02/23/1999 03:40 PM House HES

         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                                                                     
            SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                         
                 February 23, 1999                                                                                              
                     3:40 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ASSOCIATION OF ALASKA SCHOOL BOARDS REPORT                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 99-12, SIDE A & B                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIRMAN DYSON reconvened the meeting at 3:40 p.m.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Members present were Representatives Dyson, Coghill, Whitaker,                                                                  
Green, Morgan, Brice and Kemplen.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following individuals reported on the progress the Association                                                              
of Alaska School Boards has made toward board standards, current                                                                
issues related to school governance, and student achievement.  They                                                             
also responded to questions from House HES Committee members:                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CARL ROSE, Executive Director, Association of Alaska School Boards.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
NORM WOOTEN, President, Association of Alaska School Boards, Kodiak                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MARI-ANNE GROSS, President-Elect, Association of Alaska School                                                                  
Boards, Kenai                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the House                                                                 
Health, Education and Social Services Committee meeting was                                                                     
adjourned at 4:20 p.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were                                                                  
taken.  A copy of the tape and log notes may be obtained by                                                                     
contacting the House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite                                                                 
211, Juneau, Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after                                                                      
adjournment of the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State                                                              
Legislature, in the Legislative Reference Library.