Legislature(2007 - 2008)BELTZ 211
04/24/2007 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB120 | |
| HB118 | |
| SB124 | |
| SB102 | |
| SB140 | |
| SB155 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | SB 155 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 28 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | SB 140 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 102 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 124 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 118 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| = | SB 120 | ||
SB 124-ALASKA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BD ALLOCATION
1:38:13 PM
CHAIR ELLIS announced SB 124 to be up for consideration. He said
it had already been before the committee.
1:39:57 PM
DAVE GRAY, staff to Senator Donny Olson, sponsor of SB 124, said
initially the bill had to do with funding for a VocTech effort
in Nome. Subsequent to that, the Senate was approach by a number
of interests to expand the bill's application to take a broader
look at the education needs of Alaska's workforce prior to any
kind of a pipeline construction effort.
1:41:42 PM
DANA OWEN, staff to the Labor and Commerce Committee, reviewed
the proposed CSSB 124, version L, saying it changes the
allocation scheme significantly on page 2. The University of
Alaska now gets 37 percent, the Galena project gets 3.5 percent,
Kotzebue is at 8.5 percent, Alaska Vocational Technical Center
will get 16 percent, Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical
Center will get 3.5 percent, Southwest Alaska Vocational and
Educational Center will get 3.5 percent, the Ute People's
Learning Center gets 8.5 percent, the Delta Career Advancement
center gets 3.5 percent and Alaska Works Partnership gets 16
percent. He said the idea was to find an equitable distribution
that would not disadvantage any of the centers and would try to
fairly distribute the monies. All the other provisions remain
the same.
1:42:57 PM
SENATOR BUNDE said he had visited many of the centers he
mentioned and noticed their reductions and asked for the
rationale behind taking money away from people who are already
doing a successful job to give it to new places.
MR. OWEN responded that he has spoken with both the University
of Alaska and the Alaska Works Partnership and they are both
supportive of this bill. No one will receive an actual reduction
in funding amounts.
MR. GRAY had no comments on the proposed CS.
1:45:12 PM
SENATOR DAVIS asked where the numbers came from.
CHAIR ELLIS answered there was input from the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD), Alaska Works
Partnership, and the University of Alaska to his staff and he
had a discussion with Senator Stevens.
1:46:03 PM recess 1:50:08 PM
MIKE ANDERS, Director, Alaska Works Partnership, Inc., said the
one thing that wasn't stated earlier in looking at the changed
allocations is that actually the technical vocational education
fund has increased 50 percent as a result of this legislation.
Therefore, the overall allocations are changed. The formula was
arranged so that no current training facility loses money or
gets less money as a result.
1:51:14 PM
WENDY REDMAN, Vice President for University Relations,
University of Alaska, supported CSSB 124 (L&C) and getting money
into the other programs that the University partners with.
Adding to their capacity will be a great help to the state.
SENATOR BUNDE asked if she could use more money if it were
available.
MS. REDMAN replied that the University certainly could use more
money. It has a budget request with a lot of workforce training
requests and it is trying to get some money through the AGIA
bill that is more gasline related.
1:52:34 PM
SENATOR STEVENS moved to adopt the CSSB 124 (L&C), version L.
There were no objections and it was so ordered.
1:53:42 PM
SENATOR STEVENS moved to pass CSSB 124(L&C), version L, from
committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal
notes. SENATOR BUNDE objected saying he thought success should
be rewarded by giving the successful programs more money rather
than siphoning some potential money away into new and unproven
programs.
A roll call vote was taken. Senators Stevens, Davis and Ellis
voted yea; Senator Bunde voted nay; and CSSB 124(L&C), version
L, passed from committee.
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