01/26/2022 09:00 AM Senate EDUCATION
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| HB19 | |
| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE
January 26, 2022
9:03 a.m.
DRAFT
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Roger Holland, Chair
Senator Gary Stevens, Vice Chair
Senator Shelley Hughes
Senator Peter Micciche
Senator Tom Begich
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD)
"An Act relating to residency requirements for public school
enrollment for certain children of active duty military and
National Guard members; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD) OUT OF COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(EDC)
"An Act relating to instruction in a language other than
English; and establishing limited language immersion teacher
certificates."
- MOVED CSHB 19(EDC) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 53
SHORT TITLE: MILITARY CHILDREN SCHOOL RESIDENCY WAIVER
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) MCCARTY
02/18/21 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/8/21
02/18/21 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/18/21 (H) MLV, EDC
03/04/21 (H) MLV AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
03/04/21 (H) Heard & Held
03/04/21 (H) MINUTE(MLV)
03/09/21 (H) MLV AT 1:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
03/09/21 (H) Moved CSHB 53(MLV) Out of Committee
03/09/21 (H) MINUTE(MLV)
03/10/21 (H) MLV RPT CS(MLV) 6DP
03/10/21 (H) DP: CLAMAN, TARR, SHAW, STORY, NELSON,
TUCK
04/28/21 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM DAVIS 106
04/28/21 (H) Heard & Held
04/28/21 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
05/03/21 (H) EDC RPT CS(MLV) 4DP 1NR
05/03/21 (H) DP: CRONK, GILLHAM, STORY, DRUMMOND
05/03/21 (H) NR: ZULKOSKY
05/03/21 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM DAVIS 106
05/03/21 (H) Moved CSHB 53(MLV) Out of Committee
05/03/21 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
05/12/21 (H) DIVIDE AM NO 3 UC
05/12/21 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
05/12/21 (H) VERSION: CSHB 53(MLV) AM(EFD ADD)
05/14/21 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
05/14/21 (S) EDC
01/21/22 (S) EDC AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
01/21/22 (S) Heard & Held
01/21/22 (S) MINUTE(EDC)
01/26/22 (S) EDC AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
BILL: HB 19
SHORT TITLE: LIMITED TEACHER CERTIFICATES; LANGUAGES
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) KREISS-TOMKINS
02/18/21 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/8/21
02/18/21 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/18/21 (H) EDC, L&C
04/09/21 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM DAVIS 106
04/09/21 (H) Heard & Held
04/09/21 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
04/12/21 (H) FIN REPLACES L&C REFERRAL
04/12/21 (H) BILL REPRINTED
04/12/21 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM DAVIS 106
04/12/21 (H) Heard & Held
04/12/21 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
04/14/21 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM DAVIS 106
04/14/21 (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
04/16/21 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM DAVIS 106
04/16/21 (H) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
04/16/21 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
04/19/21 (H) EDC RPT CS(EDC) 5DP 2NR
04/19/21 (H) DP: ZULKOSKY, CRONK, PRAX, STORY,
DRUMMOND
04/19/21 (H) NR: HOPKINS, GILLHAM
05/03/21 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM ADAMS 519
05/03/21 (H) Heard & Held
05/03/21 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
05/06/21 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM ADAMS 519
05/06/21 (H) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
05/06/21 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
05/07/21 (H) FIN RPT CS(EDC) 5DP 4NR
05/07/21 (H) DP: EDGMON, LEBON, CARPENTER, THOMPSON,
MERRICK
05/07/21 (H) NR: RASMUSSEN, JOSEPHSON, WOOL, ORTIZ
05/14/21 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
05/14/21 (H) VERSION: CSHB 19(EDC)
05/17/21 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
05/17/21 (S) EDC, L&C, FIN
01/21/22 (S) EDC AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
01/21/22 (S) Heard & Held
01/21/22 (S) MINUTE(EDC)
01/26/22 (S) EDC AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
WITNESS REGISTER
COREY BIGELOW, PFD Operations Manager
Permanent Fund Dividend Division
Department of Revenue
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions on HB 53.
REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN KREISS-TOMKINS
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HB 19.
BRANDON LOCKE, Director
World Languages and Immersion Programs
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions on HB 19.
REPRESENTATIVE KEN MCCARTY
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HB 53.
ACTION NARRATIVE
9:03:06 AM
CHAIR ROGER HOLLAND called the Senate Education Standing
Committee meeting to order at 9:03 a.m. Present at the call to
order were Senators Begich, Micciche, Hughes, Stevens, and Chair
Holland.
HB 53-MILITARY CHILDREN SCHOOL RESIDENCY WAIVER
9:03:50 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND announced the consideration of CS FOR HOUSE BILL
NO. 53(MLV) am(efd add) "An Act relating to residency
requirements for public school enrollment for certain children
of active duty military and National Guard members; and
providing for an effective date."
9:04:15 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND opened public testimony on HB 53; finding none, he
closed public testimony.
9:04:33 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND stated that a memo from his office addressed the
two outstanding questions from the previous meeting. He said Mr.
Bigelow and Ms. Teshner are available to answer questions on HB
53.
