Legislature(2015 - 2016)CAPITOL 106
04/10/2015 08:00 AM House EDUCATION
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| HB82 | |
| HB102 | |
| HB85 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 102 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 156 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 82 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 85 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 85-STUDENT DATA & ASSESSMENTS
9:43:49 AM
CHAIR KELLER announced that the final order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 85, "An Act relating to college and career
readiness assessments for secondary students; and relating to
restrictions on the collection, storage, and handling of student
data."
9:44:03 AM
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO moved to adopt CSHB 85, labeled 29-
LS0301\F as the working document. There being no objection
Version F was before the committee.
9:44:33 AM
REPRESENTATIVE LORA REINBOLD, Alaska State Legislature, advised
that Legislative Legal and Research, while working on Version P,
Sec 7, page 7, unintentionally included "criminal records and
delinquent records," which has been deleted in Version F and
people have access to delinquent and criminal records.
9:45:34 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 9:45 to 9:48 a.m.
9:48:09 AM
REPRESENTATIVE REINBOLD repeated the technical change by
Legislative Legal and Research Services.
9:48:52 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON moved to adopt Amendment 1, labeled 29-
LS0301\F.1, which read:
Page 1, line 1:
Delete "and career readiness"
Page 1, following line 3:
Insert new bill sections to read:
"* Section 1. AS 14.03.075(a) is amended to read:
(a) A school may not issue a secondary school
diploma to a student unless the student takes a
[COLLEGE AND] career readiness assessment or receives
a waiver from the governing body.
* Sec. 2. AS 14.03.075(c) is amended to read:
(c) The department shall provide funding for the
fee for a single administration of a [COLLEGE AND]
career readiness assessment for each secondary student
within two years of the student's expected graduation.
* Sec. 3. AS 14.03.075(e)(1) is amended to read:
(1) "[COLLEGE AND] career readiness
assessment" means the [SAT, ACT, OR] WorkKeys
assessment;"
Page 1, line 4:
Delete "Section 1"
Insert "Sec. 4"
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
Page 6, line 7, through page 7, line 28:
Delete all material and insert:
"* Sec. 10. AS 14.07.165 is amended to read:
Sec. 14.07.165. Duties. (a) The board shall adopt
(1) statewide goals and require each
governing body to adopt written goals that are
consistent with local needs;
(2) regulations regarding the application
for and award of grants under AS 14.03.125;
(3) regulations implementing provisions of
AS 14.11.014(b);
(4) regulations requiring approval by the
board before a charter school, state boarding school,
or a public school may provide domiciliary services;
(5) regulations implementing the [COLLEGE
AND] career readiness assessment provisions of
AS 14.03.075, providing for the needs of a student who
is a child with a disability, and setting standards
for a waiver under AS 14.03.075; the regulations may
address the conditions, criteria, procedure, and
scheduling of the assessment;
(6) policies and procedures consistent with
relevant state and federal privacy laws that
(A) limit access to individual and redacted
student data to
(i) persons who require access to perform
duties assigned by the department, a school district,
or the administrator of a public school;
(ii) the student who is the subject of the
data and the student's parent, foster parent, or
guardian;
(iii) authorized agencies as provided in
state or federal law or by an interagency agreement;
(B) restrict student data transfer except
as necessary to
(i) fulfill student requests;
(ii) carry out a school transfer or student
location request; or
(iii) compare multistate assessment data;
(C) prohibit collecting and reporting
student data pertaining to
(i) medical and health records without the
written consent of the student's parent, foster
parent, or guardian or of a student who is 18 years of
age or older or is emancipated under AS 09.55.590;
(ii) biometric information;
(iii) political or religious affiliation;
(iv) items in a student's home;
(D) provide for a detailed data security
plan for collecting, maintaining, and sharing student
data that addresses
(i) privacy;
(ii) authentication;
(iii) breaches in security;
(iv) training;
(v) encryption; and
(vi) other data retention and disposition
practices;
(E) prohibit the sharing of student data,
including electronic mail addresses and other
electronically stored information, for a commercial
purpose, including marketing or advertising purposes;
(F) provide for other security measures.
(b) In this section,
(1) "child with a disability" has the
meaning given in AS 14.30.350;
(2) "student data" has the meaning given in
AS 14.03.200."
Page 7, line 29:
Delete "AS 14.03.075(a), 14.03.075(b),
14.03.075(c), 14.03.075(e)(1), and 14.03.078(a) are"
Insert "AS 14.03.078(a) is"
CHAIR KELLER objected for discussion.
