Legislature(2021 - 2022)BUTROVICH 205
02/24/2021 09:00 AM Senate EDUCATION
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE
February 24, 2021
9:01 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Roger Holland, Chair
Senator Gary Stevens, Vice Chair
Senator Shelley Hughes
Senator Peter Micciche
Senator Tom Begich
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):
Professional Teaching Practices Commission
Lem Wheeles - Anchorage
Adam Reid - Anchorage
Jamie Burgess - Nome
- CONFIRMATIONS ADVANCED
University of Alaska Board of Regents
Dale Anderson - Juneau
Ralph Seekins - Fairbanks
- CONFIRMATIONS ADVANCED
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
LEM WHEELES, Appointee
Professional Teaching Practices Commissioner
Department of Education and Early Development (DEED)
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as an appointee to the
Professional Teaching Practices Commission.
ADAM REID, Appointee
Professional Teaching Practices Commissioner
Department of Education and Early Development (DEED)
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as an appointee to the
Professional Teaching Practices Commission.
JAMIE BURGESS, Appointee
Professional Teaching Practices Commissioner
Department of Education and Early Development (DEED)
Nome, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as an appointee to the
Professional Teaching Practices Commission.
DALE ANDERSON, Appointee
University of Alaska Board of Regents
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as an appointee to the University
of Alaska Board of Regents.
RALPH SEEKINS, Appointee
University of Alaska Board of Regents
Fairbanks, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as an appointee to the University
of Alaska Board of Regents.
ACTION NARRATIVE
9:01:38 AM
CHAIR ROGER HOLLAND called the Senate Education Standing
Committee meeting to order at 9:01 a.m. Present at the call to
order were Senators Stevens, Hughes, Micciche, Begich, and Chair
Holland.
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)
Professional Teaching Practices Commission
University of Alaska Board of Regents
9:02:14 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND announced the consideration of the governor's
appointees to the Professional Teaching Practices Commission. He
called on appointee Lem Wheeles.
9:02:28 AM
LEM WHEELES, Appointee, Professional Teaching Practices
Commissioner, Anchorage, Alaska, said he was born and raised in
Anchorage. He graduated from Dimond High School and received
degrees from the University of Alaska Anchorage, including a
Master of Arts in teaching. He taught social studies at Dimond
High School for his entire 17-year teaching career. For the past
decade he has also taught U.S. history and government online. In
the last 11 months he supported the Anchorage School District
(ASD) in its transition to online teaching. He was the 2018
Alaska History Teacher of the year, a BP Teacher of Excellence,
the Alaska World Affairs Council Teacher of the Year, and the
Alaska Model United Nations Advisor of the Year two times.
MR. Wheeles said he is the sponsor of the Model United Nations
Club and the Christian Club. He has been the student government
advisor for 11 years. He related that Dimond student government
was awarded the National Gold Council of Excellence Award,
currently the only school in Alaska with this top national
distinction. He has also served on many ASD committees and
served as the Elections Chair for the Anchorage Education
Association and parliamentarian for the NEA-Alaska Delegate
Assembly. For the past two years, he has served as a subject
matter expert for the U.S. Census Statistics in Schools program
and he is currently a Statistics in Schools ambassador.
9:05:45 AM
MR. WHEELES said his mission as an educator is to inspire
students to be engaged citizens. His ultimate objective is to
challenge his students to not just learn about their government,
but to be an active part of it. As a government teacher, he is
often asked about his political views. He said that he does not
share his political views with students because it would be
unethical to do so, but it could also potentially sway them.
What is important is that students form political views and have
the ability to articulate them. He teaches a variety of
political beliefs and ideologies so students can form an
educated opinion and engage in civic discourse with each other.
He noted that members on this committee come from different
political parties, yet the committee meets regularly, members
respect one another, engage in thoughtful discourse to achieve
the goal of doing what is best for Alaska. His goal as a
government teacher is to prepare his students for those same
conversations, whether in their homes, social media, their
workplace, or in the state Capitol.
MR. WHEELES said that his goal as a teacher leader and member of
the Professional Teaching Practices Commission (PTPC) is to hold
his colleagues to high standards. As an appointee, he has
attended the last two commission meetings. At the last meeting,
he proposed putting reminders in the PTPC newsletter to inform
educators about appropriate ways to handle politics in the
classroom. His goal is to be proactive and address issues before
they becomes a complaint before the PTPC. However, if it reaches
that level, then he is prepared to act appropriately.
