TWENTY SEVENTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION

EDUCATION POLICY MINUTES

Representative Josiah Hill, Vice Chair of the Committee on Education Policy, called the meeting to order at 3:48 PM on February 28, 2024 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
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
KNUDSEN, Krista
MUELLER, Patricia
URDAHL, Dean
YOUAKIM, Cheryl

Members Excused:
KEELER, Heather
LEE, Liz

A quorum was present.

Representative Frazier moved that the minutes from February 21, 2024, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF3782 (Pryor); Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.

Chair Pryor moved that HF3782 be laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

Chair Pryor moved the H3782A3 amendment.

Testimony on the H3782A3 amendment:
• Megan Arriola, Legislative Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Education
Vice Chair Hill renewed the motion to adopt the H3782A3 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Chair Pryor presented HF3782 as amended.

Testimony on HF3782 as amended:
• Willie Jett, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education
• Megan Arriola, Legislative Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Education
• Shana Morse, Assistant Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education
• Matt Shaver, Policy Director, EdAllies
• Katelynn Snyder, Lobbyists, Education Minnesota

Chair Pryor renewed the motion to lay HF3782 as amended over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

The bill as amended was laid over.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:02 pm.

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Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair

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Isabel Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant