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WORK SESSION: SB 550, SB 819 |
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TAPES 67-68,
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March 19,
2003 1:00 PM STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
Members Present: Senator Ryan Deckert, Chair
Senator
Tony Corcoran
Senator
Lenn Hannon
Senator
Charlie Ringo
Senator
Bruce Starr
Members Excused: Senator Ted Ferrioli, Vice Chair
Invited Witnesses Present: John
Marshall, Oregon School Board Association
Kathryn
Weit, Oregon Developmental Disabilities Council
Bob
Siewert, Oregon Department of Education
Senator
Richard Devlin, District 19
Cindy
Hunt, Legislative Counsel
Staff Present: Steve
Meyer, Legislative Revenue Office
Paul
Warner, Legislative Revenue Office
Tara
Lantz, Committee Assistant
TAPE
67, SIDE A
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Chair Deckert |
Calls meeting to order at 1:15pm. |
OPENS WORK SESSION ON SB 550
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Steve Meyer |
Explains proposed SB 550-3
amendments. Exhibit 1. Discusses revenue impact. Exhibit 2. |
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John Marshall |
Testifies in support of the SB 550-3
amendments because the changes are reasonable and benefit both small school districts
and large districts and discusses the at risk fund. |
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Kathryn Weit |
Testifies in support of the SB 550-3
amendments. Points out that there is little data on services for children
with disabilities and who the children are and recommends that if this bill
should pass the districts need to be collecting good data. |
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Bob Siewert |
Testifies in support of SB 550
because it a positive step towards helping school districts with high cost
students. |
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Steve Meyer |
Explains that some language needs to
be clarified in the SB 550-3 amendments on lines 15-16 regarding weights and
states that it can wait until the house side. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Starr |
Asks if they should wait to pass it
in case people were waiting for the next day to testify. |
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Sen. Corcoran |
Asks if anyone in the room has heard
of any opposition. Negative responses follow. |
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225 |
Sen. Hannon |
MOTION: MOVES AMENDMENTS DATED 3/19/03
TO SB 550 BE ADOPTED. |
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Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: HEARING NO OBJECTION, MOTION
PASSES: 5-0-1. |
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Sen. Hannon |
MOTION: MOVES SB 550 AS AMENDED WITH
THE STIPULATION OF ADDING CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IN SECTION 2 IN THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE. |
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Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: ROLL CALL VOTE SENTORS ANSWERING AYE: CORCORAN,
HANNON, RINGO, STARR, DECKERT SENATOR EXCUSED: FERRIOLI. Sen. Deckert will carry the bill on
the Senate Floor. |
OPENS WORK SESSION ON SB 819
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Meyer |
Explains SB 819 and discusses the
revenue impact. Exhibit 3. |
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Sen. Devlin |
Explains that SB 819 is a compromise
bill on the local option issue. |
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Sen. Hannon |
Asks if one school district used the
local option and several other school districts rejected it, would they be in
violation of the constitution regarding school equity. |
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Meyer |
Responds that there are no
guarantees but that it is set low enough that it should hold up in court. Discussion follows. |
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Cindy Hunt |
Responds negatively because the
constitution specifically allows local options and supercedes the provision
guaranteeing equal funding. |
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Sen. Ringo |
Points out that he introduced a
similar bill and this is a scaled back version and very important for school
districts. |
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Hunt |
Responds that she has the same
opinion regarding the constitution on Sen. Ringo’s local option bill |
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Sen. Starr |
Asks if it would be constitutional
if a local government raised local taxes. |
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Hunt |
Responds that there are a lot of
questions around that and it would depend on how much money was raised. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Deckert |
Explains how SB 819 is working
within the limits of Measure 5. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Corcoran |
States that he is a no because it
would be contradictory to his previous stand on local option. |
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Sen. Devlin |
States that Sen. Ferrioli expressed
support and that maybe they should bring it back on another day. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Deckert |
Adjourns meeting at 1:43pm. |
Tape Log Submitted by,
Tara Lantz, Committee Assistant Reviewed
by Kim Taylor James
Exhibit Summary:
1.
SB 550, Steve Meyer, Proposed LC-3 Amendments, 22pp.
2.
SB 550, Steve Meyer, Revenue Impact Statement, 3pp.
3.
SB 819, Steve Meyer, Revenue Impact Statement, 1p.
4.
SB 864, Debra Buchanan, Department of Revenue Report on
Delinquent Accounts Requested 3/18/03, 4pp.
5.
SB 788, SB 810, SB 811, Ross McKeen, Oregon Cultural Trust
Overview Requested 3/17/03, 2pp.