STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-THIRD 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-third meeting to order at 12:38 PM on Wednesday, March 29, 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
ABRAMS, Ron
CARLSON , Lyndon
COX, Ray
DEMPSEY, Jerry
EASTLUND, Rob
HAWS, Larry
LATZ, Ron
MARIANI, Carlos
PELOWSKI, Gene, Jr.
No members were excused.
No members were unexcused.
A quorum was present.
12:38:22 PM Chair Nornes called the meeting to order.
12:38:48 PM HF 3607 (Bradley) Rochester University of Minnesota branch campus established and money appropriated. Chair Nornes moved that the bill be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
12:39:11 PM Chair Nornes moved the A06-1245 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
12:39:50 PM Rep. Bradley presented his bill.
12:43:10 PM Marilyn Stewart, Chair of the Rochester Higher Education Development Committee, testified in support of the bill.
12:55:51 PM Drew Flaada, Member of the Rochester Higher Education Development Committee, testified in support of the bill.
1:02:21 PM Mike Vekich, Member of the Rochester Higher Education Development Committee, testified in support of the bill.
1:18:51 PM Robert J. Jones, Senior Vice President, University of Minnesota, responded to a question from the committee.
1:21:06 PM CHAIR NORNES LAID HF 3607, AS AMENDED, OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE OMNIBUS BILL.
1:23:37 PM Rep. Haws moved the approval of Minutes: March 27, 2006. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.
1:25:13 PM HF 3924 (Nornes) Higher Education Office programs and appropriations modified and money appropriated.
1:26:38 PM Chair Nornes moved that the bill be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
1:26:54 PM Susan Heegaard, Office of Higher Education, testified in support of the bill.
1:27:02 PM Mark Misukanis, Office of Higher Education, testified in support of the bill.
1:32:46 PM Kathy Novak, House Research Analyst, clarified part of the bill.
1:42:22 PM Chair Nornes moved the A3 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
1:53:57 PM Cheryl Maplithorpe, Office of Higher Education, responded to a question from the committee.
1:58:25 PM Rep. Latz moved the oral amendment:
Page 4, line 24, after "bankruptcy" insert "within the seven years prior to application for credit".
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
2:05:42 PM Rep. Carlson moved the oral amendment:
Page 5, delete line 3.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
2:15:22 PM Russ Stanton, Inter Faculty Organization, testified against a portion of the bill.
2:21:15 PM J.J. Jouppi, Director of Government Relations, MSUSA, testified against a portion of the bill.
2:23:05 PM CHAIR NORNES LAID HF 3924 OVER, AS AMENDED, FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE OMNIBUS BILL.
2:25:11 PM Chair Nornes adjourned the meeting.
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REP. BUD NORNES, CHAIR
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Brooke Peterson
Committee Legislative Assistant