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The 2010 legislative
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on February 4, 2010.
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Senate Committee on Education
3/16/2010 8:30 AM
Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda:
S.F. 2757-Bonoff: Teaching board teacher preparation and licensure programs authorization.
S.F. 3104-Saltzman: School and parent conciliation conference requirements clarification.
S.F. 2698-Koch: Graduation required assessment for diploma (GRAD) retake requirement modification.
S.F. 3002-Bonoff: School desegregation and integration advisory task force establishment. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
3/16/2010 8:30 AM
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF2867 (Newton) Child with a disability definition clarified and obligations to children with disabilities specified.
Presentation by Margaret Bird, the director of Utah's Children's Land Alliance Supporting Schools (CLASS) and Kevin Carter, director of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration on Utah school trust land governance and land management practices |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/16/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
HF3475 (Dittrich) Independent agency created to oversee management of Minnesota's permanent school fund lands. - information only
Presentation by Margaret Bird, the director of Utah's Children's Land Alliance Supporting Schools (CLASS) and Kevin Carter, director of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration on Utah school trust land governance and land management practices |
House Early Childhood Finance and Policy
3/16/2010 4:30 PM
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Agenda:
Presentation on potential federal funding for home visiting programs
HFXXX (Nornes) Prekindergarten education provided and money appropriated (Clone of Article 6 in HF3388)
HF3225 (Slawik) Child care assistance provider rates modified |
Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee
3/16/2010 6:00 PM
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Denise Dittrich
Agenda:
Utah school trust land story and governance model
Utah land management practices, including land sales and exchanges
Margaret Bird, the director of Utah's Children's Land Alliance Supporting Schools (CLASS); Kevin Carter, director of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; and Utah State Representative Melvin R. Brown have been invited to share information. |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/17/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
HF3478 (Benson) School district mandates reduced, additional flexibility allowed, and certain fund transfers authorized.
HF3308 (Newton) Capital expenditure health and safety revenue program simplified.
HF3532 (Peterson) School district not required to provide educational services to students without disabilities from other states.
HF2962 (Fritz) Minnesota Academy for the Deaf and Minnesota Academy for the Blind provided trial placement.
HF3115 (Norton) Statewide physical education standards and report required, and a healthy kids awards program established.
HF3120 (Bly) Efficiency plus access task forces created, and money appropriated.
HF3123 (Morgan) K-12 special education third-party billing process made more cost effective. |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/18/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
HF3043 (Kalin) Computer-adaptive assessments provided for general education students.
HF3267 (Newton) Advisory task force established on school desegregation and integration.
HF3163 (Mariani) Prekindergarten through grade 12 funding provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and early childhood education. |
House Early Childhood Finance and Policy
3/18/2010 4:30 PM
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Agenda:
HF3195 (Peterson) Early childhood education program created for at-risk
four-year-olds.
Presentation of Minnesota’s Application for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding for Early Childhood State Advisory Councils
Presentation of the MN Parents Know website |
Prior Two Weeks
The following listing includes the past two weeks of committee meeting schedules, not minutes. Bills may or may not actually have been heard on the scheduled date. The archive is provided for those who want to look back at what was on the schedule within the past two weeks. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight ***CANCELED
3/12/2010 1:00 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF3421 (Mariani) High school assessments established to determine college and career readiness.
HF3421 High school assessments established to determine college and career readiness, made the first deadline in the Senate, so this bill will be rescheduled to next Wednesday, March 17. |
House Early Childhood Finance and Policy
3/11/2010 4:30 PM
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Agenda:
Early Learning Study by Department of Human Services and Department of Education
HF3088 (Hayden) Children and family service technical and policy provisions changed, Minnesota family investment program and adult supports provisions changed, and child welfare provisions changed.
HF3239 (Abeler) Licensing provisions changed, and background study requirements, disqualifications, and data classification modified.
HF3510 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; creating a Department of Early Childhood Care and Education
HF3471 (Nornes) State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care duties modified.
HF3470 (Slawik) State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care membership and duties modified.
HF3432 (Downey) Quality rating and improvement system modified. |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/11/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
TRA pension proposal
HF2426 (Morrow) Postsecondary enrollment options program modified.
HF3329 (Greiling) Retired employee health benefits levy calculation clarified.
HF3330 (Greiling) Revenue definitions clarified for school districts and charter schools.
