02/19/2010 08:00 AM House EDUCATION

        HB 206-HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSM'T/POSTSECONDARY CLASS                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
10:04:54 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  206, "An  Act establishing  a career  assessment                                                               
requirement  in public  schools;  and  relating to  postsecondary                                                               
courses for secondary school students."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON offered Amendment 1, labeled 26-LS0765\P.1,                                                                        
Mischel, 2/16/10, which read [original punctuation provided]:                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "The"                                                                                                          
          Insert "Except as provided in AS 14.17.610(d) and                                                                     
     (e), the"                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 3, line 23, following "(d)":                                                                                      
          Insert "and (e)"                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "a new subsection"                                                                                             
          Insert "new subsections"                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4, line 8, following "AS 14.17.500.":                                                                                 
          Insert "A recomputation under this subsection                                                                         
     shall take  into account the  supplement received  by a                                                                    
     district  under (e)  of this  section  and include  the                                                                    
     remaining balance  owed in state  aid for  the increase                                                                    
     in the  current year student  count that was  the basis                                                                    
     for the supplement  if, at the end of  the 80-day count                                                                    
     period, the increase in the  current year student count                                                                    
     is the same or higher for the entire count period."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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          Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                      
          "(e)  Before a recomputation is made under (d) of                                                                     
     this  section,  a  district  may  request  supplemental                                                                    
     state  aid by  providing satisfactory  proof on  a form                                                                    
     provided  by  the  department that  the  student  count                                                                    
     conducted in  the first 20  days of the  80-day student                                                                    
     count period  in the current  fiscal year is  more than                                                                    
     10 percent above  the count made in  the 80-day student                                                                    
     count  period  for  the   preceding  fiscal  year.  The                                                                    
     department   shall   provide   an   eligible   district                                                                    
     supplemental state aid  before the recomputation period                                                                    
     in an amount  that is equal to 80 percent  of the state                                                                    
     aid  owed for  the  difference in  the student  counts.                                                                    
     Nothing in this subsection requires a district to seek                                                                     
     supplemental state aid before a recomputation is made                                                                      
     under (d) of this section."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE P. WILSON objected for discussion.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON, without further objection, announced Amendment 1                                                                  
was tabled, and that HB 206 would be held for further                                                                           
consideration.