Tuesday, April 5
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 2412 Minnesota Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 2813 (Johnson, A.) Full-service community schools funding increase.
S.F. 2394 (Wiger) Referendum equalization revenue, aid, and levy calculation modification.
S.F. 2318 (Hoffman, J.) School district basic revenue formula allowance increase.
S.F. 2329 (Hoffman, J.) School finance supplemental compensatory revenue formula establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 2861 (Jensen) Minnesota State University, Mankato teacher on special assignment and graduate teaching fellowship program appropriation.
S.F. 2411 (Franzen) Early learning scholarships, home vising programs, and parent aware activities increased funding and modifications; appropriation.
S.F. 2308 (Chamberlain) Literacy/dyslexia specialists requirement and appropriation.
S.F. 2306 (Wiger) Deaf or hard-of-hearing children special education services eligibility charter school enrollment authorization.
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda:
HF2750 (Fenton) School board authority to reallocate school district revenue granted, authority to reallocate money among school district accounts and funds made permanent.
HF3129 (Kresha) School district group health insurance coverage regulated.
HF3387 (Peterson) Compensatory revenue use modified, and school boards granted additional flexibility to allocate compensatory revenue.
HF3500 (Slocum) State-generated special education paperwork reduced.
HF3522 (Loon) School district early learning programs continuity increased.
HF3679 (Loon) Summary student disciplinary data involving assaults on district employees publication required, teachers' interest in receiving prior notice about students placed in their classroom who have a history of violent behavior and authority to manage student behavior affirmed, state fund for district and school employees harmed by student violence established, and money appropriated.
HF3166 (Loon) Educator licensure account in the special revenue fund created, duties clarified, and money appropriated.
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Budget Division
Room 1100 Minnesota Senate Bldg.
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda:
SF2375 (Jensen) Teacher loan forgiveness program appropriation.
SF3275 (Dahle) Center for applied research and education improvement (CAREI) appropriation.
SF2253 (Nelson) Office of higher education student loan refinancing requirement for emergency circumstances.
SF2631 (Clausen) Principals leadership institute provisions modification and appropriations.
SF3163 (Eken) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) online early childhood teacher preparation program establishment and appropriation.
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes Agenda:
HF3553 (Pugh) Mental health and developmental disabilities ombudsman required to monitor drug trials.
HF3378 (Dean) University of Minnesota Board of Regents institutional review board activity enhancement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3733 (Nornes) State grant amounts recalculated.
HFXXXX (Isaacson) Office of higher education support grants, student and employer connection information system, and appropriations
HF2865 (Whelan) University of Minnesota appropriations in fiscal year 2017 modified, University of Minnesota fiscal year 2018 funding provided, and legislative findings related to the disposal of fetal tissue use in academic research made.
2:45 p.m.
House Health and Human Services Reform
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tara Mack
Agenda: HF3241 (Albright) Health professional training site grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF3199 (Albright) Ombudsman office for long-term care, mental health treatment services, and miscellaneous policy provisions modified.
HF3170 (Pierson) Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544, positive support strategies and restrictive interventions, legislatively approved.
HF3486 (Pierson) Disability waiver rate system modified.
HF3429 (Pierson) Early preventive dental intervention and care for infants and toddlers pilot program developed, and money appropriated.
HF3228 (Murphy) MNsure 2016 open enrollment operations and performance evaluation requested.
HF2703 (Zerwas) Human services commissioner required to develop a process to allow federally qualified health centers to determine presumptive eligibility.
HF2661 (Baker) Children's mental health collaboratives funding provided, and money appropriated.
4:00 p.m.
Senate Capital Investment
Room: 1200 Minnesota Senate Building
Chair: Sen. LeRoy A. Stumpf
Agenda: Asset Preservation
5:30 p.m.
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim O'Driscoll
Agenda:
Amendment H2807-2A: Commission staff technical corrections.
Amendment H2807-4A related to HF2785 (Loon); SF2536 (Hann): Effective date change for the service pension maximums previously adopted by the Commission, applicable to the Eden Prairie Firefighter Relief Association.
HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment.
