SB 36-U OF A REGENTS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:06:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR STORY  announced that the  only order of  business would                                                               
be CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.  36(EDC), "An Act relating to reporting                                                               
requirements  of  the  Board  of Regents  of  the  University  of                                                               
Alaska."                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:06:44 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TIM   LAMKIN,  Staff,   Senator   Gary   Stevens,  Alaska   State                                                               
Legislature,  offered  a  final  statement for  CSSB  36(EDC)  on                                                               
behalf of Senator Stevens, prime  sponsor.  He recapped that CSSB                                                               
36(EDC) addresses the loss of  accreditation at the University of                                                               
Alaska -  Anchorage School of Education  in 2019.  He  said other                                                               
reporting  requirements  are "on  the  books,"  and the  proposed                                                               
legislation "would add  a component to that reporting  to ... the                                                               
[accreditation] status of their various programs."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:07:40 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND asked about fiscal impact.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  LAMKIN  explained  that existing  Board  of  Regents  policy                                                               
requires  that the  administration  provide  "regular reports  on                                                               
this very subject"; therefore, the  provision for reporting under                                                               
CSSB 36(EDC) simply would be added to the existing requirements.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
9:08:21 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAD  HUTCHINSON,   Director,  State  Relations,   University  of                                                               
Alaska, confirmed there would be  no fiscal impact resulting from                                                               
CSSB 36(EDC) because it would  require just one more presentation                                                               
to the legislature at no cost.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:09:03 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND moved  to report CSSB 36(EDC)  out of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no  objection CSSB 36(EDC) was  reported out                                                               
of the House Education Standing Committee.