9:07:34 AM
MR. WHEELES explained that as a quasi-judicial body, the PTPC is
asked to adjudicate complaints against certificated educators.
He appreciates that the legislature created the PTPC over 50
years ago to allow educators a means to hold their colleagues
accountable, but also so they can be judged by a jury of their
peers. The PTPC is made up of five teachers, a principal, a
superintendent, a representative from higher education, and a
representative from the Department of Education and Early
Development. This is a group of education professionals who
understand the challenges of teaching and want public education
to be esteemed throughout Alaska. As a body, the PTPC works to
promote professional and ethical behavior by all Alaskan
educators through proactive education and outreach and by
responding to complaints when a violation has occurred. The
pandemic has created a number of new situations that pose
potential ethical dilemmas for educators. Widespread virtual
learning blurs the line between school and home, and educators
have engaged in more electronic communication with students and
families. His goal is to increase PTPC outreach and education
efforts to ensure that all educators are familiar with the code
of ethics and what it means for their professional practice,
especially during these unprecedented times. As a lifelong
Alaskan and career educator with statewide connections, he said
he is an ideal nominee for the PTPC. He is well informed on
current education issues in the state and is respected by
educators throughout Alaska.
9:10:18 AM
SENATOR STEVENS congratulated Mr. Wheeles on being an
outstanding teacher and being recognized throughout his career.
He is impressed with Mr. Wheeles' civic education and how he
helps students become citizens and voters who are part of the
political process. Nevertheless, the nation is falling down in
creating citizens among students. He asked what can be done
about that.
MR. WHEELES replied that civics education is important. He noted
that he and Senator Stevens have spoken a number of times on
this topic. It is embedded in the curriculum. There is a
government requirement for high school graduation. Part of it is
attracting quality educators and ensuring there are good teacher
education programs so teachers have the ability and freedom to
teach to encourage students to take part in civic activity.
SENATOR STEVENS said that he wished the state had more teachers
like Mr. Wheeles.
9:12:00 AM
SENATOR BEGICH asked Mr. Wheeles if he was nominated by a
recognized Alaska teacher organization or by more than 25
teachers who have no affiliation with an organization.
MR. WHEELES replied he was nominated by NEA-Alaska.
SENATOR BEGICH reminded the committee of the requirements for
appointees and said Mr. Wheeles meets the requirement for the
teacher position. The court ruled that recess appointees were
not empowered to hold their positions between roughly December
15 and January 19. He asked Mr. Wheeles if he conducted any PTPC
activity during that time period.
MR. WHEELES answered that the PTPC did not meet in that time.
The January meeting was at the end of January and there were no
interim activities subject to that judicial order, as far as he
can determine.
CHAIR HOLLAND called on appointee Adam Reid.
9:14:31 AM
ADAM REID, Appointee, Professional Teaching Practices
Commissioner, Anchorage, Alaska, said he has been teaching at
the King Tech High School (formerly King Career Center) for the
past 20 years. He graduated from a rural Iowa high school. In
1997 he graduated from college with a degree in environmental
sciences. He got the opportunity to continue his studies and
basketball career at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA).
He fell in love with Alaska and raised three children here. All
have been part of the ASD. He brings a background of service to
the PTPC. He has served in leadership roles in the ASD and
serves on three nonprofit boards for youth sports. He is
prepared to work with other commissioners and look at each case
in an impartial way with a thorough consideration of each case.
It is imperative to provide students professional educators and
an outlet for Alaskans to participate in the process of
protecting students' rights to the best education.
9:17:02 AM
SENATOR BEGICH asked if he was nominated by a recognized Alaska
teacher organization or by more than 25 teachers who have no
affiliation with an organization qualified to submit nomination
lists.
MR. REID answered that he was nominated by NEA-Alaska.
SENATOR STEVENS commented that in these unusual times districts
are having trouble finding teachers and are hiring
uncertificated teachers under emergency disaster declaration
orders. He asked Mr. Reid if he had any reflections on that.
