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Education Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
12:30 PM, 1200 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Minutes

Present: Senator Steve A. Cwodzinski - Chair, Senator Julia E. Coleman, Senator Jim Abeler, Senator Mary K. Kunesh, Senator Alice Mann

Absent: Senator Erin K. Maye Quade - Vice Chair, Senator Liz Boldon, Senator Zach Duckworth, Senator Grant Hauschild, Senator Nathan Wesenberg

Senator Steve A. Cwodzinski called the meeting to order at

All Star Day Speakers

Shannon Seaver,Co-lead of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) department, Edina Public Schools, Tekne Tech Educator of the Year Sarah Dallum, 5th grade teacher at Valley View Elementary,Bloomington Public Schools, 2024 Teacher of the year finalist Leah Hood, Art teacher, Lakeville S. High School, MN Human Rights Award Joe Gothard, St. Paul Public Schools, National Superintendent of the Year Leigh Feily, School Psychologist of the Year, Edina Public Schools Mindy Chevalier, Principal of the Year, Assistant principal, Belle Plaine Public Schools Laura Jensen, Hopkins North Middle School, 7th grade Language Arts and Literature teacher, 2024 Teacher of the Year finalist Eric Sawatzke, Mn Ag Educator of the year, West Central Area Public Schools Nyisha Williams, Hopkins School District Director of Transportation, 2023 recipient Holly Hoglund Klein Award Laura Jensen, reading teacher, GSA advisor, district community LGBTQ+ liaison Hopkins North Middle School, teacher of the year finialistr Derek Anderson, Northstar Bus Driver, 2023 MN Association of Pupil Transportation, Special Education Driver of the year Rachel Lund, Elementary School Counselor of the Year, Garden City Schools Tanya Shroyer, Middle School Counselor of the Year, Pipestone Area Schools Tara Thukral, Director of Teaching and Learning, Columbia Heights Public Schools. Todd Travis, Special Education Administrator of the Year, Director of Special Education, Midwest Special Education Cooperative Lida Casper, Coordinator of Community Partnerships, Rochester Public Schools Lynn Jennissen,Minnesota Assistant Principal of the Year, St. Michael-Albertville Middle School West

The meeting was adjourned at 2:30


 
                                                                      
Senator Steve A. Cwodzinski, Chair
                                                                      
Chelsea Barks, Legislative Assistant