STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
Representative Mindy Greiling, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 7PM on May 28, 2008 at Jackson Middle School, 6000 109th Ave N, Champlin, MN 55316.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
DAVNIE, Jim
DITTRICH, Denise
ERICKSON, Sondra
GAROFALO, Pat
GREILING, Mindy (Chair)
McFARLANE, Carol
MORGAN, Will
MORROW, Terry (Vice-Chair)
Members excused:
ANZELC, Tom
BENSON, John
BROWN, Robin
DEMMER, Randy
DETTMER, Bob
DOMINGUEZ, Willie
FAUST, Tim
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
HILSTROM, Deb
MARIANI, Carlos
MARQUART, Paul
OLSON, Mark
SWAILS, Marsha
Additional non-committee members include:
HORTMAN, Melissa
LAINE, Carolyn
Introductions and welcome by the committee.
Representative Dittrich assumed the gavel at 7:10PM.
The following testifiers provided testimony and opinions regarding HF 4178 and the state of education funding in the Anoka-Hennepin School District and throughout the state of Minnesota:
John Hoffman, School Board Director, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Michael Sullivan, School Board Member, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Thomas Miller, parent, Parent Legislative Team of Anoka-Hennepin
Lois Ballinger, citizen, League of Women Voters
Kathy Mirocha, Director of Early Childhood Family Education, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Steve Kerr, Director of Community Education, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Kim Pavlovich, Principal, Jefferson Elementary School
Michelle Langenfeld, Principal, Coon Rapids Middle School
Jeffrey McGonigal, Principal, Coon Rapids High School
Kathleen Moore, student, Champlin Park High School
Rhoda Mhiripiri, Principal, Champlin Park High School
Peter Groebner, Secondary Technical Education Program, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Ginny Karbowski, Secondary Technical Education Program Director, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Dennis Carlson, Assistant to the Superintendent, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Roger Giroux, Superintendent, Anoka-Hennepin School District
Representative Dittrich adjourned the meeting at 8:30PM.