MINUTES OF THE

HOUSE EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 30, House Building

February 25, 2016

Members Present:                Rep. Brad 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. Eric Hutchings

                                                Rep. David E. Lifferth

                                                Rep. Daniel McCay

                                                Rep. Carol Spackman Moss

                                                Rep. Marie H. Poulson

Members Absent:                 Rep. Francis D. Gibson

                                                Rep. Michael E. Noel                          

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.

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

H.B. 331         Education Provisions (Rep. S. Eliason)

Rep. Eliason explained the bill with the assistance of Dr. Sydnee Dickson, Interim State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Ms. Natalie Grange, Director of School Finance, State Office of Education.

MOTION:     Rep. Eliason moved to replace H.B. 331 with 1st Sub. H.B. 331. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Last absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:

                        Mr. Michael Clara, Salt Lake City Board of Education

                        Mr. Charles Evans, Canyons School District

                        Mr. Robert Smith, Alpine School District

MOTION:     Rep. Hutchings moved to pass 1st Sub. H.B. 331 out favorably. The motion passed with Rep. Cutler, Rep. Fawson, and Rep. Lifferth voting in opposition to the motion. Rep. McCay was absent for the vote.

H.B. 354         Driver Education Funding Amendments (Rep. S. Eliason)

Rep. Eliason explained the bill.

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

1.    Page 3, Lines 63 through 71:   

63   (6) If the amount of money in the account at the end of any school year is more than the

64total of the reimbursement costs provided under Subsection (4), the superintendent may

65allocate the excess funds  :

       (a)  to  a  school {  districts:  }  district or charter school that applies for: 

66    {  (a) to reimburse each  }  (i) reimbursement to the  school district {  that applies for reimbursement  }  or charter school  of the cost of a fee

67waived under Section 53A-12-103 for driver education; [and]  or 

68    {  (b) to  }  (ii)   aid in the procurement of equipment and facilities which reduce the cost of

69behind-the-wheel instruction[.]; or

70    {  (c)  }  (b)  for any other purpose as determined by a majority vote of the State Board of

71Education.

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

MOTION:     Rep. Fawson moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Christensen, Rep. Hutchings, and Rep. Poulson absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. McCay moved to place H.B. 354 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Christensen, Rep. Hutchings, Rep. Lifferth, and Rep. Poulson absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. McCay moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Christensen, Rep. Hutchings, Rep. Lifferth and Rep. Poulson absent for the vote. Vice Chair Snow adjourned the meeting at 9:29 a.m.

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Rep. Brad Last, Chair