MR. REID responded that has been discussed for a few years. As
far as teacher recruitment and retention and attracting the
best, a lot of it comes down to money and Alaska is not as
competitive as it used to be. He is Tier II [in the Teacher
Retirement System]. He suggested looking at the retirement
system for Tier III employees to figure out how to incentivize
those teachers to stay in Alaska. King Tech has a partnership
with the Lower Yukon School District to show students what King
Tech has to offer. He sees potential for statewide programs to
share not only with technology and distance learning but also to
provide more opportunities for exchange programs with rural
areas of the state for students and teachers.
CHAIR HOLLAND called on appointee Jamie Burgess.
9:19:52 AM
JAMIE BURGESS, Appointee, Professional Teaching Practices
Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, said that as superintendent of Nome
Public Schools, she was nominated to fill the superintendent
seat by Governor Dunleavy and the Alaska Council of School
Administrators. This is her 18th year in education. She was a
high school chemistry teacher for 10 years and an alternative
high school principal for two years. She launched virtual
learning in her high school of 7,000 students in the west valley
of Phoenix. Prior to beginning her education career, she worked
in finance for small, independent oil and gas producers in the
Denver area. She has a broad background in education combined
with a passion for ensuring that teachers are held to the
highest ethical standards as all Alaska students deserve for
school to be a safe place with teachers who model positive
relationships. She prides herself on building relationships,
including with students, administrative colleagues, community
partners, and superintendents across Alaska. She is always
interested in opportunities to be of service to the education
committee. Serving on the PTPC is more than passing judgement on
teachers and administrators. It offers insight on how
superintendents can better prepare and support the ethical
practices of education practitioners within their districts. She
wants to work with fellow superintendents to ensure professional
development and training for both teachers and principals to
address ethical issues before they rise to the level of a
complaint before the PTPC. Her personal goal is to serve as a
voice for children in her community. She wants students in all
of Alaska to have access to high-quality, effective teachers,
research-based teaching practices, safe and culturally
responsive classrooms, and to be well prepared for life after
school. She will advocate for well-funded schools that are
financially efficient and increased access to affordable
bandwidth and universal pre-K to support the goal of all
students reading at grade level by third grade.
SENATOR BEGICH shared that when Ms. Burgess worked with the
Yupiit School District, he was under contract with Yupiit. He
commended her for the work in the Nome school district and all
her work for kids across the state. He thanked her for stepping
up to take on this important role.
9:24:20 AM
SENATOR MICCICHE said he was interested in two pieces of her
extensive resume. She worked in 2011-15 in growing a summer
school program that included programs for reading and gifted and
talented. He is concerned about the issue of Alaska being last
in reading. He asked if she sees opportunities with her
experience there and with her online learning work in 2013-2015.
He asked how that can translate into progress in Alaska.
MS. BURGESS replied a comprehensive program is important when it
comes to addressing the challenges of students learning to read.
It starts with early learning preparation. Prevention is better
than trying to correct, so provide the best possible early
learning opportunities so that students are reading on grade-
level by third grade. That is a combination of high quality pre-
K and ensuring all early elementary teachers have a strong
expertise in teaching reading. If students continue to struggle
as they get older, research-based, effective practices are
important. Her summer school program used an effective middle
school program called READ 180. It is used in Nome now.
9:26:40 AM
MS. BURGESS said that with well-trained teachers using the READ
180 program, Nome has seen good success in closing learning
gaps. Virtual learning has a place in the educational system. It
is not in any way, shape, or form, a complete replacement of the
interaction between students and teachers. However, it offers an
alternative opportunity for learning that can be successful for
some students. In order to make sure students all have access to
virtual, online learning, the state needs to address the access
inequity for high-quality bandwidth. In Nome unlimited bandwidth
is $350 to $400 a month. She paid $99 a month for the same or
faster Internet from her home in Wasilla. Everyone wants
students to achieve more, so there are a couple of things
superintendents can work on in partnership with the legislature.
SENATOR STEVENS asked what PTPC does if someone has shown
unethical behavior. He asked what the worst case result is.
9:29:05 AM
MS. BURGESS answered there are a variety of sanctions to place
against an educator's certificate. The lowest level is a warning
when the circumstances are not quite egregious enough for a
stronger sanction, but it is a formal warning about someone's
behavior. PTPC can suspend a certificate for a defined period of
time, usually a year. The PTPC can revoke a certificate
permanently. PTPC reports these actions against an educator's
certificate to a national clearinghouse, which reports that to
any employer if someone seeks employment in education elsewhere.
