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2014-04-21 Senate Journal

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2014-04-21                     Senate Journal                      Page 2718
HB 278                                                                                                                        
Message dated April 21 was read stating the House failed to concur in                                                           
the Senate amendments to CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 278(FIN) am                                                                      
"An Act increasing the base student allocation used in the formula for                                                          

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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 respectfully requests the Senate to recede                                                           
from its amendments, namely:                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
    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                                                            

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    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." (Title Change SCR 29)                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The House waived Uniform Rule 42(a) and (b).                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
In the event the Senate fails to recede, the Speaker has appointed the                                                          
following members to a Free Conference Committee to meet with a                                                                 
like committee from the Senate to consider the bills:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Representative Hawker, Chair                                                                                               
     Representative Gattis                                                                                                      
     Representative Kito III                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved that the Senate recede from its amendments                                                                
and recommended the body vote no.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall the Senate recede from its amendments?"                                                              
The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 278(FIN) am S                                                                                                          
Shall the Senate Recede from its                                                                                                
Amendments to CSHB 278(FIN) am?                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  0   NAYS:  20   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Coghill, Dunleavy, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, Fairclough,                                                               
French, Gardner, Giessel, Hoffman, Huggins, Kelly, McGuire, Meyer,                                                              
Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, the Senate failed to recede.                                                                                            

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Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent to waive                                                                      
Uniform Rule 42(a) and (b). Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The President appointed the following members to a Free Conference                                                              
Committee to meet with the like committee from the House:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     Senator Meyer, Chair                                                                                                       
     Senator Dunleavy                                                                                                           
     Senator Hoffman                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Secretary was requested to notify the House.