Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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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)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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)

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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

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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)

Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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)

Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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 [...]

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Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Referred by Chair to Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division

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Virginia; B'nai Abraham Synagogue historical preservation funding provided, and
money appropriated.

Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill

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Private cemeteries provisions clarified.

Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Returned from Senate with amendment

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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 [...]

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Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Resolution introduced

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Day of Prayer; a house resolution recognizing May 3, 2007, as a Day of Prayer in
Minnesota.