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House K-12 Education Finance Division - afternoon meeting
Wednesday, April 28 2010 - Archive Video

04:20 - Gavel and continued mark-up and voting on HF2431 (Greiling) Omnibus K-12 education finance and policy.
Runs 1 hour, 1 minute.

House K-12 Education Finance Division - morning meeting
Wednesday, April 28 2010 - Archive Video

10:08 - Gavel and introductory remarks.
12:45 - Mark-up of HF2431 (Greiling) Omnibus K-12 education finance and policy.
The division went in to recess.
Runs 2 hours, 53 minutes.

Joint meeting of the House K-12 Education Finance Division and Senate E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division
Tuesday, April 20 2010 - Archive Video

Race to the Top grant proposal discussion.
01:15 - Introductory remarks.
28:35 - Overview of governor's bill and proposal.
45:01 - Alternative teacher licensure.
52:36 - General discussion.
1:13:38 - Value added growth models.
1:37:38 - Teacher mentoring and staff development.
2:17:16 - Public testimony.
Runs 2 hours, 48 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, March 10 2010 - Archive Video

01:00 - Gavel, and consideration of HF2813 (Faust) Full-time equivalent definition expanded for the purpose of the safe school levy.
07:24 - HF3219 (Demmer) Independent School District #203, Hayfield, fund transfer permitted.
14:18 - HF3303 (Garofalo) General education aid reduction restored for certain taconite distributions.
28:38 - HF3342 (Simon) School districts authorized to use operating capital for certain costs associated with closing a school.
31:01 - HF3163 (Mariani) Prekindergarten through grade 12 funding provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and early childhood education (Article 1; Article 2 sections 7-8, 11, 15; Article 3 section 2; and the A10-2204 amendment - information only.).
Runs 1 hour, 5 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division *
Wednesday, March 3 2010 - Archive Video

01:30 - Gavel.
01:50 - HF2751 (Morgan) Students who do not pass the reading and language arts GRAD allowed to retake the test in paper-and-pencil format.
Runs 31 minutes.
* TV coverage ended at the conclusion of HF2751.
* The complete audio archive of this meeting is available on the division's Audio & Video Archives page.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, February 17 2010 - Archive Video

00:16 - Gavel and discussion of:.
• HF2645(Greiling) Department of Management and Budget requirement repealed for school district state aid payments.
• HF2783 (Howes) Department of Management and Budget school district state aid payment requirement repealed.
33:35 - Discussion of:.
• HF2683 (Dittrich) Education aid payment schedule adjusted.
• HF2508 (Garofalo) State aid payment shift and property tax recognition shift statutorily established, and shift repayment clarified.
Runs 59 minutes.

E-12 Education Conference Committee
Thursday, April 30 2009 - Archive Video

16:50 - Gavel, and discussion of HF2/SF1328 (Greiling/Stumpf) Omnibus E-12 Education Finance bill.
22:05 - Discussion of Article 6.
35:00 - Discussion of Article 5 - Libraries.
51:24 - Committee discussion of consolidated levies spreadsheets.
1:13:43 - Discussion of Article 2.
2:00:30 - Comments by Commissioner Seagren.
2:58:45 - Continued discussion of Article 2.
4:16:47- Discussion of section "same: lists.
Runs 4 hours, 26 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, April 15 2009 - Archive Video

03:15 - Introductory remarks.
08:45 - HF2 (Greiling) Omnibus K-12 Education Finance bill.
Runs 1 hour, 48 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Tuesday, April 7 2009 - Archive Video

00:22 - Gavel.
03:13 - HF181 (Thissen) MinnesotaCare eligibility provisions modified.
19:56 - Presentation of state auditor's study on postemployment benefits liabilities, and discussion of HF2224 (Marquart) School district authority modified to issue and sell certain general obligation bonds without voter approval, and levy authorized for certain other postemployment benefits.
1:04:33 - HF2183 (Swails) South Washington County; ISD 833 Center for the Arts grant funding provided, money appropriated.
1:20:50 - HF981 (Bly) Charter school provisions amended, New Schools Minnesota commission established, private nonprofit corporation authorized.
Committee discussion of a proposed amendment.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Thursday, March 26 2009 - Archive Video

00:56 - Gavel.
01:20 - HF1376 (Buesgens) Education; compensatory revenue concentration factor eliminated.
21:30 - HF1643 (Gardner) Referendum revenue modified.
32:10 - HF29 (Benson) Inflationary adjustment limitation removed.
39:32 - HF35 (Benson) Referendum allowance limit eliminated.
47:31 - HF501 (Mariani) Alternative graduation means created for students, and graduation exams studied.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, March 25 2009 - Archive Video

00:13 - Gavel, and HF1174 (Kiffmeyer) Local education agency defined for special education purposes.
20:28 - HF895 (Eken) Rural school district grant program created to allow the sharing of services, and money appropriated.
40:24 - HF1665 (Swails) Education; best practices center for shared services established.
1:07:48 - HF1222 (Abeler) Equalizing factors indexed for the debt service and referendum equalization aid programs.
1:12:40 - HF1772 (Doty) Debt service equalization aid program state support increased, and school bond agricultural credit created.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Thursday, March 19 2009 - Archive Video

03:10 - Gavel.
04:10 - HF1001 (Demmer) K-12 education state grants authorized to leverage quality improvements, and money appropriated.
49:52 - HF1188 (Winkler) E-16 reforms pursued to improve and expand opportunities for all students to attain educational success, and E-16 advisory subcommittees established (information only).
Runs 1 hour, 20 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, March 18 2009 - Archive Video

01:34 - Gavel.
02:17 - HF79 (Brown) Wind energy production tax removed from county apportionment deduction for school districts.
23:09 - HF733 (Dill) School district swimming pool levy criteria eligibility modified.
33:10 - HF91 (Slocum) Health and safety revenue modified to include elevator repair costs.
44:11 - HF777 (Shimanski) Departments defined for the pupil transportation equal treatment statute.
Runs 1 hour, 4 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Tuesday, March 10 2009 - Archive Video

01:57 - Gavel.
02:55 - HF935 (Slocum) Charter school provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Thursday, March 5 2009 - Archive Video

03:53 - Gavel, and discussion of HF116 (Ward) Type III school bus driver qualifications modified.
15:23 - HF314 (Mariani) Compulsory attendance age increased to 18.
59:44 - HF439 (Norton) Statewide academic standards required for physical education.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Tuesday, March 3 2009 - Archive Video

02:05 - Gavel.
04:32 - HF1172 (Garofalo) Early childhood and family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education provided.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Tuesday, February 24 2009 - Archive Video

01:59 - Gavel.
02:23 - HF107 (Emmer) School boards authorized to spend staff development revenue on CPR and automatic external defibrillator training and first aid certification.
15:42 - HF195 (Norton) Labor Day school start provisions modified for two years, and repealing the Labor Day school start provision after studying its effect.
1:12:02 - HF320 (Dettmer) School districts allowed to pay the costs of conducting a criminal history background check on an employee, contractor, or volunteer.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Tuesday, February 10 2009 - Archive Video

01:40 - Gavel, and discussion of HF2 (Greiling) School finance system modified, and new education funding framework created.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, February 4 2009 - Archive Video

01:15 - Gavel.
03:06 - Perpich Center for Arts Education agency review and comment.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.

House K-12 Education Finance Division
Tuesday, January 20 2009 - Archive Video

01:15 - Gavel.
01:40 - Education group recommendations for education investment, reductions and reform.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.