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Education and Career Readiness
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- Meeting date
- 2022-02-22
- Scheduled start
- 2022-02-22 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2022-02-22 12:09:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2022-02-22 13:22:00.000000
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2022-02-22 13:22:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2022-02-22 12:09:00.000000
- 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. MARK HUIZENGA 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 February 22, 2022 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Readiness was scheduled for Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 12:00 noon, in the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Adopted (S-1) substitute and testimony regarding SB 107 (Sen. MacDonald). 2. Testimony regarding HB 4326 (Rep. VanWoerkom). 3. Testimony regarding SB 726 (Sen. Zorn). 4. Reported SB 777 (S-1) (Sen. Nesbitt) with recommendation. 5. Reported SB 778 (Sen. Brinks) with recommendation. The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:09 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, Huizenga, Polehanki and Geiss, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the meeting minutes from February 8, 2022. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Horn to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 107. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, Huizenga, Polehanki, and Geiss. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 107: Sen. Michael MacDonald – Support The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding HB 4326: Rep. Greg VanWoerkom – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding HB 4326: John Dulmes, Michigan Chemistry Council – Support Dave Worthams, Michigan Manufacturers Association – Support Chris Glass, Education Advocates of West Michigan – Support Page 1 of 3 Matt Scheuller, Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators – Support Nate Henschel, Grand Rapids Chamber – Support David Michelson, Michigan Education Association – Opposition The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 726: Sen. Dale Zorn – Support Julie Everly, Resident – Support Megan Gibson, Resident – Support Scott Hoppert, Resident – Support Stacy Johnson, Resident – Support Jeff Scott, Resident – Support Chris Glass, Education Advocates of West Michigan – Support Alicia Urbain, Michigan Association of Public School Academies – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 726: Bree Anderson, Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget – Neutral David Michelson, Michigan Education Association – Support Royce Humm, Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel – Support Matt Kurta, ESA Legislative Group – Support Jerry Johnson, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Jackson, Lenawee, and Monroe ISDs – Support Matt Schueller, Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators – Support Mac Dashney, Pupil Transportation Operation and Management Institute – Opposition Katrina Morris, Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation – Opposition The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 777 and SB 778: Michelle Roberts, Disability Rights Michigan – Opposition The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Daley to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 777. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, Daley, Huizenga, Polehanki, and Geiss. Nays: None 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 777 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, Daley, and Huizenga. Nays: None Pass: Sen.(s) Polehanki and Geiss. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Huizenga to report SB 778 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Theis, Sen.(s) Horn, Runestad, Daley, and Huizenga. Nays: None Pass: Sen.(s) Polehanki and Geiss. The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:22 p.m. Page 2 of 3 Date adopted by committee: 03/01/22 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2022-02-22
- Meeting id
- meeting-3573
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2022-02-22 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-3573.
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