NINETEENTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA NINETEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST SESSION

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE & POLICY DIVISION

MINUTES

Representative Bernardy, Chair of the Higher Education Finance & Policy Division, called the meeting to order at 2:33 P.M. on March 20, 2019, in Room 10 of the State Office Building. A quorum was present.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

BERNARDY, Connie (Chair)
PRYOR, Laurie (Vice-Chair)
NORNES, Bud (Minority Lead)
DANIELS, Brian
GOMEZ, Aisha
KLEVORN, Ginny
LAYMAN, Sandy
LIEN, Ben
LILLIE, Leon
LUCERO, Eric
POPPE, Jeanne
QUAM, Duane
RUNBECK, Linda
VANG, Samantha
WOLGAMOTT, Dan
XIONG, Tou

Members EXCUSED absent:
FRANSON, Mary

Representative Vang moved to approve the minutes from March 19, 2019. THE MOTION PREVAILS.

H.F. 706 (Dehn) – University of Minnesota’s Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center funding provided and money appropriated.

Chair Bernardy moved H.F. 706 to be laid over for possible inclusion in the Higher Education omnibus bill.

Chair Bernardy renewed her motion that H.F. 706 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Higher Education omnibus bill.

H.F. 2427 (Bierman) Post-secondary institutions offering training to concurrent enrollment course teachers, report required, and money appropriated.

Chair Bernardy moved that H.F. 2427 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Higher Education omnibus bill.

Testifying:
Joe Nathan – Director, Center for School Change
Khalique Rogers – Former concurrent enrollment student
Trisha Grimes – Legislative Liaison, Office of Higher Education

Chair Bernardy renewed her motion to lay H.F. 2427 over for possible inclusion in the Higher Education omnibus bill.

H.F. 2366 (Pryor) – Hunger Free Campus Act established.

Vice Chair Pryor moved H.F. 2366 to be laid over for possible inclusion in the Higher Education omnibus bill.

Testifying:
Oballa Oballa – Vice President, LeadMN
Brandi Oleson – President, Ridgewater College Student Senate
Trisha Grimes – Legislative Liaison, Office of Higher Education
Alaina DeSalvo – Competitive Grants Administrator, Emergency Assistance for Postsecondary Students Grant Program

Vice Chair Pryor renewed her motion to lay H.F. 2366 over for possible inclusion in the Higher Education omnibus bill.

The meeting adjourned at 3:56 P.M.






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Representative Connie Bernardy, Chair



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Carl Kaase, Committee Legislative Assistant