Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:     412
Date:    Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Time:    10:00 AM



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SB 185     revise the calculation of a school district excess general fund balance.
             Senators Knudson, Bogue, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives Frost, Dennert, Gillespie, Hackl, Hargens, and McLaughlin

         SB 102*     increase the percentage of contracted transportation costs that a school district may expend from the capital outlay fund.
             Senators Kloucek, Hanson (Gary), and Peterson (Jim) and Representatives Lange, Bradford, Gassman, Haley, Hargens, Kroger, McCoy, and Sigdestad

         SB 157*     increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula and to exempt from reversion certain funds appropriated for the state aid to education formula.
             The Committee on Education at the request of the Governor

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.

        
         SB 170     revise the index factor for determining the per student allocation for school districts.
             Senators Schoenbeck, Bartling, Greenfield, Kooistra, Moore, Peterson (Jim), and Sutton (Dan) and Representatives Schafer, Cutler, Elliott, Faehn, Haley, Halverson, Hennies, Kroger, Murschel, and Turbiville

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PHYLLIS M. HEINEMAN, Chair