HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
REP. CAROL GLANVILLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
10:30 AM
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Committee on Higher Education was called to order by Chair Glanville.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Glanville, Rheingans, Scott, Byrnes, Coffia, Hill, MacDonell, VanderWall,
Paquette, Bruck, DeSana.
Absent: Reps. Koleszar, Paiz, Zorn.
Excused: Reps. Koleszar, Paiz, Zorn.
Representatives Paquette and Bruck joined the committee remotely.
Representative Rheingans moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 17, 2023. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Stacie Behler, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer and Secretary of the Board
of Trustees of Grand Valley State University, and Kara Van Dam, Vice Provost, Graduate and
Lifetime Learning, Grand Valley State University, gave a presentation on competency-based
education. Questions and discussion followed.
Representative VanderWall moved to excuse Representatives Koleszar, Paiz and Zorn from
the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Glanville adjourned the meeting
at 11:11 AM.
Representative Carol Glanville, Chair
Nick Gewirtz
Acting Committee Clerk
ngewirtz@house.mi.gov