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Children and Families Finance and Policy

TWENTY NINTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Thursday, February 29, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE TWENTY NINTH MEETING
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION


CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES

Representative Dave Pinto, Chair of the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:51 A.M. on February 29th, 2023, in Room 200N of the State Office Building.

Members Present:
PINTO, Dave (Chair)
KEELER, Heather (Vice Chair)
DANIELS, Brian (GOP Lead)
BURKEL, John
COULTER, Nathan
DAVIS, Ben
HEMMINGSEN-JAEGER, Amanda
HICKS, Kim
HUDSON, Walter
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie
NELSON, Nathan
PÉREZ-VEGA, Maria Isa
ZELEZNIKAR, Natalie

Members Excused:
HANSON, Jessica
LEE, Liz

Presentation titled “Update on 2023 Minnesota Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning”.

Presenting:
Bobbie Burnham, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Teaching and Learning, Minnesota Department of Education

A quorum was present.

Representative Kotyza Witthuhn moved that the minutes from February 20th, 2024 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Nelson moved that the minutes minutes of February 22nd, 2024 be adopted as corrected by staff. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.

Representative Coulter moved that HF3721 be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.

Representative Coulter presented HF3721.

Testifiers:
Cory Franson, Director of Community Engagement and Community Education, Elk River Area Schools

Chair Pinto laid over HF3721

HF 4176 (Perez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.

Representative Perez-Vega moved HF4176 before the committee.

Representative Perez-Vega moved the A24 Amendment, THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED

Representative Perez-Vega presented HF4176 as amended.

Testifying:
Shana Morse, Assistant Director, Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education

Chair Pinto laid over HF4176 as amended.

HF3785 (Perez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.

Representative Perez-Vega moved HF3785 before the committee.

Representative Vega moved the A1 amendment, THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Perez-Vega presented HF3785.

Testifying:
Jim Grathwol, Lobbyist, Saint Paul Public Schools
Shana Morse, Assistant Director, Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education

Representative Perez-Vega renews her motion to send HF3785 as amended to the general register, THE MOTION PREVAILS

The Committee adjourned at 10:00 A.M.


________________________________________________
Representative Dave Pinto, Chair


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Caleb Rohrer, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF3721 (Coulter) - School-age care programs expanded, and school-age care levy modified.
  • HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) - Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.
  • HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) - Early learning programs modified.
Documents:
Audio:
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House TV Video:
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00:26 - Update on 2023 Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning.
18:15 - HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.
45:14 - HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
56:04 - HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.

House TV Video:
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00:00 - Introductory Comments.
03:00 - Gun violence and the impact on children.
21:15 - HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:05:10 -- The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee adjourned.
1:05:43 -- The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee reconvened as a standalone committee.
1:06:09 - Further consideration of HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:31:12 - HF601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Presentation: Update on 2023 Minnesota Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning
HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified
HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.
*Agenda Items may be changed or added



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Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00 PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair.
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF4300 (Becker-Finn) - Firearm safe storage standards established and criminal penalties provided for failing to meet those standards, and money appropriated.
  • HF601 (Her) - Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement, and money appropriated.
Documents:
Audio:
Listen Now
House TV Video:
View Archive

00:26 - Update on 2023 Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning.
18:15 - HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.
45:14 - HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
56:04 - HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.

House TV Video:
View Archive

00:00 - Introductory Comments.
03:00 - Gun violence and the impact on children.
21:15 - HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:05:10 -- The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee adjourned.
1:05:43 -- The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee reconvened as a standalone committee.
1:06:09 - Further consideration of HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:31:12 - HF601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Topic: Gun violence and the impact on children.

HF 4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.

HF 601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.

* Public Testimony was taken during the 2023 session. We will not be taking additional in-person testimony. Written testimony can still be submitted to the Committee Administrator.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony will be 12pm, Feb. 28th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

The Joint Committee hearing on Feb. 29th will be a ticketed event. The hearing will be broadcasted on the Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming. There will also be an overflow room.

This hearing will have remote testimony capability.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.