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2014-04-21 House Journal

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2014-04-21                     House Journal                      Page 2753
HB 278                                                                                                                        
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
House consider the Senate message (page 2750) on the following:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
    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                                                            
    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."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
           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                                                                         

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    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                                                              
    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)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved that the House concur in the Senate                                                                 
amendment to CSHB 278(FIN) am, thus adopting SCS CSHB
278(FIN) am S, and recommended that the members vote no.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House concur in the Senate                                                                      
amendment to CSHB 278(FIN) am?"  The roll was taken with the                                                                    
following result:                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 278(FIN) am S                                                                                                          
Concur                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  0   NAYS:  38   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  2                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Nays:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Edgmon, Feige,                                                                  
Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron, Higgins,                                                                   
Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller,                                                                 
Kito III, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                 
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson,                                                                
Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Hawker, Reinbold                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
And so, the House failed to concur in the Senate amendment.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate and respectfully requested it to                                                            
recede.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that Rule                                                               
42(a) and (b) of the Uniform Rules be waived. There being no                                                                    
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
In the event the Senate fails to recede from its amendment, the                                                                 
Speaker appointed the following members to a Free Conference                                                                    
Committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider                                                             
the above bills:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
 Representative Hawker, Chair                                                                                                   
 Representative Gattis                                                                                                          
 Representative Kito III