HB 132-SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP PROGS; TAX CREDITS                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:19:40 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  DRUMMOND announced  that  the final  order of  business                                                               
would  be HB  132, "An  Act  providing for  state recognition  of                                                               
federally  recognized  tribes;  and providing  for  an  effective                                                               
date."  [Before the committee was CSHB 132(L&C).]                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:20:02 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR STORY asked for a short outline of CSHB 132(L&C).                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ZACH  FIELDS, Alaska  State Legislature,  as prime                                                               
sponsor,  presented   CSHB  132(L&C).    He   said  the  proposed                                                               
legislation is  designed to expand apprenticeship  and "school to                                                               
apprenticeship."    He  said  it  ensures  in  statute  that  the                                                               
Department of Education and Early  Development (DEED) is directed                                                               
to  work with  the Department  of Labor  & Workforce  Development                                                               
(DLWD)   and   the  University   of   Alaska   (UA)  to   support                                                               
apprenticeship and  school to apprenticeship.   He commented that                                                               
it is  thematically similar  to the  Middle College  program from                                                               
the proposed  legislation that  was just  heard in  committee [SB                                                               
32].   He  said there  is a  growing need  to link  secondary and                                                               
post-secondary  education training  and employment,  specifically                                                               
for  graduating high  school  seniors who  cannot  afford not  to                                                               
work.   He opined that the  traditional model of either  going to                                                               
college  or getting  a job  does not  work "in  a global  society                                                               
where we have  a need to continue developing  our human capitol."                                                               
He said the purpose of CSHB  132(L&C) is to ensure more work-and-                                                               
learn options in  the postsecondary system.  He said  that to get                                                               
there,  Alaska  must  "strengthen   linkages"  of  the  secondary                                                               
education system.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:21:29 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  DRUMMOND  opened  public testimony  on  CSHB  132(L&C).                                                               
After ascertaining that  there was no one who  wished to testify,                                                               
she closed public testimony.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[CSHB 132(L&C) was held over.]