Good morning. It’s going to be a busy week for higher education at the Capitol. The House Ways and Means Committee will learn more about public higher education this morning, when MnSCU and the University of Minnesota present budget and enrollment trends to committee members. Tomorrow, MnSCU is scheduled to present the Board approved budget request of $142 million to the House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee; and on Wednesday, both MnSCU and the University of Minnesota will provide presentations to the committee regarding the results of performance funding metrics that were set in law in 2013. We will continue to keep you updated on these hearings and others throughout the week.
Today at the Capitol
10:15 a.m.
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jim Knoblach
Agenda: Presentation on Higher Education budget and enrollment trends
MNSCU: Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and Vice Chancellor Laura King
University of Minnesota: Vice President and CFO Richard Pfutzenreuter Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Robert McMaster
11:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
12:00 p.m.
Senate Environment, Economic Development and Agriculture Budget Division
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. David J. Tomassoni
Agenda:
Overview of Governor’s FY 16/17 Budget Recommendations for the Department of Labor & Industry (DOLI)
Overview of Governor’s FY 16/17 Budget Recommendations for the Department of Agriculture
12:45 p.m.
House Veterans Affairs Division
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bob Dettmer
Agenda: HF450 (Lohmer) Military Spouses and Families Day established.
HF453(Hancock) Veterans programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF546 (Dettmer) Government entity permitted to release military release forms to another government entity for purpose of locating records.
HF841(Dettmer) Resident status granted for purposes of higher education grants and scholarships to members of the state’s National guard who reside in the state.
2:00 p.m.
Senate Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Dan Sparks
Agenda:
S.F. 525-Tomassoni: Jobs training program establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 526-Tomassoni: Jobs training program and tax credit establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 468-Stumpf: Workforce housing grants program establishment.
S.F. 764-Sparks: Office of workforce housing creation; workforce housing fund, tax exemptions, and investor tax credits establishment; sales tax exemption; appropriating money.
S.F. 816-Dahms: Workforce housing grant program and appropriation; land trusts income tax credit and creation
3:30 p.m.
House in Session
4:00 p.m.
Senate State Departments and Veterans Budget Division – Veterans and Military Affairs Subdivision
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Jim Carlson
Agenda:
Presentation by Department of Military Affairs
Presentation by Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
S.F. 425-Saxhaug: Military affairs and veterans affairs appropriations
Looking Ahead
Tuesday, February 24
8:15 AM
House Education Innovation Policy
Room: Basement Hearing Room
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
Agenda: HF45 Murphy: Universal all-day preschool provided for four-year-old students
HF24 Pinto: Definition of directory information conformed to federal law
HF672 Anderson: Computer science course credit allowed to fulfill a math credit requirement
HF244 Urdahl: Teacher preparation programs approved by the state Board of Teaching efficacy data collected and reported, and money appropriated
HF 643 (Fenton): Principals’ Leadership Academy provisions modified, and money appropriated
HF727 (Wills): Postsecondary enrollment options program information provided to students and parents
HF982 (Urdahl): Public postsecondary institutions directed to give full credit to students for completed PSEO courses, and report required.
9:00 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 195-Hoffman, J.: Minnesota council on economic education grant appropriation.
S.F. 442-Wiklund: The Works museum appropriation.
S.F. 155-Wiger: School readiness aid increase and appropriation
S.F. 447-Kent: Minnesota children’s museum appropriation
S.F. 607-Kent: Minnesota reading corps program appropriation.
10:15 a.m.
House Agriculture Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Rod Hamilton
Agenda: Presentations on organizations and programs that receive pass through grants from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council
MnSCU – mental health counseling for farm families
Agricultural Societies and Associations
Second Harvest Heartland
Minnesota Turf Seed Council
Northern Crops Institute
Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association
Minnesota Horticultural Society
Minnesota State Poultry Association
Dairy Development and Profitability Enhancement (Minnesota Department of Agriculture)
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda: HF72 (Anderson, S) Education expense credit and deduction provided to apply to expenditures for prekindergarten expenses.
