Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Education
Room:     423
Date:     Thursday, February 19, 2009
Time:     7:45 AM



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         SB 191      establish eligibility criteria, community planning processes, and quality benchmarks for state-supported prekindergarten programs.
             Senators Dempster, Adelstein, Ahlers, Bartling, Fryslie, Garnos, Gillespie, Heidepriem, Jerstad, Knudson, Nelson, Nesselhuf, Peterson, Tieszen, and Turbak Berry and Representatives Krebs, Blake, Curd, Cutler, Deadrick, Feinstein, Gibson, Gosch, Kirkeby, Lederman, Lucas, McLaughlin, Rave, Romkema, Solberg, Street, Turbiville, and Vanderlinde

         HB 1213      allow school districts to enter into group health insurance contracts that include dental and vision insurance, and to allow school districts to offer group life and group health insurance benefits to retired employees.
             Representatives Turbiville, Blake, Bolin, Boomgarden, Brunner, Cronin, Cutler, Deadrick, Elliott, Engels, Fargen, Feickert, Frerichs, Gibson, Gosch, Hamiel, Hoffman, Hunhoff (Bernie), Hunt, Jensen, Juhnke, Killer, Kirkeby, Kirschman, Kopp, Lange, Lucas, Moser, Novstrup (David), Nygaard, Olson (Betty), Olson (Ryan), Pitts, Romkema, Rounds, Schlekeway, Schrempp, Sly, Solum, Sorenson, Steele, Street, Thompson, and Vanneman and Senators Heidepriem, Abdallah, Bradford, Dempster, Gant, Garnos, Gillespie, Gray, Hanson (Gary), Jerstad, Kloucek, Knudson, Maher, Merchant, Miles, Nesselhuf, Novstrup (Al), Olson (Russell), Peterson, Rhoden, Tieszen, and Turbak Berry

         HB 1282      allow counties to assign the responsibility for the redemption of bonded indebtedness of a former school district to a new school district after a reorganization.
             Representatives Feickert, Dennert, Feinstein, Frerichs, Gibson, Kirkeby, and Novstrup (David) and Senator Novstrup (Al)

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         COOPER GARNOS, Chair