Legislature(2025 - 2026)
2025-03-10 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0325 HB 69 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 69 "An Act relating to education funding; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page FIN RPT 5DP 4DNP 1NR 1AM 224 FN1: ZERO(EED) 224 FN2: (EED/FUND CAP) 224 FN3: (EED) 224 RLS RPT CS(RLS) NEW TITLE 4DP 3AM 317 FN1: ZERO(EED) 317 FN2: (EED/FUND CAP) 317 FN3: (EED) 317 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0326 Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(RLS) "An Act relating to education; relating to open enrollment in public schools; 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." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Kopp: Page 2, line 25: Delete "school." Insert "school and enrollment of children of members of the armed forces." Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 1. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment Nos. 2-7 were not offered. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Ruffridge: Page 1, lines 1 – 2 (title amendment): Delete "relating to education; relating to open enrollment in public schools; relating to charter schools; relating to an annual report for correspondence study programs;" 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0327 Page 1, lines 3 - 6: Delete "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;" Page 1, line 8, through page 6, line 29: Delete all material. Page 6, line 30: Delete "Sec. 13" Insert "Section 1" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 7, line 2, through page 10, line 8: Delete all material. Page 10, line 9: Delete "Except as provided in secs. 21 - 23 of this Act, this" Insert "This" Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Himschoot objected. Representative Saddler, citing Section 111 of Mason's Manual, rose to a point of order regarding making references to the office of the executive. The Speaker stated the point was well taken. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0328 Yeas: Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, 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, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Rauscher, Schrage, Story, Stutes, Tilton, Vance And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representatives Costello, Johnson, Ruffridge, Coulombe, McCabe, Saddler, Bynum, Tomaszewski, Tilton, and Allard: Page 1, lines 1 - 2 (title amendment): Delete "relating to open enrollment in public schools; relating to charter schools; relating to an annual report for correspondence study programs;" Page 1, lines 4 - 5: Delete "relating to wireless telecommunications devices in public schools; establishing the Task Force on Education Funding; relating to a report on regulation of school districts;" Page 1, line 8, through page 6, line 29: Delete all material. Page 6, line 30: Delete "Sec. 13" Insert "Section 1" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 7, line 13: Delete "sec. 14" Insert "sec. 2" Page 7, line 23, through page 10, line 9: Delete all material and insert: "* Sec. 4. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect July 1, 2025. * Sec. 5. Section 3 of this Act takes effect June 30, 2034." 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0329 Representative Costello moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Galvin objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) Second Reading Amendment No. 9 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. 9 was not adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representatives Tilton, Costello, Johnson, Ruffridge, Coulombe, Saddler, McCabe, Tomaszewski, Bynum, Vance, Schwanke, Rauscher, and Allard: Page 1, line 2 (title amendment): Delete "an annual report for" Page 6, following line 29: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 13. AS 14.17.430 is amended to read: Sec. 14.17.430. State funding for correspondence study. Except as provided in AS 14.17.400(b), funding for the state centralized correspondence study program or a district correspondence program, including a district that offers a statewide correspondence study program, includes an allocation from the public education fund in an amount calculated by using [MULTIPLYING] the ADM of the correspondence program reported under AS 14.17.500(a) and 14.17.600(a) [BY 90 PERCENT]." 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0330 Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 7, line 13: Delete "sec. 14" Insert "sec. 15" Page 10, line 5: Delete "17" Insert "18" Page 10, line 8: Delete "Section 15" Insert "Section 16" Page 10, line 9: Delete "secs. 21 - 23" Insert "secs. 22 - 24" Representative Tilton moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. There was objection. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 69(RLS) Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Bynum, Costello, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, Kopp, 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, Mears, Mina, Schrage, Story, Stutes And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0331 Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representatives Ruffridge, Costello, Johnson, Coulombe, Saddler, McCabe, Tomaszewski, Tilton, Vance, Allard, and Rauscher: Page 3, line 12, through page 4, line 8: Delete all material and insert: "* Sec. 6. AS 14.03.255(c) is amended to read: (c) A charter school shall operate under a contract between the charter school and the local school board. A contract must contain the following provisions: (1) a description of the educational program; (2) specific levels of achievement for the education program; (3) admission policies and procedures; (4) administrative policies; (5) a statement of the charter school's funding allocation from the local school board during the first three years of (A) the charter school's operation; and (B) an expansion of the range of grades the charter school serves; (6) a statement of the charter school's funding allocation from the local school board and costs assignable to the charter school program budget that applies in circumstances other than those described in (5) of this subsection; (7) [(6)] the method by which the charter school will account for receipts and expenditures; (8) [(7)] the location and description of the facility; (9) [(8)] the name of the teacher, or teachers, who, by agreement between the charter school and the teacher, will teach in the charter school; (10) [(9)] the teacher-to-student ratio; (11) [(10)] the number of students served; (12) [(11)] the term of the contract, not to exceed a term of 10 years; (13) [(12)] a termination clause providing that the contract may be terminated by the local school board for the failure of the charter school to meet educational achievement goals or fiscal management standards, or for other good cause; (14) [(13)] a statement that the charter school will 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0332 comply with all state and federal requirements for receipt and use of public money; (15) [(14)] other requirements or exemptions agreed on [UPON] by the charter school and the local school board." Page 4, line 22: Delete "The" Insert "Except as provided in (e) of this section, the [THE]" Page 5, following line 8: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 9. AS 14.03.260 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (e) For the first three years that a charter school operates or expands the range of grades the charter school serves, the annual program budget of the charter school must, at a minimum, equal the greater of (1) the amount of the funding allocation stated in the contract between the charter school and the local school board for the operation or expansion, as required by AS 14.03.255(c)(5); or (2) the amount calculated under (a) of this section." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 7, line 13: Delete "sec. 14" Insert "sec. 15" Page 10, line 3: Delete "Sections 5 - 9" Insert "Sections 5 - 10" Page 10, line 4: Delete "secs. 5 - 9" Insert "secs. 5 - 10" Page 10, line 5: Delete ""17" Insert "18" Page 10, line 6: Delete "Section 12" Insert "Section 13" 2025-03-10 House Journal Page 0333 Page 10, line 8: Delete "Section 15" Insert "Section 16" Page 10, line 9: Delete "secs. 21 - 23" Insert "secs. 22 - 24" Representative Ruffridge moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. There was objection. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 2:10 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 1:02 p.m.