MEMBERS:
SEN. KEN HORN, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. JIM RUNESTAD
SEN. KEVIN DALEY
SEN. DAYNA POLEHANKI, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. ERIKA GEISS
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND
CAREER READINESS
SENATOR LANA THEIS
CHAIR
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COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
February 16, 2021
A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Readiness was scheduled for Tuesday, February
16, 2021, at 12:00 noon, in the 403 Room of the Capitol Building.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Testimony regarding SB 121 (Sen. McBroom).
2. Testimony regarding special education in the Return to Learn plan.
3. Testimony regarding mental health in the Return to Learn plan.
The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon and announced that a quorum was not present.
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 121:
Sen. Ed McBroom – Support
The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 121:
Todd Tennis, American Federation of Teachers Michigan – Opposition
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding special education:
Traci Lambert – No Position
Greg Pratt – No Position
Correy Black and Renee Krueger, The New Standard Academy – No Position
The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding mental health:
Dr. Diana Wheatley, Michigan Association of Social School Workers – No Position
Dr. Sharon Swindell, University of Michigan Ypsilanti Pediatrics – No Position
Jamal Fisher, Grand Rapids Public Schools – No Position
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:27 p.m.
Date adopted by committee: 2/23/21
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