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Education and Career Readiness
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- Meeting date
- 2019-03-19
- Scheduled start
- 2019-03-19 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2019-03-19 12:07:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2019-03-19 12:55:00.000000
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2019-03-19 12:55:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2019-03-19 12:07:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-158
- Committee name
- Education and Career Readiness
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. KEN HORN, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. JON BUMSTEAD 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 7400 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-2420 FAX: (517) 373-2764 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES March 19, 2019 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Readiness was scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at 12:00 noon, in the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 122 (S-2) (Sen. Horn) with recommendation and immediate effect. 2. Reported SB 202 (S-2) (Sen. Horn) with recommendation and immediate effect. The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. She instructed the clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Bumstead, Runestad, Daley, Polehanki, and Geiss, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bumstead to adopt the meeting minutes from March 5, 2019. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 122: Tammy Daencer and Richard Meeth, Michigan Education Association – Support Richard Meeth, Michigan Education Association – Support At 12:31 p.m., the Chair recessed the committee. At 12:43 p.m., the Chair reconvened the committee. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 122 and SB 202: Bob Kefgen, Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals – Support Gary Collings, Collins Blaha – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 122 and SB 202: David Randels, Oakland Schools – Support Kathleen Merry, Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency – Support Patti Tremblay, Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators – Support Page 1 of 3 Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Support Rusty Merchant, Grand Rapids Public Schools – Support Peter Spadafore, Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators – Support Jerry Johnson, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Jackson, Lenawee, and Monroe Intermediate School Districts – Support Andy Neumann, Michigan Education Association – Support Julie Rowe, American Federation of Teachers – Support Alicia Urbain, Michigan Association of Public School Academies – Support Chris Glass, Talent Triangle – Support Brian Gutman, Education Trust Midwest – Oppose Alexa Kramer, Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce – Oppose Tim Sowton, Business Leaders of Michigan – Oppose Lindsay Palsrok, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce – Oppose The Chair invited Sen. Horn to summarize amendment #1 to SB 122. The Chair invited Sen. Horn to summarize amendment #1 to SB 202. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the Horn amendment #1 to SB 122. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Bumstead, Runestad, Daley, Polehanki, and Geiss Nays: None The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the Horn amendment #1 to SB 202. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Bumstead, Runestad, Daley, Polehanki, and Geiss Nays: None The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Runestad to report SB 122, as amended, as a clean substitute, to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Bumstead, Runestad, Daley, Polehanki, and Geiss Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 122. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Daley to report SB 202, as amended, as a clean substitute, to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Bumstead, Runestad, Daley, Polehanki, and Geiss Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 202. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. Page 2 of 3 There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 12:55 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: April 16, 2019 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 0
- Meeting date
- 2019-03-19
- Meeting id
- meeting-2666
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2019-03-19 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2019-2020
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Education and Career Readiness,” /meetings/meeting-2666.
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