Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:     412
Date:    Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Time:    10:00 AM



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         HB 1170     require school districts to pay for certain distance learning courses taken by students.
             Representative Heineman

         HB 1241     create the Student Achievement Enhancement Grant Program and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Representatives Heineman and Dykstra and Senators Olson (Ed) and Dempster

         HB 1251     create a school report card system.
             Representative Heineman and Senator Olson (Ed)

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         HB 1125     reimburse and reward public school counselors who obtain national certification.
             Representative Garnos and Senator Kooistra

         HB 1140     revise the calculation of state aid to education.
             Representatives Buckingham, Bradford, Brunner, Dykstra, Elliott, Hargens, McCoy, Roberts, and Schafer and Senators Peterson (Jim), Bartling, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Kloucek, Koetzle, Kooistra, Moore, Nesselhuf, Olson (Ed), and Sutton (Dan)

         HB 1149     allow for cross-border education contracts.
             Representatives Dennert, Deadrick, Glenski, Pederson (Gordon), and Rave and Senators Bartling, Hanson (Gary), and Moore

         HB 1073     phase out the financial incentives for consolidated school districts.
             Representatives Dykstra, McCoy, McLaughlin, Schafer, and Weems and Senators Duenwald, Lintz, McNenny, Olson (Ed), and Smidt

         HB 1231     increase the length of time for which nationally certified teachers receive stipends.
             Representatives Thompson, Garnos, Gassman, Glover, Hargens, Hennies, McCoy, McLaughlin, Murschel, Roberts, and Van Norman and Senators Kelly, Adelstein, Bartling, Dempster, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Knudson, and Nesselhuf

ANY BILLS NOT HEARD IN THE MORNING WILL BE HEARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER SESSION TODAY IN ROOM 464

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PHYLLIS M. HEINEMAN, Chair