STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Barb Sykora, Chair of the Education Finance Committee, called the twenty-fifth meeting to order at 12:34 PM on Thursday, March 17, 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
12:35:11 PM Rep. Newman assumed the gavel.
HF872 (Sykora) Operating referendum ballot language simplified
12:35:57 PM Rep. Sykora presented HF872.
12:37:41 PM Testifying on HF872:
Scott Croonquist, Executive Director, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
12:38:24 PM Allen Hopeman, Executive Director of Finance and Business, Wayzata School District No. 284
12:39:01 PM A quorum was present.
12:44:30 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF872 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:45:03 PM Testifying on HF872:
Tom Deans, Legal counsel, Minnesota School Boards Association
12:49:55 PM Rep. Newman laid over HF872 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF1666 (Severson) Independent School District No. 738, Holdingford, fund transfer authorized
12:50:10 PM Rep. Newman moved HF1666 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:50:57 PM Rep. Severson presented HF1666.
12:52:19 PM Testifying on HF1666:
Roger Carlson, Superintendent, Holdingford School District
12:52:54 PM Rep. Sykora resumed the gavel.
1:06:14 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF1666 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:08:19 PM
Testifying on HF1666:
Jazlyn Murphy, Student, Holdingfold School District
1:09:25 PM Bethany Kuklok, Student, Holdingford School District
HF1238 (Seifert) Independent School District No. 418, Russell, fund transfer authorized
1:13:00 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF1238 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:13:09 PM Rep. Seifert presented HF1238.
1:20:09 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF1238 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF1355 (Demmer) School districts authorized to build school buildings using design-build construction techniques
1:21:08 PM Rep. Demmer moved HF1355 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
1:21:26 PM Rep. Demmer presented HF1355.
1:22:53 PM Rep. Demmer moved to amend HF1355 with the A05-0309 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
1:23:51 PM Rep. Demmer moved to orally amend HF1355, as amended as follows:
Page 4, line 2, delete " facility"
Page 6, line 11, delete "state, county, or city," and insert "school district"
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
1:34:00 PM Testify on HF1355, as amended:
Lloyd Stirwoll, Superintendent, Independent School District No. 318
1:36:34 PM Heide Miller, Director of Business Services, Chicago Lakes school district
1:39:20 PM Ron Bratlie, Director of Special Projects, Elk River Area School District
1:47:06 PM Joel Hallberg, President, American Council of Engineering Companies
1:50:32 PM Rep. Meslow assumed the gavel.
1:56:57 PM Testifying on HF1355, as amended:
Jason Grev, Legislative Director, Associated Builders and Contractors
1:59:27 PM Kathleen Kolbeck, President, Dunham Associates Consulting Engineers
2:00:25 PM Rep. Sykora resumed the gavel.
2:02:23 PM Testifying on HF1355, as amended:
Thomas Sackett, Vice-President, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
2:06:39 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF1355, as amended.
2:07:49 PM Rep. Newman assumed the gavel.
HF1419 (Sykora) Minnesota Early Learning Foundation established, funding provided, and money appropriated
2:07:50 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF1419 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
2:08:21 PM Rep. Sykora moved to amend HF1419 with the A05-0307 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
2:08:57 PM Rep. Sykora presented HF1419, as amended.
2:10:12 PM Testifying on HF1419, as amended:
Mark Scally, CEO, Mulcahy Companies
2:13:23 PM Byron Lehrs, Public Policy Director, United Way
2:14:48 PM Paola Nunez-Obetz, Parent, Joyce Preschool
2:16:25 PM Jesse Otervides, Parent, Joyce Preschool
2:17:33 PM Dr. Karen Effrem, Member, EdWatch
2:23:12 PM Rep. Newman laid over HF1419, as amended, for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
2:23:16 PM Rep. Dorn moved the minutes of: March 16, 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
2:23:24 PM The meeting was adjourned.
REP. BARB SYKORA, CHAIR
Bethany Johnson
Committee Legislative Assistant