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 Carrie Ruud, Senator Dave Thompson, Senator Charles W. Wiger, Senator Melissa H. Wiklund

Absent: No Members Absent

Senator Torres Ray called to meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. A quorum is present. Senator Carlson (S.F. 950)- Deaf and hard-of-hearing teachers continuing education clock hour requirements modifications. Testifiers: 1. Karen Balmer, Exec. Dir.,Board of Teaching 2. Jeff Fehrman, Pricipal, Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916. Senator Carlson moves to make an oral amendment to S.F. 950 to delete the word ‘or’ and replace it with the word ‘and’ in page 1, line 16.MOTION PREVAILED Senator Carlson moves that S.F. 950 be recommended to pass as amended and be sent to the floor. MOTION PREVAILED S.F.1083 (Senator Clausen) School district restrictive procedures use for children with disabilities clarification. Senator Clausen moves the A13 amendment. MOTION PREVAILED Testifiers: 1. Sue Abderholden, Exec. Dir., National Alliance on Mental Illness-MN 2.Connie Hays, Superintendent, Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 3.Elaine Keefe, Coalition for Children with Disabilities 4.Mark Anderson and Renee Jensen, Executive Director and Development Director of the Barbara Schneider Foundation Senator Clausen moves that S.F. 1083 be recommended to pass as amended and re-referred to Finance. MOTION PREVAILED SF 711 (Torres Ray)-Achievement and integration of Minnesota program to close the achievement and opportunity gap establishment. Senator Torres Ray moves the A1 amendment. MOTION PREVAILED. Senator Torres Ray moves an oral amendment to add ‘cross cultural interactivity, communication and pedagogy,’ after ‘cultural fluency,’ on page 2, line 1. MOTION PREVAILED 1.Lars Negstad, ISAIAH 2. Jemal Abdullahi & Sebastian Lopez, students, Lakeville South 3. Bob Erickson, Lakeville School Board Member & Member of the Integration Revenue Replacement Advisory Task Force 4.Shana Olagbaju, Coordinator of Equity & Diversity, Minneapolis Public Schools 5. Dave Law, White Bear Lake Schools/East Metro Integration District 6. Dorothy Bialke, Exec. Dir., Northwest Suburban Integration School District. Senator Nelson moves an oral amendment to fill in the blanks for percentage amount on page 3, line 35 to be filled with 10%. Senator Torres Ray states that she might want to go higher than the 10%. Senator Nelson withdraws her amendment. Senator Nelson moves the A3 amendment. Senator Clausen offers an oral amendment to the A3 amendment that after the word ‘reading ‘ delete ‘or’ and insert ‘,’ after mathematics insert ‘, and writing’on page 1, line 3. MOTION PREVAILED Senator Nelson requests a roll call on the A 3 amendment as amended. Ayes: Torres Ray, Dahle, Nelson, Carlson, Chamberlain, Franzen, Kent, Nienow, Petersen, Ruud, Thompson, Wiklund Nays: Johnson Absent: Wiger 13 Ayes, 1 Nayes. MOTION PREVAILED Senator Torres Ray moves that SF 711 be recommended to pass as amended and re-referred to Finance Committee. MOTION PREVAILED

S.F. 950: Senator Carlson: Deaf and hard-of-hearing teachers continuing education clock hour requirements modifications.



Senator Carlson moved that S.F. 950, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 1083: Senator Clausen: School district restrictive procedures use for children with disabilities clarification.



Senator Clausen moved that S.F. 1083, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 711: Senator Torres Ray: Achievement and integration for Minnesota program to close the achievement and opportunity gap establishment.



Senator Torres Ray moved that S.F. 711, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

The Meeting was adjourned at 3:05 p.m.

Senator Patricia Torres Ray, Chair	Blanca Martinez Gavina, Legislative Assistant