Legislature(2021 - 2022)
2021-04-28 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2021-04-28 House Journal Page 0746 HB 100 The following, which was advanced to third reading from the April 26 calendar (page 721), was read the third time: HOUSE BILL NO. 100 "An Act relating to allocations of funding for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; and providing for an effective date." Representative McCarty moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 100 be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of considering Amendment Nos. 1 and 2. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative McCarty: Page 1, line 6: Delete "2024" Insert "2022" Page 2, following line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: 2021-04-28 House Journal Page 0747 "* Sec. 2. AS 23.15.835(e) is amended to read: (e) The institutions receiving funding under (d) of this section shall provide an expenditure and performance report to the department by November 1 of each year that includes (1) the percentage of former participants in the program who have jobs one year after leaving the program; (2) the median wage of former participants at both six months and [SEVEN TO] 12 months after leaving the program; (3) the percentage of former participants who were employed after leaving the program who received training under the program that was related or somewhat related to the former participants' jobs at both six months and [SEVEN TO] 12 months after leaving the program; (4) a description of each vocational education course funded through the allocation set out in (d) of this section that permits high school students to earn dual credit upon course completion, and the number of high school students who earned dual credit in the past year; (5) a copy of any articulation agreement established under (g) of this section that either was in effect for the preceding year or is in process for the next year of funding, and the number of high school students who earned dual credit under each articulation agreement; [AND] (6) the performance and financial information needed to verify the performance of the program as specified by the department by regulation, including the percentage of a funding allocation under (d) of this section that the institution expended on supplies and other general operational costs not directly related to the education of a participant; and (7) for each participant, (A) age, in years; (B) the amount of a funding allocation under (d) of this section received from the program as a grant or other financial aid; (C) the number of pay periods for which an employee contribution to unemployment insurance was made." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 2021-04-28 House Journal Page 0748 Representative McCarty moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Wool objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 100 Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative McCarty: Page 2, following line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. AS 23.15.835(g) is amended to read: (g) An institution [THE INSTITUTIONS] receiving funding under (d) of this section shall establish and maintain (1) at least one articulation agreement under which dual credit may be earned by high school students upon completion of a vocational education course; (2) an admissions preference for a person who has contributed an amount under (a) of this section during the 365 days immediately preceding the earlier of the date the person applies to the program or the date the person begins participating in the program; (3) a sliding fee scale allowing a contributor under (2) of this subsection to participate in the program for a reduced fee." 2021-04-28 House Journal Page 0749 Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 2, lines 8 - 9: Delete "sec. 1 of this Act takes effect after June 30, 2021, sec. 1 of this Act is" Insert "secs. 1 and 2 of this Act take effect after June 30, 2021, secs 1 and 2 of this Act are" Representative McCarty moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Wool objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 100 Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Cronk, Eastman, Gillham, Johnson, Kaufman, Kurka, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Patkotak, Prax, Rauscher, Shaw, Thompson, Tilton, Vance Nays: Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, Merrick, Ortiz, Rasmussen, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck, Wool, Zulkosky And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. HB 100 was automatically in third reading. The question being: "Shall HB 100 pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 100 Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 36 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2021-04-28 House Journal Page 0750 Yeas: Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky Nays: Eastman, Kaufman, Kurka, Prax And so, HB 100 passed the House. Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. There was objection. The question being: "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 100 Third Reading Effective Date YEAS: 40 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Carpenter, Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillham, Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Josephson, Kaufman, Kreiss-Tomkins, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe, McCarty, McKay, Merrick, Nelson, Ortiz, Patkotak, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Schrage, Shaw, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Vance, Wool, Zulkosky And so, the effective date clause was adopted. HB 100 was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.