HB 339-INCREASE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:02:48 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DRUMMOND announced  that the final order  of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE BILL  NO. 339,  "An Act  relating to  the base  student                                                               
allocation; and providing for an effective date."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DRUMMOND commented that since  2013, the Anchorage, Alaska,                                                               
school district  has cut  nearly 400  positions. She  mentioned a                                                               
list presented  to the committee  from the Cordova  School Board.                                                               
She encouraged an increase in the base student allocation.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
10:05:10 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PARISH  moved to  report HB  339 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.