SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

January 28, 2003 Hearing Room C

3:00 P.M. Tape 5

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Charles Starr , Chair

Sen. Ryan Deckert, Vice-Chair

Sen. Ted Ferrioli

Sen. Bill Morrisette

STAFF PRESENT: Jan McComb, Committee Administrator

Romy Dye, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: Informational Meeting (60 Minutes video on Marva Collins Academy)

SB 130 – PUBLIC HEARING

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
Tape 5, A
005	Chair Starr	Calls meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. Opens informational meeting.
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
010		Video presentation based on Marva Collins Academy in Chicago.
378	Chair Starr	Positive feedback on video presentation.
400	Sen. Morrisette	Comment on students who role-play.
Tape 5, B
005	Chair Starr	Closes informational meeting. Opens public hearing on SB 130.
SB 130 – PUBLIC HEARING
006	Cindy Hunt	Legislative Counsel’s Office. Presents overview of SB 130. Submits written material (EXHIBIT A) .
017	Chair Starr	Asks whether all private schools are providing a lunch program.
021	Joyce Dougherty	Department of Education. Answers negatively. Submits written material (EXHIBIT B).
023	Hunt	Elaborates.
025	Chair Starr	Asks about jurisdiction over schools without lunch programs.
027	Dougherty	Responds.
029	Chair Starr	Asks whether this legislation impacts those that are not participating.
031	Dougherty	Responds positively.
032	Sen. Morrisette	Asks about secondary schools that have discontinued lunch program and contracted their services.
033	Dougherty	Responds.
038	Sen. Morrisette	Asks for list of those schools that do not participate.
043	Sen. Morrisette	Expresses interest in school lunch program, nutrition, and whether or not schools have vending machines. Asks for information on federal lunch programs.
053	Dougherty	Discusses.
054	Chair Starr	Closes public hearing. Adjourns the meeting at 3:43 p.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 130, administrative rule review report, C. Hunt, 2 pp

B – SB 130, School Food Safety Inspection Requirements packet, J. Dougherty, 11 pp