SENATE BILL NO. 193 "An Act relating to a limitation on administrative expenditures of school districts; and providing for an effective date." Co-chair Sharp convened the meeting directly at 6:30 p.m. The following individuals testified regarding the above- listed bills: LOU MATHESON, superintendent, Northwest Arctic School District from KOTZEBUE; DON EVANS, superintendent, Southwest Region School District, from DILLINGHAM; KEN HALVERSON from DILLINGHAM; ANDREW BROWN from MOUNTAIN VILLAGE; KATHI GILLESPIE, Anchorage School Board from ANCHORAGE; GINGER JENKINSON, Anchorage PTA, from ANCHORAGE; LISA FITZPATRICK from ANCHORAGE; JOHN DAHLGREN, superintendent, Kenai Public School District, from KENAI; DEBRA MULLINS, Kenai School Board, from KENAI; CYNTHIA HENRY, legislative chair, Fairbanks School Board, from FAIRBANKS; BONNIE WILLIAMS from FAIRBANKS; BETSY TURNER- BOGREN, President, Alaska PTA, from FAIRBANKS; KATHLEEN WIGHT-MURPHY, teacher, Mat-Su Valley School, from MAT-SU; DARROLL HARGRAVES from TOK; GLEN MARUNDE from TOK; CAROLYN FRYE, teacher, Ketchikan School, from KETCHIKAN; MIKE BROWN from KETCHIKAN; SCOTT BRANDT-ERICKSON, parent, from KETCHIKAN; BILL PFEIFER, parent, from KETCHIKAN; SAM TOWARAK from UNALAKLEET; LAWRENCE COLSTON, Seward Teachers' Association, from SEWARD; TERRY BENTLY, superintendent, Nenana School District, from NENANA; JOHN KUNIK from COPPER RIVER; JANE BROWN from COPPER RIVER; HARRY TURMAN from COPPER RIVER; LELAND DISHMAN, superintendent, North Slope School District, from BARROW; ROGER SAMPSON, superintendent, Chugach School District, from ANCHORAGE; TOM FREEMAN, retired from Anchorage School District, from ANCHORAGE; LUCY HOPE from MAT-SU; LELA AYERS, President, Mat-Su Education Association, from MAT-SU; DEB GERMANO from HOMER and RICHARD MAUER from DELTA JUNCTION. The following individuals testified from JUNEAU: AL WEINBERG, Single Site Consortium; JOHN CYR, President NEA-Alaska and BOB DIETRICK, Gifted/Talented Teacher. At the end of hearing all testimony by the above-listed individuals Co-chair Sharp advised that any and all comments would also be accepted by fax or mail to the Senate Finance Committee Secretary's office. ADJOURNMENT Co-chair Sharp recessed the meeting at 9:10 p.m. until tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. SFC-98 1 2/3/98