STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY-THIRD MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION
EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Sondra Erickson, Chair of the Education Innovation Policy Committee, called the joint meeting with the Education Finance Committee to order at 1:03 P.M. on February 17th, 2016, in Room Two-Hundred of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members Present:
LOON, Jenifer, Chair FENTON, Kelly
KRESHA, Ron, Vice Chair MULLERY, Joe
MURPHY, Mary, DFL Lead NEWTON, Jerry
ANDERSON, Paul NORNES, Bud
BENNETT, Peggy PETERSON, Roz
CHRISTENSEN, Drew QUAM, Duane
DAVNIE, Jim SELCER, Yvonne
DETTMER, Bob SLOCUM, Linda
ERICKSON, Sondra
Members Excused:
ANZELC, Tom
HERTAUS, Jerry
MARQUART, Paul
MARIANI, Carlos
WILLS, Anna
A quorum was present.
Presentations:
Board of Teaching:
John Bellingham. Board Chair
Erin Doan, Executive Director
Other testifiers:
Ben MacKenzie, Fair School
Edwin Ochoa, Hiawatha School
Daniel Sellers, Executive Director, MinnCan
Nathan Sellers, Fabyanske, Westra, Hart and Thompson
Tony Munsterman, Campbell Timah School
Joan Dobbert, Educator
Jon Bacal, Venture Acadamey
Cynthia L. Crist, MN Assoc. of Colleges for Teacher Education
Jim Bartholomew, Minnesota Business Partnership
Rick Heller
The Education Finance Committee was adjourned at 3:35 P.M.
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Representative Jenifer Loon, Chair
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Dorene Kainz, Committee Legislative Assistant