MINUTES 
                                           
                  STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                              Thursday, April 24, 2003 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                             Senator Royce West's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Standing Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education was held on  
         Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Senator Royce West's Desk 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      None 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The following bills were previously laid out and discussed on  
         April 23, 2003: SB 1230 by Wentworth, SB 1443 by Barrientos and  
         SB 1908 by Ellis 
          
         Senator Averitt sent up a committee substitute on SB 1230; the  
         chair explained the difference between the committee substitute  
         and the bill as filed.  Senator Averitt moved adoption of the  
         committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Averitt moved that SB 1230 do not pass but that CSSB  
         1230 be reported back to the full committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Van de Putte moved that SB 1443 be reported favorably to  
         the full committee with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Janek sent up Committee Amendment 1 on SB 1908 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator  
         Janek moved that SB 1908, as amended, be reported back to the  
         full committee with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:04 p.m. Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Tara Korstad, Clerk