Education Committee
Thursday, February 7, 2013
12 Midnight or Immediately Following Senate Session, Room 112, Capitol
Minutes
Present: Senator Patricia Torres Ray - Chair, Senator Kevin L. Dahle - Vice Chair, Senator Jim Carlson, Senator Roger C. Chamberlain, Senator Greg D. Clausen, Senator Melisa Franzen, Senator Alice M. Johnson, Senator Susan Kent, Senator Carla J. Nelson, Senator Sean R. Nienow, Senator Branden Petersen, Senator Dave Thompson, Senator Charles W. Wiger, Senator Melissa H. Wiklund
Absent: Senator Carrie Ruud
Absent: Senator Carrie Ruud
Senator Torres Ray called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.
A quorum is present.
S.F. 160: Senator Wiger: Compulsory school attendance age increase.
Testifiers:
1. Valeria Silva, Superintendent, St. Paul Public School District
2. Claudia Perez Inzunza, Truancy Prevention Network
Senator Wiger moved that S.F. 160, be recommended to pass.
MOTION PREVAILED.
Overview of Assessments/Student Testing
1. David Heistad, PhD., Exec. Dir., Research & Evaluation Dept., Bloomington Public Schools
2. Jennifer Dugan, Director of Assessments, MN Dept. of Education
S.F. 160: Senator Wiger: Compulsory school attendance age increase.
Senator Wiger moved that S.F. 160, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Senator Wiger moved that S.F. 160, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Overview of Assessments/Student Testing
1. David Heistad, PhD., Exec. Dir., Research & Evaluation Dept., Bloomington Public Schools
2. Jennifer Dugan, Director of Assessments, MN Dept. of Education
1. David Heistad, PhD., Exec. Dir., Research & Evaluation Dept., Bloomington Public Schools
2. Jennifer Dugan, Director of Assessments, MN Dept. of Education
Summary of Recommendations from the Commissioner's Assessment & Accountability Working Group Report, dated Dec. 5, 2012
The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
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Senator Patricia Torres Ray, Chair |
Blanca Martinez Gavina, Legislative Assistant |