HF3331 (Greiling) Obsolete language removed. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
3/11/2010 8:30 AM
Meeting Time Note: If the committee does not complete its agenda by 10:00 AM, it will recess and reconvene at 6:30 PM in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF3163 (Mariani) Prekindergarten through grade 12 funding provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and early childhood education.
HF3541 (Mariani) Legislative authority required for developing shared common assessments. |
Senate E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division
3/11/2010 8:30 AM
 Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda:
S.F. 3028-Stumpf: Pre-kindergarten through grade 12 education appropriations and appropriation reductions.
S.F. 2980-Bakk: State and local government financing provisions modification; school districts current year aid payment percentage reductions; sales tax rate reduction and rate of adjustment proportion calculation requirement; commissioner of revenue rate adjustment.
S.F. 3045-Wiger: Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provisions modifications; general education, education excellence, special programs and early childhood education. |
House Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division
3/10/2010 5:30 PM
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Agenda:
HF2657 (Rukavina) Revenue bond limit increased for the higher education facilities authority.
HF2766 (Welti) Educational data disclosure clarified.
HF3354 (Nornes) Grant eligibility modified, loan limits and terms modified, private institution fees increased, high school-to-college developmental transition program, terms defined, funds transferred, and appropriations modified and reduced.
HF3477 (Rukavina) Changes to administration of financial programs notice required, and transfer authority for grant programs modified.
Higher Education Bills
HF3495 (McFarlane) OHE policy bill |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/10/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
HF3219 (Demmer) Independent School District No. 203, Hayfield, fund transfer permitted.
HF3303 (Garofalo) General education aid reduction restored for certain taconite distributions.
HF3342 (Simon) School districts authorized to use operating capital for certain costs associated with closing a school.
HF2813 (Faust) Full-time equivalent definition expanded for the purpose of the safe school levy.
HF3163 Prekindergarten through grade 12 funding provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and early childhood education. - Article 1; Article 2 sections 7-8, 11, 15; Article 3 section 2; and the A10-2204 amendment - information only |
Senate Committee on Education
3/10/2010 8:30 AM
Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda:
S.F. 2949-Olseen: Online learning assessment provisions modifications.
S.F. 2797-Rosen: Independent school district #75, St. Clair; baseball field advertising authorization.
S.F. 2708-Lynch: Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADD, ADHD) mental health professionals diagnosing authority expansion.
S.F. 2601-Bonoff: Probationary teacher continuing contract offer authorization.
S.F. 2739-Fobbe: Children with a disability definition modification; general obligations to children with disabilities specification; special instruction for children with a disability repeal. |
House Early Childhood Finance and Policy
3/9/2010 4:30 PM
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Agenda:
HF3088 (Hayden) Children and family service technical and policy provisions changed, Minnesota family investment program and adult supports provisions changed, and child welfare provisions changed (pending passage from Civil Justice)
HF3209 (Greiling) Child care centers required to develop a risk reduction plan, and the term nonmaltreatment mistake defined.
HF3239 (Abeler) Licensing provisions changed, and background study requirements, disqualifications, and data classification modified (pending passage from Civil Justice)
HF3407 (Slawik) Early childhood education provided |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/9/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
HF3176 (Slocum) Charter school provisions modified, commission created, and charter schools permitted to borrow money. |
Senate Committee on Higher Education
3/9/2010 12:30 PM
 Chair: Sen. Sandra L. Pappas
Room 123 Capitol
Agenda:
S.F. 2822-Clark: Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) credits transfer regulation.
S.F. XXXX-Pappas: Office of Higher Education Policy Bill.
Minnesota Home Grown Initiative
Note: If you would like to testify on any agenda item please contact Catherine Ryan, Higher Education Committee Administrator, at catherine.ryan@senate.mn |
Senate Committee on Education ***Agenda change
3/9/2010 8:30 AM
Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda:
MDE presentation: The ACCESS System: Achieving College and Career Readiness for Every Student's Success
S.F. 3110-Wiger: High school assessments for college and career readiness determination.
S.F. 2610-Anderson: Graduation required assessment for diploma (GRAD) language arts and reading paper-and-pencil format for retaking test authorization.
S.F. 3045-Wiger: Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provisions modifications; general education, education excellence, special programs and early childhood education. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
3/9/2010 8:30 AM
Meeting Time Note: The committee will recess at 10:00 AM and reconvene at 6:30 PM in the Basement Hearing Room.
