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Conference Committee on SF4282
Thursday, May 14 2026 - Archive Video

SF4282 (Youakim/Kunesh) Forecast adjustments made to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs, and money appropriated.
01:59 -- Bill walkthrough.
04:55 -- Discussion and markup.
Runs 12 minutes.


Conference Committee on HF3900
Wednesday, May 13 2026 - Archive Video

HF3900 (Igo/Kunesh) Constitutional amendment proposal to modify the permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy.
01:35 -- Walk-through of HF3900.
04:50 -- Member discussion.
Runs 28 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, April 16 2026 - Archive Video

00:37 - Special Education evaluation and identification presentation.
27:09 - HF4893 (Youakim) Student support personnel aid allowances modified, and money appropriated.
1:36:37 - Governor's K-12 education budget presentation.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, April 14 2026 - Archive Video

01:34 - HF3493 (Lawrence) Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools made; and money appropriated.
1:06:44 - HF4114 (Bakeberg) Contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed.
1:29:14 - Education savings accounts presentation.
Runs 1 hour, 47 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, April 9 2026 - Archive Video

01:39 - HF3119 (Sencer-Mura) Minimum compensation for teachers and certain other school staff established, aid programs to support teacher base compensation and unlicensed staff wage requirements established, and report required.
Runs 1 hour, 49 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 26 2026 - Archive Video

00:54 - HF4213 (Youakim) Forecast adjustments made to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs, and money appropriated.
11:59 - HF4198 (Youakim) Student mental health grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
38:18 - HF3930 (Hill) Contract funding provided to support teacher retention, and money appropriated.
1:06:40 - HF3585 (Keeler) Interagency Council on Student Attendance established, report required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 41 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 24 2026 - Archive Video

00:49 - Little Falls aviation/transportation grant update.
12:18 - HF3489 (Bennett) Field trip policy established, reporting to licensing boards required, and criminal offense of grooming established.
25:16 - HF3490 (Myers) Scholarship-granting organizations authorized.
30:52 - HF3650 (Mueller) Student career pathways framework established, and report required.
1:17:35 - HF1791 (Scott) School district authorized to offer career and technical education postsecondary scholarships and postsecondary grants.
1:30:51 - Discussion of PSEO bills:.
-- HF4231 (Keeler) Student eligibility for postsecondary enrollment options participation established.
-- HF4232 (Keeler) Postsecondary institutions required to notify a pupil's school of the pupil's grades, and number of college credits granted each school year for postsecondary course enrollment limited.
-- HF4269 (Knudsen) Office of the Legislative Auditor directed to evaluate the postsecondary enrollment options program, and report required.
-- HF4270 (Knudsen) Payments to postsecondary institutions and schools for the postsecondary enrollment options program modified.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 17 2026 - Archive Video

00:48 - Office of School Trust Lands presentation and update.
17:51 - Minnesota State Board of Investment: Permanent School Fund Task Force Report.
52:14 - HF3900 (Igo) Permanent school fund modified to calculate distributable earnings, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Runs 1 hour, 21 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 12 2026 - Archive Video

01:29 - HF3790 (Greene) Lease levy authority restored for space necessary for graduation ceremonies.
24:35 - HF3654 (Greene) Local optional revenue program renamed, program funding increased, and money appropriated.
41:32 - HF3470 (Virnig) Independent School District No 197, West St Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan fund transfer authorized.
49:38 - HF1099 (Sencer-Mura) Share of unreimbursed special education aid paid by the resident school district to a charter school reduced, state portion of special education aid for unreimbursed charter school expenditures increased, and money appropriated.
1:22:06 - HF3371 (Rehrauer) Local optional revenue increased for school districts with limited referendum revenue authority, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 41 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 10 2026 - Archive Video

00:58 - HF3490 (Myers) Scholarship-granting organizations authorized.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 5 2026 - Archive Video

**No audio from 00:00 - 00:17 due to technical issue**.
01:32 - The Violence Prevention Project presentation.
42:25 - Staff comments on Safe Schools documents.
44:16 - HF3653 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased to school districts, safe schools aid to charter schools and cooperative units provided, and money appropriated.
49:12 - Testimony for HF3653 (Greene) and HF2717 (Greene).
1:34:42 - HF2717 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased, safe schools aid established, revenue expanded to all cooperative units, and money appropriated.
1:35:03 - HF3857 (Sencer-Mura) Student support personnel aid increased, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 55 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 3 2026 - Archive Video

01:39 - Department of Education overview: organization and funding.
1:04:26 - Perpich Center for Arts Education overview: program activities and funding.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, February 26 2026 - Archive Video

Department of Education presentations:.
00:58 -- Calculation of Average Daily Membership and compensatory aid.
34:02 -- Student Attendance Pilot Program participants presentation.
1:02:43 -- Attendance issues and student mental health presentations.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, February 24 2026 - Archive Video

School safety proposals:.
03:43 - HF3492 (Duran, Jr.) Commissioner of education authorized to award school safety facility grants to schools to enhance safety for students and staff, Northern Lights Express funds cancelled, and money appropriated.
1:03:50 - HF3493 (Lawrence) Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools made; and money appropriated.
40:19 - HF3495 (Duran, Jr.) School safety grant eligibility expanded to nonpublic and Tribal contract schools, and money appropriated.
1:35:20 - HF3602 (Curran) Schools required to develop school safety plans, School Safety Advisory Council established, Minnesota School Safety Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, February 19 2026 - Archive Video

04:25 - Impact of Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota's students and school communities presentations.
Runs 1 hour, 42 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Monday, April 28 2025 - Archive Video

00:33 - HF1388 (Youakim) Education finance bill (via delete-all amendment).
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Friday, April 11 2025 - Archive Video

00:35 - HF2433 (Youakim) Education finance bill.
Runs 5 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, April 3 2025 - Archive Video

00:59 - HF1966 (Berg) Minnesota Association of Alternative Program STARS (Success, Teamwork, Achievement, Recognition, and Self-esteem) program funding provided, and money appropriated.
14:58 - HF54 (Sencer-Mura) Grant authorized for Minnesota Youth Council activities, and money appropriated.
30:49 - HF2043 (Greene) Student attendance marketing campaign funding provided, and money appropriated.
48:41 - HF1171 (Rehrauer) Minnesota math corps program mission modified, and money appropriated.
1:05:25 - HF2741 (Hill) Teacher licensure provisions modified, grant programs transferred from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, April 1 2025 - Archive Video

00:34 - HF1161 (Igo) School district seasonal tax base replacement aid established, and money appropriated.
18:50 - HF2201 (Myers) Local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level limited, and money appropriated.
1:17:03 - HF2786 (Bennett) Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified.
1:26:44 - HF1053 (Bakeberg) Reenrollment after student withdrawal from school encouraged, and notification and resources required for the family of an unenrolled child.
1:40:25 - HF51 (Virnig) Education finance; roof projects authorized as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 27 2025 - Archive Video

00:52 - READ Act implementation presentation from the Department of Education.
28:28 - HF2430 (Clardy) Read Act training funding provided, and money appropriated.
31:02 - HF2433 (Youakim) Kindergarten through grade 12 education changes made; prekindergarten through grade 12 education funding provided; general education, education excellence, American Indian education, teachers, special education, facilities, school nutrition, libraries, early childhood, community education, and state agencies provisions modified; and money appropriated (Governor's education budget proposal).
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 25 2025 - Archive Video

00:44 - HF827 (Dotseth) Consolidation transition aid increased for school districts.
18:12 - HF1258 (Dotseth) School districts authorized to cooperate and share expenses to operate and maintain an ice arena.
24:55 - HF2387 (Allen) School food waste reduced, free school milk provided without the need to take full school lunch, and money appropriated.
56:31 - HF2016 (Greene) General education revenue modified to include safe schools aid for charter schools.
1:12:11 - HF2534 (Bennett) Minimum share of general education funding transferred to an area learning center increased.
1:21:40 - HF2388 (Bakeberg) Local optional aid and levy replaced with basic supplemental revenue, basic supplemental aid amount increased, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 20 2025 - Archive Video

