MEMBERS:
SEN. ERIKA GEISS, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG
SEN. DARRIN CAMILLERI
SEN. KRISTEN MCDONALD RIVET
SEN. JOHN DAMOOSE, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. RUTH JOHNSON
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
SENATOR DAYNA POLEHANKI
CHAIR
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P.O. BOX 30036
LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536
PHONE: (517) 373-7350
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COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
April 30, 2024
A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education was scheduled for Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., in
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Testimony regarding SB 354 (Sen. Geiss).
The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m.. She instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the
following members were present: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, Damoose
and Johnson, a quorum was present.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the meeting minutes from April 16, 2024. Without
objection, the minutes were adopted.
The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 354. The vote was as follows:
Yeas: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, Damoose, and Johnson.
Nays: None
The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted.
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 354:
Sen. Erika Geiss – Support
Nicholas Bellack and Geoff Phelps, Educational Testing Service – Support
Sheryl Kennedy and Sean Kotke, Michigan Department of Education – Opposition
Marcia Ketters, Anne Tapp Jaksa, and Beth Kubutskey, Michigan Association of Colleges of Teacher
Education – Opposition
The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 354:
Alicia Urbain, MAPSA – Support
Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Opposition
John Kaczynski, Saginaw Valley State University – Opposition
Molly Macek, Mackinac Center – Support
Daniel Hurley, Michigan Association of State Universities Education Deans Council – Opposition
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There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:35 p.m.
Date Adopted by Committee: October 23, 2024
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