Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:     413
Date:     Monday, February 23, 2009
Time:     7:45 AM



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         HB 1269      provide for the governance of public postsecondary technical education and to provide for the transfer of authority for public postsecondary technical education from local school districts to the Department of Education.
             Representatives Peters, Bolin, Boomgarden, Cronin, Curd, Deadrick, Gosch, Greenfield, Kirschman, Krebs, Lederman, Lucas, Moser, Novstrup (David), Olson (Ryan), Rounds, Tidemann, and Turbiville and Senators Haverly, Abdallah, Adelstein, Ahlers, Gant, Garnos, Howie, Hundstad, Hunhoff (Jean), Maher, Merchant, Miles, Novstrup (Al), Olson (Russell), and Schmidt

         HB 1295      authorize the establishment of charter schools.
             Representatives Killer, Blake, Burg, Dennert, Elliott, Engels, Fargen, Feickert, Frerichs, Gibson, Greenfield, Hunhoff (Bernie), Iron Cloud III, Juhnke, Kirschman, Lange, Nygaard, Schrempp, Solberg, Sorenson, Street, and Vanderlinde and Senators Bradford, Ahlers, Heidepriem, Hundstad, Maher, and Nesselhuf

         SB 88      rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009.
             Senators Garnos, Bartling, Bradford, Brown, Fryslie, Hansen (Tom), Howie, Knudson, Maher, and Rhoden and Representatives Juhnke, Olson (Betty), Rave, Russell, Vanneman, and Wink

         SB 91 *     allow any school district, 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

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         HB 1067      repeal certain provisions regarding state aid payments for increasing and decreasing enrollment.
             The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Bureau of Finance and Management

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         ED MCLAUGHLIN, Chair