James Woodward — Asked a question after the sponsor's presentation.
James Woodward — Raised a question about how legally present temporary visa workers would be classified in the aggregated data.
James Woodward — The sponsor is addressed directly regarding the bill's classification categories.
James Woodward — Responded that legally present individuals would be placed under 'lawfully admitted,' then acknowledged uncertainty about permanent residence.
James Woodward — Asked for clarification later at hearing on how legally present families would be represented in the aggregate data and introduced a second question.
James Woodward — Introduced a second question about the statement of purpose and the wording regarding undocumented immigrants.
James Woodward — The sponsor is asked whether he would be willing to strike a sentence from the statement of purpose.
James Woodward — Said the statement-of-purpose language seems to presuppose the bill's intent and asked whether it could be struck.
James Woodward — Said he would be open to altering the challenged statement-of-purpose language.
James Woodward — Expressed interest in the information and support for bringing the bill back.
James Woodward — Moved to introduce RS 32889.
James Woodward — Addressed directly with a question about existing data collection.
James Woodward — Explained that the language in Idaho Code 33-133 is imprecise and that the bill aims to make it more precise.
James Woodward — Responded that charter schools are understood to be included in the public school system.
James Woodward — Asked whether Representative Nelson's remarks were a question and noted that he could respond or not.
James Woodward — Said the bill's language is not written to include charter schools, despite their being part of the public school system.
James Woodward — Explained that 'school districts' does not include charter schools and suggested using LEA if that was intended.
James Woodward — Said he usually respects introductions but feels this RS targets a vulnerable population.
James Woodward — Argued the RS targets a vulnerable population and that the information already exists through state data.
James Woodward — Responded that the bill does not target anyone and is intended to aggregate data to understand costs.
James Woodward — Addressed by the sponsor in response to his concerns.
James Woodward — Continued explaining that the bill seeks aggregate data to understand costs associated with a population and emphasized the representative duty to ask what services cost.
James Woodward — Reiterated that the proposal is about understanding budget costs and not targeting any group.
James Woodward — Closed his remarks by saying the information is needed to assess costs.
James Woodward — Responded that the language could be struck or modified.
James Woodward — Said the language could be struck or modified.
James Woodward — Was addressed in connection with a question about private schools and data collection.
Cindy Carlson — Asked whether existing longitudinal data already contains the information and questioned why the bill is needed in code.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Recognized as the next questioner.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Raised a technical question that the bill omits charter schools from the listed categories.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Pointed out that charter schools are omitted from the bill's language.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Argued the bill would create an unfunded mandate for school districts.
Janie Ward-Engelking — His remarks are characterized as a statement rather than a question.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Said she wanted to address comments and make a substitute motion.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Supported the effort and said the bill would help ascertain the unfunded mandate of a failed national immigration policy.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Asked whether striking the language would be considered hostile and whether the sponsor was okay with it.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Raised a point of order, stating that three amended motions are allowed.
Janie Ward-Engelking — Requested to be recorded on the vote.
Dave Lent — Addressed as the chair while Representative Pickett sought to make a substitute motion.
Dave Lent — The chair opened the floor by asking whether the committee had any further questions or comments. In the same exchange, Representative Sauter thanked the chair and addressed the chair directly, with the chair also being referred to as Hawkins/Chairman Hawkins in the transcript.
Christy Zito — Representative Haustettler/Hossettler introduced an amended substitute motion to revise the data collection language by striking the second sentence in the SOP and adding charter schools to Section 3, line 39. The motion was then clarified, and the discussion continued with Representative Sauter asking whether private schools collect similar data and whether there is any reporting mechanism for that information.