Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2025-03-11 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0429 HB 69 The following was before the House in second reading with Amendment No.42 (page 427) moved and pending: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(RLS) am "An Act relating to education; relating to open enrollment in public schools; relating to school and student performance reports; relating to school and district accountability; relating to charter schools; relating to an annual report for correspondence study programs; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; relating to a report on regulation of school districts; and providing for an effective date." The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 42 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 42 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tomaszewski, Underwood Nays: Allard, Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, McCabe, Mears, Mina, Rauscher, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 42 was not adopted. 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0430 Representative Himschoot moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 23 (page 345) be taken up from the table. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 23 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 23 YEAS: 30 NAYS: 10 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Elam, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Story, Stutes, Tomaszewski Nays: Allard, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Rauscher, Stapp, Tilton, Underwood, Vance And so, Amendment No. 23 was adopted and the new title follows: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(RLS) am "An Act relating to education; relating to open enrollment in public schools; relating to school and student performance reports; relating to school and district accountability; relating to charter schools; relating to an annual report for correspondence study programs; relating to the base student allocation; relating to reading proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; relating to the duty of the legislature to pass a public education appropriation bill; relating to the duty of the governor to prepare a public education appropriation bill; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; relating to a report on regulation of school districts; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 24 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 1, line 1, following "education;" (title amendment): Insert "relating to vocational and technical education; relating to secondary school graduation requirements;" 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0431 Page 1, following line 12: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.03.076. Vocational and technical education requirement. A school may not issue a secondary school diploma to a student unless the student has completed one semester of a vocational and technical education course." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 2, line 8: Delete "sec. 2" Insert "sec. 3" Page 7, line 13: Delete "sec. 14" Insert "sec. 15" Page 10, line 3: Delete "Sections 5 - 9" Insert "Sections 6 - 10" Page 10, line 4: Delete "secs. 5 - 9" Insert "secs. 6 - 10" Page 10, following line 4: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 22. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: TRANSITION: GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. The requirement that a school only issue a secondary school diploma to a student who has met the requirements set out in AS 14.03.076, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, applies to students who enter grade 10 on or after July 1, 2025." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 10, line 5: Delete "Sections 3 and 17" Insert "Sections 4 and 18" 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0432 Page 10, line 6: Delete "Section 12" Insert "Section 13" Page 10, line 8: Delete "Section 15" Insert "Section 16" Page 10, line 9: Delete "secs. 21 - 23" Insert "secs. 23 - 25" Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 24 be adopted. There was objection. Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 24 was offered by Representative Bynum: Page 1, line 2 of the amendment, following the first occurrence of "to" (title amendment): Insert "technical readiness and career training education in public schools; relating to" Page 1, following line 3 of the amendment: Insert new material to read: "Page 1, line 10, following "INTENT.": Insert "(a)"" Page 1, line 6 of the amendment: Delete "a new bill section" Insert "new material" Page 1, following line 6 of the amendment: Insert a new subsection to read: ""(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Education and Early Development establish a technical readiness and career training system to serve as the foundation of a statewide framework for comprehensive career and technical 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0433 education by providing dedicated and direct funding to school districts to offer high quality, hands-on learning opportunities for students in grades six through 12 through the incentivized integration of technical readiness, career training, and work-based learning alongside traditional academic curricula and programs." Page 1, line 7 of the amendment: Delete the quotation mark. Page 1, line 10 of the amendment: Delete "one semester" Insert "two semesters" Page 1, following line 16 of the amendment: Insert new material to read: "Page 7, following line 1: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 15. AS 14.17 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read: Sec. 14.17.530. Minimum expenditure for technical, career, and work-based instruction. A district shall budget for and spend at least 80 percent of the funds obtained for vocational and technical instruction under AS 14.17.420(a)(3) on directly offering and supporting technical readiness, career training, and work-based learning opportunities for students in grades six through 12." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly." Page 2, line 20 of the amendment: Delete "18" Insert "19" Page 2, line 28 of the amendment: Delete "Section 16" Insert "Section 17" Page 3, line 1 of the amendment: Delete "secs. 23 - 25" Insert "secs. 24 - 26" 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0434 Representative Bynum moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 24 be adopted. There being no objection, Amendment No. 1 to Amendment No. 24 was adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 24 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 24 as amended YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes Allard changed from "NAY" to "YEA" And so, Amendment No. 24 as amended was not adopted. Representative Coulombe moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 51 (page 386). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 51?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 51 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Gray, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0435 Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, the motion failed. Representative Allard moved and asked unanimous consent that the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 12 (page 422). There was objection. The question being: "Shall the House rescind previous action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 12?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Rescind Previous Action in failing to adopt Amendment No. 12 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Eischeid, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, the motion failed. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Saddler: Page 1, lines 4 - 5(title amendment): Delete "establishing the Task Force on Education Funding;" Page 8, line 20, through page 9, line 23: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 10, line 9: Delete "secs. 21 - 23" Insert "secs. 20 - 22" 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0436 Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Saddler, Schwanke, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Coulombe, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Ruffridge, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Saddler: Page 9, line 2: Delete "six" Insert "eight" Page 9, line 3: Delete "three members of the senate, at least one of whom is a member " Insert "four members of the senate, at least two of whom are members" Page 9, lines 6 - 7: Delete "three members of the house of representatives, at least one of whom is a member" Insert "four members of the house of representatives, at least two of whom are members" 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0437 Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Saddler: Page 8, line 31: Delete "Second" Insert "First" Delete "Thirty-Fourth" Insert "Thirty-Fifth" Page 9, line 23: Delete ""2026" Insert "2027" Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0438 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Saddler: Page 9, line 30: Delete "Second" Insert "First" Delete "Thirty-Fourth" Insert "Thirty-Fifth" Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 19 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Moore, Nelson, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schwanke, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance 2025-03-11 House Journal Page 0439 Nays: Burke, Carrick, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland, Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 69(RLS) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. CSHB 69(RLS) am will advance to third reading on the March 12 calendar.