02/03/1998 06:30 PM Senate FIN

                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 193                                                            
"An Act relating to a limitation on administrative                             
expenditures of school districts; and providing for an                         
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Co-chair Sharp convened the meeting directly at 6:30 p.m.                      
The following individuals testified regarding the above-                       
listed bills:  LOU MATHESON, superintendent, Northwest                         
Arctic School District from KOTZEBUE; DON EVANS,                               
superintendent, Southwest Region School District, from                         
DILLINGHAM; KEN HALVERSON from DILLINGHAM; ANDREW BROWN from                   
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE; KATHI GILLESPIE, Anchorage School Board                      
from ANCHORAGE; GINGER JENKINSON, Anchorage PTA, from                          
ANCHORAGE; LISA FITZPATRICK from ANCHORAGE; JOHN DAHLGREN,                     
superintendent, Kenai Public School District, from KENAI;                      
DEBRA MULLINS, Kenai School Board, from KENAI; CYNTHIA                         
HENRY, legislative chair, Fairbanks School Board, from                         
FAIRBANKS; BONNIE WILLIAMS from FAIRBANKS; BETSY TURNER-                       
BOGREN, President, Alaska PTA, from FAIRBANKS; KATHLEEN                        
WIGHT-MURPHY, teacher, Mat-Su Valley School, from MAT-SU;                      
DARROLL HARGRAVES from TOK; GLEN MARUNDE from TOK; CAROLYN                     
FRYE, teacher, Ketchikan School, from KETCHIKAN; MIKE BROWN                    
from KETCHIKAN; SCOTT BRANDT-ERICKSON, parent, from                            
KETCHIKAN; BILL PFEIFER, parent, from KETCHIKAN; SAM TOWARAK                   
from UNALAKLEET; LAWRENCE COLSTON, Seward Teachers'                            
Association, from SEWARD; TERRY BENTLY, superintendent,                        
Nenana School District, from NENANA; JOHN KUNIK from COPPER                    
RIVER; JANE BROWN from COPPER RIVER; HARRY TURMAN from                         
COPPER RIVER; LELAND DISHMAN, superintendent, North Slope                      
School District, from BARROW; ROGER SAMPSON, superintendent,                   
Chugach School District, from ANCHORAGE; TOM FREEMAN,                          
retired from Anchorage School District, from ANCHORAGE; LUCY                   
HOPE from MAT-SU; LELA AYERS, President, Mat-Su Education                      
Association, from MAT-SU; DEB GERMANO from HOMER and RICHARD                   
MAUER from DELTA JUNCTION.  The following individuals                          
testified from JUNEAU:  AL WEINBERG, Single Site Consortium;                   
JOHN CYR, President NEA-Alaska and BOB DIETRICK,                               
Gifted/Talented Teacher.                                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
At the end of hearing all testimony by the above-listed                        
individuals Co-chair Sharp advised that any and all comments                   
would also be accepted by fax or mail to the Senate Finance                    
Committee Secretary's office.                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
Co-chair Sharp recessed the meeting at 9:10 p.m. until                         
tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.                                                  
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