2014-04-21                     Senate Journal                      Page 2720
    of and reporting by Alaska technical and vocational education                                                               
    programs; 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                                                               
    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 Legislative Budget                                                               
    and Audit Committee to provide for studies on the school size                                                               
    factor and the school district cost factor for public education                                                             
    funding and for a study on school staff salary and benefits;                                                                
    requiring the Department of Education and Early Development                                                                 
    to report to the legislature on school design and construction;                                                             
    establishing a pilot project for public middle schools; and                                                                 
    providing for an effective date." (Title Change SCR 29)                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The House waived Uniform Rule 42(a) and (b).                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
In the event the Senate fails to recede, the Speaker has appointed the                                                          
following members to a Free Conference Committee to meet with a                                                                 
like committee from the Senate to consider the bills:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Representative Hawker, Chair                                                                                               
     Representative Gattis                                                                                                      
     Representative Kito III                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved that the Senate recede from its amendments                                                                
and recommended the body vote no.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall the Senate recede from its amendments?"                                                              
The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 278(FIN) am S                                                                                                          
Shall the Senate Recede from its                                                                                                
Amendments to CSHB 278(FIN) am?                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  0   NAYS:  20   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Coghill, Dunleavy, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, Fairclough,                                                               
French, Gardner, Giessel, Hoffman, Huggins, Kelly, McGuire, Meyer,                                                              
Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, the Senate failed to recede.