Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Education
Room:    412
Date:    Thursday, February 22, 2001
Time:    10:00 AM



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         SB 248*     create a higher education savings plan.
             The Committee on Education at the request of the Governor

         SB 60     expand the uses of the special education extraordinary cost fund.
             The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs

         SB 153*     require school districts to employ certified personnel in administrative positions.
             Senators Olson (Ed), de Hueck, Dennert, Duxbury, Ham, Hutmacher, Koetzle, McIntyre, Moore, Munson, Reedy, Sutton (Dan), Symens, and Vitter and Representatives Brown (Richard), Davis, Elliott, Flowers, Gillespie, Hennies (Don), Hennies (Thomas), Holbeck, Kooistra, Lintz, Madsen, McCoy, Murschel, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), and Pederson (Gordon)

         SB 160*     prohibit the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by nonaccredited institutions.
             Senators Brown (Arnold), Everist, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives McCoy and Peterson (Bill)

         SB 14*     provide for grants of tuition and fees to certain students and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Brosz, Diedrich (Larry), Everist, Hutmacher, McIntyre, Munson, and Reedy and Representatives Juhnke, Brown (Richard), Heineman, and Pummel at the request of the Interim Education Committee

         SB 234*     provide for the development and administration of certain standardized academic achievement tests.
             Senators Sutton (Dan), Brown (Arnold), Daugaard, Hutmacher, and McCracken and Representatives Garnos and Olson (Mel)

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

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SCOTT ECCARIUS, Chair