MILITARY SCHOOLS TASK FORCE PUBLIC HEARING October 25, 1993 1:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Mulder Representative Martin Bonnie Carroll Captain Dennis Porter Colonel George Vakalis Janet Stokesbury Nancy Miller Patty Norheim Senator Leman Representative Willis Lt. Colonel Melcher (via teleconference) Barbara Martin (via teleconference) MEMBERS ABSENT Sue Wilken CALENDAR Fourth Public Hearing of the Military Schools Task Force WITNESS REGISTER REPRESENTATIVE JEANNETTE JAMES P.O. Box 56622 North Pole, Alaska 99705 JOE RYAN, Staff Representative Al Vezey's Office 119 N. Cushman Street, Suite 211 Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 KAREN SEXTON 5352 B Coman Drive Eielson AFB, Alaska 99702 SHEILA PETERSON, Staff Commissioner's Office Alaska Department of Education 801 W. 10th, Ste. 200 Juneau, Alaska 99801-1894 PATRICK ALLISON 24381 Calla #B Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506 DEBRA HARTMAN 24-372E Petunia Ct. Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506 DICK BARTON Aurora Elementary School Anchorage, Alaska 99506 ACTION NARRATIVE There is no tape-recorded minutes of this meeting. It was inadvertently not recorded. The task force met on October 25, 1993, and approved the proposed preliminary report and draft legislation and resolution upon a few modifications. With regard to the report: 1) the task force felt that the name of the task force should be "The Task Force on Schools on Military Installations" so as to be clear that these were public schools on military bases and not "military schools"; 2) Senator Leman wanted to round the project costs to the nearest hundredth; and 3) the task force wanted to include a paragraph about the role of volunteerism in the report. With regard to the proposed resolution, the task force decided to delete the copies being sent to Vice President Gore through Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin if Senator Stevens felt this was appropriate. Lisa F. subsequently spoke with Jane Rosenquist in Senator Steven's office and she indicated that it was a wise idea to limit the distribution to the Alaskan U.S. Congressional delegation only and to not distribute it to the Vice President, etc. With regard to the proposed bill again, Senator Leman wanted to round off the figures. Also, Representative Martin wanted to have the total costs of the project included in the bills. Lisa F. subsequently spoke with George Utermohle and he indicated this was really not an appropriate way to do this because it was not clear how the federal government would be disbursing the monies. If it did not actually come through the state general fund, it was inappropriate to put it on the bill. The name of the task force was also corrected in the body of the bill and the resolution. Finally, George Utermohle and Mike Ford were requested to change the "introducer" of the bill/resolution to "The Task Force on Schools on Military Installations." (Note: They did not and instead changed it to "By: Representative Mulder at the request of the Military Schools Task Force." In order to get the report out as quickly as possible, this error was not corrected at this time. Representative Mulder indicated that he would have the name problem addressed by Committee.) The task force also discussed strategy. Both the Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough School Districts were requested to take up the matter and resolve to address the transfer of title issue as quickly as possible. Discussion was also had of getting a resolution from the Anchorage and Fairbanks North Star Borough Assemblies. Also, with regard to the attachments to the report, Captain Porter requested that proposed Attachment 10, which was a paper written by Jack Catton, be deleted from the packet as it was an internal document never intended for publication. It was so deleted. Representative Mulder adjourned the meeting at 3:15 p.m.