02/29/2000 03:06 PM House HES

         HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL                                                                                     
            SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                         
                 February 29, 2000                                                                                              
                     3:06 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ASSOCIATION OF ALASKA SCHOOL BOARDS PRESENTATION                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 00-23, SIDE A                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FRED DYSON, Chairman, convened the House Health,                                                                 
Education and Social Services Standing Committee meeting at 3:06                                                                
p.m.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present were Representatives Dyson, Whitaker,                                                                 
Green, Morgan, Brice, Kemplen and Coghill.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CARL ROSE, Executive Director, Alaska Association of School Boards                                                              
MARI-ANNE GROSS, President-elect, Alaska Association of School                                                                  
Boards (AASB), reported to the committee on the progress of the                                                                 
"Board Standards, A Framework for Alaska School Boards" program                                                                 
developed by AASB to define the Vision, Structure, Accountability,                                                              
Advocacy, and Conduct & Ethics Standards for Alaska School Boards.                                                              
Seventeen of fifty-three school districts are participating, with                                                               
a goal of getting the remainder to join in within a year or two.                                                                
They reported that there has been a positive difference because of                                                              
the effort.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE explained a plan to provide special assistance to school                                                               
districts committed to a long-term comprehensive school improvement                                                             
effort.  The service is called "QS2" which comes from "Quality                                                                  
Schools/Quality Students."  There are four components to QS2:                                                                   
Leadership, Programs and Staff, Community and Parents, and                                                                      
Resources.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN DYSON called for an at-ease at 3:45 p.m. in order to hear                                                              
HB 98, HB 392, HB 269 and SCR 12.  [The minutes for HB 98, HB 392,                                                              
HB 269 and SCR 12 are found in the 3:46 p.m. minutes for the same                                                               
date.]                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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 129 6th Street, Suite 229,                                                               
Juneau, Alaska  99801-2197, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment                                                               
of the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature                                                              
this information may be obtained by contacting the Legislative                                                                  
Reference Library at 129 6th Street, Suite 102, (907) 465-3808.