Michigan Legislative Activity Ledger

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Education

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Meeting date
2024-04-30
Scheduled start
2024-04-30 13:30:00.000000
Documented start
2024-04-30 13:31:00.000000
Documented end
2024-04-30 14:35:00.000000
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2024-04-30 14:35:00.000000
Actual start
2024-04-30 13:31:00.000000
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 April 30, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Education was scheduled for Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 354 (Sen. Geiss). The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:31 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 April 16, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Geiss to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 354. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Polehanki, Sen.(s) Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, McDonald Rivet, Damoose, and Johnson. Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 354: Sen. Erika Geiss – Support Nicholas Bellack and Geoff Phelps, Educational Testing Service – Support Sheryl Kennedy and Sean Kotke, Michigan Department of Education – Opposition Marcia Ketters, Anne Tapp Jaksa, and Beth Kubutskey, Michigan Association of Colleges of Teacher Education – Opposition The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 354: Alicia Urbain, MAPSA – Support Jennifer Smith, Michigan Association of School Boards – Opposition John Kaczynski, Saginaw Valley State University – Opposition Molly Macek, Mackinac Center – Support Daniel Hurley, Michigan Association of State Universities Education Deans Council – Opposition Page 1 of 2 There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:35 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: October 23, 2024 Page 2 of 2
Location
the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
1
Meeting date
2024-04-30
Meeting id
meeting-4184
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2024-04-30 13:30:00.000000
Session name
2023-2024

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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Education,” /meetings/meeting-4184.

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