01/24/2001 08:00 AM House EDU

                     ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                 
               HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION                                                                           
                         January 24, 2001                                                                                       
                             8:00 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEETING  TO DISCUSS DEPARTMENT  OF EDUCATION  & EARLY DEVELOPMENT'S                                                             
REPORT ON FOUNDATION FORMULA                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-2, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               

01-3, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
REPRESENTATIVE   CON  BUNDE,  Chair,  convened  the   House  Special                                                            
Committee on Education at 8:00 a.m.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                              
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present  were Representatives Bunde, Porter, Green                                                            
Wilson, Stevens,  Joule and Guess.   Other legislators present  were                                                            
Representatives  McGuire, Kapsner,  Dyson, Fate, Senators  Olson and                                                            
Davis.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                              
SENATOR   GARY   WILKEN   gave   a  presentation    using   overhead                                                            
transparencies  of Senate Bill 36, A proposal to bring  Simplicity &                                                          
Fairness  to the way Alaska  funds its public  schools, A Review  of                                                          
the History of  Senate Bill 36.  He included a historical  review, a                                                          
school   funding    analysis,   growth   in   categorical    funding                                                            
requirements,   required  local  contribution,   education   funding                                                            
reform, a summary of state  aid increases under SB 36 and the effect                                                            
of the SB 36 60/40 transition  clause of the foundation formula.  He                                                            
also answered questions asked by the legislators present.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
EDDY  JEANS,  Manager,   School  Finance  and  Facilities   Section,                                                            
Education  Support  Services,  Department  of  Education  and  Early                                                            
Development,  presented Alaska's Public  School Funding Formula:   A                                                            
Report to the  Alaska State Legislature.  He reviewed  the following                                                            
sections of  the report:  Executive  Summary, Tab 1 - District  Cost                                                            
Factors and  Tab 2 - Comparison  of Old to  New Funding Formula  and                                                            
Tab 3 - Educational  Adequacy.  He also answered questions  asked by                                                            
the legislators present.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
PETER  CRANE,  McDowell  Group,  answered  questions  regarding  the                                                            
District  Cost  Factors which  was  studied  in the  McDowell  group                                                            
report 1998 Alaska School Operating Cost Study.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BUNDE adjourned  the  House Special  Committee  on  Education                                                            
meeting at 9:55 a.m.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The meeting  was  recorded  and handwritten  log  notes  were                                                            
taken.   A copy  of the tape(s)  and  log notes may  be obtained  by                                                            
contacting  the  House Records  Office  at  State Capitol,  Room  3,                                                            
Juneau, Alaska  99801 (mailing address),  (907) 465-2214,  and after                                                            
adjournment of the second  session of the Twenty-Second Alaska State                                                            
Legislature  this  information  may be  obtained by  contacting  the                                                            
Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.