HB 212-REAA & SMALL MUNI SCHOOL DISTRICT FUND                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:03:08 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DRUMMOND announced  that the first order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO. 212,  "An Act  relating to funding  for school                                                               
construction  and major  maintenance;  relating  to the  regional                                                               
educational attendance  area and small municipal  school district                                                               
fund; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:03:27 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MARK  VINK,  Bering Straits  School  District,  advised that  the                                                               
Bering Straits School  District supports HB 212  because with the                                                               
limited available state dollars currently,  "you would be able to                                                               
work out a portion of a school  instead of the whole thing."  For                                                               
example,  in  the Bering  Straits  School  District, one  of  its                                                               
latest  projects  (indisc.) where  it  was  able  to work  out  a                                                               
portion of  that school to  improve it rather than  replacing the                                                               
whole  school.   Hopefully,  he  said, the  dollars  can be  made                                                               
available for  further (indisc.)  to help  all students  that are                                                               
eligible for this funding.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DRUMMOND, after  ascertaining  no one  wished to  testify,                                                               
close public testimony on HB 212.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
8:05:14 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  PARISH  moved  to  report  HB  212,  labeled  30-                                                               
LS0741\D, out  of committee  with individual  recommendations and                                                               
the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being no objection, HB 212                                                               
moved from the House Education Standing Committee.