SB 166 BUDGET DEADLINE FOR BOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD                       
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 SENATOR TORGERSON introduced  SB 166  as the final order of business.         
 He explained he introduced the legislation in recognition that                
 early funding of education is probably something that is not going            
 to happen.  Currently, school districts must have their budgets               
 completed and submitted to borough assemblies on April 1, and, in             
 most cases, this is hard to deal with, especially when the level of           
 funding has not been determined.  SB 166 changes the April 1                  
 deadline to May 1 and it also amends the date by which the assembly           
 must approve the amount of the local contribution by changing that            
 deadline from May 31 to June 30.                                              
                                                                               
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 LARRY WIGET, Director of Government Relations, Anchorage School               
 District, testifying from Anchorage, voiced the district's support            
 for the changes made in SB 166.  He added that while this does not            
 impact the Anchorage School District at the present time, the bill            
 would allow budget building for a district or borough assembly to             
 set their budgets at a time more closely in line with the setting             
 of state revenues for K - 12 education by the Legislature, thus               
 giving local governments more options.                                        
                                                                               
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 CHARLES MCKEE testifying from Anchorage stated his concurrence with           
 Mr. Wiget's testimony.                                                        
                                                                               
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 There being no further testimony on SB 166, SENATOR TORGERSON asked           
 for the pleasure of the committee.                                            
                                                                               
 SENATOR KELLY moved that SB 166 be passed out of committee with               
 individual recommendations.  Hearing no objection, it was so                  
 ordered.