Items laid over for possible inclusion in the 2016 Omnibus Pension Bill:
HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment.
HF1919 (Daniels); SF1972 (Lourey): MSRS-General; Department of Corrections former Correction Counselor 1 Trainees, authorize purchases of prior service credit for Rule of 90 eligibility.
HFxxxx (Whelan, by request); SFxxxx, Revisor #15-3939: MSRS-General; Purchase of allowable service credit for state internship employment and Rule of 90 eligibility for one former OLA intern.
HF2560 (Zerwas); SFxxxx: PERA-P&F; Authorize payment of duty disability benefits and benefit recalculation for former Fridley police officer.
HF3351 (Theis); SF2890 (Pederson): MnSCU-IRAP, PERA; Service credit purchase; St. Cloud State University employee.
HF3422 (Knoblach), as amended; SFxxxx: MnSCU-IRAP, TRA; Authorize MnSCU employee to repay refund and elect prospective/retroactive TRA coverage.
HF3718 (Metsa); SF3366 (Tomassoni): MnSCU-IRAP, TRA; Coverage election for certain Mesabi Range Community and Technical College faculty members not offered a coverage election upon reaching tenure.
HF2810 (Howe), Sec. 2 only; SF2743 (Pappas), Sec. 3 only: PERA-P&F; Modifying public safety officer death benefits; adopting definitions of the Hometown Heroes Act (section 2 only).
HF3136 (Thissen); SF2853 (Pappas): Increasing the maximum permissible employer contribution to a supplemental laborers pension fund.
HF3716 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: MSRS; Fairview Hospital privatized employees; revising augmentation rates, revising exception regarding public reemployment.
HFxxxx; SFxxxx (Revisor #16-7264): Minnesota public pension plans; additional sources of funding authorized.
Wednesday, April 6
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 2412 Minnesota Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 3095-Sieben: Four-year-old prekindergarten program authorization.
S.F. 3381-Schmit: School districts and charter schools technology and facilities aid (generation connect aid) appropriation.
S.F. 2231-Dahle: School district equalized debt service levies calculation modification. scs2231a-2 (PDF)
S.F. 2236-Lourey: School district enhanced debt service equalization for districts in unique situations.
MDE finance
10:15 a.m.
House Government Operations and Elections Policy
Room: Basement Hearing Room
Chair: Rep. Tim Sanders
Agenda: SF2850 (Urdahl) Minnesota State Capitol grand reopening fund-raising authorized.
HF1235 (Anderson) Farmer-Lender Mediation Act extended for two years, advisory task force established, report required, and law repealed that would have extended the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act until June 30, 2017 if the legislature did not meet in regular session during calendar year 2016.
HF3313 (Christensen) Student Discipline Working Group created to review the substance, application, and effect of Minnesota's Pupil Fair Dismissal Act and make recommendations to the legislature.
HF3770 (Kelly) Cannon Falls; metropolitan area definition modified.
HF2915 (Albright) Federal funds received by the state annual report required.
HF2932 (Pugh) Hennepin County energy forward pricing holding period and expiration date modified.
HF3644 (Wagenius) Sewer availability charges imposed on eating and drinking establishments that add or expand outdoor seating regulated.
10:15 a.m.
House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tony Cornish
Agenda:
HF3308 (Pugh) Family law case alternative dispute resolution information required to be provided by the court.
HF2014 (Petersburg) Driveway permit denial or revocation appeal process provided.
HF1291 (Nash) County attorney considered as attorney for any town in which a violation occurs for purposes of court fines, penalties and forfeitures
HF3622 (Lesch) Test refusal provisions for driving while impaired amended
HF3369 (Lohmer) Senroty testing service alcohol use allowed
HF1765 (Hilstrom) Statue of limitation amended
HF2803 (Zerwas) Emergency admission early termination notice requirements specifed
HF3517 (Newberger) Unmanned aerial vehicl use prohibited near public safety helicopters
11:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jennifer Loon
Agenda: HF2449 (Bennett) Minnesota Reading Corps funding increased, and money appropriated.
HF2902 (Loon) Unexpended appropriation canceled.
