Education Policy

TWENTIETH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, March 14, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH 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 3:00 PM on March 14, 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 Frazier moved to approve the minutes from March 10, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2097 (Frazier); Active shooter drill standards provided.

Rep. Frazier moved that HF2097 be re-referred to the committee on Education Finance.

Rep. Frazier moved the H2097A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Rep. Frazier presented HF2097 as amended.

Testimony on HF2097 as amended:
• Calandrian Kemp, State Policy Manager, Sandy Hook Promise
• John Barden, Volunteer & Supporter, Sandy Hook Promise

Rep. Frazier renewed the motion that HF2097 as amended be re-referred to the committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF160 (Freiberg); Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.

Representative Youakim moved that HF160 be re-referred to the committee on Education Finance.

Rep. Freiberg presented HF160.

Testimony on HF160:
• Paula J. Beugen, Founder, Reinvigorating the Conversation
• Sage Hartman, Representative, Minnesota Youth Council

Representative Youakim renewed the motion that HF160 be re-referred to the committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2297 (Kraft); School districts and charter schools required to provide climate justice instruction, and report required.

Representative Keeler moved that HF2297 be laid over for further consideration.

Representative Kraft presented HF2297.

Testimony on HF2297:
• Amal Mohamed, Student, Bloomington
• Tahm Loyd, Student, Jefferson High School, Bloomington
• Libby Kramer, Student, Minneapolis
• Rakiya Sheikhosman, Student, Edina
• Ramiro Vazquez Jr., Youth Program Manager, Climate Generation

Representative Keeler renewed the motion that HF2297 be laid over for further consideration. The bill was laid over.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.

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Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair

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Isabel Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant

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Bills Added:

HF160 (Freiberg) - Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF2097 (Frazier) - Active shooter drill standards provided.
HF2297 (Kraft) - School districts and charter schools required to provide climate justice instruction, and report required.

Documents:

H2097A1.pdf - 3/10/2023
HF2097.0.pdf - 3/13/2023
HF2097_HRS.pdf - 3/13/2023
Handout-HF2097-SHO.pdf - 3/13/2023
Handout-HF2097-ASD.pdf - 3/13/2023
HF0160.0.pdf - 3/13/2023
HF0160_HRS.pdf - 3/13/2023
HF2297.0.pdf - 3/13/2023
HF2297_HRS.pdf - 3/13/2023
HF2297-Written Testimony.pdf - 3/13/2023
Ed Policy Minutes 3.10.pdf - 3/14/2023
Ed Policy Agenda 3.14.23.pdf - 3/14/2023

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01:31 - HF2097 (Frazier) Active shooter drill standards provided.
33:06 - HF160 (Freiberg) Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
52:56 - HF2297 (Kraft) School districts and charter schools required to provide climate justice instruction, and report required.
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HF2097 (Rep. Frazier) - Active shooter drill standards provided.

HF160 (Rep. Freiberg) - Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF2297 (Rep. Kraft) - School districts and charter schools required to provide climate justice instruction, and report required.

Notes:
HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator before 12p.m. (noon), Monday, March 13th. If you are bringing hard copies on the day of, bring 40 copies.

TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Remote testimony is available upon request. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record; to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony in PDF format, please email the committee administrator before 12 p.m. (noon), Monday, March 13th.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.