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[LB431 LB477 LB478 LB513 LB595 LB616] the Committee On Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Education Committee February 17, 2015 [LB431 LB477 LB478 LB513 LB595 LB616] The Committee on Education met at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, in Room 1525 of the State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on LB478, LB513, LB431, LB595, LB477, and LB616. Senators present: Kate Sullivan, Chairperson; Rick Kolowski, Vice Chairperson; Roy Baker; Tanya Cook; Mike Groene; Adam Morfeld; Patty Pansing Brooks; and David Schnoor. Senators absent: None. SENATOR SULLIVAN: Welcome, everyone. This is the public hearing for the Education Committee. I'm Senator Kate Sullivan of Cedar Rapids, representing District 41, and I'm Chair of the Education Committee. I would also like you to meet the senators that serve on this committee. We'll start with the Vice Chair of the Committee. SENATOR KOLOWSKI: I'm Rick Kolowski, District 31 in the southwest section of Omaha. Thank you. SENATOR SCHNOOR: Dave Schnoor, District 15, which is Dodge County. SENATOR SULLIVAN: Senator Groene. SENATOR GROENE: Senator Mike Groene, Lincoln County, North Platte area. SENATOR COOK: I'm Senator Tanya Cook from District 13 which is northeast Omaha and Douglas County. SENATOR BAKER: Roy Baker, senator from District 30, Gage County, part of southern Lancaster County. SENATOR SULLIVAN: Senator Morfeld and Senator Pansing Brooks will be joining us later. Oftentimes--and you'll see some senators leaving--they have bills to introduce in other committees. Also we have several people helping us today. To my immediate left is LaMont Rainey, the legal counsel for the Education Committee. To my far right is Mandy Mizerski who is the committee clerk and makes sure that we have an adequate record of today's hearing. And Senator Morfeld is joining us. We have two pages that are helping us, Brooklyn Cammarata and Seth Thompson. Brook is from Omaha and is a student at UNL majoring in advertising, public relations, and political science. Seth is from Ogallala and is a student at Wesleyan majoring in criminal justice and political science. Today we have six bills before us: LB478, LB513, LB431, LB595, LB477, and LB616. If you're planning to testify on any of these bills, we ask that you 1 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Education Committee February 17, 2015 pick up a green sheet that is on the table at either entrance to the hearing room. And if you...but...and if you do not wish to testify but would like your...the fact that you are here and your name entered into the official record as being present, there is a separate sheet on the table to do that as well. Regarding the green sheet, please fill it out--its entirety--before you come up to testify. Please print and make sure that you, as I said, complete it entirely. When it is your turn to testify, simply give the green sheet to the committee clerk. If you have handouts, please make sure you have 12 copies for the pages to hand out to the committee. And when you do come up, we ask that you please spell your name and do speak clearly into the microphone so the transcribers can, again, get an accurate record. Perhaps this goes without saying, but I do ask that you turn off all cell phones, anything that beeps and makes a sound, so we can give our undivided attention to the testifiers. Last week we started using the three-minute time rule and we will continue to do that as well. So with respect to your testimony, the introducer, of course, is not put on a time limit but testifiers are. The yellow light will come on when you have one minute left and when it's green...or when it's red, rather, then you need to complete your testimony. I think we also...I always feel that we want to give everyone the opportunity in this great Unicameral to have testimony. But also keep in mind that if your testimony comprises something that you've already heard by a previous testifier, there is no harm in simply coming up, stating your name, saying that you agree or disagree with the previous testifier, and that will be entered into the record as such. If you do that, though, keep in mind that even so, the committee may have questions to ask of you as well. I think probably that takes care of everything. So we will start with our first bill which is LB478 which will be introduced by Senator Baker. Could I have a show of hands who will be testifying on this bill? Thank you. And I should notice...mention that with respect to testifiers, we'll start with proponent testimony, followed by opponent testimony and those testifying in a neutral capacity. Senator Baker. SENATOR BAKER: Thank you, Madam Chair, fellow members of the Education Committee. For the record, my name is Roy Baker, R-o-y B-a-k-e-r. LB478 is being introduced on behalf of the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council. What I remember about the origins of ESUs is that they resulted from a bill passed by the Legislature of Nebraska in 1965 and they were fully operational in 1968. However, they were never given the same authority to pass bond issues for new buildings such as school districts were. I'm going to leave the more detailed testimony to the people behind me who are more directly involved with those service units. Thank you. [LB478] SENATOR SULLIVAN: Thank you, Senator Baker. Any questions for the senator? Thank you. Welcome. [LB478] DAVID LUDWIG: (Exhibit 1) Welcome. Thank you. Well, good afternoon. I'm David Ludwig, D-a-v-i-d L-u-d-w-i-g, the executive director for the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council since July 1, 2014. Prior to this time, I had the opportunity of serving four years as the 2 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Education Committee February 17, 2015 ESU 2 chief administrator in Fremont. And it is in this capacity that I provide support for LB478. The vision for the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council is provided within 79-1246 which states: The Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall work toward statewide coordination to provide the most cost-effective services for students, for teachers, school district in each Educational Service Unit. The council's duties include but are not limited to: preparation of strategic plans to assure the cost-effective, efficient, and equitable delivery of services across the states; administration of statewide initiatives and provision of statewide services; and then also coordination of distance education. As you consider the stated vision of the ESU Coordinating Council, one may ask, how does this relate to LB478 in regard to each Educational Service Unit in the state? The answer is, in order to carry out the needs of the strategic plan, administration of statewide initiatives to include BlendED Learning; the ADVISER, which is the data dashboard with NDE; and the teacher/principal evaluation within NDE in addition to coordination of distance education, each ESU needs to have the facilities to support this level of service, in addition, the maintenance of each facility is most important for the continuation of services for school districts. During my tenure as the chief ESU 2 administrator, it was challenging to develop a budget each year that was reflective of school district needs. As the ESU 2 board and the ESU 2 superintendent advisory council had continued discussions of school district needs and the budget, the maintenance of the ESU facility was an ongoing concern. With an aging facility and limited resources for the facilities, it was most difficult to develop a long-range plan for general facility maintenance. My colleagues today will provide testimony regarding specific facility needs as they continue efforts to meet the needs of each school district. As we continue efforts for statewide activities, facilities and maintenance of the facilities are most important to meet the vision/mission of each ESU. LB478 will provide a funding source for facilities that we as ESUs do not currently have in place. In addition, this opportunity will provide leadership for each ESU board to determine facility needs and to develop a proactive plan to financially meet those needs in a timely manner. Is this an increase in taxes? Yes, it is. But it's something that is beneficial to continue services and facilities...maintenance of our facilities. So again, I would like to allow you for...thank you for allowing me to testify and my thoughts on LB478. Thank you. [LB478] SENATOR SULLIVAN: Thank you, Mr. Ludwig. I haven't had the opportunity to visit all the ESUs in the state, but I have been to a few of them. And there is variation in facilities. [LB478] DAVID LUDWIG: That's correct. [LB478] SENATOR SULLIVAN: So can you tell me a little bit about how they currently arrive at the funding for their facilities and maintenance of them? [LB478] 3 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Education Committee February 17, 2015 DAVID LUDWIG: Well, there's...there...in the '90s--'94, '95, somewhere around that time period--there's a lease purchase option. Our school district...or ESUs utilized that funding source to...for bonds to develop and build the facilities they have in place. That is no longer available for us. So like at ESU 2, when I was there, if we had needs, it would be most difficult to find funding for that, because we don't have any funding available to offset those costs.
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