Week 2 of the legislative session is shaping up to be as busy as Week 1. Several education committee meetings are scheduled in the House and the Senate — and some non-education committees will also discuss issues that will impact school districts.
Please scroll down for this week’s highlights.
Access key bills that were introduced on March 10:
- House: E-12 Education Bills | Higher Education Bills | Other Related Bills
- Senate: E-12 Education Bills | Higher Education Bills | Other Related Bills
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday, March 15
House Education Policy Innovation Committee
- When: 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 15
- Where: State Office Building — Basement Hearing Room
- Committee website: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=89007
- Key agenda items:
- HF 2814 (study group on K-12 teacher licensure)
- HF 2861 (task force on K-12 teacher licensure)
- HF 2794 (excused absences for performing arts)
- HF 2890 (innovation in education opportunities expanded)
Senate Education Committee
- When: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2016
- Where: Minnesota Senate Building — Room 1100
- Committee website: https://www.senate.mn/committees/committee_bio.php?ls=&cmte_id=3077
- Agenda:
- SF 2543 (Testing Innovation Zone)
- SF 2604 (Testing transparency)
- SF 2597 (Disaggregated data)
- SF 2746 (MDE MCA report requirement)
- SF 1782 (Career and technical educator licensing work group establishment)
- SF 2652 (Minnesota homelessness work group recommendations)
House Education Finance Committee
- When: 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 15
- Where: State Office Building — Room 5
- Committee website: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=89007
- Key agenda items:
- Minnesota Department of Education updates (Pearson contract and special education evaluation)
- School Trust Lands Director Update
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
- When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15
- Where: State Office Building — Room 10
- Commission website: http://www.lcpr.leg.mn
- Agenda: http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/lcpr/meetings/agendas/2016/031516agenda.htm
Wednesday, March 16
Senate Education Committee
- When: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2016
- Where: Minnesota Senate Building — Room 2412
- Committee website: https://www.senate.mn/committees/committee_bio.php?ls=&cmte_id=3077
- Agenda:
- SF 1386 (School readiness teachers licensing requirement; early childhood family education (ECFE) teacher license requirements clarification)
- SF 2308 (Dyslexia specialists requirement and appropriation)
- SF 343 (National Association for Sport and Physical Education kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks adoption requirement)
House Education Finance Committee
- When: 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 16
- Where: State Office Building — Room 5
- Committee website: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=89007
- Key agenda items:
- Early Learning update
- MDE’s Early Learning Scholarship Report
- Parent Aware update
- Northside Achievement Zone update
- St. Paul Promise Neighborhood update
- Education Partnerships (Red Wing, Northfield, St. Cloud) update
Thursday, March 17
House Education Policy Innovation Committee
- When: 8:15 a.m. Thursday, March 17
- Where: State Office Building — Basement Hearing Room
- Key agenda items:
- HF 2762 (education commissioner directed to develop plan to ensure privacy and security of students’ personally identifiable information)
- HF 2898 (student privacy in data on electronic devices provided by an educational institution protected, and penalties provided)
- HF 2899 (student privacy with respect to electronic data in student information systems protected, and penalties provided)
- HF 2900 (student privacy in personal electronic devices on campus protected, and civil penalties provided)
- HF 2813 (statutes governing parental rights in education cross-reference directory created)
- HF 2671 (student data access addressed, disclosure requirements affecting personally identifiable information about a student clarified, information in electronic student education records managed, student survey requirements established, and civil penalties provided)
Senate Education Committee
- When: 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2016
- Where: Minnesota Senate Building — Room 2412
- Committee website: https://www.senate.mn/committees/committee_bio.php?ls=&cmte_id=3077
- Key agenda items:
- SF 1364 (Student Support Services Personnel Act)
- SF XXXX (Action on teacher licensure renaming, technical streamlining changes)
- SF XXXX (Office of Legislative Auditor work group)
- SF XXXX (Nelson) — Tiered licensure.
House Government Operations and Elections Policy Committee
- When: 10:15 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2016
- Where: State Office Building — Basement Hearing Room
- Committee website: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cmte/Home/?comm=89011
- Agenda: HF 2603 (open meeting law modified, open meeting with public comment prior to land acquisition required)
