2012-03-30                     Senate Journal                      Page 1989
SB 168                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 168 "An                                                                      
Act relating to geographic cost-of-living salary adjustments for                                                                
justices of the supreme court and judges of the superior and district                                                           
courts; and providing for an effective date" and recommended it be                                                              
replaced with                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 168(JUD)                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Signing no recommendation: Senator French, Chair; Senators Coghill,                                                             
Wielechowski, Paskvan.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 1, Alaska Court System                                                                                     
     Fiscal Note No. 2, Alaska Court System                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 182                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 182 "An Act                                                                    
amending the amount of state funding provided to school districts for                                                           
pupil transportation" and recommended the adoption of the Education                                                             
Committee Substitute offered on page 1636 and further recommended                                                               
the adoption of the following Letter of Intent:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                             Education Committee                                                                               
                               Letter of Intent                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
          It is the intent of the Senate Education Committee                                                                    
          that the Department of Education and Early                                                                            
          Development establish minimum standards for                                                                           
          proposals and contracts entered into by school                                                                        
          districts to provide pupil transportation services. It is                                                             
          also the intent of the Senate Education Committee                                                                     
          that the minimum standards include (1) a                                                                              
          standardized time frame for the issuance and                                                                          
          acceptance of requests for proposals; (2) minimum                                                                     
          terms of requests for proposals and contracts that take                                                               
          into account unique regional conditions, including                                                                    
          climate patterns; (3) the opportunity for departmental