00 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 20                                                                                      
01 Establishing a task force on schools on military bases.                                                                 
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03  WHEREAS schools located on Fort Richardson, Fort Wainwright, Fort Greeley,                                             
04 Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eielson Air Force Base, Adak Naval Station, and the Kodiak Coast                              
05 Guard Support Center are operated by the local school district or rural educational attendance                          
06 area; and                                                                                                               
07  WHEREAS the federal government owns most of these schools; and                                                         
08  WHEREAS most of these school buildings are significantly below building standards                                      
09 when compared to other schools within these areas; and                                                                  
10  WHEREAS the local school districts are expressly prohibited from conducting major                                      
11 maintenance or selling general obligation bonds to raise money for these schools; and                                   
12  WHEREAS the state has appropriated funds to provide for the maintenance of these                                       
13 schools at a time when state revenue is in severe decline; and                                                          
14  WHEREAS the United States Department of Education, Office of Impact Aid, has                                           
01 made a commitment to provide major assistance for school maintenance; and                                               
02  WHEREAS schools on military bases in the state are the second highest national                                         
03 priority of the United States Department of Education; and                                                              
04  WHEREAS repairs by the federal government may not begin for another two to three                                       
05 years due to a federal program of resurveying maintenance needs at these schools, known as                              
06 the Dole Study; and                                                                                                     
07  WHEREAS parents of children attending these schools believe their children could                                       
08 receive better treatment and that federal officials have not been responsive to their concerns;                         
09  BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Military Schools Task                                          
10 Force is established for the purpose of examining options for repair and maintenance of                                 
11 schools on military bases and to recommend necessary legislation; and be it                                             
12  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall consist of 12 members as follows:                                           
13   (1)  two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;                                              
14   (2)  two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker                                             
15 of the House;                                                                                                           
16   (3)  the chair of the state Board of Education;                                                                       
17   (4)  two members representing school districts with schools on military bases                                         
18 appointed by the Governor;                                                                                              
19   (5)  one member representing the parent advocacy committee;                                                           
20   (6)  the chief administrative officer of the Anchorage and Fairbanks school                                           
21 districts;                                                                                                              
22   (7)  one member representing the United States Coast Guard appointed by the                                           
23 United States Coast Guard;                                                                                              
24   (8)  one member representing the United States Air Force appointed by the                                             
25 United States Air Force;                                                                                                
26   (9)  one member representing the United States Army appointed by the United                                           
27 States Army; and be it                                                                                                  
28  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall report its preliminary findings and                                         
29 recommendations to the Governor and the legislature by November 15, 1993, and shall submit                              
30 a final report to the Governor and the legislature by January 9, 1994; and be it                                        
31  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is terminated on January 10, 1994.