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HB 69                                                                                                                         
The Education Committee considered 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" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
          SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                                       
          NO. 69(EDC) "An Act relating to education; relating                                                                   
          to classroom sizes in public schools; relating to open                                                                
          enrollment in public schools; relating to education                                                                   
          reports; relating to the collection of data on the                                                                    
          progress of high school graduating classes in the                                                                     
          state; relating to a student academic performance                                                                     

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          improvement recognition program; relating to charter                                                                  
          schools; relating to correspondence study programs;                                                                   
          relating to the required local contribution of a city or                                                              
          borough school district; relating to the base student                                                                 
          allocation; relating to the provision of special                                                                      
          education and related services; relating to reading                                                                   
          proficiency incentive grants; relating to wireless                                                                    
          telecommunications devices in public schools;                                                                         
          relating to the duties of the Alaska Workforce                                                                        
          Investment Board; establishing the Task Force on                                                                      
          Education Funding; and providing for an effective                                                                     
          date."                                                                                                                
          (Title Change SCR forthcoming)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Tobin, Chair; Senator Kiehl. Signing no                                                                
recommendation: Senators Bjorkman, Stevens.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 4, zero, Department of Education and Early                                                                 
          Development                                                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 5, Department of Education and Early                                                                       
          Development                                                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 6, Department of Education and Early                                                                       
          Development                                                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 7, zero, Office of the Governor                                                                            
     Fiscal Note No. 8, Department of Education and Early                                                                       
          Development                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.