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Education Reform

TWENTY-FIRST MEETING

2011-2012 Regular Session - Monday, March 14, 2011

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION

EDUCATION REFORM

MINUTES

A quorum was present and Representative Erickson, Chair of the Education Reform Committee, called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM on March 14, 2011, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

ERICKSON, Sondra, Chair
DOEPKE, Connie, Vice Chair
BARRETT, Bob
BENSON, John
CRAWFORD, Roger
DAVNIE, Jim
GREILING, Mindy
KATH, Kory
KIEFFER, Andrea
KIEL, Debra
MARIANI, Carlos
MCFARLANE, Carol
MORAN, Rena
MURDOCK, Mark
MYHRA, Pam
NORTON, Kim
O'DRISCOLL, Tim
PETERSEN, Branden
PETERSON, Sandra
TILLBERRY, Tom
WOODARD, Kelby

No members were excused.

O’Driscoll moved that the minutes from the committee meeting on March 10, 2011, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.

HF 945 (Petersen) Teacher licensure, evaluations, and tenure modified.

Representative Petersen, B, moved that HF 945 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. Representative Petersen, B, moved the H0945DE2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED. Representative Petersen, B, moved the H0945A3 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Petersen, B, presented the bill and stood for questions.

The committee heard testimony for the bill.

Testifiers:
Mary Donaldson, Director, Concordia Creative Learning Academy
Leah Jones, Third Grade Teacher, Concordia Creative Learning Academy
LeAnn Moore, Fourth Grade Teacher, Concordia Creative Learning Academy
Ananth Pai, Teacher, White Bear Lake Schools
Karen Balmer, Executive Director, Minnesota Board of Teaching
Aimee Guidera, Executive Director, Data Quality Campaign

Representative Doepke assumed the gavel at 7:12 PM.

The committee heard testimony against the bill.

Testifiers:
Mary Bischoff, Teacher Evaluator and Media Specialist, Orono Schools
Paul Hamilton, Q-Comp Teacher Leader, Orono Schools
Jay Anderson, Teacher and Local President, Education Minnesota-Osseo
Jan Alswager, Lobbyist, Education Minnesota

The committee heard testimony on the bill.

Testifiers:
Rick Heller, Parent
Peter Hutchinson, President, Bush Foundation
Brian Shekleton, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education

The testifiers stood for questions.

Representative Petersen renewed the motion that HF 945, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 947 (Erickson) Alternative teacher pay system modified.

Representative Erickson moved that HF 947 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Chair Doepke incorporated the following technical changes into HF 947 as follows:

Page 4, line 4.10, insert "or" after "if the applicant is a school district,".
Page 4, line 4.11, delete ", or school site,".

Representative McFarlane assumed the gavel at 9:50 PM.

Representative Erickson presented the bill and stood for questions.

The committee heard testimony on the bill.

Testifiers:
Jan Alswager, Lobbyist, Education Minnesota
Louise Sundin, President Emeritus, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Rick Heller, Parent

Representative Erickson renewed the motion that HF 947, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 PM.




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REP. SONDRA ERICKSON, CHAIR



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Melissa Hackenmueller
Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF0945 (Petersen) - Teacher and principal evaluations and tenure modified.
  • HF0947 (Erickson) - Alternative teacher pay system modified.

Bills not completed will be added to the next committee meeting's agenda.