Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Education
Room:     423
Date:     Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time:     7:45 AM



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         SB 187      revise the general education state aid formula for purposes of increasing teachers' salaries.
             Senators Knudson, Abdallah, Albers, Bartling, Dempster, Garnos, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hauge, Heidepriem, Hunhoff, McCracken, Nesselhuf, Olson (Ed), and Peterson (Jim) and Representatives Cutler, McLaughlin, Peters, and Vehle

         SB 149      increase general funding for school districts, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, and to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund and to the property tax reduction fund.
             Senators Heidepriem, Bartling, Hanson (Gary), Hoerth, Hundstad, Jerstad, Kloucek, Koetzle, Maher, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Turbak Berry, and Two Bulls and Representatives Gillespie, Ahlers, Burg, Dennert, and Halverson

         SB 150      increase general funding for schools, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund and to the property tax reduction fund, to provide funding for the postsecondary technical institutes, to provide for the modernization of science facilities and laboratories at public universities, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
             Senators Heidepriem, Bartling, Hanson (Gary), Hoerth, Hundstad, Jerstad, Kloucek, Koetzle, Maher, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Turbak Berry, and Two Bulls and Representatives Gillespie, Ahlers, Burg, Dennert, and Halverson

         SB 194      provide for the establishment of public charter schools, of the State Board for Public Charter Schools, and the creation, operation, and maintenance of public charter schools.
             Senators Katus, Abdallah, Duenwald, Garnos, Gray, Hoerth, Hundstad, Jerstad, McNenny, Napoli, Olson (Ed), Peterson (Jim), Schmidt (Dennis), and Two Bulls and Representatives DeVries, Bradford, Dennert, Elliott, Juhnke, Kirkeby, Lust, Olson (Betty), Turbiville, and Weems

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         ED OLSON, Chair