Education Policy

SIXTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Monday, February 1, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA SIXTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES

Representative Richardson, Chair of the Education Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 1:00 PM on February 1, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services. A quorum was present.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

RICHARDSON, Ruth, Chair
HASSAN, Hodan, Vice-Chair
ERICKSON, Sondra, Lead
BENNETT, Peggy
BERG, Kaela
BOE, Greg
CHRISTENSEN, Shelly
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
EDELSON, Heather
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
JORDAN, Sydney
KEELER, Heather
MOLLER, Kelly
MUELLER, Patricia
POSTON, John
SCOTT, Peggy
URDAHL, Dean
WAZLAWIK, Ami

Rep. Edelson moved that the minutes of January 27, 2021 be approved. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.

The following people testified on the education sections of the Select Committee on Racial Justice Report and Recommendations:

Dr. Bruce Corrie
Retired Supreme Court Justice Alan Page
Nevada Littlewolf, Executive Director/Campaign Manager for the Page Amendment.
Dianne Haulcy, Senior Vice President of Family Engagement with Think Small
Hailey Dickinson, Student and youth advocate
Citlaly Escobar, Capitol Pathways Intern at Ed Allies and is a student at Augsburg
Dennis Draughn, Equity Coach, Osseo Area Public Schools
Shelly Drake, Staff Development Assessment Specialist, Osseo Area Schools
Idil Abdull, Parent
Tyanna Bryant, Parent, Parents in Community Action Head Start
Keziah Ojika, Program Manager of the ConnectZ program at Girl Scouts River Valleys
LesLee Jackson, former student Minneapolis Public Schools and University of Minnesota
Kathlene Campbell, Ph.D., Dean, University of St. Thomas School of Education
Dr. Julie Bunn, Executive Director of the Minnesota Council on Economic Education
Barb Fabre, Indigenous Visioning
Helen Bassett, school board member, sent her report
Bill Keilty

The committee was adjourned at 2:30 PM.

More Info On This Meeting..

Documents:

SCRJ Final Report.pdf - 1/27/2021
2-1-2021 agenda.pdf - 2/1/2021
1-27-21 Minutes.pdf - 2/1/2021
Slides, Bassett.pdf - 2/1/2021
Slides, Corrie.pdf - 2/1/2021
Written testimony (letter), Abdull.pdf - 2/1/2021
Written testimony (information provided), Abdull.pdf - 2/1/2021
Written testimony, EdAllies.pdf - 2/1/2021
Written testimony, MN Council on Economic Education (MCEE).pdf - 2/1/2021
Written testimony, SNS.pdf - 2/1/2021
Written testimony, Girl Scouts ConnectZ.pdf - 2/3/2021
Handout, Girl Scouts ConnectZ.pdf - 2/3/2021
Written testimony, Jackson.pdf - 2/3/2021
Written testimony, Legal Aid.pdf - 2/3/2021
Written testimony, NAMI.pdf - 2/3/2021

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03:30 - Public comment on the EDUCATION sections of the House Select Committee on Racial Justice Final Report & Recommendations.
Runs 1 hour 30 minutes.

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This remote meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 which can be found here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Public comment on the EDUCATION sections of the House Select Committee on Racial Justice Final Report & Recommendations (see link below under "attachments").

Please note that everyone is encouraged to read the full report. Public comment will be limited to the education sections for this committee hearing.

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

Due to the nature and technical challenges that can occur with remote hearings, written testimony or a letter (up to 2 pages) is welcome for public comment. Written testimony must be a PDF file in OCR format, but an MS Word document can be converted if needed. Written testimony can be submitted to Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn. To ensure your testimony is posted as a committee handout prior to the hearing, please email it by 5:00 pm the previous business day. It will also be accepted up to 24 hours after the hearing to become part of the record.

To request to testify via zoom during the committee hearing, please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by 5:00 P.M. the previous business day to sign up and receive instructions. You will have up to 3 minutes. We will do our best to hear from everyone who signs up. If we run out of time, you are encouraged to submit your remarks as written testimony (see above).

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