STATE OF MINNESOTA NINETEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Mindy Greiling, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 2:15PM on February 21, 2007, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
GREILING, Mindy (Chair)
MORROW, Terry (Vice-Chair)
ANZELC, Tom
BENSON, John
BROWN, Robin
DAVNIE, Jim
DEMMER, Randy
DETTMER, Bob
DITTRICH, Denise
DOMINGUEZ, Willie
ERICKSON, Sondra
FAUST, Tim
GAROFALO, Pat
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
HILSTROM, Deb
MARIANI, Carlos
McFARLANE, Carol
MORGAN, Will
OLSON, Mark
SWAILS, Marsha
Members excused:
MARQUART, Paul
MURPHY, Mary
A quorum was not present.
HF366 (Benson) A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing equity revenue for districts above the 95th percentile.
Representative Benson, Representative Anderson, Representative Ruud, Dr. Dennis Peterson, Superintendent, Minnetonka Public Schools, and Dr. Bob Ostlund, Superintendent, Wayzata Public Schools, testified
A quorum was present at 2:20pm.
Representative Benson moved HF366 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill.
Public testimony on HF366 was provided by the following individuals:
Brad Lundell, Executive Director, Schools for Equity in Education (con)
Jan Witthuhn, Superintendent, Mounds View School District (pro)
Representative Swails moved the minutes of February 20, 2007 be adopted.
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
HF349 (Solberg) A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant to the McGregor school district to compensate the district for declining enrollment beyond the district's control.
Representative Greiling moved HF349 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill.
Representative Solberg, Rick Herman, Superintendent, McGregor Public Schools and Bret Samples, Director, McGregor Public Schools, testified.
HF1192 (Eken) A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a new component of general education revenue to support small school districts.
Representative Greiling moved HF1192 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill.
Representative Eken moved to incorporate an oral amendment to HF1192 as follows:
Page 1, line 9, delete ‘small schools’ and insert ‘fixed cost’
Page 1, line 16, delete ‘Small schools’ and insert ‘Fixed cost’
Page 1, line 16, delete ‘small schools’ and insert ‘fixed cost’
Page 1, line 19, delete ‘100’ and insert ‘500’
THE AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Representative Eken and Sam Walseth, Director of Legislative Action, MN Rural Education Association, testified.
HF694 (Morgan) A bill for an act relating to education; increasing funding for districts with declining enrollment.
Representative Morgan moved HF694 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill.
Representative Morgan, Scott Croonquist, Executive Director, Association of Metropolitan School Districts, and Brad Lundell, Executive Director, Schools for Equity in Education, tesitified.
Public testimony on HF694 was provided by the following individuals:
Jan Witthuhn, Superintendent, Mounds View School District (pro)
Lisa Sjobeck, School Board Member, Mounds View Public Schools (pro)
Lori Grivna, Legislative Consultant, Mounds View Public Schools (pro)
The meeting was adjourned at 3:50PM.
Rep. Mindy Greiling, CHAIR
Elizabeth Mandelman
Committee Legislative Assistant