HF359 (Runbeck) Reading tax credit modified.
HF667 (Anderson, S) K-12 education expense credit modified, credit amount and income phaseout for the credit increased, and credit phaseout threshold adjusted for inflation.
HF798 (Knoblach) K-12 education expense subtraction and credit modified; credit extended to tuition; subtraction and credit amounts increased; income phaseout for the credit increased; and credit, subtraction amount, and credit phaseout threshold adjusted for inflation.
HF245 (Urdahl) K-12 teachers who complete master’s degree in a content area directly related to their licensure field allowed tax credit, and money appropriated.
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Budget Division
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda: S.F. 247-Nelson: Alzheimer’s and other dementias research grant program and public awareness campaign grant program established; Alzheimer’s research advisory council establishment; appropriating money.
Note: They will hear SF 247 and then proceed to hear 3 bills in the Higher Education & Workforce Development Policy Committee.
S.F. 766-Hoffman, J.: Spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury research grant program, small business grant and loan program, and spinal cord and traumatic brain injury advisory council establishment; office of higher education grants.
S.F. 293-Clausen: College savings plans income tax credit and subtraction establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 713-Clausen: Student loan debt repayment counseling pilot program establishment and appropriation.
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities budget request presentation
Wednesday, February 25
8:30 a.m.
Senate Education
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda: S.F. 334-Johnson, A.: Childhood screening program vision screening requirement modification.
MDE report on Indian Education Working Group
S.F. 271-Chamberlain: Reading income tax credit modifications.
S.F. 278-Chamberlain: Childhood literacy provisions modifications
9:00 a.m.
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Sarah Anderson
Agenda: Presentation on Contract Negotiation Process: Legislative Coordinating Commission Director Greg Hubinger
10:15 a.m.
House Agriculture Policy
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Paul Anderson
Agenda: HF475 (Quam): Sponsored agriculture education community experts allowed.
HF815 (Dill): Agricultural product motor vehicle weight limit permit requirements amended, and hauling product for use as a biofuel provided.
HF683 (Franson): Industrial hemp industry development provided for and regulated, industrial hemp research authorized, rulemaking required, possession of industrial hemp defense provided, Marijuana and Wild Hemp definitions modified, and money appropriated.
HF779 (Hamilton): Agriculture Research Education, and Technology Transfer Board established, and money appropriated.
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda: Special Presentation on American Indian Education Recommendations – Minnesota Department of Education
2:00 p.m.
Senate Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Dan Sparks
Agenda:
S.F. 472-Bonoff: High school career counseling services appropriation.
S.F. 736-Sparks: Telecommunications competitive market regulation for certain local exchange carriers.
S.F. 895-Sparks: Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) services and Internet protocol (IP)-enabled services regulation prohibition
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda: Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MnSCU) and University of Minnesota – Presentations on Performance Funding Metrics Outcomes
Thursday, February 26
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 564-Hoffman, J.: School lunch aid provisions modifications.
S.F. 163-Hoffman, J.: School district basic revenue formula allowance increase.
S.F. 541-Clausen: General education basic formula allowance increase and future annual inflationary increases authorization.
S.F. 558-Wiklund: School districts and cooperatives compensatory revenue to school sites allocation modification.
S.F. 398-Dziedzic: Collaborative urban educator recruitment and training programs appropriation
9:00 a.m.
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Sarah Anderson
Agenda: HF488 (Knoblach) – Labor agreements and compensation plans ratified
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Budget Division
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda: Confirmation of Commissioner Larry Pogemiller – Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Update – Higher Education Career Advisors Pilot Project (HECAP)
S.F. 420-Saxhaug: Rural workforce system coordinators establishment and appropriation; Minnesota youth program appropriation.
S.F. 472-Bonoff: High school career counseling services appropriation (Depending Re-referral from the Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee).
Bill Introductions
Please see the spreadsheet for the most recent higher education related bill introductions.
Thank you.
Melissa Fahning
Director of Legislative Communications
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
651-201-1757 (work) 612-483-3741 (cell)
melissa.fahning@so.mnscu.edu
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