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Education Finance

FIFTEENTH MEETING

2005-2006 Regular Session - Tuesday, February 22, 2005

STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION

EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE

MINUTES


Representative Barb Sykora, Chair of the Education Finance Committee, called the fifteenth meeting to order at 12:34 PM on Tuesday, February 22, 2005, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

The Clerk noted the roll.

Members present:

SYKORA, Barb, Chair
DEMMER, Randy, Vice Chair
BERNARDY, Connie
BUESGENS, Mark
DAVNIE, Jim
DORN, John
EKEN, Kent ERICKSON, Sondra
GREILING, Mindy
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
JOHNSON, Ruth
KLINZING, Karen
MESLOW, Doug
NEWMAN, Scott

A quorum was present.

HF234 (Anderson, B.) Wright Technical Center building lease levy use expanded
12:35:01 PM Rep. Anderson, B. presented HF234.
12:37:59 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF234 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:38:15 PM Testifying on HF234:
Gary Wilkes, Director, Wright County Technical Center
12:41:06 PM Dr. Marcia Ziegler, Superintendent, St. Michael/Albertville Schools
12:43:03 PM Jeanne Holland, Board member, St. Michael/Albertville School and Wright County Technical Center
12:55:57 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF234 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF550 (Demmer) Safe school levy funds reserved for certain schools, and school districts authorized to use safe school levy funds for school counselors
12:56:46 PM Rep. Demmer moved HF550 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:57:06 PM Rep. Demmer moved to orally amend HF550, as follows:
Page 1, line 11, delete "(a)"
Page 1, delete lines 19 to 25
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
12:58:26 PM Rep. Demmer presented HF550, as amended.
1:01:15 PM Rep. Greiling offered an oral amendment to the amended HF550, as follows:
Page 2, Line 13, after "counselors " insert ", nurses, social workers, psychologists, and drug abuse counselors "
1:12:37 PM Testifying on HF550, as amended:
Kitty Johnson, President Elect, Minnesota School Counselors Association
1:16:34 PM Colin Ward, Counselor and Professor, Winona State University
1:23:46 PM Denise Herman, School Nurse Association
1:25:13 PM Ann Mcinerney, Social Workers Association
1:28:26 PM Rep. Greiling moved her oral amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.
1:28:35 PM Rep. Greiling requested a division.
THERE BEING 5 AYES AND 6 NAYS, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.
1:29:50 PM Rep. Demmer renewed his motion that HF550, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:30:03 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF550, as amended.
HF692 (Newman) Independent School District No. 2859, Glencoe-Silver Lake, levy authorized
1:31:52 PM Rep. Newman moved HF692 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:32:05 PM Rep. Newman presented HF692.
1:34:40 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF692 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:34:54 PM Rep. Meslow assumed the gavel.
HF710 (Sykora) Basic community education program funding restored, and money appropriated
1:35:27 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF710 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:35:44 PM Rep. Sykora presented HF710.
1:36:28 PM Testifying on HF710:
Ray Frost, Lobbyist, Minnesota Community Education Association
1:37:14 PM Steve Kerr, Community Education Director, Anoka-Hennepin School District
1:41:27 PM Doug Spray, Community Education Director, Montevideo School District
1:46:17 PM Rep. Meslow laid over HF710 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF148 (Greiling) Education finance funding for special education, LEP, early education, after-school, and adult basic education programs restored; basic formula allowance increased; levy authority restored; and money appropriated. (Levy reduction restoration portions only)
1:47:34 PM Rep. Greiling presented HF148.
1:47:56 PM Rep. Greiling moved HF148 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:48:02 PM Rep. Greiling moved to amend HF148 with the H0148A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
1:49:44 PM Rep. Greiling presented HF148, as amended.

1:57:42 PM
Rep. Meslow laid over HF148, as amended, for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF141 (Slawik) Technology and transportation school district levies authorized
1:58:16 PM Rep. Meslow moved HF141 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:58:02 PM Rep. Slawik presented HF141.
1:59:38 PM Testifying on HF 141:
Greg Hein, Director of Transportation, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District
2:03:01 PM Bob Biddick, Director of Technology, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District
2:10:55 PM Rep. Meslow laid over HF141 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
2:11:08 PM Rep. Sykora moved the minutes of: February 17, 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
2:11:27 PM The meeting was adjourned.


REP. BARB SYKORA, CHAIR



Bethany Johnson
Committee Legislative Assistant