Legislature(2001 - 2002)

04/23/2001 09:02 AM House EDU

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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION                                                                            
                         April 23, 2001                                                                                         
                           9:02 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Con Bunde, Chair                                                                                                 
Representative Brian Porter                                                                                                     
Representative Peggy Wilson                                                                                                     
Representative Gary Stevens                                                                                                     
Representative Reggie Joule                                                                                                     
Representative Gretchen Guess                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Joe Green                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 105                                                                                                              
"An Act relating to the base student allocation used in the                                                                     
formula for state funding of public education; and providing for                                                                
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED CSHB 105(EDU) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS ACTION                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB 105                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE:FOUNDATION FORMULA INCREASE                                                                                         
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVE(S)STEVENS                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Jrn-Date   Jrn-Page                     Action                                                                                  
02/05/01     0236       (H)        READ THE FIRST TIME -                                                                        
                                   REFERRALS                                                                                    
02/05/01     0236       (H)        EDU, HES, FIN                                                                                
02/09/01     0287       (H)        COSPONSOR(S): HAYES                                                                          
03/19/01     0655       (H)        COSPONSOR(S): DAVIES                                                                         
03/22/01     0697       (H)        COSPONSOR(S): LANCASTER                                                                      
03/28/01                (H)        EDU AT 8:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE                                                                 
                                   519                                                                                          
03/28/01                (H)        Scheduled But Not Heard                                                                      
04/04/01                (H)        EDU AT 8:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE                                                                 
                                   519                                                                                          
04/04/01                (H)        Scheduled But Not Heard                                                                      
04/10/01     0939       (H)        COSPONSOR(S): HALCRO, SCALZI,                                                                
04/10/01     0939       (H)        MURKOWSKI, CHENAULT                                                                          
04/20/01     1103       (H)        COSPONSOR(S): CROFT                                                                          
04/20/01                (H)        EDU AT 9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE                                                                 
                                   519                                                                                          
04/20/01                (H)        Heard & Held                                                                                 
04/20/01                (H)        MINUTE(EDU)                                                                                  
04/23/01     1132       (H)        EDU RPT CS(EDU) 4DP 1NR 1AM                                                                  
04/23/01     1133       (H)        DP: STEVENS, JOULE, WILSON,                                                                  
                                   PORTER;                                                                                      
04/23/01     1133       (H)        NR: BUNDE; AM: GUESS                                                                         
04/23/01     1133       (H)        FN1: (EED) FORTHCOMING                                                                       
04/23/01                (H)        EDU AT 9:00 AM CAPITOL 106                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 01-29, SIDE A                                                                                                              
Number 0001                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CON  BUNDE  reconvened  the  House  Special  Committee  on                                                               
Education meeting at 9:02 a.m.   [This is the continuation of the                                                               
April 20, 2001,  meeting.]  Members present at the  call to order                                                               
were Representatives  Bunde, Porter, Wilson, Stevens,  Joule, and                                                               
Guess.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 105-FOUNDATION FORMULA INCREASE                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR  BUNDE announced  that the  committee  would address  HOUSE                                                               
BILL NO.  105, "An  Act relating to  the base  student allocation                                                               
used in  the formula for  state funding of public  education; and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Number 0044                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GUESS  made a  motion to  move the  CS for  HB 105                                                               
[version   22-LS0506\C,  Ford,   4/20/01]  from   committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations  and attached  fiscal note(s).   There                                                               
being  no  objection, CSHB  105(EDU)  was  moved from  the  House                                                               
Special Committee on Education.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE  remarked that he had  received a letter from  a high                                                               
school  student  who  said,  in  reference  to  the  high  school                                                               
competency  exam, "You  dumped it  on us."   He  stated that,  in                                                               
response, he had shared with  her that [the legislature] has also                                                               
"dumped," since the  competency test began, well  over $2 billion                                                               
into education.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the House                                                                 
Special Committee on Education meeting was adjourned at 9:04                                                                    
a.m.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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