HB 132-SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP PROGS; TAX CREDITS  8:03:50 AM CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 132, "An Act relating to technical education and apprenticeships; relating to concurrent vocational education, training, and on-the-job trade experience programs for students enrolled in public secondary schools; relating to child labor; and providing for an effective date." [Before the committee was CSHB 132(L&C).] REPRESENTATIVE STORY moved to adopt Amendment 1 to CSHB 132(L&C), labeled 32-LS0476\W.5, Klein, 4/22/21, which read as follows: Page 4, line 9, through page 5, line 16: Delete all material and insert:  "* Sec. 3. AS 14.40.190 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (c) In addition to the reports required under (a) and (b) of this section, during the first regular session of each legislature, the Board of Regents or its designee shall provide to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education a biennial presentation describing the efforts made by the University of Alaska to collaborate with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide credit programs for concurrent secondary education and registered apprenticeships." REPRESENTATIVE CRONK objected for the purpose of discussion. REPRESENTATIVE STORY said the amendment would insert language for the purpose of alignment with other required reports. 8:05:37 AM REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY asked whether the amendment is a technical amendment. REPRESENTATIVE STORY deferred to Mr. Walsh. 8:06:24 AM TRISTAN WALSH, Staff, Representative Zach Fields, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee, sponsor, explained that Amendment 1 was drafted in consultation with the University of Alaska (UA). He deferred to Mr. Eiler. 8:07:04 AM WESTON EILER, Director of Government Relations, University of Alaska, said Section 3 of the proposed legislation was "problematic" because it would change the principal duties of the University of Alaska Board of Regents. Much of what UA already does is in the area of workforce development, he said, in collaboration with the Department of Labor & Workforce Development (DOLWD) and the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED). Instead of amending the principal duties of the Board of Regents, he said, language would be added in the adjacent statutes requiring biannual progress reports to House Education Standing Committee. 8:09:15 AM REPRESENTATIVE CRONK withdrew his objection. There being no further objection, Amendment 1 to CSHB 132(EDC) was adopted. 8:09:49 AM REPRESENTATIVE STORY moved to report CSHB 132(L&C), as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. REPRESENTATIVE CRONK objected. He said the apprenticeship programs are full, that he wants to reduce spending, and that he doesn't see the need for the bill. REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY said that she only sees zero fiscal notes, and asked whether she is missing one. REPRESENTATIVE CRONK said the number on the fiscal note he was referring to is 2796. CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND noted a discrepancy in the fiscal notes. 8:11:46 AM The committee took an at-ease from 8:11 a.m. to 8:28 a.m. 8:28:56 AM CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND announced that CSHB 132(L&C), as amended, [with the motion to move it out of committee left pending], would be held until later in the meeting. HB 132-SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP PROGS; TAX CREDITS  9:42:29 AM CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND announced that the final order of business would be a return to HOUSE BILL NO. 132, "An Act relating to technical education and apprenticeships; relating to concurrent vocational education, training, and on-the-job trade experience programs for students enrolled in public secondary schools; relating to child labor; and providing for an effective date." [Before the committee was CSHB 132(L&C), as amended, with pending motion to move it out of committee.] 9:44:20 AM REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY pointed out the different dates on the fiscal notes. REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS explained that, at one point, HB 132 contained legislation which carried a fiscal note from the Department of Education and Early Development (DEED); the legislation has since been bifurcated, he said, and DEED has requested a zero fiscal note for HB 132. REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY noted that the motion to move the proposed legislation out of committee had been made earlier, and Representative Cronk had objected. REPRESENTATIVE CRONK maintained his objection. He expressed that HB 132 is similar to HB 108, and that he doesn't want to see one bill get passed while the other doesn't get heard. He suggested hearing HB 108 before deciding to move HB 132 forward. REPRESENTATIVE ZULKOSKY noted that HB 108 was heard on April 9, 2021, and said the committee substitute for HB 132 was before the committee because the sponsor of HB 108 didn't want to move both bills at the same time, but wanted to encourage apprenticeship in Alaska. She stated her support for HB 132. REPRESENTATIVE STORY reported that she spoke with the sponsor of HB 108, and that he expressed to her that he is working with school districts to acquire information relating to the fiscal note. 9:49:00 AM A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Zulkosky, Hopkins, Drummond, and Story voted in favor of moving CSHB 132(L&C), as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying zero fiscal note. Representatives Gillham and Cronk voted against it. Therefore, CSHB 132(EDC) was reported out of the House Education Standing Committee by a vote of 4-2.