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MINUTES OF HOUSE EDUCATION
STANDING COMMITTEE
February 16, 2007
Room W135, West Office Building, State Capitol Complex

MEMBERS PRESENT:    Rep. Gregory H. Hughes, Chair
        Rep. Patrick Painter, Vice Chair
        Rep. Sylvia S. Andersen        
        Rep. Craig A. Frank
        Rep. James R. Gowans
        Rep. Kory M. Holdaway        
        Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
        Rep. Merlynn T. Newbold
        Rep. LaWanna "Lou" Shurtliff
        Rep. Kenneth W. Sumsion    
        Rep. Stephen Urquhart
        Rep. Mark A. Wheatley

MEMBERS ABSENT:    Rep. Dee, Rep. Lockhart, Rep. Urquhart    
            
STAFF PRESENT:    Constance C. Steffen, Policy Analyst
        Diane Obeshaw, Committee Secretary
        Dee S Larsen, Associate General Counsel

Note: List of visitors and copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes.

Chair Hughes called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m.

Rep. Moss gave a lesson on the pronunciation of the words 'nuclear' and 'realtor'.

H.B. 331    School Board Alternatives to Basic Skills Competency Test (Rep. B. Daw)

Rep. Daw requested the bill be referred to interim study.

Mark Cluff, State Board of Education, commented on the bill.

MOTION:    Rep. Newbold moved to refer H.B. 331 to interim study. The motion passed     unanimously with Rep. Anderson absent for the vote.

S.B. 128    State Government Law Revisions - Withdrawal from Education Compact (Sen. M. Dayton)

Sen. Dayton introduced the bill which provides for the withdrawal of the state from the Compact for Education.

Katherine Boswell, Salt Lake Community College, spoke in opposition to the bill.

MOTION:    Rep. Newbold moved to pass the bill out favorably.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION:    Rep. Moss moved to refer the bill to interim study. The motion     passed with Rep. Frank, Rep. Last, Rep. Newbold, Rep. Hughes, and Rep.     Painter voting in opposition. Rep. Anderson was absent for the vote.

H.B. 184    State Office of Education Human Resource Management Amendments (Rep. R. Menlove)

Rep. Menlove introduced Patrick Ogden, Utah State Office of Education, who discussed the purpose of the bill.

Marlo Wilcox, Utah State Office of Education, commented on the bill.

MOTION:    Rep. Gowans moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed          unanimously. Rep. Anderson was absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Last moved to place the bill on the consent calendar. The motion passed     unanimously. Rep. Anderson was absent for the vote.

H.B. 310    Transfer of Student Records (Rep. T. Cosgrove)

MOTION:    Rep. Frank moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 2, Lines 29 through 32 :    

             29          [(3)] (2) Any school requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's record to
             30      the new school shall comply within 30
  school       days of the request unless the record has been flagged

             31      pursuant to Section 53A-11-502 , in which case the copy [shall] may not be forwarded and the
             32      requested school shall notify the division of the request.

MOTION:    Rep. Holdaway moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed          unanimously. Rep. Last was absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Painter moved to place the bill on the consent calendar. The motion passed     unanimously with Rep. Last absent for the vote.




MOTION:    Rep. Frank moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 a.m. The motion passed     unanimously.











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Rep. Gregory H. Hughes, Chair