito III, Neuman, Tarr, Tuck, T.Wilson And so, CSHB 278(FIN) am passed the House. Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 278(FIN) am was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.