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MINUTES OF HOUSE EDUCATION
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 30, House Building
February 28, 2014

Members Present:    Rep. Francis Gibson, Chair
        Rep. Lowry Snow, Vice Chair
        Rep. Rich Cunningham
        Rep. Steve Eliason
        Rep. Greg H. Hughes
        Rep. David Lifferth    
        Rep. Dan McCay
        Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
        Rep. Jim Nielson
        Rep. Val Peterson
        Rep. Marie H. Poulson
        Rep. Kraig Powell
        Rep. Dean T. Sanpei
        
Members Absent:    Rep. Patrice Arent
        Rep. Bradley G. Last
        Rep. Keven Stratton            
            
Staff Present:    Ms. Constance C. Steffen, Policy Analyst
        Ms. Linda Service, Committee Secretary
        

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

Chair Gibson called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Lifferth moved to approve the minutes of the February 26, 2014 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Eliason, Rep. McCay, Rep. Moss, and Rep. Powell absent for the vote.

H.B. 150    Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Amendments (Rep. V. Peterson)

Rep. Peterson explained the bill, assisted by Stan Lockhart, Chairman, Prosperity 2020 STEM Education Initiative. Mr. Lockhart presented a video.

MOTION:    Rep. Hughes moved to replace H.B. 150 with 1st Sub. H.B. 150. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Eliason and Rep. McCay absent for the vote.

Spoke to the bill:    Dr. Martell Menlove, State Superintendent

Spoke for the bill:    Jackie deGaston, citizen
        Jeff Nelson, Nelson Laboratories and Chairman, STEM Action         Center
        Jordan Beseiso, parent
        Adam Beseiso, student
        Alex Beseiso, student
        Richard Nelson, Utah Technology Council, who passed out a         handout, "2014 Hottest 50 STEM Jobs in Utah"
        Tami Goetz, STEM Action Center
        Craig Frank, Early College Alliance
        Robert Brems, President, College of Applied Technology
        Brett Nelson, STEM Action Center
        
MOTION:    Rep. Cunningham moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Eliason absent for the vote.

H.B. 307    Public Education Funding Task Force (Rep. J. Bird)

Rep. McCay, substituting for Rep. Bird, explained the bill.

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

1.    Page 3, Lines 60 through 65 :    

             60          
{   (b) imposing impact fees on new development to mitigate the cost of new school

             61      buildings;
             62          (c)   }
  (b)       equity for taxpayers throughout the state in paying for public education;

             63          
{   (d)   }        (c)       alternatives for enhancing funding for public education;

             64          
{   (e)   }        (d)       indexing state funding for public education to the funding of other states; and

             65          
{   (f)   }        (e)       linking funding to outcomes in public education.


The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Peterson absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Lifferth moved to hold the bill. The motion failed with Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Moss, and Rep. Poulson voting for the motion. Rep. Peterson was absent for the vote.



Spoke for the bill:    Patti Harrington, Utah School Boards Association and Utah School         Superintendents Association
        Chris Bleak, Utah Association of Public Charter Schools

MOTION:    Rep. Cunningham moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed with Rep. Moss, Rep. Nielson, and Rep. Poulson voting against the motion. Rep. Peterson was absent for the vote.    

H.B. 153    Study on Contribution and Credit for Education Funding (Rep. K. Christofferson)

Rep. Christofferson explained the bill, assisted by Dean Duncan, CPA.

MOTION:    Rep. Eliason moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Peterson and Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Eliason moved to place the bill on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Peterson and Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. McCay moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously. Chair Gibson adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m.





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Rep. Francis Gibson, Chair