ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                                                                          
                      STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                         March 27, 2001                                                                                         
                           3:00 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: ALASKA COUNCIL OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-35, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FRED DYSON,  Chair,  convened  the House  Health,                                                               
Education and Social Services Standing Committee at 3:00 p.m.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were Representatives  Dyson, Coghill,                                                               
Cissna, Stevens, and Joule.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
DARRELL HARGRAVES,  Alaska Council of School  Administrators, was                                                               
the spokesperson for the Alaska  Council of School Administrators                                                               
and introduced the presenters.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
WESLEY  KNAPP,  Superintendent,  Aleutians  East  Borough  School                                                               
District,  gave a  presentation regarding  teacher retention  and                                                               
recruitment.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BETTY WALTERS,  Alaska Council Of  School Administrators.  gave a                                                               
presentation concerning the exit exam.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
STEVEN  CATHERS,  Superintendent,  Valdez City  School  District,                                                               
addressed funding issues.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Dyson   concluded  the  overview  at   3:27  p.m.                                                               
[Testimony for  HB 76, HB 77,  HB 164, SB  112, HB 98, and  HB 96                                                               
are found in the 3:37 p.m. minutes for the same date.]                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.