STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Barb Sykora, Chair of the Education Finance Committee, called the twenty-first meeting to order at 12:38 PM on Wednesday, March 09, 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.
HF967 (Klinzing) Classroom contribution refund authorized and money appropriated
12:39:06 PM Rep. Klinzing moved HF967 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the committee on Civil Law and Elections.
12:39:40 PM Rep. Klinzing presented HF967.
12:55:48 PM Testifying on HF967:
Mary Cecconi, State Director, Parents United Network
1:00:39 PM John Powers, Fiscal Note Coordinator, Department of Revenue
1:15:07 PM Rep. Klinzing renewed her motion that HF967 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the committee on Civil Law and Elections. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.
HF650 (Buesgens) Online learning funded at same rate for certain students
1:16:12 PM Rep. Buesgens moved HF650 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:18:05 PM Rep. Heidgerken moved to reconsider HF967. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
1:18:39 PM Rep. Sykora renewed the motion that HF967 be passed and re-referred to the committee on Civil Law and Elections. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
1:19:25 PM Rep. Buesgens presented HF650.
1:26:51 PM Testifying on HF650:
John Parkhurst, Teacher, Minnesota Virtual Academy
1:28:43 PM Patty Herman, Teacher, Minnesota Virtual Academy
1:30:37 PM Jennifer Ingalls, Teacher, Minnesota Virtual Academy
1:42:15 PM Sandy Norln, Parent, Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators
1:51:14 PM Rep. Buesgens renewed his motion that HF650 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:52:07 PM
Rep. Sykora laid over HF650.
HF617 (Greiling) Contract alternative education program students over the age of 21 allowed to continue to receive instruction until graduation
1:52:26 PM Rep. Greiling moved HF617 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:52:37 PM Rep. Greiling moved to orally amend HF617 as follows:
Page 2, line 22 delete "10 " and insert "3 "
Page 3, line 9, after "school" insert "and qualifies for general education basic revenue only."
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
1:54:53 PM Rep. Greiling presented HF617, as amended.
1:57:01 PM Testifying on HF617, as amended:
Dr. Joel Gibson, Executive Director, Institute for New Americans
2:03:43 PM Nata Samb, Academic Dean, Abraham Lincoln High School
2:13:35 PM Rep. Davnie moved to amend HF617, as amended, with the H0617A1 amendment.
2:14:53 PM Rep. Davnie presented the H0617A1 amendment.
2:16:51 PM Testifying on H0617A1:
Carol Dallman, Teacher, Paul Wellston International School
2:20:34 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF617, as amended.
2:20:43 PM Rep. Newman moved the minutes of: March 9, 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
2:20:56 PM The meeting was adjourned.
REP. BARB SYKORA, CHAIR
Bethany Johnson
Committee Legislative Assistant