STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TENTH MEETING
NINETY-THIRD SESSION
EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair of the Committee on Education Policy, called the meeting to order at 3:02 PM on February 7, 2023 in Room 120 of the Capitol.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members Present:
PRYOR, Laurie, Chair
HILL, Josiah, Vice Chair
BENNETT, Peggy, Republican Lead
BAKEBERG, Ben
BERG, Kaela
FEIST, Sandra
FRAZIER, Cedrick
KEELER, Heather
KNUDSEN, Krista
LEE, Liz
MUELLER, Patricia
URDAHL, Dean
YOUAKIM, Cheryl
A quorum was present.
Vice Chair Hill moved to approve the minutes from February 1, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF806 (Youakim); Building Assets, Reducing Risks Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
Representative Youakim moved that HF806 be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Representative Youakim presented HF806.
The following testified on HF806:
• Angela Jerabek, Founder and Executive Director, Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) Center
• Erick Norby, Principal, Armstrong High School, Robbinsdale Area Public Schools
• Anne Beaton, Teacher and BARR Coordinator, Armstrong High School, Robbinsdale Area Public Schools
• Tim Lloyd, Teacher and BARR Coordinator, Armstrong High School, Robbinsdale Area Public Schools
• Joe Held, Assistant Principal, BARR Administrator, White Bear Lake High School
• Amanda Schroeder, Teacher and BARR Coordinator, White Bear Lake High School
• Josh Omang, Principal and Football Head Coach, Detroit Lakes Area School District
• Kelly Kalina, Math Teacher, Assistant Football Coach, and BARR Coordinator, Detroit Lakes Area School District
• Kalan Malchow, Social Studies Teacher, Detroit Lakes Area School District
Representative Youakim renewed the motion that HF806 be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Vice Chair Hill assumed the gavel at 3:35 pm.
HF1269 (Pryor); Prekindergarten through grade 12 provisions modified including general education accountability and transparency, education excellence, American Indian education, charter schools, discipline, teachers, special education, and early learning; and reports required.
Chair Pryor moved that HF1269 be laid over for further consideration or possible inclusion in an Education Policy Committee omnibus bill.
Chair Pryor presented HF1269.
The following testified on HF1269:
• Adosh Unni, Government Relations Staff, Minnesota Department of Education
• Shana Morse, Government Relations Staff, Minnesota Department of Education
• Megan Arriola, Government Relations Staff, Minnesota Department of Education
• Matt Shaver, Policy Director, EdAllies
• Laurie Harper, Director of Education, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
• John Olson, Retiree
• Dana Smith, Science Teacher, Bemidji Public Schools
• Kate Lynne Snyder, Lobbyist, Education Minnesota
• Natalie Kasper, School Board Member, Dakota County
• Heather Douglass, School Board Member, Osseo Area School District
• Karin Miller, English Teacher
Chair Pryor renewed the motion that HF1269 be laid over for further consideration or possible inclusion in an Education Policy Committee omnibus bill. The bill was laid over.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:37 pm.
__________________________________________ Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair
_________________________________________ Isabel Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant