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Education

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Meeting date
2024-02-06
Scheduled start
2024-02-06 13:00:00.000000
Documented start
2024-02-06 13:01:00.000000
Documented end
2024-02-06 13:50:00.000000
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2024-02-06 13:50:00.000000
Actual start
2024-02-06 13:01:00.000000
Chamber
senate
Committee id
committee-260
Committee name
Education
Evidence text
MEMBERS: SEN. ERIKA GEISS, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG SEN. DARRIN CAMILLERI SEN. KRISTEN MCDONALD RIVET SEN. JOHN DAMOOSE, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. RUTH JOHNSON THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION SENATOR DAYNA POLEHANKI CHAIR 310 CAPITOL BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7350 FAX: (517) 373-9228 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES February 6, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education was scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 567 (Sen. Irwin) and SB 568 (Sen. Polehanki). The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:01 p.m.. She instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, Damoose and Johnson, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the meeting minutes from October 31, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 567. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, and Damoose. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the (S-1) version of SB 568. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, and Damoose. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-1) was adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 567 and SB 568: Sen. Jeff Irwin – Support Sen. Dayna Polehanki – Support Anri Haglund and Deon Butler – Support Heidi King – Support Caroline Kaganov – Support Shannon Theis and Alyssa Henneman, Education Trust Midwest – Support Due to time constraints, the following individuals were unable to present testimony regarding SB 567 and SB 568: Page 1 of 2 Susan Schmidt – Support Caroline Stout, Michigan Association of School Psychologists – Support John Severson and Mike Youkom, Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators – Opposition Dr. Sheryl Kennedy, Michigan Department of Education – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 567 and SB 568: Cathleen Haglund – Support Tracy Owens – Support Noah Smith, Michigan Association of School Social Workers – Support Julie Stalker – Support Mike Southard, Amplify Education – Support Audra Melton – Support Jeff Cobb – Support David Randels, Oakland Schools – Opposition Tom Hickson, Michigan Catholic Conference – Support Matt Scheuller, Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators – Opposition Paul Liabenow, MEMSPA – Opposition Abby Cypher, MAASE – Opposition Mike Latvis, Wayne RESA – Opposition Dwayne Gill, Detroit Public Schools Community District – Support Amanda Klein, United Way for Southeast Michigan – Support Rachel Richards, Michigan League for Public Policy – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 567: Regina Kolarchick – Support Elyse Swenson – Support Peter Spadafore, Michigan Association for Student Opportunity – Opposition Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Opposition Sara Ismail, ACCESS – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:50 p.m. Date adopted by committee: 02/13/24 Page 2 of 2
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2024-02-06
Meeting id
meeting-4063
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2024-02-06 13:00:00.000000
Session name
2023-2024

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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Education,” /meetings/meeting-4063.

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