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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- And as I've gotten in trouble as an attorney with Education Minnesota around the state, the need is there
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- My background in Career and Technical Education: I was the director of the Minnesota Foundation for Student
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Senate POCI Caucus Announces 2025 Priorities - 02/03/25
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- We're going to, as a DFL, as legislators, are serious about making Minnesota a top state for education
- We're going to, as a DFL, as legislators, are serious about making Minnesota a top state for education
- We're going to, as a DFL, as legislators, are serious about making Minnesota a top state for education
- We're going to, as a DFL, as legislators, are serious about making Minnesota a top state for education
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- And so one of the other goals for direct admissions was to really try to promote Minnesota higher education
- And so one of the other goals for direct admissions was to really try to promote Minnesota higher education
- budget jurisdiction includes the Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
- , the University of Minnesota, Mayo Medical School, and the Higher Education Facilities Authority.
- </c> the office of Higher Education Minnesota the office of Higher Education Minnesota state<01:29:12.920
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
MN
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- It's available to eligible students attending a Minnesota public higher education institution or tribal
- I do hope that we will adopt the new educational attainment goal that was brought forward by the Minnesota
- 74% of all Minnesota jobs requiring some form of post-secondary education by 2031.
- I believe public two-year state colleges are the backbones of higher education in Minnesota, 48 campuses
- I believe public two-year state colleges are the backbones of higher education in Minnesota, 48 campuses
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
MN
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- , educators, and Minnesota students, educators, and librarians.
- We are funded by the Minnesota Legislature through the Office of Higher Education and the Department
- We always pride ourselves in Minnesota being in the top five on every educational metric.
- We always pride ourselves in Minnesota being in the top five on every educational metric.
- We always pride ourselves in Minnesota being in the top five on every educational metric.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
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- Thank you for the opportunity to be here to talk about the best-kept secret in Minnesota education.
- This meeting made Minnesota... ...schools, Talia's first choice, and kept her in state for her education
- Minnesota is at the front of the pack in educational outcomes nationally.
- for her time and service to the state of Minnesota.
- . government data practices and higher education.
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for state financial aid programs 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- While we are all aware of the increasing cost of education in Minnesota, financial aid to undocumented
- </c><00:07:05.640><c> in</c><00:07:05.760><c> Minnesota,</c> cost of education in Minnesota, cost of
- education in Minnesota, financial<00:07:06.800><c> aid</c><00:07:06.919><c> to</c><00:07:07.000><c> undocumented
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- Education, to every Minnesota student who wants it.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
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- Higher Education Committee. We Higher Education Committee.
- </c> education space. education space.
- the Minnesota grant or Minnesota the Minnesota grant program?
- I am the financial aid analyst for the Office of Undergraduate Education at the University of Minnesota
- </c> education at the University of Minnesota education at the University of Minnesota Twin<01:12:19.199
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/25/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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- These educational experiences foster a sense of belonging and pride in the shared history of Minnesota
- These educational experiences foster a sense of belonging and pride in the shared history of Minnesota
- These educational experiences foster a sense of belonging and pride in the shared history of Minnesota
- These educational experiences foster a sense of belonging and pride in the shared history of Minnesota
- These educational experiences foster a sense of belonging and pride in the shared history of Minnesota
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/11/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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- They provide STEM education in the context of our history of innovation and invention here in Minnesota
- They have a really, really fun education. They have a really fun education program.
- These are Minnesota tax dollars; they should be going to Minnesota artists.
- These are Minnesota tax dollars; they should be going to Minnesota artists.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
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- from the University of Minnesota on higher education asset preservation.
- Minnesota has a history of making higher education convenient and available to all.
- from the University of Minnesota on higher education asset preservation.
- Um, Minnesota has a history of making higher education convenient and available to all.
- Um Minnesota has a history of making<01:09:01.920><c> higher</c><01:09:02.239><c> education</c><01:09
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
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- Minnesota Medical School.
- Minnesota Medical School.
- Minnesota Medical School.
- Minnesota Medical School.
- </c> education or the program of Education education or the program of Education they're<00:33:29.720
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Student career pathways framework established 2/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- Then you have the Minnesota Department of Education coming alongside in a support role.
- Then you have the Minnesota Department of Education coming alongside in a support role.
- Then you have the Minnesota Department of Education coming alongside in a support role.
- Then you have the Minnesota Department of Education coming alongside in a support role.
- Then you have the Minnesota Department of Education coming alongside in a support role.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 4252 - Omnibus Higher Education Finance and Policy - 05/14/26
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- </c><00:08:45.040><c> Uh</c> postsecary education act. Uh postsecary education act.
