HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES                               
                  STANDING COMMITTEE                                           
                     May 5, 1998                                               
                      3:05 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
PRESENTATION:  ROBERT GOTTSTEIN DISCUSSION OF EDUCATION ISSUES;                
               AND HEARING ON DIVISION OF FAMILY AND YOUTH                     
               SERVICES.                                                       
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-52, SIDE(S) A & B                                                           
98-53, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Chairman Con Bunde convened the House Health, Education and Social             
Services Standing Committee at 3:05 p.m.                                       
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Bunde, Dyson and Kemplen.  Representatives Brice and Green arrived             
as the meeting was in progress.                                                
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
ROBERT GOTTSTEIN gave a presentation of the "Alaska Public Schools             
Reform Act."                                                                   
                                                                               
TERRY STALMAN discussed his problems with the Division of Family               
and Youth Services concerning visitation.                                      
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 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.