STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY THIRD MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION
EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair of the Committee on Education Policy, called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM on February 12, 2024 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members Present:
PRYOR, Laurie, Chair
HILL, Josiah, Vice Chair
BAKEBERG, Ben
BERG, Kaela
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
KEELER, Heather
KNUDSEN, Krista
LEE, Liz
MUELLER, Patricia
URDAHL, Dean
YOUAKIM, Cheryl
A quorum was present.
Representative Berg moved to approve the minutes from March 22, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF3489 (Frazier); A bill for an act relating to education; providing for public safety; modifying the grounds for the use of reasonable force in schools; defining duties and establishing minimum training requirements for school resource officers; requiring development of a school resource officer model policy; appropriating money.
Representative Frazier moved that HF3489 be re-referred to the committee on Public Safety finance and policy.
Representative Bakeberg moved the H3489DE3 amendment.
Rep. Bakeberg requested a roll call.
Testimony on the DE3 amendment to HF1269:
• Ali Alowonle, Youth Advocate, Education for Liberation Minnesota
• Sarah, Student, Hiawatha Collegiate High School
• Willie Jett, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education
• Bob Jacobson, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Khulia Pringle, Minnesota State Director, National Parents Union
• Erin Sandsmark, Coalitions Program Manager, Solutions Not Suspensions
• Matt Shaver, Policy Director, EdAllies
• Tiffini Flynn Forslund, Teacher, KIPP North Star Elementary & Middle School
• Roger Aronson, Lobbyist, Elementary & Secondary Principal Associations
• Terence Morrow, Director of Legal & Policy Services, Minnesota School Boards Association
• Valerie Dosland, Lobbyist, Minnesota Association of School Administrators
• Jessica Webster, Attorney, Legal Aid
• Simon, Student, Minneapolis Charter School
• Dallas, Student, Legal Rights Center Youth Network
• Mira, Student, Legal Rights Center Youth Network
• Aaliyah, Student, Minnesota Teen Activists
• Gabriel, Student, Legal Rights Center Youth Network
The clerk took the roll:
Ayes:
BENNETT, Peggy, Republican Lead
BAKEBERG, Ben
KNUDSEN, Krista,
MUELLER, Patricia
URDAHL, Dean
Nays:
PRYOR, Laurie, Chair
HILL, Josiah Vice Chair
BERG, Kaela
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
KEELER, Heather
LEE, Liz
YOUAKIM, Cheryl
With a vote of 5 Ayes and 8 Nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.
Representative Frazier renewed the motion to refer HF3489 to the committee on Public Safety finance and policy. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Lead Bennett requested a roll call.
The clerk took the roll:
Ayes:
PRYOR, Laurie, Chair
HILL, Josiah Vice Chair
BERG, Kaela
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
KEELER, Heather
LEE, Liz
YOUAKIM, Cheryl
Nays:
BENNETT, Peggy, Republican Lead
BAKEBERG, Ben
KNUDSEN, Krista,
MUELLER, Patricia
URDAHL, Dean
With a vote of 8 Ayes and 5 Nays, THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:58 PM
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Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair
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Isabel Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant