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Right call this meeting to order. And the first and two items in Arjun actually are amendments with Senator Clark but I do not see him here and this morning if you can't we'll pass over for now he comes in L.. Yes. Senator Clark a your amendments are the first two things on the agenda are you prepared to president or you want to say come back around you. Thank you thank you. Excellent timing. Okay we'll hear your first amendment and for the department of education. Thank you madam chair members of the committee. The. By this amendment has to do with us Senate bill three forty nine were creek create an ombudsman. The Department of Education that answers to the Secretary. primarily of for the purposes of a. It in forcing of a reading of. Program site to reading of and for other purposes because the main reason I'll be happy to take any questions. And. So what so what exactly how they enforce it. Well in the schools like checking in Yes they will have will be able to inspector brocade of checking in but yes The as we present the bill you're saying House Committee of Commissioner key or but the fact that there's been a lot of A complaint about or at least question and I should say about the lack of enforcement and the the people who are implementing. He are much lock less likely to be called to help if they're going to be seen as being the people who would be. also enforcement. and but we have of everything. Whether be that they will work at a general plan again I don't know who's going to be accepted they work at a general plan on on a looking at these programs etcetera there will be a. Of the cases were of parents and others are in contact with concerns about their children but with their of of because this also dyslexia Whether they're receiving of the. educational components they're supposed to be receiving and the department will have to work work all those things out but but it there are a couple the ombudsman's a completely independent. Of the answers only to the Secretary and only answer and to the board of education of the so and to inspect everything from kindergarten through high are at us of so that could could be used for other purposes but of but the main thing is literacy as far as what stressed in the the Bill. Thank you representative gene you're recognized for a question thank you madam chairman of. You senator Clark looks like read one position and like about ninety thousand an appropriation correct of the Department support this and will this be funded and with this position be hired yes of Stacy Smith of testified before the bill in the Senate Committee testified for the bill your stay in the house but yet and they completely wrote rewrote S. B. three forty nine then the governor's office yes they are completely on board with that okay thank you thank you Medicare thank you are there any other questions. And scene nine and I have a motion that motion at yes I have a motion to have a second. L. sorry okay I can only see. C. representative Scott and the motion the second any discussion all those in favor please say aye. Posebno motion carries. Thank you senator Clark your second amendment the manager I'm going to place a hold on the of we Senator Johnson and I both have pieces of legislation and we're working with the secretary of state and there may be a different solution so of they're fine with that but we're going to wait and see if there's another solution before run that okay that sounds good thank you if you're pressed thank you. Okay moving on to item three. Madam chairman item three is an amendment to Senate bill fifty one for the department of Veterans Affairs this is based on governor's letter fifteen which you'll find on page eleven of the first be packet The letter in Amendment call for increased the pay grade of the adverse cemetery manager from a great G. S. zero five two agreed G. S. zero seven there's no change an appropriation in the governor's letter or the amendment on this is a new governor's letter an amendment this member was not heard you're in for hearings. Members we have questions and any questions on this and representative jim you're recognized. one of this looks like we're going from around thirty nine thousand to forty nine thousand that be about would be a fair yes we've used the mid point on a great scale yes Sir okay thank you. And do we know the purpose of this increase he. Yes ma'am they have increased their responsibilities at the Benton cemetery and they've had much more demand so this is the manager of the as in skilled trades positions that are working behind it Page has increased the work is kind of stairsteps effect here and thank you. I see no other questions have a motion to approve a motion and a second. At any discussion all those in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries. The item for men chairman item before is on page fifteen the packet this is governor's letter sixteen this is amendment to house bill eleven eighty one for the department of health the letter in the amendment call for increased at a grade of a plumbing inspector classification also from GSO five two GS of seven with no change an appropriation. And are there any questions from members. Okay we've got a motion add to have a second. And any discussion all those in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries. Madam chairman the item five is a this the classification compensation bill by the personal committee chairs Davis and wooden pages one through fifty six this act this you'll find this bill on page nineteen of the B. packet pages one through fifty six these lists the classifications to be authorized in the bill is included opted title in great changes are approved in the fall hearings in that are included in the current appropriation bills for the agencies. The first change this bill can be found on page fifty six line twenty three. The entry level salary for the pay grade of GS one was increased from twenty two thousand dollars to twenty two thousand eight hundred eighty dollars to meet the eleven dollar per hour minimum wage that was established in January first. The second change can be found on page fifty seven on lines eleven through fourteen this change allows OPM to establish a salary above the maximum of the grade for specialized physician positions after approval by a seer JBC this is similar to what is already allowed in code for secretary's department secretaries. The exchange can be found online on page fifty seven lines twenty four through twenty eight this language requires agencies to submit a request OPM for approval if they want to allow an employee who has been demoted to not receive a ten percent decrease in pay language also allows employees to voluntarily take more than a ten percent decrease in pay. On lines thirty four through thirty six of page fifty seven you will also see a change that allows opium to continue the current salary of employee has had their classification of agree changed due to reclassification this is generally through a reorganization of the agency or something through not no fault of the employee. Finally on page fifty eight lines four and five the number of swappable positions available for state agencies has been reduced by three hundred from one thousand to seven hundred then on line thirteen the number of growth pole positions has been increased by three hundred from two hundred to five hundred and an on line twenty two the growth pole for state agencies that are exempt from the class and calm bill have been increased from ten to twenty. Madam chairman that's all I have for item five. There any questions on this. Seeing none I have a motion. The second. Any discussion all those in favor please say aye. Is no motion carries. Madam chairman items C. D. and E. these are reports that require no action and items seized quarterly employment reports and D. R. personal action reports but Department higher ed and I. D. E. R. provisional reports and I'll take any questions if members have an. Any questions members. Okay there's no action needed and that is our agenda for today a meeting is adjourned thank you.