Yesterday at the Capitol
The House Ways and Means Committee met yesterday and heard from Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans on Governor Mark Dayton’s supplemental budget, which includes $142 million for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The committee is scheduled to meet tonight to unveil the House budget targets at 7:00 p.m.
Today at the Capitol
8:15 a.m.
House Education Innovation Policy
Room: Basement hearing room
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
Agenda:
HF704 (Howe) Enrollment options provisions modified
HF1428 (Moran) Homeless children qualified for early educational services
HF552 (Gunther) Commissioner of employment and economic development provided funding for career counseling services, and money appropriated
HF1709 (Murphy) Full-service community schools provided, and money appropriated
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 1116-Reinert: Duluth children’s museum grant appropriation.
S.F. 441-Jensen: Community education youth after-school enrichment revenue funding increase.
S.F. 676-Dahle: Crosswinds integration magnet school and charter schools small schools generation eligibility establishment.
S.F. 1031-Weber: Regional office of career and technical education and regional career and technical education advisory committee appropriations.
S.F. 1481-Nelson: Career and technical programs levy nonlicensed community expert personnel inclusion.
S.F. 1482-Nelson: Teacher development and evaluation revenue general education revenue inclusion.
S.F. 488-Dahle: Carver, Scott, and LeSueur counties intermediate school district creation.
S.F. 1750-Hayden: W. Matthew Little Cultural and Educational Excellence Center planning grant appropriation.
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda: HF1591 (Erickson) Early childhood and kindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided
2:00 p.m.
Senate Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda:
SF1240 (Sparks) Large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program appropriation
SF1286 (Dziedzic) Summer academic enrichment program establishment and appropriation
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda:
HF1170 (Bennett) Teacher shortage loan forgiveness program provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HF1392 (Bennett) Student assessment provisions modified, and number of required state tests reduced.
HF1063 (Backer) Mental health peer specialist training and outreach provided; clubhouse program service medical assistance coverage established; intensive community rehabilitation services, suicide prevention, intensive treatment for adolescents and young adults, and housing for individuals with mental illness funding provided; and money appropriated.
HF1996 (Heintzman) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities new transfer pathways implemented, and money appropriated.
HF1479 (Wills) Contributions for higher education expenses tax credit and subtraction established.
HF1391 (Urdahl) College Possible funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated
HF1658 (Nornes) Technical and policy changes to provisions related to higher education made, certain institutions prohibited from limiting access to a student’s transcript, procedures to terminate a postsecondary institution’s eligibility for state student aid programs provided, and SELF loan terms modified.
HF1285 (Whelan) Public postsecondary institution disseminated material disclosures required.
(3/23/2015) H1392A2 Amendment.pdf
(3/23/2015) H1479A2 Amdendment.pdf
(3/23/2015) H1658DE1 Amendment.pdf
(3/23/2015) H1285DE2 Amendment.pdf
5:30 p.m.
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Room: 10, State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim O’Driscoll
Agenda:
H.F. 284 (O’Driscoll); S.F. 54 (Pappas): TRA administrative bill.
H.F. 285 (O’Driscoll); S.F. 55 (Pappas): PERA administrative bill.
H.F. 661 (O’Driscoll); S.F. 589 (Pappas): MSRS administrative bill.
H.F. 1508 (O’Driscoll); S.F. 1398 (Pappas): Public retirement plans; Revision or elimination of outdated or obsolete provisions.
H.F. 1997 (Gunther); S.F. 1877 (Rosen): PERA; Service credit purchase for period of Nashville township omitted contributions.
Amendment LCPR1504A-1A: SPTRFA; Post-retirement adjustment mechanism revision.
Consideration of MSRS and PERA contribution rate revisions.
Review and final action on the 2015 Omnibus Retirement Bill.
7:00 p.m.
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jim Knoblach
Agenda: House Budget Resolution adoption
Looking Ahead
Wednesday, March 25
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 1364-Kent: Student Support Services Personnel Act.
S.F. 557-Clausen: Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) based course grants appropriation.
S.F. 1528-Hoffman, J.: Postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) program modifications.
S.F. 1206-Johnson, A.: Full-service community schools establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 1437-Wiklund: Wilderness inquiry research and teacher professional development appropriation.
S.F. 1323-Saxhaug: School districts local optional levy equalization increase.
11:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
12:45 p.m.
House Job Growth & Energy Affordability Policy and Finance
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Pat Garofalo
Agenda:
HF2026 (Gunther) Uniform outcome reporting modified.
HF1136 (Dean) Performance-based grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF1023 (Hamilton) Employment services for deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing persons grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF939 (Baker) Career education and job skills training funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF701 (Theis) Boys and Girls Club provided grant funding, and money appropriated.
HF540 (Knoblach) Big Brothers Big Sisters provided grant money, and money appropriated.
