Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:     413
Date:     Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Time:     7:45 AM



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         SB 185 *     revise the graduation requirements for students entering ninth grade in 2010 and thereafter by eliminating the option of the basic high school program.
             Senators Olson (Russell), Bradford, Garnos, and Maher and Representatives Frerichs, Fargen, Hamiel, Lucas, Moser, Olson (Ryan), and Van Gerpen

         SB 140 *     allow school districts to enter into contractual agreements to provide for the whole-grade sharing of students.
             Senators Bartling, Brown, Garnos, and Hanson (Gary) and Representatives Frerichs, Fargen, Greenfield, Lucas, Noem, Van Gerpen, and Vanneman

         SB 132 *     allow resident students that attend school out of state to be counted in the resident school district's average daily membership for the purpose of distributing school and public lands funds.
             Senators Gillespie, Abdallah, Bartling, Bradford, Fryslie, Gant, Garnos, Hansen (Tom), Haverly, Maher, Merchant, Novstrup (Al), and Schmidt and Representatives Bolin, Cronin, Cutler, Dennert, Elliott, Feinstein, Frerichs, Gibson, Greenfield, Hamiel, Hoffman, Kirkeby, Kopp, Lederman, Moser, Novstrup (David), Olson (Betty), Peters, Pitts, Putnam, Russell, Schlekeway, Sly, Street, Thompson, Van Gerpen, and Verchio

         SB 165      provide for the authorization of certain private, nonprofit benevolent organizations to assist in funding certain school curricula, activities, and programs.
             Senators Adelstein, Gray, and Knudson and Representatives Feinstein, Jensen, and Kirkeby

         SB 190      revise certain allocations for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Office of the Governor

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         ED MCLAUGHLIN, Chair