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MN Legislature 101: HF 1381 Conference Committee Report

The conference committee on HF 1381 (the education policy bill) held its first meeting on Monday, May 23, 2011.  The House members serving on the conference committee include: Erickson; Doepke; Downey; Myhra and Mariani and the Senate members are: Olson; Nelson; Dekruif; Bonoff and Daley.  At the meeting, members adopted the A11-0540 amendment asRead more…

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>MN Legislature 101: HF 1381 Conference Committee Report

> The conference committee on HF 1381 (the education policy bill) held its first meeting on Monday, May 23, 2011.  The House members serving on the conference committee include: Erickson; Doepke; Downey; Myhra and Mariani and the Senate members are: Olson; Nelson; Dekruif; Bonoff and Daley.  At the meeting, members adopted the A11-0540 amendmentRead more…

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MN Legislature 101: Senate Passes HF 1381

With budget negotiations stalled, the Senate and House have been taking up policy bills on the calendar while they wait for their leaders and the Governor to come up with an agreement. On Saturday, May 21, the Senate took up HF 1381, (the companion to SF 1167) which was originallyRead more…

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>MN Legislature 101: Senate Passes HF 1381

> With budget negotiations stalled, the Senate and House have been taking up policy bills on the calendar while they wait for their leaders and the Governor to come up with an agreement. On Saturday, May 21, the Senate took up HF 1381, (the companion to SF 1167) which wasRead more…

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MN Legislature 101: While You Were Sleeping-Education Bills Passed Both House and Senate

While most Minnesota students and their families were tucked snug into their beds the past two nights, the Minnesota legislature has been pulling all-nighters to complete their work. On Wednesday, May 17, 2011, The House took up the K-12 Education Finance Conference Committee Report at about 2 a.m.  Chair Garofalo outlinedRead more…

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>MN Legislature 101: While You Were Sleeping-Education Bills Passed Both House and Senate

> While most Minnesota students and their families were tucked snug into their beds the past two nights, the Minnesota legislature has been pulling all-nighters to complete their work. On Wednesday, May 17, 2011, The House took up the K-12 Education Finance Conference Committee Report at about 2 a.m.  Chair GarofaloRead more…

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MN Legislature 101: HF 934/SF 1030 Conference Committee-Meeting 4

Sen. Gen Olson convened the fourth meeting of the HF 934 conference committee on Monday, May 2, 2011.  Sen. Olson started the meeting by telling the audience that the agenda would be about literacy initiatives in the Senate version of the conference committee bill.  Olson told members , “Understand what it is,Read more…

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>MN Legislature 101: HF 934/SF 1030 Conference Committee-Meeting 4

> Sen. Gen Olson convened the fourth meeting of the HF 934 conference committee on Monday, May 2, 2011.  Sen. Olson started the meeting by telling the audience that the agenda would be about literacy initiatives in the Senate version of the conference committee bill.  Olson told members , “Understand what itRead more…

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MN Legislature 101: The Impact of the 2011 Education Finance Bills on MN School Districts

The Minnesota Senate and House have assembled their respective Omnibus Education Finance Bills and are now working through the differences in conference committee.   Eventually, they will seek a compromise with Governor Dayton who submitted his budget recommendations in February.  With all three plans now on the table, comparisons can be drawn betweenRead more…

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>MN Legislature 101: The Impact of the 2011 Education Finance Bills on MN School Districts

> The Minnesota Senate and House have assembled their respective Omnibus Education Finance Bills and are now working through the differences in conference committee.   Eventually, they will seek a compromise with Governor Dayton who submitted his budget recommendations in February.  With all three plans now on the table, comparisons can be drawnRead more…

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