The PTPC members take their actions seriously. They talk long
and hard about each particular case before taking action, but in
terms of keeping students safe, if the PTPC thinks an individual
should not interact with students or other staff members they do
not hesitate to carry out their duty.
CHAIR HOLLAND thanked the three PTPC appointees and moved to the
University of Alaska Board of Regents appointees. He called on
Dale Anderson.
9:31:42 AM
DALE ANDERSON, Appointee, University of Alaska Board of Regents,
Juneau, Alaska, said he was reappointed to another term on the
Board of Regents (BOR). Since the committee has his resume, he
will focus on his personal background. He has been in Alaska
almost 70 years. He has served on the board for the past nine
years and has enjoyed every moment to give back his time and
efforts to further the success of the University of Alaska (UA)
system. He is a private sector entrepreneur at heart and owned
nine successful businesses. He has been a commissioner on the
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, a Juneau assembly member,
and a legislative assistant and House Finance Committee aide. He
currently works in the financial services industry at Merrill
Lynch.
MR. ANDERSON said it would have been easy to retire from the
board, but he asked the governor for another term because there
is a real need for consistency in leadership at this time to
ensure that a successful track for UA will be led by strategists
who know how to maintain flexibility and continuity and can
envision and prepare for the ever-changing future. The challenge
of the board is to position the institution to remain
competitive in a changing environment. The board needs members
who can ask challenging, relevant, and fair questions and deal
with facts and data and all the time appreciate the complexity
of running an education institution. His job is not finished
yet. He has been involved in many projects that are not yet
completed. Many major decisions must be made to set the path for
a more efficient institution more focused in specializing in
workforce and academic areas of expertise, enhancing specialized
courses unique to the university system.
9:36:23 AM
MR. ANDERSON said this is a difficult time in the university and
the state. As academic needs, wants, and delivery strategies
change, the board must change with them and understand that
members are committed to a long-term strategy of looking to the
future. The university is not in a downward spiral; it will come
out stronger, leaner, and more focused. It will be a university
system that serves all Alaskans and everyone can be proud of.
SENATOR BEGICH asked what the unfinished projects are and how
they fit his vision of the UA role in the education continuum.
He also asked his opinion on the agreement between the governor
and the board to severely cut the university budget.
MR. ANDERSON said the agreement to cut the budget has been
difficult. Many choices made in the last two years resulted in
cutting jobs, positions, and programs, but in reality, his
personal view was this was not about cutting jobs or positions.
He is looking forward to saving jobs and programs by
reallocating resources. This whole move of cutting back might
make UA a stronger, leaner, and more focused university that is
more efficient in the future. He is not totally opposed to the
idea of streamlining and becoming more focused at what the
university does best. His position is that they are doing the
best they can with what they have and learning to live within
their means.
9:39:20 AM
MR. ANDERSON said that one project is to strengthen the School
of Education and the administration in that school. The College
of Education was placed in [the University of Alaska] Southeast
(UAS) because of its history of good work in the past. The loss
of licensure in Anchorage was a setback, but there still are,
even at UAA, strong core courses at UAS, University of Alaska
Fairbanks (UAF), and UAA. The three are collaborating to put a
strong foundation under the College of Education. The board's
goal is to bring opportunity and a quality education to Alaskans
in the teaching industry. The goal is to position those
graduates in Alaskan schools in urban and rural areas. That is a
big goal for the board. The regents want to prepare teachers to
take positions in the state. Alaska is a different teaching
environment, especially in rural areas. When teachers from down
south come, they stay for two to three years and then move on.
The regents want to educate teachers in Alaska who stay in
Alaska.
9:41:55 AM
MR. ANDERSON said another pet project is fisheries. He wants
that program to expand at UAS. He wants to strengthen that
productive relationship with the fisheries program shared
between UAS and UAF. He wants to expand the undergraduate work
at UAS. The former NOAA facility has been donated to UAS. It is
an incredible spot to build an oceanography/fisheries campus.
Looking to the future, he would like to develop a maritime
academy for the north Pacific to train for the opening of the
Northwest Passage, which will be open. Alaska needs to have a
part in that. The nearest maritime academy is in San Francisco.
