MINUTES OF THE

HOUSE EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 30, House Building

January 27, 2016

Members Present:                Rep. Bradley G. Last, Chair

                                                Rep. V. Lowry Snow, Vice Chair

                                                Rep. LaVar Christensen

                                                Rep. Kim Coleman

                                                Rep. Bruce R. Cutler

                                                Rep. Steve Eliason

                                                Rep. Justin L. Fawson

                                                Rep. Francis D. Gibson

                                                Rep. Eric Hutchings

                                                Rep. David E. Lifferth

                                                Rep. Carol Spackman Moss

                                                Rep. Michael E. Noel

                                                Rep. Marie H. Poulson           

Members Absent:                 Rep. Daniel McCay                             

Staff Present:                        Ms. Tiffany Stanley, Policy Analyst

                                                Ms. Linda Service, Committee Secretary

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

Chair Last called the meeting to order at 2:12 p.m.

H.B. 41           Fees for Supplemental Hours (Rep. S. Eliason)

Rep. Eliason explained the bill.

Spoke for the bill:                   Ms. Susan Edwards, Canyons School District

Spoke against the bill:            Ms. Nicholeen Peck

MOTION:    Rep. Poulson moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Gibson and Rep. Noel absent for the vote.

H.B. 42           Optional Enhanced Kindergarten Amendments (Rep. V. L. Snow)

Rep. Snow explained the bill with the assistance of Dr. Sydnee Dickson, Acting State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Utah State Office of Education.

MOTION:     Rep. Moss moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed with Rep. Lifferth voting in opposition. Rep. Coleman was absent for the vote.

Vice Chair Snow assumed the chair.

H.B. 28           Grants for Educator Professional Learning (Rep. B. Last)

Rep. Last explained the bill with the assistance of Dr. Dickson.

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

1.    Page 9, Lines 259 through 266:      

259 (7) On or before December 1 of each year, the board shall report to the Education

260Interim Committee regarding:

261 (a) the results of the professional learning grant program {  , based on:  }  ; and 

262  {  (i) student achievement data;

263 (ii) educator evaluation data; and

264 (iii) survey data; and  }

265 (b) statewide improvement in professional learning practices based on the professional

266learning standards described in Section 53A-15-1703.

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Coleman, Rep. Eliason, Rep. Fawson, and Rep. Hutchings absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:                   Dr. Sara Jones, Utah Education Association

                                               Ms. Rita Heagren, retired teacher

Spoke to the bill:                    Ms. Nicholeen Peck

                                               Mr. Robert Smith, Business Administrator, Alpine School District

MOTION:     Rep. Cutler moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed with Rep. Coleman, Rep. Fawson, and Rep. Lifferth voting in opposition.

H.B. 90           Education Background Check Amendments (Rep. S. Handy)

Rep. Handy explained the bill with the assistance of Mr. Jesse Devereaux, Bureau of Criminal Identification.

MOTION:     Rep. Hutchings moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Christensen, Rep. Gibson, Rep. Last, and Rep. Noel absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Hutchings moved to place H.B. 90 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Christensen, Rep. Gibson, Rep. Last, and Rep. Noel absent for the vote.

H.B. 181         Physical Control in Schools Amendments (Rep. C. Moss)

Rep. Moss explained the bill with the assistance of Dr. Dickson and Ms. Carol Anderson, Utah State Office of Education.

MOTION:     Rep. Eliason moved to adjourn. The motion passed with Rep. Lifferth voting in opposition. Rep. Coleman, Rep. Gibson, Rep. Last, and Rep. Noel were absent for the vote.

Vice Chair Snow adjourned the meeting at 4:40 p.m.