HF1627 (Lien) Adult workforce program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF551 (O’Neill) Competency standards for dual training identification required by commissioner of labor and industry, dual training competency grant program created, and money appropriated (pending referral from the Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy Committee)
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda: Bills may be taken in any order.
HF648 (Quam) Career and technical education funding provisions modified.
HF1542 (Selcer) School and district data reported on foreign exchange and study abroad programs, and foreign exchange and study abroad programs and policies encouraged.
HF2039 (Garofalo) Pupil transportation procedures for nonresident charter school pupils modified.
2:00 p.m.
Senate State and Local Government
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Patricia Torres Ray
Agenda:
S.F. 1432-Marty: Pollution control agency (PCA) policy provisions modifications.
S.F. 1828-Reinert: Resolution memorializing Congress and the President of the United States to provide funding to maintain and restore the historic Fort Snelling Officers’ Club building and to provide additional funding to support the valuable services of the 934th Airlift Wing at the club.
S.F. 820-Sparks: Agriculture research, education and technology transfer board establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 1136-Hoffman, J.: Accessibility signs modification requirements; traffic, parking, restroom signs and state agency printed and digital media accessibility modifications requirements and appropriation.
S.F. 1115-Carlson, J.: Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses state procurement and contract bid preference requirement.
S.F. 1786-Eaton: Gambling provisions modifications.
S.F. 417-Dahle: Professional licensed engineers licensing requirements clarification.
S.F. 1419-Pappas: Latino affairs, African heritage and Asian-Pacific Minnesotans councils as part of legislative branch authorization.
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda:
HF1928 (Pugh) Student loan entrance counseling required, and money appropriated.
HF420 (O’Neill) New STEM and long-term care employees provided tax credit.
HF1605 (Nornes) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities funding provided for capital improvements and betterments, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2083 (Davids) Student loan principal payment tax subtraction allowed
HF2084 (Davids) Student loan principal and interest payment refundable credit allowed, and money appropriated
(3/23/2015) H0420A5 Amendment.pdf
(3/23/2015) H1605DE1 Amendment.pdf
Thursday, March 26
8:15 a.m.
House Education Innovation Policy
Room: Basement hearing room
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
HF1676 (Kelly) Educational partnership fund established, and money appropriated
HF1838 (Mariani) Charter school provisions modified
HF1930 (Hamilton) Hmong and Southeast Asian children and family program provided to engage in accessing early childhood care and education, health and developmental screening, and reading assessments
HF498 (Dettmer) Physical education standards and benchmarks provided, assessments required, and graduation requirements amended
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 112 Capitiol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 1124-Stumpf: Teacher development evaluation revenue and equalized levy funding and appropriations.
S.F. 961-Jensen: Agricultural educator grant program establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 741-Saxhaug: School district transportation sparsity formula modification.
S.F. 1245-Johnson, A.: Video resource grant program establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 995-Clausen: Concurrent education enrollment program establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 991-Wiger: Race 2 Reduce schools water conservation programming grants appropriation.
10:15 a.m.
House Taxes
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Greg Davids
Agenda:
HF1955 (Urdahl) Teacher mentorship program importance reaffirmed, taxable income modifications made, and money appropriated
HF1956 (Urdahl) School year-long student teach programs made part of teacher preparation, report on tax credit for student teachers required, and money appropriated
HF1994 (Carlson) Exemption for sales broadened to nonprofit groups
HF1775 (Davids) Federal tax burdens required to be included in tax incidence study
HF89 (Davnie) Instructional materials tax exemption modified
11:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
12:00 p.m.
Senate Judiciary
Room: 15 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Ron Latz
Agenda:
S.F. 1039-Metzen: Deputy registrar electronic medium records storage authorization.
S.F. 1025-Housley: Public participation in government protections modifications.
S.F. 239-Eaton: Crime of financial exploitation of vulnerable adult addition to definition of designated offense in forfeiture laws.
S.F. 1768-Jensen: Active firefighter deaths reporting requirement to state fire marshal; volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty continued health insurance coverage requirement.
S.F. 782-Jensen: Insurance fraud prevention regulations modifications.
S.F. 1300-Benson: Postsecondary education institutions sexual harassment and sexual violence policies modification.
S.F. 1556-Carlson, J.: Cell phone use during second or subsequent driving violation minimum fine establishment.
S.F. 986-Carlson, J.: Careless driving resulting in death or great bodily harm gross misdemeanor penalty.
S.F. 999-Limmer: Application for discharge of judgment filing exclusion from court administrator filing fee.
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Budget Division
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda:
S.F. 1153-Hoffman, J.: Undergraduate students merit-based academic excellence grant program establishment.
S.F. 1817-Dahle: Young farmer summer seminar and practicum program establishment and appropriation
3:30 p.m.
House in Session
Bill Introductions
Please see the attached spreadsheet for the 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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