STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-NINTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Demmer, Vice Chair of the Education Finance Committee, called the twenty-ninth meeting to order at 12:37 PM on Thursday, March 30, 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
HF1835 (Erickson) Advanced placement and international baccalaureate exam fees funding provided, and money appropriated
12:37:58 PM Rep. Erickson presented HF1835.
12:40:43 PM A quorum was present.
12:42:14 PM Rep. Erickson moved HF1835 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:42:26 PM Testifying on HF1835:
Marlys Peters-Melius, Coordinator of AP and IB programs, Department of Education
12:46:02 PM Rep. Erickson renewed her motion that HF1835 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF1225 (Sieben) International baccalaureate pilot program provided for elementary and middle school years, and money appropriated
12:46:54 PM Rep. Demmer moved HF1225 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:47:14 PM Rep. Sieben presented HF1225.
12:48:23 PM Testifying on HF1225:
Dr. Dana Babbitt, Superintendent, South St. Paul school district
12:53:00 PM Conrad Anderson, IB Coordinator, South St. Paul school district
1:08:18 PM Rep. Demmer laid over HF1225 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:09:10 PM Rep. Meslow assumed the gavel.
HF1355 (Demmer) School districts authorized to build school buildings using design-build construction techniques continued from March 17, 2005
1:10:46 PM Rep. Demmer moved HF1355, as amended, be passed without recommendation and re-referred to the committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
1:11:02 PM
Rep. Demmer presented HF1355, as amended.
1:31:47 PM Testifying on 1355, as amended:
Antoinette Johns, Superintendent, Brooklyn Center school district
1:32:41 PM Tom Deans, Legal Council, Minnesota School Board Association
1:37:09 PM Rep. Demmer renewed his motion that HF1355, as amended, be passed without recommendation and re-referred to the committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF1111 (Sykora) Collaborative urban educator recruitment and training program grants authorized, and money appropriated
1:39:51 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF1111 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:40:06 PM Rep. Sykora presented HF1111.
1:41:12 PM Testifying on HF1111:
Dan Loritz, Vice President, Hamline University
1:43:32 PM Jeanne Mortinson, Director of Collaborative Urban Education, University of St. Thomas
1:44:54 PM Andy Xiong, Assistant Director of English Learning, St. Paul public schools
1:49:00 PM Antoninette Johns, Superintendent, Brooklyn Center school district
1:52:54 PM Doug Harford, Vice President, Concordia University
1:55:03 PM Nae Thao, Educational Assistant, Nokomis Montessori school
1:56:53 PM Barbara Washington, Executive Director, Hamline University
2:00:04 PM Julio Almanza, Superintendent, Duluth public schools
2:02:41 PM Isis Roper, 4th Grade teacher, St. Paul public schools
2:14:32 PM Rep. Meslow laid over HF1111 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
2:14:38 PM Rep. Johnson moved the minutes of: March 29, 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
2:14:51 PM The meeting was adjourned.
REP. RANDY DEMMER, VICE CHAIR
Bethany Johnson
Committee Legislative Assistant