STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Barb Sykora, Chair of the Education Finance Committee, called the twentieth meeting to order at 12:35 PM on Tuesday, March 8, 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.
HF355 (Finstad) Independent School District No. 88, New Ulm, authorized to use health and safety revenue for mechanical air handling system appurtenances
12:35:44 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF355 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:35:57 PM Rep. Finstad presented HF355.
12:37:30 PM Testifying on HF355:
Donna Luhring, Business Manager, New Ulm public schools
12:39:03 PM Scott Hogan, Maintenance Director, New Ulm public schools
12:40:24 PM Chandler Holland, IEA Consultant
12:56:57 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF355 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF1076 (Kohls) Independent School District No. 110, Waconia, lease levy authorized
12:57:45 PM Rep. Erickson moved HF1076 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
12:58:10 PM Rep. Kohls presented HF1076.
1:00:01 PM Testifying on HF1076:
Dr. Jerry Kjergaard, Superintendent, Waconia School District
1:10:32 PM Rep. Erickson renewed her motion that HF1076 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:10:48 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF1076.
HF1086 (Powell) School districts authorized to replace state shortfalls in special education funding with local levy authority, and local discretionary levy authorized
1:11:13 PM Rep. Sykora moved HF1086 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:12:00 PM Rep. Sykora moved to amend HF1086 with the H1086A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
1:13:06 PM Rep. Sykora moved to orally amend HF1086, as amended, as follows:
Page 1, line 15, after "district's" insert "adjusted"
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
1:13:19 PM Rep. Powell presented HF1086, as amended.
1:15:42 PM Testifying on HF1086, as amended:
Scott Croonquist, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
1:18:59 PM Dr. Ben Kanninen, Superintendent, Burnsville School District
1:27:48 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF1086, as amended, for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
HF861 (Eken) Fertile-Beltrami tax base levy adjustments modified
1:28:27 PM Rep. Eken moved HF861 be recommended for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:28:40 PM Rep. Eken presented HF861.
1:29:37 PM Testifying on HF861:
Don Blaeser, Superintendent, Fertile-Beltrami School District
1:35:41 PM Rep. Sykora laid over HF861 for possible inclusion in the Education Finance omnibus bill.
1:36:13 PM Rep. Newman moved the minutes of: March 03, 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
1:37:16 PM The meeting was adjourned.
REP. BARB SYKORA, CHAIR
Bethany Johnson
Committee Legislative Assistant