03/09/2021 01:00 PM House MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS

        HB  53-MILITARY CHILDREN SCHOOL RESIDENCY WAIVER                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:07:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TUCK  announced that the  final order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 53,  "An Act  relating to  residency requirements                                                               
for public school enrollment for  certain children of active duty                                                               
military and National Guard members."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:08:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CLAMAN moved  to adopt  Amendment 1,  labeled 32-                                                               
LS0344/A.1, which reads as follows:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 12:                                                                                                           
          Delete "10"                                                                                                           
          Insert "30"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TUCK objected for purposes of discussion.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CLAMAN spoke to Amendment  1; it would change from                                                               
10 to 30 days for the families to get their paperwork together.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:09:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STORY stated  that  she understands  that it  was                                                               
previously  the   practice  to   have  30  days   and  referenced                                                               
Superintendent Bishop, and said she supports Amendment 1.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:09:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TUCK  removed  his  objection.   There  being  no  further                                                               
objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:09:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TUCK opened  public testimony.    After ascertaining  that                                                               
there  was  no  one  who  wished to  testify,  he  closed  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:10:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease at 1:10 p.m.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:10:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DENEEN  TUCK, Staff,  Representative  Ken  McCarty, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, on  behalf of Representative McCarty,  prime sponsor                                                               
of  HB   53,  noted  that   at  the   last  hearing  on   HB  53,                                                               
REPRESENTATIVE TARR  had asked  whether the  proposed legislation                                                               
included  any changes  [compared  to House  Bill  109, which  was                                                               
before  the  committee  during   the  Thirty-First  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature.  She clarified  that while  she said  there were  no                                                               
substantive  changes,  HB  53 includes  an  added  definition  of                                                               
"guardian" on  page 1, line 13  - a definition which  was already                                                               
in statute [AS 13.06.050].                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:11:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TARR  moved to  report HB 53,  as amended,  out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSHB  53(MLV)  was                                                               
reported out of committee.