HCR 14-SUSPEND UNIFORM RULES FOR SB 133                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DYSON  announced  that  the  committee  would  hear  HOUSE                                                               
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14, Suspending  Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b),                                                               
and  42(e),  Uniform  Rules  of  the  Alaska  State  Legislature,                                                               
concerning  Senate   Bill  No.  133,  relating   to  high  school                                                               
competency testing.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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KAREN McCARTHY,  Staff to Representative Con  Bunde, Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, came forth on behalf of  the sponsor of HCR 14.  She                                                               
stated  that the  reason for  HCR 14  is that  there was  a title                                                               
change  from the  Senate  version  [of SB  133]  and the  version                                                               
passed out  of the  House Special Committee  on Education.   This                                                               
change  was necessary  because [the  House  Special Committee  on                                                               
Education]  included in  the bill  the report  that requires  the                                                               
various  quality  school  indicators.   She  explained  that  the                                                               
Uniform Rules  say that  there cannot  be a  title change  when a                                                               
bill  moves from  one  house to  another  without suspending  the                                                               
Uniform Rules.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE JOULE made a motion  to move HCR 14 from committee                                                               
with individual  recommendations.  There being  no objection, HCR                                                               
14 moved  from the  House Health,  Education and  Social Services                                                               
Standing Committee.