02/25/1998 12:20 PM Senate RLS

SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SCR 19 - PROTOTYPE             
SCHOOL DESIGN be approved for calendaring at the discretion of the             
Chair.  He then objected for the purpose of commenting on the                  
resolution.                                                                    
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN commented that he applauds the sponsors of the                   
resolution to get at the issue of coming up with some type of                  
standardized design for schools in Alaska.  He said the Department             
of Education can and should be a repository for good designs done              
by other schools districts, but he does not believe the development            
of prototypical designs by the department is the right approach,               
and it will just end up costing money for designs that will just               
sit on the shelf.                                                              
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN then removed his objection, and there being no                   
further objection, the Chairman stated the calendaring motion                  
carried.