His pet projects are education and fisheries/oceanography. There
are big choices to make in the next couple of years. The top
administrative positions need to be selected for the university,
from chancellors to the president. He wants to be involved in
that as well.
9:44:45 AM
SENATOR MICCICHE said that as a graduate and someone who has
been watching the painful decisions in the last few years, he
wonders if it is too late. The legislature had a parochial
approach in expanding campuses in their own communities years
ago such that there are redundant programs on several campuses.
He asked if it is too late to reorganize to focus programs in
one place to bring down costs yet offer an excellent education
in those areas. He mentioned engineering, education, and
fisheries. He asked if the state could pull back and deliver a
better quality education while cutting costs or is that die cast
and it would it be too difficult to do that.
MR. ANDERSON replied it is not too late. UA has cut and
consolidated programs and the board did extensive research about
what they have and how to do it better. The board worked hard on
the redundancy of programs and the three chancellors have made a
strong effort to work together to streamline what the university
had in the past. The idea is to be more focused in what the
university does best. He opined that the board has done an
excellent job of coming together and collaborating.
9:49:59 AM
SENATOR STEVENS mentioned the loss of accreditation and shock
that was to the legislature. There should have been lots of
warnings from the accreditation agency and it seems that the
administration and even the Board of [Regents] were asleep at
the switch. He asked how legislators could be reassured that it
will not happen again. It is a black eye that the university
will have until it is straightened out.
MR. ANDERSON agreed that it is a black eye. He opined that there
was a failure of communication between the faculty and
administration at UAA and a severe lack of communication between
UAA and the accreditors. He thanked the administration and
faculty at UAF and UAS for taking up the slack such that no
classes were lost. The board has instituted more checkpoints for
the process than before. UAF and UAS have gained accreditation
since that happened. The faculty has stepped up as far as
preparing for accreditors. The board is also working on getting
that reestablished at UAA, but it will take a couple of years to
reaccredit. Interim President Pat Pitney has created a new
communication process between administration and faculty. She
has done an incredible job creating trust again.
9:56:14 AM
SENATOR HUGHES followed up on Senator Micciche's response to
focusing on fewer programs saying she has always been concerned
about the college rankings by the U.S. News & World Report,
which have been mediocre for Alaska. Unless a student is drawn
to something unique that the state offers, the university
doesn't get national or international students. The state also
loses the brightest and best who go out of state. She asked if
he saw the potential, if the university narrows the focus to
concentrate on what it does best, to increase the rankings, and
then draw more students, and increase research dollars for the
university system.
MR. ANDERSON offered his belief that as the university gets
better and more focused it will be putting resources into what
it does best. The unique programs that are found no place else
will draw in national and international students. The board just
had an enrollment report that shows the university maintained
pre-COVID enrollment. Interestingly, because students down south
are attending class online, the university is attracting
students from the lower 48 and internationally. They are working
online and the faculty did a phenomenal job switching to
eLearning. They were nimble and quick to put courses online and
attracted more nonresident students. The university will be
mediocre if it tries to be all things to all people. The span is
too wide. The quality will be reflected in those ratings.
MR. ANDERSON said in closing that his commitment is to work
side-by-side with the faculty, administration, and political and
community leaders to drive long-term sustainable change around
economic opportunity and racial equality, all within a balanced
budget, living within their means. This is the core of who he is
and how he drives responsible growth.
CHAIR HOLLAND thanked him for his positive comments about the
future of Alaska. He called on appointee Ralph Seekins.
10:02:00 AM
RALPH SEEKINS, Appointee, University of Alaska Board of Regents,
Fairbanks, Alaska, said that he is the owner of Seekins Ford
Lincoln in Fairbanks. He previously served with Senator Stevens
in the Senate and chaired the Judiciary Committee. He took a
temporary job in a car dealership to get his wife through
nursing school. He still is doing that temporary job 51 years
later. His automobile dealership has been one of the largest
businesses in Alaska in terms of revenue. He has received many
recognitions for business accomplishments. He has been involved
with many activities with the Ford Motor Company. He has been
around the business a long time and has done a lot of things in
the industry. He has a lot of other local, state, and national
interests. All four of his children went to the university. His
grandson is enrolled. He cheers for and works to develop a
strong university. He has served his community in many ways. He
was the chair of the Board of Trustees for the Permanent Fund
Corporation. He left over disagreements about how to invest
funds with Governor Knowles.
