04/06/2004 02:08 PM House FIN

SENATE BILL NO. 289                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     An Act extending the termination date of the special                                                                       
     education service agency; and providing for an                                                                             
     effective date.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Stoltze  MOVED  to RESCIND  Committee  action                                                                   
taken  in adopting  a Letter  of Intent  for SB  289.   There                                                                   
being NO OBJECTION, action was RESCINDED.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Stoltze  MOVED  to  WITHDRAW  the  Letter  of                                                                   
Intent.  There being NO OBJECTION,  the letter was withdrawn.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Williams stated  that the  House Finance  Committee                                                                   
respectively requests  that the Legislative Budget  and Audit                                                                   
Committee (LBA)  authorize the Division of  Legislative Audit                                                                   
to  conduct a  performance  audit  of the  Special  Education                                                                   
Service  Agency.    The  audit   should  utilize  the  sunset                                                                   
criteria  established  in AS  44.66.050©  for evaluating  the                                                                   
agency's  performance.     Additionally,  the   audit  should                                                                   
measure   the   progress   made   by  the   agency   to   the                                                                   
recommendations  made  in  the  most  recent  sunset  review.                                                                   
(Audit  Control  No.  05-20026-04).    The  audit  should  be                                                                   
completed and available to the Legislature by January 2008.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The Committee  RESCINDED action taken  on SB 289  in adopting                                                                   
the Letter of Intent.   SB 289 was reported  out of Committee                                                                   
on April 5, 2004.