HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
REP. NANCY DEBOER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, September 24,
2025
10:30 AM
Room 327, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Education and Workforce was called to order by Chair DeBoer.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Paquette, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson,
Koleszar, Weiss and Byrnes.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Linting moved to adopt the meeting minutes from August 27, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4556 and HB 4557 before the committee:
HB 4556
(Rep. Kunse)
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The
revised school code," by amending section
1279g (MCL 380.1279g), as amended by 2016
PA 170.
HB 4557
(Rep. Koleszar)
A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled "The
state school aid act of 1979," by amending
sections 22p and 104c (MCL 388.1622p and
388.1704c), section 22p as amended by 2024
PA 120 and section 104c as amended by 2021
PA 48; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Representative Kunse moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 4556. The motion prevailed 10-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and
Byrnes.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Koleszar moved to adopt substitute (H-3) to HB 4557. The motion prevailed
10-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and
Byrnes.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Linting moved to report out HB 4556 with recommendation, as substitute (H-2).
The motion prevailed 10-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and
Byrnes.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Linting moved to report out HB 4557 with recommendation, as substitute (H-3).
The motion prevailed 10-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and
Byrnes.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4556 and HB 4557, but did not wish to
speak:
Matthew Schueller, representing the Michigan Association of Superintendents and
Administrators.
Jennifer Smith, representing the Michigan Association of School Boards.
The Chair laid HB 4813 before the committee:
HB 4813
(Rep. Pavlov)
A bill to amend 2008 PA 160, entitled "An act
entering into the interstate compact on
educational opportunity for military children:
and for related purposes," by amending
sections 1 and 2 (MCL 3.1041 and 3.1042).
Representative Pavlov moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 4813. The motion prevailed 10-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. DeBoer, Linting, Fox, Kunse, St. Germaine, Pavlov, Wilson, Koleszar, Weiss and
Byrnes.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Pavlov and Michael Price, Senior Deputy Director & Director of Strategic
Planning for the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affair, testified together in
support of HB 4813. Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4813, but did not wish to speak:
Heather Feyerstein, representing the Department of Military and Veteran Affairs.
The Chair laid HB 4895 before the committee:
HB 4895
(Rep. Linting)
A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled
"Occupational code," by amending section 314
(MCL 339.314).
Representative Linting testified in support of HB 4895. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4895, but did not wish to speak:
Paige Fults, representing the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
Randy Gross, representing the MI Chamber.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair DeBoer adjourned the meeting at
10:55 AM.
Representative Nancy DeBoer, Chair
Brittany Middaugh
Committee Clerk
bmiddaugh@house.mi.gov