Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Education
Room:     423
Date:     Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Time:     7:45 AM



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         SB 81      authorize the use of interscholastic activity admission fees by certain endowment funds.
             Senators Gray, Bradford, Garnos, and Nesselhuf and Representatives Schlekeway, Bolin, Lucas, Sorenson, and Thompson

         SB 91      allow certain school districts, for a period of five years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation costs, for the purchase of property and casualty insurance, and for energy costs, and the cost of utilities.
             Senators Olson (Russell), Abdallah, Adelstein, Ahlers, Bradford, Brown, Garnos, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Howie, Hundstad, Hunhoff (Jean), Kloucek, Maher, and Schmidt and Representatives Vanneman, Bolin, Boomgarden, Carson, Cronin, Curd, Cutler, Faehn, Fargen, Greenfield, Hamiel, Juhnke, Kirschman, Krebs, Lust, Noem, Putnam, Rausch, Rave, Romkema, Rounds, Russell, Schlekeway, Street, and Tidemann

         SB 101      clarify the school residence of a child assigned to an approved out of district special education residential or tuition day program when the residence of the child's parent or guardian changes.
             Senators Garnos, Gray, Knudson, Olson (Russell), and Peterson and Representatives Sly, Bolin, Brunner, Hamiel, McLaughlin, Schlekeway, and Van Gerpen

         SB 106      revise the index factor in the state aid to general education formula, to set a maximum per student allocation for school districts with an excess general fund balance, and to require the Legislature to estimate general fund revenues for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year.
             Senators Knudson, Abdallah, Adelstein, Bartling, Dempster, Garnos, Gillespie, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Heidepriem, Jerstad, Maher, Merchant, Miles, Olson (Russell), Peterson, Tieszen, and Vehle and Representatives Cutler, Curd, Dreyer, Frerichs, Hunhoff (Bernie), Lucas, Peters, Rave, Schlekeway, Street, Thompson, and Turbiville

         SB 112      require that certain student meal plans be offered at public colleges and universities.
             Senators Kloucek and Maher and Representatives Moser, Frerichs, Lange, and Schrempp

         SB 117      appropriate funds to the postsecondary technical institutes for program enhancement.
             Senators Knudson, Adelstein, Bartling, Bradford, Gillespie, Hanson (Gary), Heidepriem, Jerstad, Maher, Merchant, Miles, Peterson, Schmidt, Turbak Berry, and Vehle and Representatives Faehn, Burg, Carson, Cutler, Dennert, Elliott, Feinstein, Frerichs, Greenfield, Hunhoff (Bernie), Kirkeby, Krebs, Lange, Lucas, Noem, Olson (Betty), Solum, Street, Thompson, Turbiville, and Vanneman

         SB 118      adopt the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
             Senator Haverly and Representative Peters

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         COOPER GARNOS, Chair