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Education and Career Readiness
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- Meeting date
- 2021-10-19
- Scheduled start
- 2021-10-19 08:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2021-10-19 08:06:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2021-10-19 09:01:00.000000
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2021-10-19 09:01:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2021-10-19 08:06:00.000000
- 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 October 19, 2021 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Readiness was scheduled for Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at 8:00 a.m., in the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 687 (S-1) (Sen. Theis) with recommendation. 2. Reported SB 688 (S-1) (Sen. Barrett) with recommendation. The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:06 a.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. Horn to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 687. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion failed and the (S-1) was not adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 688. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion failed and the (S-1) was not adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 687 and SB 688: Sen. Tom Barrett – Support Dominic Restuccia, The office of Sen. Lana Theis – Support Traci Lambert – Support Jessi Bagos – Support Zach Eckert, ExcelinEd in Action – Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to reconsider the vote by which the (S-1) version of SB 687 was not adopted. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed. Page 1 of 3 The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to reconsider the vote by which the (S-1) version of SB 688 was not adopted. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 687. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 688. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, and Daley. Nays: Sen.(s) Polehanki. The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to report the (S-1) version of SB 687 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 and Geiss. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to report the (S-1) version of SB 688 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 and Geiss. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 687: Jimmy Greene, ABC of Michigan – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 687 and SB 688: Jerry Johnson, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Jackson, Lenawee, and Monroe ISDs – Opposition Wendy Block, Michigan Chamber of Commerce – Support Abby Cypher, Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Educaition – Opposition Peter Spadafore, Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators – Opposition Andy Neumann, Michigan Education Association – Opposition Beth DeShone, GLEP Education Fund – Support John Kennedy, West Michigan Policy Forum – Support Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Opposition Bob Kefgen, Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals – Opposition Ben DeGrow, Mackinac Center – Support Alicia Urbain, MAPSA – Support Amy Dunlap, Parent Advocates for Choice in Education – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:01 a.m. Page 2 of 3 Date adopted by committee: 10/26/21 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2021-10-19
- Meeting id
- meeting-3487
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2021-10-19 08:00:00.000000
- 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-3487.
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