SB 199-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FUNDING FACTOR                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:16:20 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR EGAN announced consideration of SB 199.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:16:24 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR KEVIN MEYER,  sponsor of SB 199, said he  and Senator Joe                                                               
Thomas  introduced  SB  84  last year  that  created  a  separate                                                               
funding factor  for vocational education  programs for  grades 9-                                                               
12. Voc-Ed funding  was 1 percent of the  base student allocation                                                               
(BSA) and since  this bill was signed, the  school districts have                                                               
said it  was a good program.  The only problem is  that it didn't                                                               
include middle school. So, SB  199 expands the program to include                                                               
middle school.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:17:46 PM                                                                                                                    
EDRA MORELEDGE,  staff to Senator  Meyer, had nothing  further to                                                               
add.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:18:03 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  PASKVAN  moved to  report  SB  199 from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations  and attached fiscal note.  There were                                                               
no objections and it was so ordered.