ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION                                                                            
                       February 21, 2001                                                                                        
                           8:12 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Presentation by Galena School District                                                                                          
High School Competency Test                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-8, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               
01-9, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CON  BUNDE,  Chair, convened  the  House  Special                                                               
Committee on Education at 8:12 a.m.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were Representatives  Bunde,  Green,                                                               
Wilson, Stevens, and Guess.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
JIM  FOSTER, Assistant  Superintendent,  Galena School  District,                                                               
presented information on how his  district prepared and continues                                                               
to prepare students  and teachers for the  High School Competency                                                               
Test.   His presentation included  a brief history  on education,                                                               
information on  curriculum, training teachers,  exam comparisons,                                                               
Galena  On  Line Delivery  (GOLD),  and  recommendations for  the                                                               
committee.    He  also  responded   to  questions  asked  by  the                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The next meeting  will be on February 28, at  8am.  The committee                                                               
will be hearing  Representative McGuire's bill HB 99,  as well as                                                               
hear  from the  Assistant Attorney  General, Phillip  Reeves, and                                                               
the Disability Law Center in regards to HB 94.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE  adjourned the House  Special Committee  on Education                                                               
at 10:00 a.m.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.