STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTY-SECOND MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Mindy Greiling, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 2:20PM on March 18, 2008, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
GREILING, Mindy (Chair)
MORROW, Terry (Vice-Chair)
ANZELC, Tom
BENSON, John
BROWN, Robin
DAVNIE, Jim
DEMMER, Randy
DETTMER, Bob
DITTRICH, Denise
DOMINGUEZ, Willie
ERICKSON, Sondra
FAUST, Tim
GAROFALO, Pat
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
HILSTROM, Deb
MARIANI, Carlos
MARQUART, Paul
McFARLANE, Carol
MORGAN, Will
MURPHY, Mary
SWAILS, Marsha
Members excused:
OLSON, Mark
A quorum was not present.
Alice Seagren, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education, provided an overview of the Governor's supplemental budget recommendations.
A quorum was present at 2:25pm.
Representative Morrow moved the minutes of March 18, 2008 be adopted.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
HF3958 (Swails) A bill for an act relating to education; establishing teacher licensure via portfolio.
Representative Swails moved HF3958 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bonding Recommendations Bill.
Representative Swails, Karen Balmer, Executive Director, Board of Teaching, and Laura Mestler, teacher, Edina Public Schools, testified.
HF4018 (Greiling) A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying school debt provisions.
Representative Greiling moved HF4018 be recommended to pass and be returned to the Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Division.
Representative Greiling testified.
Representative Greiling renewed her motion that HF4018 be recommended to pass and be returned to the Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Division.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF4071 (Tillberry) A bill for an act relating to education; modifying safe schools levy.
Representative Greiling moved HF4071 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bonding Recommendations Bill.
Representative Tillberry testified.
The following individuals provided public testimony on HF4071:
Grace Schwab, Governmental Relations Director, MN School Boards Association
Valerie Dosland, Lobbyist, Intermediate School Districts
HF3107 (Moe) A bill for an act relating to education finance; repealing operating referendum revenue authority for fiscal years 2010 and later.
Representative Heidgerken moved HF3107 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bonding Recommendations Bill.
Representative Heidgerken offered
H3107A1 as an amendment to HF3107.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Moe, Steven Dickinson, Director of Business Services, Brainerd School District, and Stan Mack, Superintendent, Robbinsdale Public Schools, testified.
HF3108 (Benson) A bill for an act relating to education; removing the inflationary adjustment limitation.
Representative Benson moved HF3108 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Omnibus K-12 Finance Bonding Recommendations Bill.
Representative Benson and Dennis Peterson, Superintendent, Minnetonka Public Schools, testified.
The following individuals provided public testimony on HF3108:
Brad Lundell, Executive Director, Schools for Equity in Education
HF615 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to education; providing for responsible family life and sexuality education programs.
Representative Greiling moved HF615 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Education Finance Division.
Representative Greiling offered
H0615DE4 as an amendment to HF615.
Representative Greiling offered the following oral amendment to amendment H0615DE4:
Page 4, line 11, delete the quotes
Page 4, after line 11, insert ‘Sec. 2 [Repealer.] Minnesota Statutes, 2006, section 121A.23, is repealed."’
THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED BY THE AUTHOR.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED, WAS ADOPTED.
Public testimony on HF615, as amended, was provided by the following individuals:
Tom Prichard, President, Minnesota Family Council
Patti Olson, MN Family Council
Barb Anderson, teacher
Representative Erickson moved to table HF615, as amended.
Representative Erickson requested a roll call vote for HF615, as amended. The results are as follows:
AYES
DEMMER, Randy
ERICKSON, Sondra
GAROFALO, Pat
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
McFARLANE, Carol
NAYS
ANZELC, Tom
BENSON, John
BROWN, Robin
DAVNIE, Jim
DITTRICH, Denise
DOMINGUEZ, Willie
FAUST, Tim
GREILING, Mindy
MARIANI, Carlos
MARQUART, Paul
MORGAN, Will
MORROW, Terry
SWAILS, Marsha
ABSENT
DETTMER, Bob
HILSTROM, Debra
OLSON, Mark
On a vote of 5 AYES and 13 NAYS THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.
THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL. HF615, AS AMENDED, WAS NOT TABLED.
Representative Greiling moved HF615 be recommended to pass, as amended, and be re-referred to the Education Finance and Economic Competiveness Division.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting adjourned at 3:50PM.
Rep. Mindy Greiling, CHAIR
Elizabeth Mandelman
Committee Legislative Assistant