STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTY-FIRST 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 1:05PM on March 14, 2008, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
GREILING, Mindy (Chair)
BENSON, John
BROWN, Robin
DAVNIE, Jim
DEMMER, Randy
DETTMER, Bob
DITTRICH, Denise
DOMINGUEZ, Willie
ERICKSON, Sondra
FAUST, Tim
GAROFALO, Pat
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
HILSTROM, Deb
MARQUART, Paul
McFARLANE, Carol
MORGAN, Will
MORROW, Terry
OLSON, Mark
SWAILS, Marsha
Members excused:
ANZELC, Tom
MARIANI, Carlos
A quorum was not present.
HF3263 (Clark) A bill for an act relating to education; integrating instruction about the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities into teacher preparation and licensing requirements.
Representative Greiling moved HF2812 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Education Finance Bill.
Representative Greiling moved to orally amend HF3263 as follows:
Page 3, delete lines 13 to 18
Page 4, line 1, delete ‘must' and insert ‘may’
Representative Clark and Jacqueline Fraedrich, Robbinsdale School District, testified.
A quorum was present at 1:10pm.
Representative Dettmer moved the minutes of March 13, 2007 be adopted.
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
HF3629 (Slocum) A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a temporary, three-year appeals process for high school seniors who do not receive a passing score on the state GRAD test; directing the education commissioner to evaluate this process and make recommendations.
Representative Greiling moved HF3629 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Education Finance Bill.
Representative Slocum and Kent Pekel, Executive Director, University of Minnesota's Consortium for Post-Secondary Success, testified.
The following individuals provided public testimony on HF3629:
Jim Bartholomew, Education Policy Director, Minnesota Business Partnership
Stacia Smith, Manager of Education Policy, MN Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Maves, retired social psychologist
Dirk Mattson, Director of Research and Assessment, MN Department of Education
HF3403 (Welti) A bill for an act relating to education; providing for earth and space, life, and physical sciences assessments in grades 10 through 12.
Representative Greiling moved HF3403 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Education Finance Bill.
Representative Greiling moved to orally amend HF3403 as follows:
Page 1, line 17, delete ‘9’ and insert ‘8’
Page 1, line 17, delete ‘10’ and insert ‘9’
Page 1, line 19, delete ‘10’ and insert ‘9’
Page 1, line 20, delete ‘10’ and insert ‘9’
THE AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Representative Welti, Kent Gordon, President, Earth Science Teachers Association of Minnesota and Dirk Mattson, Director of Research and Assessment, MN Department of Education, testified.
HF3470 (Winkler) A bill for an act relating to education; directing the Minnesota Department of Education to collaboratively establish, maintain, and revise statewide technology standards and guidelines for school districts to use in improving the academic achievement of all students.
Representative Greiling moved HF3470 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Education Finance Bill.
Representative Winkler moved to orally amend HF3407 as follows:
Page 1, line 22, delete ‘June 1, 2012’ and insert ‘December 1, 2008’
THE AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Representative Winkler and Patrick Plant, Director of Technology Services, Anoka-Hennepin School District, testified.
HF4005 (Bly) A bill for an act relating to energy; authorizing school boards to form business entity solely for wind energy project; providing exemption from production tax.
Representative Morrow moved HF4005 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Education Finance Bill.
Representative Morrow moved to orally amend HF4005 as follows:
Page 1, line 18, delete ‘471.49’ and insert ‘471.59’
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Morrow offered
A08-1407 as an amendment to HF4005.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Morrow testified.
HF3390 (Loeffler) A bill for an act relating to public health; adding nutrition as a required academic standard; establishing a statewide health improvement program; establishing a health, nutrition, and physical education work group.
Representative Greiling moved HF3390 to pass and be re-referred to the Education Finance Division
Representative Greiling moved to orally amend HF3390 as follows:
Page 4, line 7, delete ‘curriculum’ and insert ‘academic’
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Loeffler testified.
The following individuals offered public testimony on HF3390:
Karen Klinzing, Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education
Representative Erickson moved to table HF3390.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE BILL WAS TABLED.
HF3733 (Peterson, S.) A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying alternative teacher professional pay system provisions and establishing oversight.
Representative Greiling moved HF3733 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Education Finance Bill.
Representative Brown moved to orally amend HF3733 as follows:
Page 1, line 9, delete ‘includes’ and insert ‘include’
Page 1, line 9, insert ‘may’ between ‘that’ and ‘include’
Representative Brown withdrew her oral amendment.
Representative Brown moved to orally amend HF3733 as follows:
Page 1, line 9, delete ‘in addition to’ and insert ‘that may include pay based on’
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Peterson and Tami Hansen, Staff Development Chairperson, Education Minnesota, testified.
The following individuals offered public testimony on HF3733:
Pat King, Direction of Academic Excellence, Minnesota Department of Education
Stacia Smith, Manager of Education Policy, MN Chamber of Commerce
Jim Bartholomew, Education Policy Director, Minnesota Business Partnership
Jan Alswager, Director of Governmental Relations, Education Minnesota
The meeting adjourned at 4:00PM.
Rep. Mindy Greiling, CHAIR
Elizabeth Mandelman
Committee Legislative Assistant