Legislature(2003 - 2004)

01/30/2003 11:00 AM House HES

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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                         JOINT MEETING                                                                                        
          HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                         
                       STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
              HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION                                                                            
                        January 30, 2003                                                                                        
                           11:00 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Peggy Wilson, Chair                                                                                             
 Representative Carl Gatto, Vice Chair                                                                                          
 Representative Cheryll Heinze                                                                                                  
 Representative Paul Seaton                                                                                                     
 Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                   
 Representative Mary Kapsner                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE EDUCATION                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Carl Gatto, Chair                                                                                               
 Representative Paul Seaton, Vice Chair                                                                                         
 Representative John Coghill                                                                                                    
 Representative Peggy Wilson                                                                                                    
 Representative Les Gara                                                                                                        
 Representative Mary Kapsner                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Kelly Wolf                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE EDUCATION                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Kelly Wolf                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                              
 Representative Nancy Dahlstrom                                                                                                 
 Representative Lesil McGuire                                                                                                   
 Representative Gary Stevens                                                                                                    
 Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  NO  CHILD LEFT BEHIND, BRIEFING BY  KEN MEYER, SPECIAL                                                               
ASSISTANT,  INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,  UNITED STATES  DEPARTMENT                                                               
OF EDUCATION                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
03-03, SIDE(S) A & B [HOUSE HES TAPES]                                                                                          
03-04, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARL GATTO convened the  joint meeting of the House Special                                                             
Committee  on  Education  and the  House  Health,  Education  and                                                               
Social Services Standing Committee at  11:00 a.m.  Present at the                                                               
call to order from the  House Special Committee on Education were                                                               
Representatives  Gatto,   Seaton,  Coghill,  Wilson,   Gara,  and                                                               
Kapsner.   Present at the  call to  order from the  House Health,                                                               
Education   and   Social   Services   Standing   Committee   were                                                               
Representatives  Wilson,  Gatto,   Heinze,  Seaton,  Cissna,  and                                                               
Kapsner.     Other   legislators  present   were  Representatives                                                               
Dahlstrom, McGuire, and Stevens, and Senator Davis.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
KENNETH J.  MEYER, Special Assistant,  Intergovernmental Affairs,                                                               
United States  Department of Education, Washington,  D.C., gave a                                                               
25-minute PowerPoint  presentation on  the new  federal education                                                               
legislation, the  "No Child Left  Behind" (NCLB) Act.   Following                                                               
the  PowerPoint  presentation,  Mr. Meyer  answered  legislators'                                                               
specific questions  concerning the NCLB program  and its possible                                                               
effect on Alaska's schools.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business  before the committees, the joint                                                               
meeting between the House Special  Committee on Education and the                                                               
House Health,  Education and  Social Services  Standing Committee                                                               
was adjourned at 1:05 p.m.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment  of the  second  session  of the  Twenty-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.                                                                 

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