Senate Education Finance Committee on 2/20/2024

Bills

Committee Members

Sen. Mary Kunesh

Senate, 39, DFL, sen.mary.kunesh@senate.mn, 651-296-4334

Sen. Heather Gustafson

Senate, 36, DFL, sen.heather.gustafson@senate.mn, 651-296-1253

Sen. Jason Rarick

Senate, 11, R, sen.jason.rarick@senate.mn, 651-296-1508

(Heard as: Patrick Wolfgram rarik )

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Sen. Steve Cwodzinski

Senate, 49, DFL, sen.steve.cwodzinski@senate.mn, 651-296-1314

(Heard as: Kim swazinski )

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Sen. Robert Farnsworth

Senate, 7, R, sen.robert.farnsworth@senate.mn, 651-296-8436

(Heard as: farnsworth )

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Sen. Michael Kreun

Senate, 32, R, sen.michael.kreun@senate.mn, 651-296-1282

Sen. Eric Lucero

Senate, 30, R, sen.eric.lucero@senate.mn, 651-296-5655

Sen. Erin Maye Quade

Senate, 56, DFL, sen.erin.mayequade@senate.mn, 651-296-4120

(Heard as: mcquade quaid mayquay )

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Sen. Clare Oumou Verbeten

Senate, 66, DFL, sen.clare.oumouverbeten@senate.mn, 651-296-8866

Sen. Bonnie Westlin

Senate, 42, DFL, sen.bonnie.westlin@senate.mn, 651-296-8869

Noteworthy Content:

00:16:24,000 - I thought I would just take a little personal privilege and start us off on a high note by very briefly touching on some examples of implementation success that you will hear about today.

01:08:16,400 - students and white students so we did look at culturally responsive practices and none of the

01:17:35,320 - really looking at again geographic equity so the money

01:25:56,000 - Good morning I' m jane harstad I have the privilege of working as the director of american indian education at mde.

01:33:23,200 - Approximately 30% of those districts currently offer language and culture classes and are now offering language and culture classes.

01:34:03,760 - So many of our districts are currently providing after school language and culture classes

01:35:40,420 - to a different culture and are thus hesitant to teach the information they themselves know little about.

01:42:00,920 - an assistant commissioner at mde who leads our office of equity and engagement in much of our comprehensive school mental health work as well.

01:45:15,560 - center our equity diversity and inclusion center.

01:45:20,720 - center to center equity in our mental health work is the first of its kind in the nation for both this type of alignment and commitment for a department of education.

01:47:32,360 - on the principles of equity and comprehensive school mental health.

01:47:56,960 - You can see the student support personnel position which will coordinate the work of our pipeline grant and focus on recruitment and retention of our black indigenous and people of color students in the workforce pipeline.

01:48:55,500 - health equity and culturally responsive health and wellness by incorporating the comprehensive

02:06:41,780 - We are committed to building a culture of accountability.