Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Education
Room:     423
Date:     Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Time:     7:45 AM



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         HB 1154      revise certain requirements for eligibility for opportunity scholarships.
             Representatives Cutler, Blake, Bolin, Dreyer, Engels, Fargen, Frerichs, Hunhoff (Bernie), Peters, Thompson, and Turbiville and Senators Dempster, Knudson, Merchant, Nelson, Nesselhuf, Novstrup (Al), Schmidt, and Turbak Berry

         HB 1171      exempt any school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundaries of any county.
             Representatives Hoffman, Cronin, Feickert, and Novstrup (David) and Senators Brown, Bartling, Bradford, Howie, and Maher

         HB 1186 *     reimburse and reward public school counselors who earn the credential of National Certified School Counselor.
             Representatives Greenfield, Blake, Burg, Dennert, Elliott, Gibson, Hunhoff (Bernie), Kirschman, Krebs, Lucas, McLaughlin, Noem, Peters, Putnam, Rausch, Thompson, and Van Gerpen and Senators Merchant, Garnos, Haverly, Jerstad, Kloucek, and Maher

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         SB 126      revise certain provisions regarding school attendance.
             Senators Knudson, Adelstein, Bradford, Brown, Fryslie, Gant, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Haverly, Howie, Hunhoff (Jean), Jerstad, Merchant, Schmidt, Tieszen, Turbak Berry, and Vehle and Representatives Sly, Hamiel, Killer, Lange, Lucas, McLaughlin, Romkema, Sorenson, Steele, Vanderlinde, and Verchio

         SB 189      revise certain provisions relating to payments to teachers obtaining certain national board certification.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Office of the Governor

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         COOPER GARNOS, Chair