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Education Reform

TWELFTH MEETING

2011-2012 Regular Session - Tuesday, February 15, 2011

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELFTH 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 8:16 AM on February 15, 2011, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

ERICKSON, Sondra, Chair
BARRETT, Bob
BENSON, John
CARLSON, Lyndon
CRAWFORD, Roger
DAVNIE, Jim
KATH, Kory
KIEFFER, Andrea
KIEL, Debra
MARIANI, Carlos
MCFARLANE, Carol
MORAN, Rena
MURDOCK, Mark
MYHRA, Pam
NORTON, Kim
O'DRISCOLL, Tim
PETERSEN, Branden
WOODARD, Kelby

Members excused:

DOEPKE, Connie, Vice Chair
GREILING, Mindy
PETERSON, Sandra

Representative Kieffer moved that the minutes from the committee meeting on February 10, 2011, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.

The committee heard presentations.

Presenters:
Kent Pekel, Executive Director, College Readiness Consortium, University of Minnesota
Dirk Mattson, Director of Assessment and Testing, Minnesota Department of Education
Peter Olson, Principal, Princeton High School
Jon Millerhagen, Elementary Principal, Washburn Elementary
Jim Smokrovich, Principal, Grand Rapids High School
Kris Stueve, Principal, Cambridge-Isanti Primary School
Valeria Silva, Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools
Andrew Collins, Assistant Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools

All presenters stood for questions.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.


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REP. SONDRA ERICKSON, CHAIR



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Melissa Hackenmueller
Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..

Minnesota Elementary School Principals' and Minnesota Secondary School Principals' Associations,
Introduction and Questions
Assessment overview
Successes in St. Paul
HF300 (Erickson) Comprehensive eye exams recommended for early childhood screening will not be taken up at this meeting. Notice will be given on the schedule when the bill will come back before the committee.