Legislature(2013 - 2014)

2014-04-21 House Journal

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2014-04-21                     House Journal                      Page 2750
HB 278                                                                                                                        
A message dated April 21, 2014, was read stating the Senate passed:                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 278(FIN) am                                                                                           
    "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; establishing a public                                                         
    school and school district grading system; relating to charter                                                              
    schools and student transportation; relating to residential school                                                          
    applications; relating to tenure of public school teachers; relating                                                        
    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                                                            

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    institutions receiving technical and vocational education program                                                           
    funding; relating to schools operated by a federal agency; relating                                                         
    to a grant for school districts; 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."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
with the following amendment, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
           SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 278(FIN) am S                                                                   
    "An Act 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 and accountability standards;                                                              
    providing for funding for Internet services; relating to the                                                                
    secondary school competency examination and related                                                                         
    requirements; relating to charter schools and student                                                                       
    transportation; establishing a grant program to be administered by                                                          
    the Association of Alaska School Boards for the purchase of                                                                 
    student equipment and technology services; establishing a public                                                            
    school grant program for innovative approaches to learning;                                                                 
    relating to correspondence study programs, funding, and student                                                             
    allotments; relating to residential school applications; increasing                                                         
    the stipend for boarding school students; relating to school                                                                
    construction bond debt reimbursement; relating to the local                                                                 
    contribution to public school funding; relating to funding of and                                                           
    reporting by Alaska technical and vocational education programs;                                                            
    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 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 Legislative Budget and Audit Committee to provide                                                             
    for studies on the school size factor and the school district cost                                                          
    factor for public education funding and for a study on school staff                                                         
    salary and benefits; requiring the Department of Education and                                                              

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    Early Development to report to the legislature on school design                                                             
    and construction; establishing a pilot project for public middle                                                            
    schools; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
 (SCR 29 - title change resolution)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 278(FIN) am is under Unfinished Business.