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HB 278                                                                                                                        
The Education 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 a forthcoming House Education                                                                
Committee substitute.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Gattis, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (2):  Reinbold, Gattis                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (3):  Seaton, P. Wilson, Saddler                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amend (2):  LeDoux, Kito III (Alternate)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 278(EDC):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Education & Early Development                                                                                
2.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                             
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Education & Early Development                                                                              
4.  Fiscal, Dept. of Education & Early Development                                                                              
5.  Fiscal, Dept. of Education & Early Development                                                                              

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6.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
7.  Fiscal, University of Alaska                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 278 was referred to the Finance Committee.