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Education Policy

FOURTEENTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, February 21, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION


EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES

Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair of the Committee on Education Policy, called the meeting to order at 3:01 PM on February 21, 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
LEE, Liz
YOUAKIM, Cheryl

Members Excused:
KNUDSEN, Krista
MUELLER, Patricia
URDAHL, Dean

A quorum was present.

Representative Lee moved to approve the minutes from February 15, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1875 (Keeler); American Indian education provided for all students, report required, and money appropriated.

Representative Keeler moved that HF1875 be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Representative Keeler presented HF1875.

The following testified on HF1875:
• Adosh Unni, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)
• Sam Strong, Secretary, Red Lake Nation
• Cyndy Milda, Public Education Program Coordinator, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
• Alicia Kozlowski, State Representative 8B, Minnesota
• Robert L. Larsen, President, Lower Sioux Indian Community

Representative Keeler renewed the motion that HF1875 be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentation from the Office of American Indian Education.

Presenters:
• Dr. Jane Harstad, Director of the Office of American Indian Education, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

The meeting was adjourned at 4:24 pm.


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Representative Laurie Pryor, Chair


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Isabel Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant
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Bills Added:
  • HF1875 (Keeler) - American Indian education provided for all students, report required, and money appropriated.
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Presentation - American Indian Education

HF1875 (Rep. Keeler) - American Indian education provided for all students, report required, and money appropriated.

Notes:
HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator before 12p.m. (noon), Monday, February 20th. If you are bringing hard copies on the day of, bring 40 copies.

TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Remote testimony is available upon request. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record; to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony in PDF format, please email the committee administrator before 12 p.m. (noon), Monday, February 20th.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.