Committee deadlines have been set
The House and Senate released committee deadlines for the 2019 legislative session. The first deadline, Friday,
March 15
, is for committees to act favorably on bills in the house of origin. By
March 29
, committees must act favorably on bills, or companion bills, that met the first deadline in the other body. This is the second deadline. Appropriation and finance bills, the third bill deadline, must be approved by committee by
April. 12
.
As a reminder, the 2019 Easter/Passover break will begin Saturday,
April 13
, and go through Monday,
April 22
. Legislative activity will resume Tuesday,
April 23
.
House Education and Labor Committee announces new members
In Washington D.C. last week, the House Committee on Education and Labor held its first organizational meeting and announced committee and subcommittee members for the 116th Congress.
Under the leadership of committee Chairman, Bobby Scott (D-VA) the Democrats added a number of additional committee members, including Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, from Minnesota Congressional District 5.
Additionally, leaders of subcommittees were announced. For the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, the Chair is Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) and the Ranking Member is Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11). Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, District 5, is also a member of this Subcommittee. A full list of committee and subcommittee members may be viewed
HERE
.
Minnesota State scheduled to present legislative requests this week
Tomorrow, the House Capital Investment committee will hear from Minnesota State at 8:00 a.m. in room 10 of the State Office Building regarding the system’s
2019 bonding request
, as well as an update on the 2017 and 2018 bonding projects and an update on asset preservation.
Later that day (see details below), the Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy committee will receive a presentation from Minnesota State regarding the system’s bonding needs.
On Wednesday afternoon (see details below), Minnesota State will be before the House
H
igher Education Finance and Policy committee to present the
system’s biennial budget request
.
The system’s $246 million request, includes $169 million to fund the campus inflationary costs at three percent. The investment will support the financial health of every campus, protect access and affordability, improve student success, reduce economic and racial disparities and help meet Minnesota’s critical need for talent.
The other components of Minnesota State’s budget request includes $37 million for critical technology replacement of the twenty year-old outdated ISRS data system. Across the state, the system processes more than 100,000 financial transactions each business day, as well as more than one million student logins that take place at the start of each semester. The system’s technology infrastructure is used daily by 400,000 people, including faculty, staff and students.
In order to strengthen access through tuition strategies and address the workforce opportunity gap, the remaining request includes $25 million for two new grant programs for students to help them advance and succeed. There is also $15 million in Minnesota State’s budget request to address the workforce gap through innovative career, technical, and professional programming serving business and industry. Funding will help strengthen and expand the K-12 career and technical pipeline and grow K-12 collaborative programming, and develop new teacher education pathways in career and technical education in support of K-12 and higher education programming.
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This Week at the Capitol
Monday, February 4
11:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
12:45 p.m.
House Greater Minnesota Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Agenda:
Presentation from Rep. Gene Pelowski "History of How Minnesota Deals with Disasters: the Creation of Chapters 12A & 12B
1:00 p.m.
Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy
Room: 1150 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Eric R. Pratt
Agenda:
S.F. 610-Anderson, P.: Summit Academy OIC appropriation.
S.F. 536-Jasinski: Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program appropriation
3:00 p.m.
Senate E-12 Finance and Policy
Room: 1100 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Carla J. Nelson
Agenda:
S.F. 15-Goggin: Military, skilled trades and manufacturing career options access by school districts requirement.
S.F. 295-Nelson: P-TECH schools establishment and appropriation.
S.F. 293-Nelson: Construction and skilled trades career counseling commissioner of education collaboration requirement; safety of youth in skilled trades report requirement.
S.F. 94-Eichorn: Postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) nonpublic 10th grade student enrollment authorization and appropriation.
S.F. 19-Cwodzinski: Personal finance course for high school graduation requirement.
3:30 p.m.
House in Session
Tuesday, February 5
8:00 a.m.
House Capital Investment Division
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Agenda:
Continuation of American Society of Civil Engineers Minnesota – Infrastructure Report Card
U of MN – Status of 2017-18 bonding, 2019 capital budget requests, and Asset Preservation Report
MN State – Status of 2017-18 bonding, 2019 capital budget requests, and Asset Preservation Report
8:00 a.m.
House Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Agenda:
HF 63 (Sauke) Bridges to Healthcare
HF 367 (Davnie) Loan resolution and financial stability program funding
HF 139 (Xiong, J) Culturally specific emergency medical services training funding.
HF 137 (Ecklund) Workforce development training program available funding extended
8:00 a.m.
House Taxes
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Agenda:
HF 503 (Xiong, T) Student loan credit calculation modified.
HF 502 (Becker-Finn) Student loan credit made refundable.
9:45 a.m.
House Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jeanne Poppe
Agenda:
Day 1 of Food Week: Framing the Issue of Food Insecurity
I. Healthy Food Access Study: Demographics and factors contributing to food access challenges and food insecurity
- Ela Rausch, Project Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
II. Health and economic impacts of food access challenges and food insecurity
- Vayong Moua, Director of Health Equity Advocacy, Blue Cross Blue Shield
III. Rural Grocery Survey
- Dr. Bev Durgan, Dean, UM-Extension & Kathy Draeger, Statewide Director, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, UM - Extension
IV. Good Food Access Update
- MN Dept. of Agriculture
IV. HF 436 (Poppe) Good Food Access Funding
- Lorna Schmidt, American Heart Association
- Corey Christianson, owner of KC’s Market in Badger
- Ben Devore, farmer from Cimarron Farm, Lake Elmo
- Lori Throp, Executive Director, The Food Group which operates “Fare for All”
-Lars Kuehnow, Neighborhood Program Officers with Duluth LISC
1:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy
Room: 15 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Paul T. Anderson
Agenda:
Presentations from the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State regrading HEAPR and capital investment needs of the systems
2:30 p.m.
House Higher Education Finance & Policy Division
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Connie Bernardy
Agenda:
Minnesota State Council on Disability & the PACER Center Presentation
Minnesota Department of Education Presentation on Postsecondary Enrollment Options
2:30 p.m.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy
Room: Capitol 120
Chair: Rep. Rob Ecklund
Agenda:
HF119 (Sundin) Helmets to Hard Hats grant funding provided, and money appropriated
HF120 (Gunther) Military veterans job tax credit provided
HF202 (Anderson) Decommissioned military vehicle registration and use authorized
HF213 (Dettmer) School counseling provisions modified to encourage armed forces career options
Wednesday, February 6
2:30 p.m.
House Higher Education Finance & Policy Division
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Connie Bernardy
Agenda: Minnesota State Budget Request Presentation
3:00 p.m.
Senate E-12 Finance and Policy
Room: 1100 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Carla J. Nelson
Agenda:
S.F. 651-Chamberlain: Dyslexia screening requirement.
S.F. 116-Clausen: Dyslexia teacher training requirement for instructional strategies implementation for students with dyslexia.
S.F. 229-Eichorn: Minnesota reading and math corps programs at American Indian-controlled tribal contract and grant schools appropriation.
S.F. XXXX-Eichorn
S.F. 733-Nelson: School district professional development revenue use for reading instruction improvement authorization; hiring bonuses for teachers working in shortage areas; literacy incentive aid use for staff development authorization.
S.F. 196-Clausen: Teacher preparation programs instruction on dyslexia requirement.
3:00 p.m.
Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Finance
Room: 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg.
Chair: Sen. Torrey N. Westrom
Agenda:
Bee Habitat Research
- Dr. Daniel Cariveau, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology at
the University of Minnesota
GROW-IT Center
- Tracy Hatch, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President for Finance and
Operations at Metropolitan State University
Wolf-Livestock Conflict Prevention
Tractor Rollover Grants
Noxious Weed Grants
Thursday, February 7
8:00 a.m.
House Capital Investment Division
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Agenda:
OLA Report on the PFA's wastewater infrastructure programs
Duluth Seawall Rehabilitation
Rochester Airport
Minnesota Humanities Center
8:00 a.m.
House State Government Finance Division
Room: Basement Hearing Room
Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Agenda:
HF 13 (Kunesh-Podein) Gender equality provided for under the law, and constitutional amendment proposed
Overview for the Minnesota State Board of Investments
8:00 a.m.
House Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Agenda:
Economic Development Overview from DEED
9:45 a.m.
House Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jeanne Poppe
Agenda:
Day 2 of Food Week: Food access and awareness initiatives
I. LEADMn: College food pantry initiative - Oballa Oballa, Riverland Community College
II. Youth led ag and food access initiatives:
- Ben Larson, MNyouYouth Garden, Willmar
- Miah Ulysse, Northside Fresh Coordinator & Policy Manager, Appetite for Change
III. Connecting local food and food shelves: Farm to Food Shelf, Milk in Food Shelves, and Summer Feeding Service Program
- Marcus Schmit, Second Harvest Heartland
- Bob Branham, Director of Produce Strategy (Farm to Food Shelf)
- JoAnna Lund, Child Hunger Program Specialist (Summer Meal Program)
- Julie Vanhove, Feeding Minnesota Sourcing Manager (Milk)
IV. Alternative food delivery systems: Farmers markets, food hubs and community supported agriculture.
- Arlene Jones, founder of SPROUT Food Hub.
- Kathy Zeman - Minnesota Farmers Market Association (pending)
- Chris Harms, Founder and Executive Director of Giving Gardens, White Bear Lake
1:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy
Room: 15 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Paul T. Anderson
Agenda: Presentations from student and faculty groups
