02/02/2011 08:00 AM Senate EDUCATION

        SB   1-BD OF ED./EARLY DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORT                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:01:26 AM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR MEYER announced the consideration  of SB 1 and asked for                                                               
a  motion  to  adopt  the amendment  discussed  in  the  previous                                                               
committee meeting.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:02:08 AM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR THOMAS moved to adopt Amendment 1.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                          AMENDMENT 1                                                                                       
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     OFFERED IN THE SENATE              BY SENATOR DAVIS                                                                        
          TO: SB 1                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 6, following "present":                                                                                       
          Insert "in person"                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR MEYER objected for the purposes of discussion.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  MEYER noted  that Amendment  1 inserts  two words,  "in                                                               
person", into the bill.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  MEYER   removed  his  objection.  Finding   no  further                                                               
objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:03:17 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR FRENCH  asked what the  difference is between  the report                                                               
the  bill is  demanding and  the overviews  that the  legislature                                                               
already receive  from each  department at  the beginning  of each                                                               
session.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  DAVIS answered  that this  would  be a  report from  the                                                               
Board of Education,  rather than the Department  of Education and                                                               
Early Development (DEED).                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR STEVENS  said that he  thinks this  is a great  idea. The                                                               
committee deals with  the commissioner and DEED a lot,  but it is                                                               
good to  have the  opportunity to  have one  face-to-face meeting                                                               
with the board each year.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:04:40 AM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR THOMAS moved  to report SB 1( ), version  A, as amended,                                                               
from the  committee with individual recommendations  and attached                                                               
fiscal  note(s). There  being no  objections,  CSSB 1(EDC)  moved                                                               
from the Senate Education Standing Committee.