HB 19-LIMITED TEACHER CERTIFICATES; LANGUAGES  9:15:45 AM CO-CHAIR STORY announced that the next order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 19, "An Act relating to instruction in a language other than English; and establishing limited language immersion teacher certificates." 9:16:31 AM REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN KREISS-TOMKINS, as prime sponsor, presented HB 19. He thanked the committee for the discussion during the previous hearing. 9:17:14 AM REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY moved to adopt Amendment 1 to HB 19, labeled 32-LS0169\B.1, which read as follows: Page 2, lines 18 - 19: Delete "(f) of this section and" Page 2, lines 24 - 30: Delete all material. 9:17:20 AM CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND objected for the purpose of discussion. 9:17:27 AM REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY explained that this amendment would remove subsection (f) from the proposed legislation. She argued that the language was "looking to resolve an issue that does not exist." She directed attention to subsection (c) and said there were already safety measures in place for a rigorous application process that would preclude world language teachers who teach non-indigenous languages from being able to misuse this type of certificate. She stated her belief that it was important to simplify the language, which would clarify the intention of HB 19 and focus on Alaska Native languages. 9:19:28 AM CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND removed her objection. There being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted. 9:20:08 AM CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND commented that she was excited to bring this option to schools and noted that it was the third legislative session she had heard the proposed legislation. She mentioned that she was disappointed by the lack of public testimony and alluded to testimony that was given during past iterations of the proposed legislation. 9:21:10 AM REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS asked if HB 19 was identical to the recent version that was crafted in the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee during the previous legislative session. REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS responded that it is identical to the version from the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee from the previous legislature, with the exception of the amendment that was just adopted. 9:22:14 AM REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND moved to report HB 19, as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 19(EDC) was reported out of the House Education Standing Committee.