STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-SECOND MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
MINUTES
Representative Bud Nornes, Chair of the Committee on Higher Education, called the thirty-second meeting to order at 12:40 PM on Monday, March 27, 2006, in Room 300S of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
Members present:
NORNES, Bud, Chair
URDAHL, Dean, Vice Chair
ABELER, Jim
CARLSON , Lyndon
COX, Ray
DEMPSEY, Jerry
EASTLUND, Rob
HAWS, Larry
LATZ, Ron
MARIANI, Carlos
PELOWSKI, Gene, Jr.
Members excused were: ABRAMS, Ron
No members were unexcused.
A quorum was present.
12:40:10 PM Chair Nornes called the meeting to order.
12:40:29 PM Rep. Haws moved the approval of Minutes: March 22, 2006. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.
12:40:54 PM HF 2817 (Demmer) "Resident student" definition under state financial aid programs modified. Rep. Nornes moved HF 2817 to be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus Bill.
12:41:03 PM Rep. Demmer presented his bill.
12:46:01 PM Chair Nornes moved the A06-1119 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
12:48:02 PM Mike Pugliese, Acting Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, testified in support of the bill.
12:48:27 PM Colonel Denny Shields, Department of Military Affairs, testified in support of the bill.
12:50:36 PM Tricia Grimes, Office of Higher Education, testified in support of the bill.
12:53:05 PM CHAIR NORNES LAID HF 2817 OVER, AS AMENDED, FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE OMNIBUS BILL.
12:58:48 PM HF 3346 (Lanning) State grant program student share modified and money appropriated.
12:59:10 PM Chair Nornes moved that the bill be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus Bill.
12:59:39 PM Rep. Lanning presented his bill.
1:03:55 PM Dr. David Laird, Minnesota Private College Council, testified in support of the bill.
1:19:28 PM Mark Misukanis, Office of Higher Education, responded to a question from the committee.
1:30:13 PM Tim McDonald, President of the Minnesota Association of Private College Students, testified in support of the bill.
1:35:55 PM CHAIR NORNES LAID HF 3346 OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION OMNIBUS BILL.
1:36:18 PM Chair Nornes adjourned the meeting.
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REP. BUD NORNES, CHAIR
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Brooke Peterson
Committee Legislative Assistant