HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND                                        
         SOCIAL SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE                                    
                  February 6, 1997                                             
                      3:04 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
OVERVIEW:  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                             
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-7, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Bunde, Chairman, convened the House Health,                     
Education and Social Services Standing Committee meeting at 3:04               
p.m.                                                                           
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Bunde, Porter, Kemplen and Brice.  Representative(s) Green and                 
Vezey arrived as the meeting was in progress.                                  
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
SHIRLEY HOLLOWAY, Ph.D., Commissioner, Department of Education,                
presented an overview of the Department of Education and answered              
the committee's questions.                                                     
                                                                               
NANCY BUELL, Director, Teaching and Learning Division, Department              
of Education, discussed student achievement and school criteria.               
                                                                               
RICHARD CROSS, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner,                
Department of Education, answered the committee's questions.                   
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 4:23 p.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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.