Association of Metropolitan School Districts Update
September 14, 2009
Board Meeting Materials
At the AMSD Board of Directors meeting Friday, September 11, guest speakers Dr. Emmanuel Dolo (Dr. Dolo's power point presentation) and Shawn Lewis (Shawn Lewis's power point presentation) from the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership gave presentations. Emmanuel and Shawn are available to come to your district to offer a similar presentation if you are interested. In addition, they offer assistance to school districts with diversity training and related issues. You can reach them at the MMEP office at 651-645-7400.
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Leadership Summit
Here are some of the materials from the Legislative Leadership Summit that took place earlier this week at the Capitol. The entire summit was recorded and is available for viewing on the Senate web site at:
In addition, here is a link to a MinnPost story summarizing the Summit which includes an embedded Power Point presentation that was given by State Economist Tom Stinson and State Demographer Tom Gillaspy:
Legislative Hearings
Below is a list of upcoming legislative committee hearings. Please note that the House Shared Services Work Group meeting scheduled for September 16 has been cancelled and rescheduled for September 30.
*** Note: *** Meeting is Canceled
WEDNESDAY, September 16, 2009
5:30 PM
Joint Committee: K-12 Shared Services Work Group
Room: 300S State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Marsha Swails
Agenda: Continuation of shared services discussion
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 | ||||
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THURSDAY, September 24, 2009
7:00 PM
Integration Revenue Task Force
Room: TBD
Chairs: Rep. Jerry Newton, Rep. Robin Brown
Agenda: Integration Revenue Program
WEDNESDAY, September 30, 2009
5:30 PM
K-12 Shared Services Work Group
Room: 300S State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Marsha Swails
Agenda: Continuation of shared services discussion
FRIDAY, September 25, 2009
9:00 AM
Jobs Task Force
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chairs: Rep. Tom Rukavina, Rep. Alice Hausman, Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Agenda: TBA
WEDNESDAY, October 14, 2009
11:00 AM
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Room: 112 State Capitol
Chairs: Sen. Don Betzold
Agenda: Report on the retention of a commission auditing/reviewing actuary. HF1793/SF1601 (Nelson/Olson, M.) TRA; Adding a second retired member to the Board of Trustees. HF474/SF45 (Thissen/Betzold) PERA; Bounce-back annuity following certain marriage dissolutions. HF814/SFxx (Urdahl) PERA, TRA; Bounce-back annuity following certain marriage dissolutions. HFxx/SFxx (Rukavina) Virginia Fire Department Relief Association; Consolidation with PERA. HF1327/SF1417 (Murphy, M., Pogemiller) Various plans; Modification of an early retirement incentive. Local retirement plan consolidation assistance fund creation: third consideration.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 | ||||
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