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Education Policy

TWENTIETH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 17, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION


EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES


Representative Richardson, Chair of the Education Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 1:38 PM on March 17, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services. A quorum was present.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.


Members present:

RICHARDSON, Ruth, Chair
HASSAN, Hodan, Vice-Chair
ERICKSON, Sondra, Lead
BENNETT, Peggy
BERG, Kaela
BOE, Greg
CHRISTENSEN, Shelly
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
EDELSON, Heather
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
JORDAN, Sydney
KEELER, Heather
MOLLER, Kelly
MUELLER, Patricia
POSTON, John
SCOTT, Peggy
URDAHL, Dean
WAZLAWIK, Ami


Rep. Edelson moved that the minutes from March 15, 2021 be approved. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.

Rep. Edelson moved that the corrected minutes from February 15, 2021, February 17, 2021, March 3, 2021, and March 5, 2021 be approved. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.

Rep. Keeler moved that HF 1317 be re-referred to the Tax Committee.

Rep. Keeler presented HF 1317.

Testifiers:
Hannah Howe, Teacher, Columbia Heights School District
Karen Taylor, Teacher, Horizon Middle School
Adosh Unni, Director of Government Relations, MDE

Rep. Keeler renewed her motion that HF 1317 be re-referred to the Tax Committee.

Chair Richardson instructed that there would be a roll call vote.

Members voting AYE:
RICHARDSON, Ruth, Chair
ERICKSON, Sondra, Lead
BENNETT, Peggy
BERG, Kaela
CHRISTENSEN, Shelly
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
EDELSON, Heather
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
JORDAN, Sydney
KEELER, Heather
MOLLER, Kelly
MUELLER, Patricia
POSTON, John
SCOTT, Peggy
URDAHL, Dean
WAZLAWIK, Ami

Members excused:
HASSAN, Hodan, Vice-Chair
BOE, Greg

On a vote of 17 AYES and 0 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Rep. Edelson moved that HF 965 be re-referred to the Education Finance Committee.

Rep. Edelson moved the DE2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED, THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Rep. Edelson presented HF 965.

Testifiers:
Kim Baker, Parent and special education teacher
Megan Baker, Student
Maren Hulden, LegalAid and Minnesota Disability Law Center
Kate Lynne Snyder, Education Minnesota
Deqa Farah, Parent

Rep. Edelson renews her motion that HF 965, as amended, be re-referred to the Education Finance committee.

Chair Richardson instructed that there would be a roll call vote.

Members voting AYE:
RICHARDSON, Ruth, Chair
HASSAN, Hodan, Vice-Chair
ERICKSON, Sondra, Lead
BENNETT, Peggy
BERG, Kaela
CHRISTENSEN, Shelly
EDELSON, Heather
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
JORDAN, Sydney
KEELER, Heather
MOLLER, Kelly
MUELLER, Patricia
POSTON, John
SCOTT, Peggy
URDAHL, Dean
WAZLAWIK, Ami

Members voting NAY:
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve

Members excused:
BOE, Greg

On a vote of 17 AYES and 1 NAY, THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Rep. Edelson moved that HF 1644 be re-referred to the Education Finance Committee.

Rep. Edelson moved the DE2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED, THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Rep. Edelson presented HF 1644.

Testifiers:
Salma Abdi, CD 1 Representative, Minnesota Youth Council
Eric Li, CD 2 Representative, Minnesota Youth Council
Dr. Lucy Payne, Mahtomedi School Board Chair
Steve Troen, Director of Teaching and Learning, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District
Kate Lynne Snyder, Education Minnesota

Rep. Edelson renewed her motion that HF 1644, as amended, be re-referred to the Education Finance Committee.

Chair Richardson instructed that a roll call vote would be taken.

Members voting AYE:
RICHARDSON, Ruth, Chair
HASSAN, Hodan, Vice-Chair
ERICKSON, Sondra, Lead
BENNETT, Peggy
BERG, Kaela
CHRISTENSEN, Shelly
EDELSON, Heather
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
JORDAN, Sydney
KEELER, Heather
MOLLER, Kelly
MUELLER, Patricia
POSTON, John
SCOTT, Peggy
URDAHL, Dean
WAZLAWIK, Ami

Members voting NAY:
DRAZKOWSKI, Steve
BOE, Greg

On a vote of 17 AYES and 2 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The committee was adjourned at 2:50 PM
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF1317 (Keeler) - Educator expense credit established.
  • HF1644 (Edelson) - Education; hours of instruction definition modified, distance instruction provided, instruction model working group established, and report required.
  • HF0965 (Edelson) - Special education recovery services and support plans required for students with disabilities, federal fund appropriation replacement provided, and money appropriated.
Documents:
House TV Video:
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03:05 - HF1317 (Keeler) Educator expense credit established.
23:30 - HF965 (Edelson) Special education recovery services and support plans for students with disabilities required, and money appropriated.
51:40 - HF1644 (Edelson) School calendar start date exceptions modified, hours of instruction definition modified, average daily membership definition modified, innovation zone provisions modified, flexible learning year program modified, and distance learning provided.
Runs 1 hour, 12 minutes.


HF1317 (Keeler) - Educator expense credit established.
HF1644 (Edelson) - School calendar start date exceptions modified, hours of instruction definition modified, average daily membership definition modified, innovation zone provisions modified, flexible learning year program modified, and distance learning provided.
HF965 (Edelson) - Special education recovery services and support plans for students with disabilities required, and money appropriated.

***Bills may be taken in any order. Agenda items may be added or removed.***

This remote meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 which can be found here:
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Due to the nature of zoom meetings, written testimony is highly encouraged as an alternative to testifying live. Written testimony must be a PDF file in OCR format, but an MS Word document can be converted if needed. Written testimony can be submitted to Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn If you email it by 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, your written testimony will be included in the “virtual committee packet.” Written testimony may also be submitted up to 24 hours following the hearing to be included in the record.

Public Testimony will be taken at the end of the hearing if time is available in allotments of up to two minutes per testifier/organization. If there is not time, members of the public will be asked to submit their testimony in writing. If you would like to sign up to testify live via zoom, please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 5:00 P.M.

This remote meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 which can be found here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.
Please refer to the Committee Rules (posted under "Committee Documents") for further information.