Education Policy

SIXTEENTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Monday, March 8, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA SIXTEENTH 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 March 8, 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. Poston moved that the minutes from March 5, 2021 be approved. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.

Rep. Hassan introduced HF 874 for an informational hearing.

Testifiers:
Alan Page, Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice
Neel Kashari, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Alene Tchourumoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Professor Elise Boddie, Education Law Center
Rep. Ron Kresha
Dr. Mary Owen
Nevada Littlewolf
Yusef Mgeni, Vice President, Minnesota and Dakota Area NAACP
Jim Hilbert, Ad Hoc counsel, Minnesota and Dakota Area NAACP
Dr. Bernardeia Johnson
Professor Myron Orfield, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law
Sondra Samuels
Michael Duenes, Minneapolis Parent
Mike McFadden
Dennis Draughn, Equity Teacher, Osseo Area Schools
Amy Buchmeyer, Staff Attorney, Home School Legal Defense Association
Dr. Fatima Lawson, Principal, St. Paul Public Schools
Kirk Schneidawind, Executive Director, Minnesota School Boards Association
Dr. Raphael Onyeaghala, Professor, Southwest Minnesota State
Max Taylor
Dr. Anusha Nath, Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Natalie Christensen
Mariam Adam
Anne Smith
Michael Fisco
Heidi Wilkins
Emily Berkness
Paul and Rebecca Lundy
Idil Abdull

The committee was adjourned at 2:31 PM.

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF874 (Hassan) - Fundamental right to quality public education for all children provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.

Documents:

Agenda, 3-8-2021.pdf - 3/8/2021
Minutes, 3-5-2021.pdf - 3/8/2021
Slide, HF 874.pdf - 3/8/2021
AMSD Brief on Constitutional Amendment.pdf - 3/8/2021
Duluth News Tribune Our Children Column.pdf - 3/8/2021
Education Law Center.pdf - 3/8/2021
MBP EDU_Letter of Support for Page Amendment.pdf - 3/8/2021
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Resolution.pdf - 3/8/2021
MN Association of Charter Schools - Page Amendment Letter - House Ed.pdf - 3/8/2021
National Parent Union Page Amendment Support Letter.pdf - 3/8/2021
Page Amendment - Community Partners.pdf - 3/8/2021
Page Amendment - Homeschool Q&A.pdf - 3/8/2021
Page Amendment - Overview.pdf - 3/8/2021
Page Amendment - What is the Page Amendment.pdf - 3/8/2021
Page Amendment testimony EdAllies.pdf - 3/8/2021
Page Amendment Testing Document.pdf - 3/8/2021
Response to Academics -- Alan C. Page 2.24.21 (final).pdf - 3/8/2021
Rochester Post Bulletin Our Children Column.pdf - 3/8/2021
St. Paul Pioneer Press Our Children Column.pdf - 3/8/2021
Statement by the NAACP on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment 3-8-21.pdf - 3/8/2021
TCDIP Homeschool Document.pdf - 3/8/2021
UofM Law School Law Review Brandie Burris.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Abdull.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Adkerson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Anderson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Andersson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Aybar.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Beck.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Bell.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Blank.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Bouchie.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Brinkman.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Camareno.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Carlson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Case.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Child Protection League Action.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Colbert.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Corniea.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Cudnik.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Dallager.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Damsgard.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Davies.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Dikkers, MACHE.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Fredrickson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Gilbertson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Goebel.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Goudy.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Grigsby.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Gundale.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Jaenchen.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Jalmasco.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Johnson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Keller.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Kelly.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Krotzer.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Larson J..pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Larson T..pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Larson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Lonnquist.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Maas.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Madison.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Martinson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Mikkelson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Milbrath.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Miller, K..pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Miller.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Mueller.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Nelson, K.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Nelson.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Olmscheid.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Osterberg.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Overlander.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Pam.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Patnode.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Paulsen, MACHE.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Perry.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Price.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Reese.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Roeger.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Schnaus.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Schrock.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Simon.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Skalski.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Skulley.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Spencer.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Stocker.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Totushek.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Weber.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, White.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Wold.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Ziffer.pdf - 3/8/2021
Orfield, Inquiry to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.pdf - 3/8/2021
Orfield, PublicMediaRequest for Federal Reserve Documents.pdf - 3/8/2021
Orfield, Reply Letter to Neel Kashkari - 3-5-2020.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Gerdes.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Salgado.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Irion.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Mgeni, NAACP.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Buchmeyer.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Lundy.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, O'Banion.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Oertel.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Boog.pdf - 3/8/2021
2021.03.05 President Kashkari Ltr and Research to House Education Policy Cmte HF874.pdf - 3/8/2021
Testimony, Kayser.pdf - 3/9/2021
testimony, Anders.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Basinski.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Dalldorf.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Emery.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gregory.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hoffman.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, LaGrave.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Noe.pdf - 3/10/2021

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03:15 - HF874 (Hassan) Fundamental right to quality public education for all children provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.
*Informational hearing only.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.

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***HF 874 is for INFORMATIONAL HEARING ONLY***
No formal action will be taken, meaning Committee Members will NOT be voting on the bill. It is for informational purposes only.

HF 874 (Hassan) Fundamental right to quality public education for all children provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.

Public testimony (up to 2 minutes each) will be taken from both those who support the bill and those who oppose/have concerns.

If you would like to sign up to testify live via zoom, please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by Friday, March 5, 2021 at 5:00 P.M. Please note in your email whether you support the bill or oppose/have concerns.

Members of the public, organizations, and stakeholders are always welcome to submit written testimony in lieu of testifying via zoom.

If you would like to submit written testimony, please email your testimony as an attached MS Word Document or PDF file with OCR to Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn.

Written testimony received by Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. will be included in the “virtual committee packet.” Written testimony may also be submitted up to 24 hours following the hearing to be included in the record.

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 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

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