FOURTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE FOURTH MEETING
NINETY-THIRD SESSION

EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES

Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair of the Committee on Education Policy, called the meeting to order at 3:01 PM on January 17, 2023 in Room 120 of the Capitol.

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

Members Excused:
BENNETT, Peggy, Republican Lead

A quorum was present.

Representative Keeler moved to approve the minutes from January 11, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF211 (Keeler); Indigenous Peoples' Day school observance required, and Indigenous Peoples' Day established as state holiday and Christopher Columbus Day eliminated as state holiday.

Representative Keeler moved that HF211 be referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

Representative Keeler presented HF211.

The following testified on HF211
• Cyndy Milda, Coordinator, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
• Sam Strong, Secretary, Red Lake Nation
• Delores Gabbard, Moorhead Indian Education

The following gave public testimony on HF211:
• Adosh Unni, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Representative Keeler renewed the motion that HF211 be referred to the Committee on State and
Local Government Finance and Policy. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF133 (Becker-Finn); Tribally enrolled or descendent student educational data sharing allowed with Tribal nations.

Representative Frazier moved that HF133 be be referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Representative Becker-Finn presented HF133.

The following testified on HF133:
• Laurie Harper, Director of Education, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
• Adosh Unni, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Representative Frazier renewed the motion that HF133 be referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Finance and Civil Law. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF170 (Becker-Finn); Interpreter requirements modified.

Representative Lee moved that HF170 be referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Representative Becker-Finn presented HF170.

The following testified on HF170:
• Dov and Galvin, Student & Parent
• Alicia Lane-Outlaw, Government Relations Director, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf,
• Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing
• Trevor Turner, Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council on Disability
• Nic Zapko, Deaf Interpreter/Presenter/Mentor, Sorenson Communications

Representative Lee renewed the motion that HF170 be referred to the Committee on Education
Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:13 pm.


__________________________________________ Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair

_________________________________________ Isabel Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant