STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
E-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Carlos Mariani, Chair of the E-12 Education Committee, unofficially called the twenty-seventh meeting to order at 8:05 AM on Thursday, March 6, 2008, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll:
Members present:
MARIANI, Carlos (Chair)
DITTRICH, Denise (Vice-Chair)
ABELER, Jim LAINE, Carolyn
BENSON, John NORNES, Bud
BROWN, Robin PETERSON, Sandra
DETTMER, Bob SLAWIK, Nora
ERICKSON, Sondra SLOCUM, Linda
GOTTWALT, Steve TILLBERRY, Tom
GREILING, Mindy URDAHL, Dean
HEIDGERKEN, Bud WARD, John
HORNSTEIN, Frank WARDLOW, Lynn
HOSCH, Larry
WELTI, Andy
Members Excused:
DAVNIE, Jim
DEMMER, Randy SWAILS, Marsha
A quorum was not present.
HF 3596 (Faust) - A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting the commissioner of education from enforcing unadopted rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.05.
Rep. Faust presented HF 3596.
Testifying on behalf of HF 3596 were:
Mr. Daryl Miller, Robbinsdale Area Schools, President, Minnesota Administrators of Special Education
Ms. Elizabeth Lodge Rogers, St. Cloud Area School District
Ms. Cecilia Dodge, St. Paul Public Schools
Chair Mariani officially called the hearing to order at 8:10 AM. A quorum was present.
Rep. Mariani moved that HF 3596 to be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee Government Operations, Reform, Technology, and Elections
Questions and discussion followed.
Testifying to the Minnesota Department of Education's concerns about HF 3596 was:
Commissioner Alice Seagren, Minnesota Department of Education.
Questions and discussion followed.
Clarifying special education Individual Education Plan (IEP) rules was:
Ms. Amy Roberts, Compliance and Assistance Director, Minnesota Department of Education
Mariani renewed his motion that HF 3596 be recommended to pass and referred to the committee on Government Operations, Reform, Technology, and Elections. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Due to time restraints, the Chair asked to hear testimony on HF 3733, which will be moved for approval at a later meeting.
Rep. S. Peterson gave a brief overview of HF 3733:
Ms. Kate Schmidt, teacher, ISD 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)
HF 3621 (Hilstrom), - A bill for an act relating to education; extending the special education task force to allow it to complete its study of state special education rules; repealing sections identified by this task force.
Chair Mariani moved that HF 3621 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register.
Chair Mariani moved the
H3621A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Hilstrom presented HF 3621, as amended.
Testifying on behalf of HF 3621, as amended, were:
Ms. Elaine Keefe, Coalition for Children with Disabilities
Mr. Daryl Miller, Robbinsdale Area Schools, President, Minnesota Administrators of Special Education (MASE)
Testifying to HF 3621, as amended, was:
Ms. Grace Schwab, Minnesota School Board Association
Questions and comments followed.
Chair Mariani renewed his motion that HF 3621, as amended, be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting adjourned at 9:13 AM.
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REP. CARLOS MARIANI, CHAIR
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Celeste Marin
Committee Legislative Assistant