- I serve as the commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
- </c> the higher education attainment goal. the higher education attainment goal.
- And to the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, Minnesota, >> Mr.<00:54:16.880><c> Chelseith,</c
- </c><00:54:29.040><c> Uh</c> University of Minnesota. Uh University of Minnesota.
Summary:
The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education.
After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed.
During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/04/26
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- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> across the whole state of Minnesota. across the whole state of Minnesota.
- Minnesota veterans and their families have seen several changes to higher educational programs since
- :18.080><c> and</c> Minnesota fam- Minnesota veterans and Minnesota fam- Minnesota veterans and their
- The Minnesota GI Minnesota statutes.
Summary:
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans met on March 4, 2026, and began with a moment of silence honoring Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore of White Bear Lake, who was killed while serving in Kuwait. The committee then took up Senate File 3956, an MDVA policy bill giving the commissioner clearer authority to direct staff time and other non-monetary resources toward partnerships with organizations serving veterans, especially on food insecurity, homelessness, suicide prevention, and related efforts. MDVA and Disabled American Veterans testified that the bill would help them work more quickly and clearly with outside partners, including food pantry and outreach efforts, while remaining focused on non-monetary support. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment narrowing the bill to the three named priorities and removing the broader “other critical issues” language; the amendment was adopted after discussion about whether the reporting language also needed adjustment. SF 3956, as amended, was laid over for further consideration.
The committee then heard Senate File 3955, which would create a new procedure for temporary closure of a Minnesota veterans home if an involuntary termination notice requires it, bringing state law into closer alignment with federal expectations. MDVA emphasized that it had no intention of permanently closing any veterans homes and that the bill was intended only to establish a temporary closure plan to satisfy survey requirements. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment clarifying that any closure would be temporary unless the legislature approved a permanent closure; MDVA and the Department of Health indicated the change was acceptable. The committee adopted the amendment and then voted to recommend SF 3955, as amended, to pass and refer it to the full committee.
Finally, the committee began Senate File 4072, an MDVA cleanup and conformity bill. After adopting a technical A3 amendment, MDVA explained that the bill would reclassify the Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff role as Deputy Commissioner for Administration to better reflect the scope of the position, and would also repeal outdated statutes related to environmental hazards assistance and a data-collection requirement that the department said it could not implement. The bill was still being presented when the transcript ended, and no final committee action on SF 4072 was shown in the excerpt.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit 4/28/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- significant</c> Higher education is a significant Higher education is a significant protective<00:12
- A 2021 Minnesota Chamber of Commerce report found that, quote, "Minnesota needs immigrants.
- A 2021 immigration in Minnesota.
- </c><00:25:53.600><c> And</c> Minnesota. Obviously, they did not. And Minnesota.
- And in Minnesota, we have said if you are in foster care and you want to pursue a higher education, we
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/9/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
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- So when we talk Minnesota.
- farmers, Minnesota workers, and members of the agricultural community in Minnesota.
- Agri-funded initiatives such as the Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council ensure Minnesota
- Agree funded initiatives such as the Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council ensure the Minnesota
- It is practical, applied education rooted in the daily realities of Minnesota agriculture. planning and
Bills:
HF3692
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/14/25
State and Local Government
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- When educators are not provided the tools to understand dyslexia and its educational barriers, despite
- Minnesota Minnesota Society<00:26:24.960><c> uh</c><00:26:25.399><c> Minnesota</c><00:26:25.799><c>
- Minnesota law.
- Minnesota law.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
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- Next on line seven of the spreadsheet is the Minnesota P20 educational partnership appropriation.
- Next on line seven of the spreadsheet is the Minnesota P20 educational partnership appropriation.
- ,</c><00:07:23.160><c> um</c> nine, again in northern Minnesota, um nine, again in northern Minnesota
- </c> of College Possible Minnesota. of College Possible Minnesota.
- </c><00:20:30.400><c> Um</c> of Minnesota? Um of Minnesota?
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
The Cost of Special Education – Senator Mary Kunesh Feb 17th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- When it comes to special education in Minnesota, the numbers are going up, from the number of students
- These are things that Minnesota has instituted, but we know special education is a federal mandate.
- These are things that Minnesota has instituted, but we know special education is a federal mandate.
- These are things that Minnesota has instituted, but we know special education is a federal mandate.
- in Minnesota and the whole financial spectrum of financing education in Minnesota. issue right now is