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON explained that the WorkKeys exam being
administered to the 11th grade students provides a comparison of
student performance across the state and within a school, and
last year House Bill 278 changed the requirement. He advised
that this amendment takes that exemption out of the bill and the
state would require WorkKeys of all students across the state,
and it removes the SAT or ACT option. He commented that the
sponsor drafted the amendment subsequent to Representative
Seaton's concerns expressed during the last meeting.
9:50:55 AM
REPRESENTATIVE REINBOLD advised that House Bill 278 required the
WorkKeys, SAT, and ACT, and Version F does not require those.
She explained that this amendment requires WorkKeys, and within
Version F, students can take WorkKeys but the state is not
required to pay for it, and students can also take it at a state
job center. She stated the amendment was prepared based upon
Representative Seaton's concerns.
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON reminded the committee that for several
years the state required that WorkKeys be taken in the 11th
grade and allowed it to be upgraded during a student's senior
year, until House Bill 278 wherein comparisons of districts and
schools across the state couldn't be compared. The purpose of
WorkKeys, he advised, is to provide a comparison, and an
incentive for students to be career ready as their skill level
scores were provided on student transcripts and available for
employers. Thereby, he pointed out, students were actually work
ready and employers across the state were aware of the
applicant's necessary work skills. He stated WorkKeys assists
70 percent of Alaska's students to have a document stating the
student is career ready when they graduate.
9:54:07 AM
CHAIR KELLER asked Representatives Seaton and Reinbold whether
they recall the previous bill before the committee this year
that discussed WorkKeys, and stated that an individual could
refer back to that bill for additional information. Chair
Keller withdrew the question.
9:54:34 AM
REPRESENTATIVE VAZQUEZ advised she does not recall the specific
house bill number Chair Keller was referring to, but she was
bothered by the testimony on that bill that if the legislature
did away with the requirement of the WorkKeys exam, it would not
be easily accessible. She pointed out that students would have
to go to the local Department of Labor office, which does not
exist in every village. She expressed that she was tremendously
bothered by that fact as WorkKeys is an exam that can be taken
by students in the workforce arena. She stated she
wholeheartedly supports this amendment for reasons stated by
Representative Seaton, and that the exam would be provided in
every school.
9:56:30 AM
REPRESENTATIVE COLVER advised he was co-sponsor of another bill
removing the WorkKeys, SAT, and ACT requirement and is opposed
to Amendment 1.
CHAIR KELLER removed his objection.
REPRESENTATIVE COLVER objected.
9:56:53 AM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Drummond, Seaton,
and Vazquez voted in favor of Amendment 1. Representatives
Colver, Kreiss-Tomkins, Talerico, and Keller voted against it.
Therefore, Amendment 1 failed by a vote of 3-4.
REPRESENTATIVE REINBOLD reviewed the fiscal note, stating that
it is a positive for the budget.
9:58:44 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON offered Conceptual Amendment 2, page 6,
subsection 18, and delete lines 4-6.
REPRESENTATIVE COLVER objected.
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON referred to an April 6, 2015 handout with
regard to a summary depicting the same situation across other
states. He referred to Kentucky in that students are not
allowed to opt out of the assessments as Kentucky gives its
standardized assessments to be certain it does not have
underperforming schools, gaps in students not receiving their
appropriate education, and teacher evaluation. He related that
when students opt out, the teacher evaluation system doesn't
work. He advised that opting out destroys the accountability
system. He further advised that parents can opt out of public
education completely, but they cannot stay in the public system
and choose which provisions to follow and disregard.
10:01:06 AM
REPRESENTATIVE COLVER stated that Alaska's current teacher and
student evaluation process is a work in progress. He said the
AMP is currently being conducted and feedback is not good. He
expressed concern for the vehicle being used and said a more
meaningful system needs to be developed and until that occurs an
opt-out option needs to be available. Parents expect to have
certain freedoms in Alaska and the opportunity to make choices.
He said he is in opposition to Amendment 2.
CHAIR KELLER announced CSHB 85, is held in committee with
Conceptual Amendment 2 on the floor for the next meeting.
10:03:32 AM
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| CSHB82 Work Draft LS0307 W.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| HB82 Version A.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| HB82 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| HB82 FiscalNote.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| HB82 Supporting Documents Nome Public Schools Testimony.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| HB82 Supporting Documents (70-30 list).pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| HB82 Supporting Documents e-rate schools.PDF |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 82 |
| CSHB102 draft version P.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM HEDC 4/13/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 102 |
| HB102.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM HEDC 4/13/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 102 |
| HB102 Support Mike Lyons.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 102 |
| CSHB85 Version F.pdf |
HEDC 4/10/2015 8:00:00 AM |
HB 85 |