Senate Finance: Education and Early Development Subcommittee

REAA and Large Urban School Districts Cost of Doing Business Brett Agenbroad and Mark Vink Bering Strait School District Pete Lewis and Mike Fisher Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Special Education Service Agency Patrick Pillai Executive Director Cost of Doing Business Large Urban School District Cost of Doing Business Ed Graff & Mark Foster…

Rural School Districts Cost of Doing Business Rick Luthi & Laura Hylton, Lake and Peninsula Borough School District Mike Johnson & Loreen Kramer, Copper River School District Steve Bradshaw & Cassee Olin, Sitka Borough School District 3:00-Break 3:15-Single-Site School Districts Cost of Doing Business Eric Gebhart & Carl Horn, Nenana City School District 3:45-Public Comment…

Cost-drivers for K-12 Education Sen. Mike Dunleavy, Chair Opening Remarks Mike Hanley, DEED, Commissioner Past, Present, & Future of DEED Costs Present and Future Federal Mandates and Fiscal Implications 10:00-Break 10:15-Dana Thomas, VP, Academic Affairs, U of A Cost for Developmental and Remedial Education for Incoming Freshman Urban School Districts Cost of Doing Business

David Teal, Director, Legislative Finance History of PERS/TRS Unfunded Liability Kris Erchinger,AK Retirement Mgt Bd (ARM) Member ARM Bd Activities & PERS/TRS Unfunded Liability Elizabeth Nudelman, DEED-School Finance Div. Past, Present, & Future Cost of School Construction 3:00-Break 3:15-AHFC-Energy Use in School Districts 4:15-Public Comments 4:45-Committee Recap Discussion

Cost-drivers for K-12 Education Presenters: Sen. Dunleavy, Chair, Opening Remarks David Teal, Director, Legislative Finance Past, Present, Future Cost of K-12 Senator Mike Dunleavy Comparison of Cost-Drivers in Foundation Formula 10:15 Break 10:30-Elizabeth Nudelman,DEED-School Finance Div. Past, Present & Future Cost of Pupil Transportation Committee Recap Discussion

Budget Closeout

Discussion of Educational Issues Including: Alaska Mentor Project Iditarod Pilot Project Cost of State Assessments NCLB Waiver Request

— Time Change — Digitizing Education in Alaska Initiative Mike Hanley, Commissioner, DEED Carl Rose, Association of Alaska School Boards Linda Thibodeau, Director, Libraries, Archives & Museums

— Please Note Time Change — Alaska Performance Scholarship Program Postsecondary Education Mike Hanley, Commissioner, DEED Diane Barrans, Director, Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education

Discussion of School Assessments & Improvements Digitizing Education in Alaska Initiative Pre-K and K-3 Literary Mike Hanley Commissioner DEED Les Morse Deputy Commissioner DEED Susan McCauley, Director, Teaching & Learning Support Paul Sugar, Head Start/Parent Involvement, DEED Linda Thibodeau, Libraries, Archives & Museums