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Education Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
12:30 PM, 1200 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Minutes



Present: Senator Julia E. Coleman - Chair, Senator Steve A. Cwodzinski - Chair, Senator Zach Duckworth - Vice Chair, Senator Erin K. Maye Quade - Vice Chair, Senator Jim Abeler, Senator Liz Boldon, Senator Justin D. Eichorn, Senator Grant Hauschild, Senator Mary K. Kunesh, Senator Alice Mann, Senator Jeremy R. Miller, Senator Nathan Wesenberg

Absent: No Members Absent

Senator Julia E. Coleman called the meeting to order at 12:32pm

Call to Order Senator Coleman has the gavel.


New State Requirements Affecting Local Schools: Issues and Concerns -Supt. Cory McIntyre, Anoka-Hennepin School District -Supt. Michael Thomas, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools -Supt. David Law, Minnetonka Public Schools -Supt. Jeff Drake, Fergus Falls Public Schools -John Carlson, Director of Administrative Services, Rochester Schools -Donna Friedman, Director of Administration and Human Resources, Forest Lake Area School District -Supt. Jason Berg and School Board Member Kyle Christensen, Farmington Area Schools -Supt. Ranae Case Evenson, Jordan Public Schools -Patrick Glynn, Principal, Jeffers Pond Elementary, Prior-Lake Savage Area School District -Lisa Carlson, Principal, Woodland Elementary, Rosemount Egan Apple Valley School District -Angela Charboneau-Folch, Principal, Integrated Arts Academy, Eastern Carver County Schools -Dr. Eric Nelson, Principal, Chatfield High School, Chatfield Public Schools -Aaron Nelson, Principal, Pequot Lakes High School, Pequot Lakes Public Schools -Superintendent Ryan Laager, Belle Plaine Schools.

The following individuals testified on New State Requirements Affecting Local Schools: Issues and Concerns: -Supt. Cory McIntyre, Anoka-Hennepin School District -Supt. Michael Thomas, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools -Supt. David Law, Minnetonka Public Schools -Supt. Jeff Drake, Fergus Falls Public Schools -John Carlson, Director of Administrative Services, Rochester Schools -Donna Friedman, Director of Administration and Human Resources, Forest Lake Area School District -Supt. Jason Berg and School Board Member Kyle Christensen, Farmington Area Schools -Supt. Ranae Case Evenson, Jordan Public Schools -Patrick Glynn, Principal, Jeffers Pond Elementary, Prior-Lake Savage Area School District -Lisa Carlson, Principal, Woodland Elementary, Rosemount Egan Apple Valley School District -Angela Charboneau-Folch, Principal, Integrated Arts Academy, Eastern Carver County Schools -Dr. Eric Nelson, Principal, Chatfield High School, Chatfield Public Schools -Aaron Nelson, Principal, Pequot Lakes High School, Pequot Lakes Public Schools

S.F. 334: Senator Maye Quade: Read Act implementation professional development requirements modification.

The following individuals testified on S.F.0334: -Erica Schatzlein, EL Teacher with St Paul Public Schools -Matt Hillmann, Superintendent, Northfield Public Schools -Assistant Commissioner Bobbie Burnham with the Minnesota Department of Education

Senator Cwodzinski moved that S.F. 334, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION ADOPTED.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:27pm


 
                                                                      
Senator Julia E. Coleman
                                                                      
Bridget Ritzer, Legislative Assistant