HF3043 (Loon) Maximum effort capital loan additional early repayments authorized.
HF3523 (Loon) Charter schools authorized to participate in the school readiness program, and money appropriated.
HF2944 (Mariani) All students, including low-income and minority students, provided with improved and equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers.
HF3254 (Knoblach) St. Cloud Area School District preschool pilot program for low-income students and English language learners grant provided, and money appropriated.
12:45 p.m.
Job Growth & Energy Affordability Policy and Finance
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Pat Garofalo
Agenda: HF3717 (Hamilton) Lewis and Clark Regional Water System provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3532 (Dean) Performance-based grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF3512 (O'Neill) Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council recommendations adopted.
HF3508 (Fabian) Public Utilities Commission member election at the state general election provided.
HF3435 (Baker) Child care business start-up manual, grants to promote child care business start-up and expansion provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3097 (Moran) African Economic Development Solutions funding provided, and money appropriated. HF3658 (Rarick) Construction career pathway initiative provided, and money appropriated.
HF3458 (Erickson) Lake Mille Lacs area economic relief program established, special property tax abatement aid authorized, and money appropriated.
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda: HF3789 (Nornes) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities two-year college program administration provided, and money appropriated.
HF3326 (Nornes) Continuing education program establishment authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3371 (Nornes) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities online early childhood teacher preparation program development funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3601 (Norton) Greater Minnesota internship program modified, grant program established, tax credit repealed, and money appropriated.
HF3519 (Pelowski) Regent Candidate Advisory Council repealed.
HF3526 (Heintzeman) Open textbook usage encouraged, and money appropriated.
HF2925 (Hortman) State grant amount and availability increased.
HF2500 (Thissen) Student support services program support funding provided, and money appropriated.
Thursday, April 7
8:30 a.m.
Senate E-12 Budget Division
Room: 2412 Minnesota Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda: SF2287 (Kent) Minnesota children's museum appropriation.
SF2392 (Clausen) Intermediate school districts and school cooperatives serving certain children with disabilities staff development funding authorization and appropriation.
SF3276 (Johnson, A.) Struggling students in grades 3 to 5 help to read at grade level pilot project establishment and appropriation.
SF2463 (Latz) Community education revenue program funding and minimum population guarantee increases.
SF3196 (Wiklund) Outdoor Place-Based Education Act.
SF2545 (Bonoff) Charter schools cash flow adjustment modification.
SF2370 (Bonoff) Southwest Minnesota State University special education teacher program establishment and appropriation.
8:30 a.m.
Senate Health and Human Services Budget Division
Room: 1200 Minnesota Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Tony Lourey
Agenda: SF 2755 (Dibble) Homeless youth act appropriation.
SF2468 (Clausen) Primary care and mental health professions clinical training expansion grant program establishment and appropriation.
SF3049 (Jensen) Minnesota initiative foundations appropriation.
SF2762 (Franzen) Integrated behavioral health care coordination model pilot project establishment.
SF2541 (Lourey) MinnesotaCare provisions modifications.
SF2552 (Sheran) Health care providers and hospitals tax repeal elimination; health care access fund money use clarification; provider primary care payment rates increase authorization.
SF2497 (Hayden) Medical assistance (MA) and MinnesotaCare continuous eligibility establishment.
SF2984 (Hayden) Crisis nursery services appropriation.
SF2422 (Hayden) Low-income uninsured adults and children ineligible for medical assistance (MA) or MinnesotaCare health care program establishment.
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Budget Division
Room: 1100 Minnesota Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Terri Bonoff
Agenda: SF2492 (Dahle) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) and University of Minnesota (U of M) tuition freeze requirement.
SF2484 (Dahle) Higher education state grant amount and availability increase.
SF3219 (Clausen) Higher education state grant amounts calculation regulation.
SF3164 (Eken) Greater Minnesota internship modification, grant program establishment and appropriation. SF3170 (Eken) Senior care career opportunities educational materials development appropriation.
SF2841 (Sheran) TRIO student support services appropriation.
SF3346 (Bonoff) College attendance grant program intervention broadening and appropriation.