2001-05-03                     Senate Journal                      Page 1466
          "An Act referencing the award of good time and                                            
          restricting release on mandatory parole for prisoners                                     
          serving certain sentences who fail to attain certain                                      
          minimum educational standards; relating to eligibility                                    
          for a permanent fund dividend for persons convicted                                       
          of and incarcerated for certain offenses; and                                             
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
SB 224                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 224 BY SENATOR DAVIS, entitled:                                                     
                                                                                                    
          "An Act increasing the state minimum wage; and                                            
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                  
Finance Committees.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                        Consideration of the Calendar                                            
                                                                                                    
                        Second Reading of Senate Bills                                           
                                                                                                    
SB 174                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 174 "An Act relating to education funding; and                                      
providing for an effective date" was read the second time.                                          
                                                                                                    
Senator Donley moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                   
of the Rules Committee Substitute offered on page 1463. Without                                     
objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 174(RLS) "An Act                                                  
establishing a base student allocation for purposes of determining                                  
education funding in the amount of $4,010; providing that only 50                                   
percent of the annual increase in assessed value may be included for                                
purposes of calculating the required contribution to education from a                               
city or borough school district; providing that a community with at                                 
least 101 students but not more than 425 students in average daily                                  
membership is counted as one elementary and one secondary school,                                   
and that, in a community with more than 425 students in average daily