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Education and Career Readiness
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- Meeting date
- 2021-09-14
- Scheduled start
- 2021-09-14 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2021-09-14 12:03:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2021-09-14 13:15:00.000000
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2021-09-14 13:15:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2021-09-14 12:03:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-219
- Committee name
- Education and Career Readiness
- Evidence text
- 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 7400 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-2420 FAX: (517) 373-2764 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES September 14, 2021 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Readiness was scheduled for Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 12:00 noon, in the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 600 (Sen. Theis) with recommendation and immediate effect. 2. Reported SB 601 (Sen. Theis) with recommendation and immediate effect. 3. Reported SB 602 (Sen. Barrett) with recommendation and immediate effect. 4. Reported SB 603 (Sen. LaSata) with recommendation and immediate effect. 5. Reported SB 321 (Sen. Santana) with recommendation and immediate effect. The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m.. She instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, Daley, Polehanki and Geiss, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Daley to adopt the meeting minutes from June 23, 2021. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 600, SB 601, SB 602 and SB 603: Sen. Tom Barrett – Support Sen. Kim LaSata – Support Jon Rocha – Support Angela Riggs – Support Kristena Liles – Support William Wagner – Support Jessica Mathiak – Support Shawna Lubinski – Support John Clark, Us Against Media – Support Jayme McElvany – Support Tracy Nokovich Barker, Our Children Our Choice – Support At 12:17 p.m., the Chair recessed the committee. Page 1 of 3 At 12:18 p.m., the Chair reconvened the committee. The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 600, SB 601, SB 602 and SB 603: Mike Georges, Yeo and Yeo – Support Kevin O'Dell – Support Zeana Attisha, Sahara Restaurant and Grill – Support Peter Spadafore, Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators – Opposition Bill Miller, Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators – Opposition Melinda Tulley, Lau and Lau Associates – Support Michael Swiecki, C.J. and Sons – Support Tobi Lyon Moore, ANA-MI – Opposition Alex Rossman, Michigan League for Public Policy – Opposition Nancy Rotarius – Support Alan Rotarius – Support Joseph Schild – Support Mike Frederick, Michigan Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics – Opposition Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Opposition Alexis Boyden, Creative Advocacy Solutions – Opposition Sheryl Kennedy, Michigan Department of Education – Opposition The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 601, SB 602 and SB 603: Ryan Lankford – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 602 and SB 603: Emily Schwarzkopf, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services – Opposition The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 600, SB 601 and SB 602: Christa O'Dell – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 600: Robert Martin, Exercise Man Fitness – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 321: Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Support At 1:09 p.m., the Chair recessed the committee. At 1:10 p.m., the Chair reconvened the committee. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Daley to report SB 600 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 600. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. Page 2 of 3 The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to report SB 601 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 601. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Runestad to report SB 602 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 602. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to report SB 603 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 603. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Polehanki to report SB 321 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, Daley, and Polehanki. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair made a motion to recommend immediate effect for SB 321. Without objection, immediate effect was recommended. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:15 p.m. Date adopted by committee: 09/29/21 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2021-09-14
- Meeting id
- meeting-3454
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2021-09-14 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2021-2022
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Education and Career Readiness,” /meetings/meeting-3454.
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