10:07:40 AM
MR. SEEKINS said he has a strong background in business
organization and reorganization and efficient operations. When
he was asked to consider the board, his family noted that he has
always been a strong supporter of the university system. He was
a guest lecturer at the business school. He has supported sports
at the university. He can be found at university sports events
with many grandchildren. He now has the opportunity to apply
some of his strengths and background to the Board of Regents.
10:09:20 AM
SENATOR BEGICH asked how he feels about the agreements and the
process between the board and the governor that bypassed the
legislative prerogatives. He asked his opinion about the budget
process that left the legislature out and the cuts it entails.
He asked what the role is for arts and humanities in the
university system.
MR. SEEKINS replied that he is a fan of the governor but would
have approached it differently. The three-year budgeting span
was a decent compromise. He would have considered a different
stepdown basis. It was a huge target that had to be implemented
quickly and that is difficult. He admires the folks who went
through that. It created a lot of instability within the
organization. Probably some left the university system for more
stability. It was difficult with how rapidly the cuts had to be
done without any prior warning. From a business standpoint and
having had to go through those challenges himself, he would have
used a more phased-in, prior warning system, but that did not
happen. As the chair of the board, he is in a position to work
with audit and finance and facilities and land management. Those
are areas that he could contribute to because of his past
experience.
SENATOR BEGICH said he didn't address the issue of bypassing the
legislature, but that's ok. He asked his vision of the role of
arts and humanities.
10:14:33 AM
MR. SEEKINS replied that he is an amateur photographer and
artist. He has been a long-time supporter of the humanities. He
has supported the summer music, arts, and literature programs.
He likes sports and had an athletic scholarship, but a balance
is important, as long as the arts and humanities are pulled into
the target of providing a good, all-around education. He went to
a liberal arts college and was introduced to the arts. His
literature classes helped to put him on a pathway that he has
enjoyed for the rest of his life. Those are important. His hope
is to not lose focus on that. It is an important part of life.
SENATOR STEVEN commented that Mr. Seekins was always a great
advocate for Fairbanks, but the university is much bigger than
Fairbanks. He asked Mr. Seekins if he can take a bigger view of
the university than just the Fairbanks campus.
MR. SEEKINS responded that Fairbanks is his community, but he
also understands that Alaska is more than one community. He is
not as familiar with UAA, but he would agree that the university
should not become parochial. He acknowledged the need for a
strong university system in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Southeast.
He commented that regional competition should not affect the
quality of education in Alaska.
SENATOR BEGICH noted that Mr. Seekins had referred to the
political interference issue with Governor Knowles and also
included it in his resume. He asked how he would respond if this
governor put pressure on him to follow a political agenda that
might be contrary to the mission of the university.
MR. SEEKINS replied he would try to do the right thing. He would
not do something political that would be bad for a program. He
understands politics but understands honor and doing the right
thing.
10:22:54 AM
CHAIR HOLLAND commended all of the appointees and their
accomplishments. He opened public testimony and after
ascertaining that there was none, closed public testimony. He
asked the will of the committee.
10:23:33 AM
CHAIR STEVENS stated that in accordance with AS 39.05.080, the
Senate Education Standing Committee reviewed the following and
recommends the appointments be forwarded to a joint session for
consideration:
Professional Teaching Practices Commission
Lem Wheeles - Anchorage
Adam Reid - Anchorage
Jamie Burgess - Nome
University of Alaska Board of Regents
Dale Anderson - Juneau
Ralph Seekins - Fairbanks
CHAIR HOLLAND reminded members that signing the reports
regarding appointments to boards and commissions in no way
reflects individual members' approval or disapproval of the
appointees; the nominations are merely forwarded to the full
legislature for confirmation or rejection.
10:24:01 AM
At ease
10:25:45 AM
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Holland adjourned the Senate Education Standing Committee
meeting at 10:25 a.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| EDC_Adam Reid Resume_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |
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| EDC_Jennifer Stafford Resume_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |
|
| EDC_Dale Anderson Resume_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |
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| EDC_Lem Wheeles Resume_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |
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| EDC_Jamie Burgess Resume_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |
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| EDC_Ralph Seekins Board Application_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |
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| EDC_Ralph Seekins Resume_Redacted.pdf |
SEDC 2/24/2021 9:00:00 AM |