Audio/Video Archives - 2007-2008 Regular Session

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division report
HF2475 (Greiling) K-12 Education Finance Supplemental Budget Bill
HF3722 (Rukavina) Higher Education and Workforce Development Supplemental Budget Bill

A preview of the governor's supplemental budget on Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness
Steve Nelson, Department of Human Services
Commissioner Alice Seagren, Department of Education
Tricia Grimes, Office of Higher Education
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Richard Pfutzenreuter, University of Minnesota
Department of Employment and Economic Development

Partnership to the Future: P-16 Presentation
P-16 Partnership accomplishments since 2007 and review of 2008 initiatives.
HF2625 (Slocum) P-16 statewide education partnerships required to include legislators. (informational only)
HF2783 (Swails) P-20 education partnership established.
HF3816 (Mariani) Education agencies allowed to share educational data in order to improve school instruction. (informational only)
HF2624 (Urdahl) Teacher quality improvement task force established for effectively integrating secondary and postsecondary academic and career education.

Today is Library Day.
Elaine Keefe, Minnesota Library Association
Mark Ranum, Director, Plum Creek Regional Library
Melanie Huggins, Director, St. Paul Public Library
Ann Walker Smalley, Director, Metronet
Bill DeJohn, Director, Minitex
Leslie Yoder, school library media specialist, St. Paul Public Schools
Peg Werner, Director, Viking Library System

Child care is an educational and workforce issue.