SB 65-DEPT. OF LABOR: TECHNICAL ED. PROGRAMS                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:36:15 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR REINBOLD  announced that the  next order of  business would                                                               
be SENATE  BILL NO.  65, "An  Act relating to  the duties  of the                                                               
Department of Labor and Workforce  Development; and providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:37:09 PM                                                                                                                    
TAMIKA  LEDBETTER, Ph.D.,  Commissioner  Designee, Department  of                                                               
Labor and  Workforce Development (DOLWD), Anchorage,  said she is                                                               
very  excited about  the process  and interested  in leading  and                                                               
monitoring the  career and technical education  (CTE) programs in                                                               
Alaska.  She expressed  interest  in the  opportunity to  partner                                                               
with  the Department  of Education  and Early  Development (DEED)                                                               
and the University of Alaska in this effort.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:38:41 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  BISHOP  reviewed the  Department  of  Labor &  Workforce                                                               
Development fiscal  note for an  appropriation of $140,100  in FY                                                               
2020  to  the  Commissioner   and  Administrative  Services.  The                                                               
allocation  is  the  Workforce  Investment  Board,  and  the  OMB                                                               
component is  2659. There is  no fiscal impact to  the department                                                               
as  a  result   of  this  legislation,  because   this  does  not                                                               
significantly change the  department's programs. This legislation                                                               
simply formalizes  the department's  role in the  coordination of                                                               
the state's CTE programs.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  BISHOP reviewed  the Department  of Education  and Early                                                               
Development (DEED),  zero fiscal note. The  allocation is Student                                                               
and  School  Achievement and  the  OMB  component is  2796.  This                                                               
legislation  amends AS  44.31.020,  requiring  the Department  of                                                               
Labor and  Workforce Development to coordinate  and monitor state                                                               
career and  technical education programs by  cooperating with the                                                               
Department of Education and Early  Development, the University of                                                               
Alaska,  and  any  other  entities that  provide  or  fund  these                                                               
programs.  This legislation  would become  effective immediately.                                                               
There is no fiscal impact to the department.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:40:54 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COSTELLO moved  to report SB 65,  work order 31-GS1139\A,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal  note(s). There  being no  objection, SB  65 was  reported                                                               
from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.