Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer

Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
8:30 AM, 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Minutes



Present: Senator Mary K. Kunesh - Chair, Senator Jason Rarick - Chair, Senator Robert D. Farnsworth - Vice Chair, Senator Heather Gustafson - Vice Chair, Senator Steve A. Cwodzinski, Senator Karin Housley, Senator Michael E. Kreun, Senator Andrew R. Lang, Senator Eric Lucero, Senator Erin K. Maye Quade, Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten, Senator Bonnie S. Westlin

Absent: No Members Absent

Senator Mary Kunesh called the meeting to order at 8:35 am

Call to Order


Student Attendance Pilot Program Update a. Colleen Kabel, Director of Student Retention & Recovery, Minneapolis Public Schools b. Bondo Nyembwe, Associate Superintendent, Columbia Heights Public Schools c. Mark Morrison, Superintendent, Chisholm public Schools (Remote) d. Anji McAndrews, Director of Student Engagement and School Climate, Rochester Public Schools.

The following individuals testified on Student Attendance Pilot Program Update: Colleen Kabel, Director of Student Retention & Recovery, Minneapolis Public Schools Bondo Nyembwe, Associate Superintendent, Columbia Heights Public Schools Mark Morrison, Superintendent, Chisholm public Schools (Remote) Anji McAndrews, Director of Student Engagement and School Climate, Rochester Public Schools

S.F. 133: Senator Weber: Student support personnel aid allowable uses expansion.

The following individuals testified on S.F.0133: Dr. Amber Bruns, Clinical Director of Behavioral Health Services, Southwest West Central Service Cooperative Dr. Noel Schmidt, Superintendent, Rock Ridge Schools Jeff Burgess, Superintendent, Mesabi East Schools (Remote) Julia Messenger, School Social Worker, MN School Social Workers Association Representative (Remote) Calli Moreau, M.A., NCC, Board Chair, MN School Councilor Association, Licensed School Councilor, White Bear Lake Schools (Remote) Kate Lynne Snyder, Education Minnesota, Lobbyist

Senator Rarick moved that S.F. 133, as amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. - MOTION PREVAILED.

Student Attendance and Truancy Legislative Study Group Report Presented by: Nick Nigro, Research Analyst for the Legislative Coordinating Commission.

The following individuals testified on Student Attendance and Truancy Legislative Study Group Report: Nick Nigro, Research Analyst for the Legislative Coordinating Commission

Adjournment


The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 am


 
                                                                      
Senator Mary K. Kunesh, Chair
                                                                      
Tessa Yeager, Legislative Assistant