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2014-04-03 House Journal

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HB 278                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 278                                                                                                          
    "An Act increasing the base student allocation used in the formula                                                          
    for state funding of public education; repealing the secondary                                                              
    student competency examination and related requirements;                                                                    
    relating to high school course credit earned through assessment;                                                            
    relating to a college and career readiness assessment for secondary                                                         
    students; relating to charter school application appeals and                                                                
    program budgets; relating to residential school applications;                                                               
    increasing the stipend for boarding school students; extending                                                              
    unemployment contributions for the Alaska technical and                                                                     
    vocational education program; relating to earning high school                                                               
    credit for completion of vocational education courses offered by                                                            
    institutions receiving technical and vocational education program                                                           
    funding; relating to education tax credits; making conforming                                                               
    amendments; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 278(FIN)                                                                                              
    "An Act increasing the base student allocation used in the formula                                                          
    for state funding of public education; relating to the exemption                                                            
    from jury service for certain teachers; relating to the powers of the                                                       
    Department of Education and Early Development; relating to high                                                             
    school course credit earned through assessment; relating to school                                                          
    performance reports; relating to assessments; relating to charter                                                           
    schools and student transportation; relating to residential school                                                          
    applications; relating to tenure of public school teachers; relating                                                        

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    to unemployment contributions for the Alaska technical and                                                                  
    vocational education program; relating to earning high school                                                               
    credit for completion of vocational education courses offered by                                                            
    institutions receiving technical and vocational education program                                                           
    funding; relating to schools operated by a federal agency; relating                                                         
    to the school size factor for public school funding; adjusting the                                                          
    calculation of state aid for public school funding; relating to the                                                         
    local contribution to public education funding; relating to the                                                             
    withholding of state aid to public education for teacher retirement                                                         
    contributions; relating to the teachers' defined benefit retirement                                                         
    plan; establishing the teachers' pension reserve fund; relating to                                                          
    education tax credits; establishing an optional municipal tax                                                               
    exemption for privately owned real property rented or leased for                                                            
    use as a charter school; requiring the Department of                                                                        
    Administration to provide a proposal for a salary and benefits                                                              
    schedule for school districts; making conforming amendments;                                                                
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Stoltze, Co-chair, with the                                                             
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (1):  Costello                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (5):  Neuman, Thompson, Edgmon, T. Wilson,                                                                    
Stoltze                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Amend (4):  Guttenberg, Gara, Holmes, Munoz                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 278(FIN):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8. Zero, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Education & Early                                                                     
Development                                                                                                                     
9. Indeterminate, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                              
10. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Fund Transfers                                                                              
11. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Education & Early                                                                  
Development                                                                                                                     
12. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Labor & Workforce                                                                  
Development                                                                                                                     
13. Fiscal, University of Alaska                                                                                                
14. Zero, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                      

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15. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Education & Early                                                                  
Development                                                                                                                     
16. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Education & Early                                                                  
Development                                                                                                                     
17. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Labor & Workforce                                                                  
Development                                                                                                                     
18. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/Fund Transfers                                                                              
19. Fiscal, House Finance Committee/State Assistance to Retirement                                                              
Funds (SAR)                                                                                                                     
20. Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 278 is on today's calendar.