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MINUTES OF THE
SENATE EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE
Monday January 28, 2008
Room W130, West Office Building, State Capitol Complex



Members Present:        Sen. Margaret Dayton, Com+mittee Chair
                Sen. Greg Bell    
                Sen. Pat Jones
                Sen. Darin Peterson
                Sen. Ross Romero
                Sen. Howard A. Stephenson
                Sen. Curtis Bramble
                Sen. Lyle Hillyard
                            
Staff Present:            Phillip V. Dean, Policy Analyst
                Dee S. Larsen, Attorney
                Joan Tiffany, Secretary
                    
Public Speakers Present:    Senator Pat Jones
                Scott Anderson, President/CEO, Zions Bank
                Preston Cochrane, President/CEO, AAA Fair Credit Foundation
                Mary Shumway, State Director CTE, Utah State Office of                          Education
                Gayle Whitefield, Teacher, Riverton High School
                Jeff Pickett, Associate, Price Waterhouse
                Sarah Meier, Utah School Boards Association & Utah School                     Superintendents Association
                Sherrie Davis, Teacher, Davis High School
                Senator Dennis Stowell
                Dave Buhler, Interim Commissioner, Utah System of Higher                     Education
                Wes Curtis, Assistant to the President, Southern Utah University
                Michael Kennedy, Federal & State Relations, Utah State University
                Val Peterson, Vice President of Administrations, Utah Valley                     State College
                Cynthia Bioteau, President, Salt Lake Community College
                Kevin Walthers, Vice President Administration, College of Eastern                     Utah
                Brad Mortensen, Weber State University
                Scott Wyatt, President, Snow College
                Senator Margaret Dayton
                Peter McChesney, President, Utah Students Association
                Shelley Day, Coordinator, LBTS

                Vic Arnold, Utah Education Association
                Senator Mark Madsen
                Mark VanWagoner, Legal Counsel, Utah High School Activities
                Paul Mero, President, Sutherland Institute
                

A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.    

Sen. Dayton called the meeting to order at the designated time of 7:53 am. Due to problems with the speaker system, the meeting was delayed. The meeting resumed at 8:10 am.

    
1.    S.B.0061 Financial Literacy Education

    Sen. Jones distributed and presented Amendment 1 to S. B. 0061.

     MOTION: Sen. Jones moved to adopt the following amendment:
    
1.    Page 3, Lines 64 through 66 :    

             64      complete the financial literacy passport, including incentives offered by community partners;
             65          (b) more fully integrate
  existing and new       financial literacy education into instruction in kindergarten

             66      through twelfth grade by:


2.    Page 3, Lines 76 through 80 :    

             76      education and, if necessary, developing assessments;
             77          (c) work with interested private and non-profit entities to
{   coordinate   } :

             78          (i)
  coordinate       school use of existing financial literacy education resources;

    
  (ii) develop simple, clear, and consistent messaging to reinforce and link existing financial literacy resources;       and

             79          
{   (ii)   }        (iii) coordinate the efforts of school, work, private, non-profit, and other financial education providers in implementing       methods of appropriately communicating to students and parents key financial

             80      literacy messages; and
    
    The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Bramble and Stephenson absent for the vote.

    Scott Anderson, Preston Cochrone, Mary Shumway and Gayle Whitefield spoke in favor of the bill.

    Sens. Stephenson and Romero had questions about the bill.

    Sarah Meyer, Jeff Picketts and Sherrie Davis spoke in favor of the bill.
    
     MOTION: Sen. Stephenson moved to send S. B. 0061 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Bramble absent for the vote.

2.     S.B. 0103 Higher Education Enhancements (D. Stowell)

    Sen. Stowell presented and explained the bill.

    Dave Buhler, Michael Kennedy, Wes Curtis, Val Peterson, Cynthia Bioteau, Kevin Walthers, Brad Mortensen, Peter McChesney and Scott Wyatt spoke in favor of the bill.

    Sens. Romero, Stowell, Dayton and Bell had questions concerning the bill.

     MOTION: Sen. Bell moved to send S. B. 0103 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Bramble absent for the vote.

3.     SCR002 Resolution Promoting Legislators Back to School Program (M. Dayton)

    Sen. Dayton presented and explained SCR002 .

    Shelley Day spoke about the program.

    Sen. Jones spoke in favor of the bill.

     MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to send SCR002 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed unanimously.


4.     S.B.0037 Home School and Extra Curricular Activities Amendments (M. Madsen)

    Sen. Madsen distributed and presented Amendment 1 to S.B.0037.

     MOTION: Sen. Bramble moved to adopt the following amendment:

1.    Page 6, Lines 158 through 159 :    

             158          (iii) enrolls in a private school and establishes academic eligibility.
 

    (i) A public school student who has been declared to be ineligible to participate in an extracurricular activity for a reason other than academics and who subsequently enrolls in a home school may not regain eligibility until the student resolves the reason for ineligibility and conforms to the eligibility standards applicable to fully enrolled public school students.  

             159          
{   (i)   }        (j)       When selection to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school is


    The motion was passed unanimously.

    Mark VanWagoner spoke against the bill.

    Sens. Stephenson, Romero, and Bramble had questions concerning the bill.

    Paul Mero spoke in favor of the bill.
    
     MOTION: Sen. Bramble moved to send S.B.0037 as amended, out of committee with a favorable recommendation.

    The motion passed with Sens. Dayton, Bramble, Hillyard, Peterson, and Stephenson voting aye, and Sens. Bell, Jones and Romero voting no.

    MOTION: Sen. Peterson moved to adjourn

    The motion passed unanimously.

    The meeting adjourned at 9:45 am.



                
                Sen. Margaret Dayton, Committee Chair