Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Education
Room:     423
Date:    Thursday, February 24, 2005
Time:    7:45 AM



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         HB 1073*     decrease the financial incentives for school districts that consolidate after July 1, 2008.
             Representatives Dykstra, McCoy, McLaughlin, Schafer, and Weems and Senators Duenwald, Lintz, McNenny, Olson (Ed), and Smidt

         HB 1140*     revise the calculation of state aid to education.
             Representatives Buckingham, Bradford, Brunner, Dykstra, Elliott, Hargens, McCoy, Roberts, and Schafer and Senators Peterson (Jim), Bartling, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Kloucek, Koetzle, Kooistra, Moore, Nesselhuf, Olson (Ed), and Sutton (Dan)

         HB 1149*     allow for cross-border education contracts.
             Representatives Dennert, Deadrick, Glenski, Pederson (Gordon), and Rave and Senators Bartling, Hanson (Gary), and Moore

         HB 1170*     provide for the endorsement of distance learning instructors and to authorize the Board of Education to promulgate rules relating to distance learning courses.
             Representative Heineman

         HB 1067     revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
             Representatives Rhoden and Hargens and Senators Bogue and Moore

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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ED OLSON, Chair