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF2986 (Hornstein) Responsible family life and sexuality education program created.
HF3446 (Doepke) Board of Teaching authorized to amend its licensure rules to permit a tiered teacher licensure structure, revised institutional and program approval requirements, and revised special education licensure requirements.
HF2995 (Tillberry) Diagnosis qualifications of attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder expanded.
HF3267 (Newton) Advisory task force established on school desegregation and integration.
HF3487 (Newton) Conciliation conference requirements clarified, and Minnesota Department of Education directed to amend two special education rules.
HF2962 (Fritz) Minnesota Academy for the Deaf and Minnesota Academy for the Blind provided trial placement.
HF3478 (Benson) School district mandates reduced, additional flexibility allowed, and certain fund transfers authorized. Note: The K-12 Education Policy Committee will only take action on the sections of HF3478 that are within the K-12 Policy jurisdiction; Sections 4, 11, 12, and 13 will not be considered. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight *** Canceled
3/5/2010 1:00 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda: HF3163 (Mariani) Prekindergarten through grade 12 funding provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and early childhood education. The presentation of HF3163 will be information-only. |
Senate E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division
3/4/2010 8:30 AM
 Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda:
S.F. 2177-Rest: School districts safe schools levy increase.
S.F. 2769-Betzold: School board expiring referendum renewal authority.
S.F. 511-Rosen: School districts alternative facilities bonding and levy program and deferred maintenance revenue program qualifications modification.
S.F. 433-Bonoff: School finance alternative facilities bonding and levy program modification.
S.F. 2805-Bonoff: School district referendum allowance limit increase.
S.F. 2384-Saltzman: School districts referendum equalizing factor increase; second tier referendum equalization elimination.
S.F. 1531-Torres Ray: Mental health model curriculum creation. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight *** Change in Agenda
3/4/2010 8:30 AM
Meeting Time Note: The committee did not reconvene at 6:00 PM.
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF3163 (Mariani) Prekindergarten through grade 12 funding provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and early childhood education (information-only).
HFXXXX (Garofalo) policy provisions included in the Governor's supplemental K-12 education funding bill (information-only) (PDF). |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/3/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda:
HF2751 (Morgan) Students who do not pass the reading and language arts GRAD allowed to retake the test in paper-and-pencil format.
HF2880 (Kath) Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma requirement for retakes amended.
HF3123 (Morgan) K-12 special education third-party billing process made more cost effective. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
3/3/2010 8:30 AM
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF2106 (Bly) Alternative learning centers and charter schools five-year pilot program established to identify systemic improvement measures to best serve eligible students, and money appropriated.
HF3157 (Mahoney) Parent notification of child maltreatment in a school facility modified, mental health assessment required of teachers disciplined for child maltreatment, teaching license revoked of repeat child maltreatment offenders, and district policy required for educating employees about mandatory child maltreatment reporting. [Author's amendment to HF3175]
HF2986 (Hornstein) Responsible family life and sexuality education program created. (pending referral from Health and Human Services Policy Committee) |
Senate Committee on Education
3/3/2010 8:30 AM
Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda:
S.F. 2753-Bonoff: Physical education academic standards requirement; healthy kids awards program establishment.
S.F. 2601-Bonoff: Probationary teacher continuing contract offer authorization.
S.F. 2551-Wiger: Compulsory school attendance age increase.
S.F. 2785-Saxhaug: Flexible learning year education programs pre-Labor Day start date prohibition.
S.F. 2738-Torres Ray: Special school district #1, Minneapolis; reapportioncommission appointment authority and standards. |
House K-12 Education Finance Division
3/2/2010 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Agenda: ISD 32, Blackduck - 4 day school week. Testimony from education groups on school district budget help recommendations. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
3/2/2010 8:30 AM
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda:
HF58 (Mullery) Middle school students taught about the juvenile and criminal justice systems and the consequences of delinquent and criminal conduct.
HF2962 (Fritz) Minnesota Academy for the Deaf and Minnesota Academy for the Blind provided trial placement.
HF3115 (Norton) Statewide physical education standards and report required, and a healthy kids awards program established. |
House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
2/16/2010 8:30 AM
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Agenda: Lessons learned on high school assessment and accountability, Dirk Mattson, Director, Assessments and Testing, Minnesota Department of Education; Kent Pekel, Director, College Readiness Consortium, University of Minnesota |
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