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03/20/2023 03:30 PM Senate EDUCATION

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03:31:30 PM Start
03:32:42 PM SB13
03:37:12 PM Presentation Alaska Grads Following 2005 High School Graduates into the Workforce
03:45:26 PM Presentation State Tribal Education Compacting Overview
05:00:34 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= SB 13 UNIVERSITY: TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS COST TELECONFERENCED
Moved SB 13 Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony --
Presentation: The Class of 2005 - Where these
high school grads landed by Joshua Warren,
Economist with the Alaska Department of Labor
and Workforce Development
Presentation: Tribal Compacting and Alaska
Native Education by Joel Isaak, Director of
Tribal Affairs, Alaska Department of Education
and Early Development
Presentation: Alaska Native Knowledge Network
<Above Item Removed from Agenda>
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
**Streamed live on AKL.tv** 
           SB  13-UNIVERSITY: TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS COST                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:32:42 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 13                                                                   
"An Act relating to costs of  and charges for textbooks and other                                                               
course materials  required for University of  Alaska courses; and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:33:03 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  ROBERT  MYERS,  District Q,  Alaska  State  Legislature,                                                               
Juneau, Alaska, stated the Textbook  Cost Transparency Act allows                                                               
students to  know what  the cost  of textbooks  will be  prior to                                                               
starting  the semester.  It will  standardize the  process across                                                               
campuses both in person and online.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:34:28 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  STEVENS said  he  wished to  lodge  a complaint  against                                                               
textbook companies for rearranging  chapters in textbooks so that                                                               
siblings cannot use the book later.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:34:51 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MYERS  agreed as a former  student and the sponsor  of SB
13.                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:35:06 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN opened  public testimony on SB 13;  finding none, she                                                               
closed public testimony.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TOBIN solicited a motion.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:35:30 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  STEVENS  moved  to  report   SB  13,  33-LS0168\A,  from                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations  and attached  fiscal                                                               
note(s).                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:35:41 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN  found no objection and  SB 13 was reported  from the                                                               
Senate Education Standing Committee.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:35:54 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON joined the meeting.
Document Name Date/Time Subjects
DEED Tribal Compacting Presentation 03.17.2023.pdf SEDC 3/20/2023 3:30:00 PM
 		Tribal Compacting
Dept of Labor and Workforce Development Class of 2005 Presentation 03.17.2023.pdf SEDC 3/20/2023 3:30:00 PM