01:04 - HF1048 (Youakim) Charter school general education revenue calculation clarified.
02:16 - HF1049 (Youakim) School district eligibility for school library aid clarified.
03:11 - HF745 (Feist) School's compensatory revenue eligibility calculated on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits, percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions, Compensatory Revenue Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.
1:17:17 - HF2210 (Rehm) Additional school unemployment aid funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 18 2025 - Archive Video

01:28 - HF630 (Mueller) Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extended.
13:43 - HF1607 (Clardy) Hours of instruction requirements modified.
35:12 - HF1435 (Bakeberg) Education innovation provided, innovation zone provisions modified, P-TECH approval process modified, and Education Innovation recodified and reorganized.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 13 2025 - Archive Video

00:53 - HF846 (Clardy) Funding provided for grants to intermediate school districts for registered special education apprenticeship programs, and money appropriated.
29:07 - HF1538 (Mueller) Teacher apprenticeships funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
1:18:32 - HF1959 (Mueller) Teacher preparation program grant eligibility modified.
1:31:49 - Teacher Recruitment and Certification Program overview.
Runs 1 hour, 47 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 11 2025 - Archive Video

02:35 - February 2025 Budget and Economic Forecast update.
58:34 - Compensatory revenue review.
1:19:46 - Formula funding overview.
Runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, March 6 2025 - Archive Video

02:13 - HF957 (Kresha) Mandate relief for school districts provided, certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to opt out of compliance with certain recently enacted state laws or rules.
1:27:00 - HF877 (Mueller) Read Act amended, and appropriations cancelled.
Runs 1 hour, 49 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 4 2025 - Archive Video

**No audio from 00:00 - 01:40 due to technical issue.
02:36 - HF984 (Clardy) Elementary counseling services for nonpublic pupils included in nonpublic pupil aid, and money appropriated.
49:53 - HF921 (Kresha) Aid and levy adjustments when a tax increment finance excess is received by a school district clarified.
50:15 - HF922 (Kresha) Aid and levy amounts for community education programs clarified.
50:35 - Postsecondary Enrollment Options presentations/discussion.
Runs 1 hour, 46 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, February 27 2025 - Archive Video

02:24 - HF29 (Kresha) Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.
Runs 1 hour, 45 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, February 25 2025 - Archive Video

01:00 - HF1034 (Kresha) Aeronautics and commercial over-the-road technical program eligible grant expenditures clarified.
04:00 - HF1 (Anderson, P.E.) Office of the Inspector General established, powers provided, duties specified, fraud reporting tools required, grant oversight duties and powers transferred, executive Offices of Inspector General modified or repealed, and money appropriated.
1:03:48 - HF779 (Kresha) Advance payment of the education credit established, education credit assignments disallowed, and report on delivering advance payments using an electronic benefits transfer card required.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, February 20 2025 - Archive Video

00:58 - HF56 (Lawrence) Safe schools aid created, student support personnel aid repealed, and money appropriated.
1:17:16 - HF780 (Kresha) Forecast adjustments to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs made, and money appropriated.
1:23:42 - Non-profit organization funding overview.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, February 18 2025 - Archive Video

01:51 - Presentation of both HF52 (Anderson, P.E.) Pupil transportation funding increased, and money appropriated, and HF53 (Hill) Education finance; transportation sparsity revenue percent amended.
20:26 - Motion to move and lay over HF53 (Hill) Education finance; transportation sparsity revenue percent amended.
21:12 - HF6 (Bennett) Read Act modified, appropriations cancelled; education innovation provisions modified; P-TECH approval process modified; Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified; and school performance reporting system established.
Runs 1 hour, 58 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Thursday, February 13 2025 - Archive Video

01:05 - Department of Education funding overview.
Runs 1 hour, 48 minutes.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, February 11 2025 - Archive Video

00:17 - Opening comments.
01:36 - Introductions.
Governor Walz education budget recommendations:.
20:00 -- Department of Education.
Runs 1 hour, 47 minutes.