2010-04-17                     House Journal                      Page 2427
Representative Johansen moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
CSSB 312(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading,                                                               
and placed on final passage.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 312(FIN) will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                      THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 69                                                                                                                         
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the April 16,                                                           
2010, calendar (page 2362), was read the third time:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(FIN)                                                                                              
     "An Act establishing in the Department of Education and Early                                                              
     Development a voluntary parent and early childhood education                                                               
     program for pre-elementary aged children."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Keller moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
(FIN) be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                                               
considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Keller:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 2, following "education" (title amendment):                                                                      
     Insert "grant"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 10, through page 2, line 16:                                                                                       
     Delete all material and insert:                                                                                            
     "PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. (a)                                                                              
The Department of Education and Early Development shall devise and                                                              
implement a statewide parents as teachers grant program that                                                                    
supplements available funding for local programs that provide a                                                                 
parents as teachers program that                                                                                                
         (1)  accomplishes goals established by recognized research in                                                          
the area of parents as teachers that                                                                                            
              (A)  increases parental knowledge of early childhood                                                              
     development;