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2024-02-21 House Journal

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2024-02-21                     House Journal                      Page 1575
SB 140                                                                                                                        
The following was before the House in second reading:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 140(FIN)                                                                                             
    "An Act relating to funding for Internet services for school                                                                
    districts; and providing for an effective date."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were not offered.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representative Dibert:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "districts;" (title amendment):                                                                     
    Insert "relating to the base student allocation;"                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 9:                                                                                                       
    Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                          
"* Sec. 2. AS 14.17.470 is amended to read:                                                                                   
         Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student                                                            
    allocation is $6,640 [$5,960]."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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   "* Sec. 4. Section 2 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2024."                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Dibert moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Gray:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 7 of the amendment:                                                                                                
 Delete "$6,640"                                                                                                                
 Insert "$7,850"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gray moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                     

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Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Ortiz:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 7 of the amendment:                                                                                                
 Delete "$6,640"                                                                                                                
 Insert "$6,840"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Ortiz moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 5                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 5                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Himschoot:                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 7 of the amendment:                                                                                                
 Delete "$6,640"                                                                                                                
 Insert "$7,230"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Himschoot moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            

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The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 5                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 5                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 to Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Carrick:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 7 of the amendment:                                                                                                
 Delete "$6,640"                                                                                                                
 Insert "$7,373"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carrick moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 5                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 5                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                

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Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 to Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Story:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 8 of the amendment:                                                                                      
       Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                       
 "* Sec. 3. AS 13.17.470 is amended by adding a new subsection                                                                
to read:                                                                                                                        
 (b) On July 1, 2025, the department shall increase the base student                                                            
allocation by a percentage equal to the average percentage of increase                                                          
over the preceding four calendar years in all items of the Consumer                                                             
Price Index for all urban consumers for urban Alaska prepared by the                                                            
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics."                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Story moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 5 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 to Amendment No. 5                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5 to Amendment No. 5                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 to Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                     

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Amendment No. 6 to Amendment No. 5 was offered  by                                                                               
Representative Story:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 8:                                                                                                       
       Insert "Sec. 3. AS 14.17.470, as amended by sec. 2 of this Act,                                                        
is amended to read:                                                                                                             
 Sec. 14.17.470. Base student allocation. The base student                                                                    
allocation is $6,760 [$6,640].                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 18:                                                                                                      
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"*Sec. 5. Section 3 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2025."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Story moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 6 to Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 6 to Amendment No. 5                                                                  
be adopted?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 6 to Amendment No. 5                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 6 to Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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CSSB 140(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  21   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Armstrong, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin,                                                              
Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, Josephson, McCormick, Mears,                                                                     
Mina, Ortiz, Schrage, Story, Stutes                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Eastman,                                                                      
C.Johnson, D.Johnson, McCabe, McKay, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge,                                                                 
Saddler, Shaw, Stapp, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was not offered.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representative Mears:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
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Insert:                                                                                                                         
"AS 14.09.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                                             
(a)  A school district that provides student transportation services for                                                        
the transportation of students who reside a distance from established                                                           
schools is eligible to receive funding for operating or subcontracting                                                          
the operation of the transportation system for students to and from the                                                         
schools within the student's transportation service area. Subject to                                                            
appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for                                                                  
operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school                                                           
district's ADM, less the ADM for the district's correspondence                                                                  
programs during the current fiscal year, multiplied by the per student                                                          
amount for the school district as follows, for the school years                                                                 
beginning July 1, 2023:                                                                                                         
DISTRICT        PER STUDENT AMOUNT                                                                                              
Alaska Gateway           $2,536                                                                                                 
Aleutians East            378                                                                                                   
Anchorage             531                                                                                                       
Annette Island            222                                                                                                   
Bering Strait            60                                                                                                     
Bristol Bay             3,257                                                                                                   
Chatham             342                                                                                                         

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Copper River            1,934                                                                                                   
Cordova             409                                                                                                         
Craig              515                                                                                                          
Delta/Greely            2,019                                                                                                   
Denali              2,203                                                                                                       
Dillingham             1,484                                                                                                    
Fairbanks             995                                                                                                       
Galena              310                                                                                                         
Haines              763                                                                                                         
Hoonah              364                                                                                                         
Iditarod              258                                                                                                       
Juneau              735                                                                                                         
Kake              331                                                                                                           
Kashunamiut            6                                                                                                        
Kenai Peninsula            1,115                                                                                                
Ketchikan             886                                                                                                       
Klawock             712                                                                                                         
Kodiak Island            974                                                                                                    
Kuspuk              797                                                                                                         
Lake and Peninsula           468                                                                                                
Lower Kuskokwim           338                                                                                                   
Lower Yukon            1                                                                                                        
Matanuska-Susitna           1,109                                                                                               
Nenana              716                                                                                                         
Nome              757                                                                                                           
North Slope             1,365                                                                                                   
Northwest Arctic           30                                                                                                   
Pelican              88                                                                                                         
Petersburg             457                                                                                                      
Saint Mary's            235                                                                                                     
Sitka              522                                                                                                          
Skagway             44                                                                                                          
Southeast Island            1,408                                                                                               
Southwest Region           728                                                                                                  
Tanana              581                                                                                                         
Unalaska             790                                                                                                        
Valdez              897                                                                                                         
Wrangell             854                                                                                                        
Yakutat              907                                                                                                        
Yukon Flats            322                                                                                                      

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Yukon/Koyukuk            365                                                                                                    
Yupiit               2.                                                                                                         
    200(b) is amended to read:                                                                                                  
(b)  Costs that may be claimed by a district for reimbursement under                                                            
(a) of this section are                                                                                                         
(1)  one round trip on the least expensive means of transportation                                                              
between the student's community of residence and the school during                                                              
the school year if the district expends money for the trip; and                                                                 
(2)  a per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses as                                                            
determined by the department on a regional basis and not to exceed the                                                          
following amounts:                                                                                                              
(A)  for the Southeast Region (Region I), $1,845 [$1,230];                                                                  
(B)  for the Southcentral Region (Region II), $1,800 [$1,200];                                                              
(C)  for the Interior Region (Region III), $2,178 [$1,452];                                                                 
(D)  for the Southwest Region (Region IV), $2,264 [$1,509];                                                                 
(E)  for the Northern Remote Region (Region V), $2,664 [$1,776]".                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 7 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                       
withdraw Amendment No. 7.  There being no objection, it was so                                                                  
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment Nos. 8-16 were not offered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to                                                           
a call of the Chair; and so, the House recessed at 7:13 p.m.