Minutes

Present: Senator Patricia Torres Ray - Chair, Senator Kevin L. Dahle - Vice Chair, Senator Jim Carlson, Senator Greg D. Clausen, Senator Melisa Franzen, Senator Alice M. Johnson, Senator Susan Kent, Senator Carla J. Nelson, Senator Sean R. Nienow, Senator Carrie Ruud, Senator Dave Thompson, Senator Charles W. Wiger, Senator Melissa H. Wiklund

Absent: Senator Roger C. Chamberlain, Senator Branden Petersen

Senator Patricia Torres Ray called the meeting to order at 12:04 p.m. SF 2419 (Champion) - Northside Achievement Zone grant appropriation. Senator Wiklund moved the A1 amendment. MOTION PREVAILED. Testifier, in support: Sondra Samuels, President & CEO, Northside Achievement Zone. Senator Wiklund moved at that SF 2419 (Champion) - Northside Achievement Zone grant appropriation as amended be recommended to pass and re-referred to the committee of Finance. MOTION PREVAILED. SF 1984 (Clausen) - Standard adult high school diploma requirements establishment. Testifiers, in support: Tom Cytron-Hysom, Legislative Chair, Literacy Action Network. Karen Wolters, Coordinator, Mankato Area Adult Basic Education Transitions; Chair, Standard Adult High School Diploma Task Force. Senator Clausen moved an oral amendment to change the word \'must\' to \'may\' on page 4, line 3. MOTION PREVAILED. Testifier: Rose Hermodson Senator Clausen moved SF 1984 (Clausen)- Standard adult high school diploma requirements establishment, as amended be recommended to pass and be referred to the Floor. MOTION PREVAILED. SF 2151 (Clausen) - Innovative delivery of education services and sharing district resources pilot project clarification. Testifier, in support: Jay Haugen, Superintendent, Farmington Public Schools Senator Clausen moved that SF 2151 (Clausen) - Innovative delivery of education services and sharing district resources pilot project clarification, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. MOTION PREVAILED. SF 2363 (Pappas) - St. Paul Promise Neighborhood (SSPN) program grant appropriation. Senator Wiger moves the A1 amendment. MOTION PREVAILED. Testifiers, in support: Muneer Karcher-Ramos, Director, Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood Senator Wiger moved that SF 2363 (Pappas) - St. Paul Promise Neighborhood (SSPN) program grant appropriation, be recommended to pass as amended and re-referred to the Finance Committee. MOTION PREVAILED. SF 2403 (Torres Ray) - Schools restrictive procedures standards clarifications and appropriation. Testifiers, in support: Sue Abderholden, Exec. Dir., National Alliance on Mental Illness, MN Connie Hayes, Superintendent, Intermediate School Dist. 916 Andrea Bejarano-Rodoinsen, Parent Grace Keliher, Lobbyist, Minnesota School Board Assoc. Senator Torres Ray moved that SF 2403 (Torres Ray) - Schools restrictive procedures standards clarifications and appropriation, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. MOTION PREVAILED. SF 2305 (Dahle)-Unified online system for collecting and reporting required special education due process data establishment. Senator Dahle moves the A1 amendment. MOTION PREVAILS. Testifiers, in support: Dana Flanders-Turman, Special Ed. Teacher, Centennial High School; Member, Special Education Case Load Task Force Rose Geghart, Special Ed. Teacher, Minneapolis Public School District Other Testifiers: Jodee Buhr, Education Minnesota Daron Korte, Minnesota Department of Education Brad Lundell, Lobbyist, MN Administrators of Special Ed. Andrea Bejarano-Rodoinsen, Parent Senator Dahle moved SF 2305 (Dahle)-Unified online system for collecting and reporting required special education due process data establishment, be recommended to pass as amended and re-referred to the Finance Committee. MOTION PREVAILED. SF 2160 (Kent) - Post secondary enrollment options program modifications; transportation funding source for pupils attending an area learning center established; appropriation. Senator Kent moves A1 amendment. MOTION PREVAILED. Testifiers: Sandy Lewandowski, Superintendent, Intermediate School Dist. 287 Daron Korte, Department of Education. Senator Nelson moves the A2 amendment. Senator Nelson moves an oral amendment to the 2 amendment delete page 1, line 2 through line 10. MOTION PREVAILED. Senator Nelson requests a roll call on the A2 amendment, as amended. Ayes: Nelson, Nienow & Thompson. Nays: Torres Ray, Dahle, Kent, Clausen, Wiklund,Franzen, Carlson. With a roll call of 3 ayes and 7 nays, MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL. Testifiers: Sandy Lewandowski, Superintendent, Intermediate School Dist. 287 Joe Nathan, Schools for Choice Grace Kelliher, Lobbyist, Minnesota School Board Administrators Senator Kent moved that SF 2160 (Kent) - Post secondary enrollment options program modifications; transportation funding source for pupils attending an area learning center established; appropriation, be recommended to pass as amended and re-referred to Finance. MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 1984: Senator Clausen: Standard adult high school diploma requirements establishment.



Senator Clausen moved that S.F. 1984, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2151: Senator Clausen: Innovative delivery of education services and sharing district resources pilot project clarification.



Senator Clausen moved that S.F. 2151, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2363: Senator Pappas: St. Paul Promise Neighborhood (SSPN) program grant appropriation.



Senator Wiger moved that S.F. 2363, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2403: Senator Torres Ray: Schools restrictive procedures standards clarifications and appropriation.



Senator Torres Ray moved that S.F. 2403, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2305: Senator Dahle: Unified online system for collecting and reporting required special education due process data establishment.



Senator Dahle moved that S.F. 2305, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2419: Senator Champion: Northside Achievement Zone grant appropriation.



Senator Wiklund moved that S.F. 2419, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2160: Senator Kent: Postsecondary enrollment options program modifications; transportation funding source for pupils attending an area learning center established; appropriation.



Senator Kent moved that S.F. 2160, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

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