All Religion and Religious Beliefs Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to charter schools; prohibiting a church or house of worship from sponsoring schools, specifying a maximum number of schools operated by nonprofit corporations or cooperatives, eliminating certain school board charter school application voting requirements, making charter school boards permanent and regulating membership, requiring charter school board election procedures publication, specifying nonvoting membership, modifying commissioner of education duties with regard to charter school training, financial management and recordkeeping, prohibiting certain management and financial services sales, modifying contract requirements, requiring charter schools to develop and publish a lottery process, modifying annual public reporting requirements, clarifying teacher leave to teach in a charter school (je) Comment on Bill Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text SF1493 - Supportive community partnership program grants appropriation
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of education for a grant to the Minnesota school share program of the greater Minneapolis council of churches for the supportive community partnership program; authorizing the partnership program to offer services and grants to other faith or community based programs for educational services, authorizing use of the grants for early intervention or special needs programs, supplemental education services or continued support; authorizing Minnesota school share to provide technical support and assistance to grant recipients through program development workshops, customized technical support, contracted consulting services and web sites devoted to best practices information and resource development services (je) SF2883 - Drivers licenses or identification cards photograph image full head and face requirement
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring drivers licenses and identification cards photograph images to show the full head and face of the person; repealing certain provisions relating to drivers license photographing exceptions for public safety data coded elsewhere and certain religious objections (je) SF1884 - Early childhood developmental screening refusal due to conscientiously held beliefs
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring school boards to inform parents of the right to refuse early childhood developmental screening because of conscientiously held beliefs (me) Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Author stricken Limmer Bill Text Modifying the crime of second degree burglary to include unlawful entrance to government buildings, religious establishments and school buildings (rt) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Expanding the crime of burglary in the second degree to entering a government building, religious establishment or school building without consent; prescribing penalties; defining government building and religious establishment (je) SF0876 - Virginia B'nai Abraham Synagogue historical preservation appropriation
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to preserve the B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Virginia (me) Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary Bill Text 2E Relating to marriage; tranferring certain administrative responsibilities from court administrators to local registrars; requiring ministers to pay a filing fee; clarifying state applicability of license requirements; modifying social security number requirements for marrige license applications; clarifying name change restrictions for convicted felons; modifying marriage certificate requirements (je) SF2065 - Automatic sprinkler system for places of worship requirement exemption
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text SF2169 - Private postsecondary educational institutions licensing requirement
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for the licensure and registration of private postsecondary educational institutions with the office of higher education, modifying the definition of school to include entities located in other states with contracts with state schools, requiring registration upon school merger, consolidation or sale, specifying information and requirements for registration, school closure, additional security, accreditation, school criteria, school name limits, name grandfathering, conditional approval, registration disapproval and appeal, permitted advertising, records, fees and penalty; requiring curriculum approval; clarifying requirements with regard to proprietary schools and authorizing penalties, removing an exemption for driver training schools; exempting religious schools (rt) Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - Governor's action Veto Ch. 65 05/09/07 Bill Text TICLE 1 - HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the Minnesota office of higher education for the state grants, public safety officers survivors, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, child care grants, Minitex, MnLINK gateway, learning network of Minnesota, Minnesota college savings plan, midwest higher education compact, intervention for college attendance program grants, achieve success and persistence through innovative rigorous education for students living in remote and underserved areas and to increase intervention for college attendance program (ICAP) grants, for the Minnesota campus compact for operations, to award campus community collaboration and service learning grants to certain postsecondary institutions and to support certain compact initiatives, for a grant to Augsburg college for the Step Up program for chemically dependent students [...] show full description HF1106 - Virginia; B'nai Abraham Synagogue historical preservation funding provided, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred by Chair to Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division Bill Text Virginia; B'nai Abraham Synagogue historical preservation funding provided, and money appropriated. Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill Bill Text Private cemeteries provisions clarified. Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Returned from Senate with amendment Bill Text TICLE 1 - HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the Minnesota office of higher education for the state grants, public safety officers survivors, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, child care grants, Minitex, MnLINK gateway, learning network of Minnesota, Minnesota college savings plan, midwest higher education compact, intervention for college attendance program grants, the achieve scholarship program, rigorous high school courses and college attendance programs, for the Minnesota campus compact for operations, to award campus community collaboration and service learning grants to certain postsecondary institutions and to support certain compact initiatives, for a grant to Augsburg college for the Step Up program for chemically dependent students educational opportunities, to the Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota, Inc. for law [...] show full description HR0005 - Day of Prayer; a house resolution recognizing May 3, 2007, as a Day of Prayer in Minnesota.
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Resolution introduced Bill Text Day of Prayer; a house resolution recognizing May 3, 2007, as a Day of Prayer in Minnesota. |
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