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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                                                                

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          review of the terms of the requests for proposals and                                                                 
          contracts, before issuance, for consistency with                                                                      
          statewide standards; (4) alignment of contract terms,                                                                 
          by July 1, 2016, with statewide standards for the                                                                     
          Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan,                                                                       
          Kodiak, and Matanuska-Susitna areas; and (5)                                                                          
          alignment of contract terms, when feasible, with                                                                      
          statewide standards for all other areas of the state not                                                              
          covered in (4).                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Hoffman, Cochair; Senators Thomas, Egan,                                                               
Ellis. Signing no recommendation: Senator Stedman, Cochair; Senator                                                             
Olson.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Education and Early                                                                       
      Development                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.