Education Policy

SEVENTEENTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 10, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA SEVENTEENTH 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 1:45 PM on March 10, 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. Hassan moved that the minutes from March 8, 2021 be approved. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.

Cristina Parra, House Research, gave a walk-through of the DE1 amendment to HF 1081.

Testifiers:
Adosh Unni, Director of Government Relations, MDE
Matt Shaver, EdAllies
Paula Cole, Executive Director, Educators for Excellence Minnesota
Bob Indihar, Executive Director, Minnesota Rural Education Association
Kevion Ellis, Education Minnesota
Denise Dittrich, Minnesota School Boards Association
Ryan Stromberg, MASPA
Jennifer Johnson, TNEC Chair
Beverly Tinney, Para-Educator and Member of SEIU Local 284
Roger Aronson, Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals
Paul Spies, Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color
Johana Marquez, Unidos MN
Michelle Chang, Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Brian Lozenski, Ethnic Studies Coalition member
Sue Abderholden, NAMI
Julie Johnson, Legislative Liaison, Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators
Idil Abdull, parent advocate
Rev. David Buchs, parent advocate
Richard Noe
Amy Buchmeyer, Staff Attorney, Homeschool Legal Defense Association
Julie Bunn, Executive Director, Minnesota Council on Economic Education
Rory Groves, Parent advocate
Neil Johnson, Parent advocate
Amy Sauder, Parent advocate
Scott Croonquist, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
KateLynne Snyder, Education Minnesota

The committee was adjourned at 3:15 PM

More Info On This Meeting..

Documents:

HF1081DE1.pdf - 3/8/2021
3-10-2021 agenda.pdf - 3/10/2021
3-8-21 Minutes.pdf - 3/10/2021
Bill Summary, HF1081(DE1).pdf - 3/10/2021
Legal Aid-MDLC Letter re Education Policy Omnibus.pdf - 3/10/2021
MACHE Testimony for the MN House Education Policy DE Amendment (Omnibus Bill).pdf - 3/10/2021
MASPA Letter to House Policy Committee 3-9-21.pdf - 3/10/2021
MBP EDU_ltr to House Ed_ HF1081.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Ackley.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Barber.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Beck.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Beil.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Bernstrom.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Betz.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Bouchie.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Boyum.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Brinkman.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Cherney.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Ciske.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Davies.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Dimitroff.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Doyle.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Erpelding.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Evertz.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Feiler.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Foster, C..pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Foster.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Freitag.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Frese.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gewecke, S..pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gewecke.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gilbertson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gleason.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Goudy.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Grilz.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gust, T..pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Gust.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hanson, K..pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hanson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Havyer.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Herbrandson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hoffman.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hollenbeck.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Houser.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hovland.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hultgren.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hunter.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Hutchinson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Janssen.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Jenny G.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Johannessen.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Johnson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Jones.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Jorgensen-Kuphal.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kalliomaa.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kayser.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Keller.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kempf (2).pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kempf.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kerian.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kleinsasser.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Knutsen.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Kraemer.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Ladner.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Ladner.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Larson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Loar.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Lofberg.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Lu.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Luehmann.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Lundy.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Mansfield.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, McGarrah.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Meyer.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Milbrath.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Miller.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Mueller, J..pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Mueller.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Nightingale.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Norton.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Oleson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Olmscheid.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Osterberg.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Otterstad.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Overlander.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Perry.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Peterman.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Petersen.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Peterson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Plotts.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Rettig.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Rico.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Roeger.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Schmidt.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Seidel.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Showcatally.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Simonson.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Skalski.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Sonnen.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Sporleder.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Spranger.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Stadem.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Terres.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Varns.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Wedel.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Wiebe.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Woytcke.pdf - 3/10/2021
I.Abdull 3.10.21 house education policy omnibus.pdf - 3/10/2021
Testimony, Ziffer.pdf - 3/10/2021
testimony, Olmscheid, M..pdf - 3/10/2021
Letter of support for Ethnic Studies Liesa Klyn.pdf - 3/12/2021
MN Council on Ecomomic Education_Testimony_Educ Policy Omnibus Bill_HF1081 DE1_03.10.2021.pdf - 3/12/2021
TFA Twin Cities Written Testimony - HF 1081 - 3.10.21.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Buchmeyer.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Gallino.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Groves.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Irion.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, McCannell-Unger.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Mobley.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Nord.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Schaab.pdf - 3/12/2021
testimony, Wacek.pdf - 3/12/2021

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02:07 - Walk-through of, and public testimony on, Omnibus Education Policy bill.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.

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Walk through and public testimony of Education Policy Omnibus Bill.
The DE amendment (containing the language of the Omnibus Bill) will be posted at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing.

Time will be allotted for public testimony (up to 2 minutes each) in response to the posted DE Amendment (omnibus bill). If we run out of time, you are encouraged to submit your comments in writing after the hearing.

If you would like to sign up to testify live via zoom, please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 6:00 P.M.

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. If you email it by 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, your written testimony 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

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.