Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Senate higher education committee discusses bills: House to mark up higher education budget

Yesterday at the Capitol

The Senate Higher Education committee met yesterday afternoon to take up a variety of bills including the governor's higher education proposal, SF 897, authored by Sen. Kathy Sheran, DFL-Mankato, which as a reminder contains a 6 percent reduction to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. As the committee puts together their omnibus bill, members laid SF 897 over for possible inclusion. Chair Michelle Fischbach, R-Paynesville, said committee members will take up the omnibus bill Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. and hear testimony from interested parties. The committee will then reconvene in the evening to take amendments.

The House Higher Education Policy and Finance committee is scheduled to meet today at 12:30 to mark-up the bill, and will reconvene at 5:30, also in the basement hearing room of the State Office Building to finish if necessary. Proposed amendments for the bill can be found at the below links:

H1101A25_Nornes

H1101A19_Morrow

H1101A20_Morrow

H1101A21_Poppe

H1101A16_Norton

H1101A17_Morrow

H1101A18_Pelowski

H1101A13_Morrow

H1101A14_Poppe

H1101A15_Morrow

H1101A7_Pelowski

H1101A9_Morrow

H1101A10_Morrow

H1101A4_Poppe

H1101A5_Poppe

H1101A6_Poppe

H1101A2_Vogel

H1101A3_Daudt

H1101DE1-1 Amendment

Also yesterday was a proposal passed by House Rules committee members that sets the 2012 session start date the beginning of March. The second year of the biennium is the capital budget year and typically shorter than a budget year. The bill now heads to the House State Government Finance committee for consideration in the committee's omnibus bill.

Today at the Capitol

8:15 - 12:00
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Morrie Lanning
Agenda: Introduction of omnibus bill
Begin Testimony on omnibus bill

10:15 AM
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Pat Garofalo
Agenda: Omnibus education finance bill.

10:30 AM
Senate Jobs and Economic Growth
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Geoff Michel
Agenda:
S.F. XXXX: Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee Omnibus Budget Bill.

12:00 PM
House in Session

12:30 PM
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda:
HF1101 (Nornes) Postsecondary education provisions modified, and money appropriated.
HF821 (Nornes) Senior citizen higher education program eligibility changed.
HF849 (Nornes) College and university mandates eliminated.
*HF1101 will become the Omnibus Higher Education Bill. If necessary, Tuesday’s meeting will recess at 2:15 PM and reconvene at 5:30 PM until all amendments and testimony on the omnibus bill have been heard.

12:30 PM (committee will reconvene at 4:30 if necessary)
House Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bob Gunther
Agenda: HF1049 (Gunther) Jobs, economic development, and housing funding provided, and money appropriated.

12:30 PM
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Pat Garofalo
Agenda: K-12 omnibus bill

2:30 PM
House Capital Investment
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Larry Howes
Agenda: HF1232 (Howes) Appropriations canceled and corresponding bond sale authorizations reduced, and sale of refunding bonds required to achieve savings.
HF681 (Downey) Minnesota pay for performance pilot program established, funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

3:00 PM
Senate Education
Room: 15 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Gen Olson
Agenda: S.F. XXXX-Olson, G.: Education Finance Omnibus and Public Testimony

6:30 PM
Senate State Government Innovation and Veterans
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Mike Parry
Agenda: Presentation on the State Government Finance Omnibus bill

Looking Ahead
Wednesday, March 23


8:15 AM
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Morrie Lanning
Agenda: Testimony on omnibus bill

10:30 AM
Senate Jobs and Economic Growth
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Geoff Michel
Agenda:
S.F. XXXX: Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee Omnibus Budget Bill.

12:00 PM
Senate in Session

2:00 PM
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Liz Holberg
Agenda: TBA

2:30 PM
House Capital Investment
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Larry Howes
Agenda:
HF960 (Howes) Flood hazard mitigation grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF607 Howes) Capital improvement funding provided to acquire and better public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, nonprofit housing bond authorization changes made, bonds issued, appropriations modified, and money appropriated.
John Finney, Chair, Red River Watershed Management Board (RRWMB)
Ron Harnack, Project Coordinator, RRWMB
Dan Money, Administrator, Two Rivers Watershed District
Rob Sando, Administrator, Roseau River Watershed District
Nick Drees, Administrator, Middle-Snake-Tamarac Watershed District
Kevin Ruud, Administrator, Wild Rice Watershed District
Jon Roeschlein, Administrator, Bois de Sioux Watershed District
Curt Johanneson, Mayor, Hendrum
Jeff Paloski, Mayor, City of Roseau
City of Crookston
Bruce Albright, Buffalo-Red WD, Oakport Township & Georgetown
Kerry Netzke, AREA II
City of Austin - Turtle Creek Watershed District
City of Newport
Bob Zimmerman, Moorhead
Kent Lokkesmoe, Cap Inv Manager, DNR

3:00 PM
Senate Higher Education
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Michelle L. Fischbach
Agenda: S.F. 924-Fischbach: Higher education appropriations and office of higher education cost of attendance recognition modification.

4:30 PM
House in Session

6:00 PM
Senate Capital Investment
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. David H. Senjem
Agenda:
S.F. 204-Langseth: Flood hazard mitigation grants bond issue and appropriation.

Thursday, March 24

8:15 AM
House State Government Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Morrie Lanning
Agenda: Mark-up of omnibus

8:30 AM
Senate Finance
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Claire A. Robling
Agenda: To be announced.

11:00 AM
Senate in Session

12:00 PM
House in Session

4:30 PM
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Liz Holberg
Agenda: HF934 Education Omnibus Bill
HF1101 Hgher Education Omnibus Bill
HF1010 Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Omnibus Bill

6:00 PM
Senate State Government Innovation and Veterans
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Mike Parry
Agenda: Discussion of the State Government Finance Omnibus bill

Friday, March 25

10:00 AM
Senate Finance
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Claire A. Robling
Agenda: TBA

Monday, March 28

15 minutes after session
Senate Finance
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Claire A. Robling
Agenda: To be announced.


Tuesday, March 29


15 minutes after session
Senate Finance
Room: 123 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Claire A. Robling
Agenda: To be announced.

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