04/30/2007 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
April 30, 2007
1:31 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Bettye Davis, Chair
Senator Joe Thomas, Vice Chair
Senator John Cowdery
Senator Kim Elton
Senator Fred Dyson
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative Mark Neuman
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2
"An Act relating to the vocational education account and
appropriations from that account; and providing for an effective
date."
MOVED HB 2 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 2
SHORT TITLE: VOCATIONAL EDUC ACCOUNT
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) NEUMAN
01/16/07 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/5/07
01/16/07 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/16/07 (H) HES, FIN
03/15/07 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
03/15/07 (H) Moved Out of Committee
03/15/07 (H) MINUTE(HES)
03/16/07 (H) HES RPT 4DP 1NR 2AM
03/16/07 (H) DP: NEUMAN, FAIRCLOUGH, SEATON, ROSES
03/16/07 (H) NR: GARDNER
03/16/07 (H) AM: CISSNA, WILSON
03/29/07 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/29/07 (H) Moved Out of Committee
03/29/07 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/30/07 (H) FIN RPT 8DP 2NR
03/30/07 (H) DP: FOSTER, STOLTZE, CRAWFORD, NELSON,
JOULE, THOMAS, MEYER, CHENAULT
03/30/07 (H) NR: HAWKER, KELLY
04/18/07 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
04/18/07 (H) VERSION: HB 2
04/20/07 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/20/07 (S) HES, FIN
WITNESS REGISTER
Representative Neuman
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HB 2.
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR BETTYE DAVIS called the Senate Health, Education and
Social Services Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:31:19
PM. All members were present at the call to order.
HB 2-VOCATIONAL EDUC ACCOUNT
1:32:09 PM
CHAIR BETTYE DAVIS announced HB 2 to be up for consideration.
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN, sponsor of HB 2, said that the bill will
create an education funding account that will allow private
industry to put money towards vocational education.
CHAIR DAVIS asked if there were any questions, and if the
sponsor had any more to say about the bill.
1:33:18 PM
SENATOR THOMAS asked for a definition of regional educational
attendance areas as referenced in the bill.
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN replied that the regions are organized
units within unorganized parts of the state. The bill is three
years in the making and stays within the guidelines of the No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) act so that children can get technical
educations while staying within the parameters of NCLB. The bill
will bring in upwards of $10 million a year for vocational
education; the commissioner of labor will watch over quality
standards, and people will be able to submit applications for
teaching such programs in rural areas.
CHAIR DAVIS interjected that the committee is in support of the
bill, and she asked for a motion.
1:36:03 PM
SENATOR DYSON made a motion to move HB 2 from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There
being no objection, the motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Davis adjourned the meeting at 1:36:27 PM.
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