STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Chair, Representative Joe Mullery
MINUTES
Representative Mullery, Chair of Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy, called the meeting to order on March 13, 2014 at 6:10 PM in Room 300 South of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Mullery, Chair
Laine, Vice Chair
Myhra, Lead
Barrett
Brynaert
Franson
Howe
Kresha
Melin
Moran
Radinovich
Winkler
A quorum was present.
Representative Myhra moved to approve the minutes from March 12, 2014. THE MOTION PASSED. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
Presenting information on Early Childhood scholarships:
Melvin Carter, Director of Office of Early Learning, MN Dept of Education
Lisa Barnidge, Project Manager, MN Dept of Education
Representative Winkler moved that HF 1880 be re-referred to the committee on K-12 Education Finance.
Representative Winkler presented HF 1880 (Winkler); Early learning scholarships availability expanded.
Testifying on HF 1880:
Eric Haugee, Education Minnesota
Barb Yates, President, ThinkSmall
Nancy Jost, Early Childhood Coordinator, West Central Intiative
Cindy Cunningham, Family Childcare Provider
Andrea Bejarano-Robinson, New Hope, MN
Representative Winkler renewed his motion that HF 1880 be re-referred to the committee on K-12 Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Vice Chair Laine assumed the gavel at 7:21 PM
Representative Mullery moved that HF 2558 be re-referred to the committee on K-12 Education Finance.
Representative Mullery presented HF 2558 (Mullery); Early learning scholarship program funding increased, neighborhood achievement zone services extended, basic sliding fee child care assistance program fully funded, provider reimbursement rates modified, home visiting program expanded, and money appropriated.
Representative Mullery moved to amend HF 2558 (see attached
H2558A1). THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying on HF 2558, as amended:
Megan Gunnar, Ph.D., Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Arthur Reynolds, Ph.D., Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
Cindy Cunningham, Family Childcare Provider
Representative Mullery renewed his motion that HF 2558, as amended, be re-referred to the committee on K-12 Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Myhra moved that HF 2381 be re-referred to the committee on K-12 Education Finance.
Representative Myhra presented HF 2381; early learning scholarships clarified.
Testifying on HF 2381:
Jim Bartholomew, Education Policy Director, Minnesota Business Partnership
Amy Walstein, Director of Education and Workforce Development, MN Chamber of Commerce
Cindy Cunningham, Family Childcare Provider
Representative Myhra renewed her motion that HF 2381 be re-referred to the committee on K-12 Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILS.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 PM.
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Representative Joe Mullery, Chair
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Owen Wirth, Committee Legislative Assistant