Upcoming Meetings and Events
House
Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division
Tuesday, February 12 8:00 AM Room: Capitol 120 Agenda: HF825 - Child care businesses in low-income urban areas run by two women pilot program funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated. HF837 - Early childhood screening funding provided, and money appropriated. HF908 - Child care business training funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
Thursday, February 14 8:00 AM Room: Capitol 120 Agenda: Parent Aware
Education Finance Division
Tuesday, February 12 9:45 AM ***Cancelled***
Wednesday, February 13, 9:45 AM Room: 5 State Office Building Chair: Rep. Jim Davnie Agenda: Presentations on full service community schools.
Thursday, February 14 9:45 AM Room: 5 State Office Building Agenda: HF907 - After-school community learning program funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
Education Policy Division
Tuesday, February 12 2:30 PM Room: 5 State Office Building Agenda: HF116 -School districts authorized to renew expiring referendums by action of school board. HF163 - School board vacancy technical changes made.
Wednesday, February 13 2:30 PM Room: 5 State Office Building Agenda: HF606 - Student absence from school for religious holidays modified, and employee leave for religious holidays required. HF314 - School districts allowed to begin school year before Labor Day. HF531 - School districts authorized to begin the school year before Labor Day in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.
Senate
Committee on E-12 Finance and Policy
Monday, February 11 3:00 PM Room 1100 Minnesota Senate Bldg. Agenda: S.F. 7 - Safe schools program revenue increase and appropriation. S.F. 734 - Teacher suicide prevention training and appropriation. S.F. 247 - Unclaimed drugs and medications in schools disposal authorization. S.F. 389 - Alternative fire drills for schools and educational institutions requirement. S.F. 580 - Nonpublic pupil aid calculation modification and appropriation. S.F. 177 - School safety assessment teams requirement and appropriation.
Wednesday, February 13 3:00 PM
Room 1100 Minnesota Senate Bldg.
Agenda:
S.F. 482 - Individualized education program (IEP) requirements to permit reporting of student performance on assessments modification.
S.F. 749 - Education alternative dispute resolution and due process hearings conciliation conference repeal.
S.F. 244 - Anderson, P. School conciliation conference requirements for individualized education program team modification.
S.F. 640 - Disabled students individualized education plans transition from secondary to postsecondary services grade 9 planning requirement elimination.
S.F. 717 - Disabled students individualized education plan (IEP) functional behavior assessment authorization.
S.F. 159 - Individualized education program requirements modification.
Mark Your Calendar
The
governor's budget must be developed and presented to the Legislature on Tuesday, February 19.
Deadlines for Bills Announced
(1) The first deadline, March 15, 2019, at 11:59 p.m., is for committees to act favorably on bills in the house of origin.
(2) The second deadline, March 29, 2019, at 11:59 p.m., is for committees to act favorably on bills, or companions of bills, that met the first deadline in the other house.
(3) The third deadline, April 12, 2019, at 11:59 p.m., is for committees to act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills.
Mark your calendars for MSBA's
Day at the Capitol on Monday, March 25.
The Weekly Advocate is delivered via email each Monday and is your "go-to" for education legislation.
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