9:05:14 AM
At ease.
9::41 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND reconvened the meeting.
SENATOR BEGICH asked if the waiver in HB 53 would allow out-of-
state students to qualify for the PDF earlier.
9:06:18 AM
COREY BIGELOW, PFD Operations Manager, Permanent Fund Dividend
Division, Department of Revenue, Juneau, Alaska, replied that
the Permanent Fund Dividend Division would follow the residency
requirements outlined in regulation 15 AAC 23.143. HB 53 would
not affect a minors eligibility determination.
9:07:22 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND stated the committee had asked if the early
enrollment provision of HB 53 could potentially allow a student
moving between Alaska military bases to be double-counted. He
stated the official response from the Department of Education
and Early Development (DEED) was that double-counting of an
Alaskan student would not happen. Each student is assigned a
unique identification number that would prevent overlap.
HEIDI TESHNER, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Office of the
Commissioner, Department of Education and Early Development,
Juneau, Alaska, stated she had no additional comment.
SENATOR STEVENS stated that the Department of Revenues response
to PFD eligibility is clear, "Under the residency requirements
of [the] Permanent Fund Dividend Program it is not possible for
an applicant to establish residency before their physical
arrival in the state."
9:09:33 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND asked for further objections; finding none he
solicited closing comments from the sponsor of HB 53.
REPRESENTATIVE KEN MCCARTY, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau,
Alaska, stated he was honored to bring HB 53 before the
committee at the request of the Department of Defense. He
thanked the committee for helping to make it easier for students
of military families to transfer schools.
9:10:45 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND found no further comments and solicited a motion.
9:10:50 AM
SENATOR STEVENS moved to report CSHB 53(MLV) am(efd add), work
order 32-LS0344\B.A, from committee with individual
recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).
9:11:04 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND found no objection and CSHB 53(MLV) am(efd add)
was reported from the Senate Education Standing Committee.
9:11:10 AM
At ease.
HB 19-LIMITED TEACHER CERTIFICATES; LANGUAGES
9:13:14 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND reconvened the meeting and announced the
consideration of CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(EDC) "An Act relating
to instruction in a language other than English; and
establishing limited language immersion teacher certificates."
9:13:32 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND opened public testimony on HB 19; finding none, he
closed public testimony and asked if the committee had further
questions.
9:14:29 AM
SENATOR HUGHES stated concern about limited certificates for
high school teachers because they teach advanced subjects.
However, she does not feel inclined to add language to HB 19,
knowing school boards, superintendents, and DEED will be seeking
fully certified high school teachers. She mentioned that the
committee might explore Commission Johnson's teacher residency
program idea. It may be a way for teachers with limited
certification to become fully certified.
SENATOR HUGHES recalled previous testimony from Mr. Locke
stating the science scores of immersion students were
considerably higher than non-immersion students. She asked if
the teachers of the immersion language students had limited
certification.
REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN KREISS-TOMKINS, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, deferred to Brandon Locke.
9:17:20 AM
BRANDON LOCKE, Director, World Languages and Immersion Programs,
Anchorage, Alaska, stated the data was taken from two years of
science standard-based assessment results. There may have been a
few teachers with limited certificates, but information on the
certification of teachers was not known.
9:18:04 AM
SENATOR HUGHES stated that it would be helpful to track the
performance of students taught by teachers holding limited
certificates to ensure student learning is not adversely
affected. Tracking would also provide data on secondary benefits
of immersion language learning.
9:19:01 AM
SENATOR STEVENS stated that school boards should be trusted to
rightly apply HB 19 to the communities and students they serve.
SENATOR BEGICH opined that if a district utilizes limited
certificates, it should support the teachers in deficient areas.
He favors the commissioner's idea of a pathway to full
certification for teachers.
9:20:40 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND Found no amendments or further discussion and
asked the sponsor of HB 19 for closing comments.
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS appreciates the committees
discussion and stated his belief that all entities involved are
aligned.
SENATOR MICCICHE recalled a study from a couple of years ago
that stated the nation was 850,000 teachers short of meeting the
needed requirement. He opined that the number has likely
increased as societal revere for the profession has changed. He
said that creativity is required to acquire people willing to
teach and work towards certification. Alaska must face this
challenge for children to receive an adequate education. The
legislature is working to address the problem and passed a
retire-rehire bill.
9:23:33 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND solicited a motion.
9:23:41 AM
SENATOR STEVENS moved to report CSHB 19(EDC), work order 32-
LS0169\I, from committee with individual recommendations and
attached fiscal note(s).
9:23:53 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND found no objection, and CSHB 19(EDC) was reported
from the Senate Education Standing Committee.
9:24:23 AM
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Holland adjourned the Senate Education Standing Committee
meeting at 9:24 a.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| HB 53 Administration Responses to Questions from 1.21.22.pdf |
SEDC 1/26/2022 9:00:00 AM |
HB 53 |
| HB19 support.pdf |
SEDC 1/26/2022 9:00:00 AM |
HB 19 |
| Letters of Support HB 19 in House.pdf |
SEDC 1/26/2022 9:00:00 AM |
HB 19 |