HOUSE BILL NO. 413                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to facilities constituting a school;                                                                      
     and providing for an effective date."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
10:23:35 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Merrick asked  the  bill sponsor  if  she had  any                                                                    
comments to begin the hearing.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HARRIET  DRUMMOND, CO-CHAIR,  HOUSE EDUCATION                                                                    
COMMITTEE,  relayed that  the  committee  had been  provided                                                                    
with  a  list  of  Alaska's 31  charter  schools  and  their                                                                    
locations  (copy  on file)  in  response  to a  conversation                                                                    
during  an earlier  hearing of  the bill.  Additionally, the                                                                    
committee had been provided with a  list of the six types of                                                                    
public school  in Alaska. She  also directed attention  to a                                                                    
chart of  her own design  that illustrated the  injustice of                                                                    
the current school  formula. She was happy to  explain it in                                                                    
more detail.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
10:25:15 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster MOVED  to report  HB 413  out of  committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
notes.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 413  was REPORTED  out of committee  with four  "do pass"                                                                    
recommendations and six  "no recommendation" recommendations                                                                    
and one  previously published zero  fiscal note:  FN1 (EED);                                                                    
and one previously published fiscal impact note: FN2 (EED).                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
10:25:37 AM                                                                                                                   
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:26:57 AM                                                                                                                   
RECONVENNED