Cheryl Youakim
🏛️ Chair Democrat
HD-046B
She was a non-voting member until 3/17/2025, when she became co-chair.
House committee
Education Finance
Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
HF4980
Calculation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2027 modified, allocation of compensatory aid for fiscal year 2028 modified, and money appropriated.
May 13, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3857
Student support personnel aid increased, and money appropriated.
May 13, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3490
Scholarship-granting organizations authorized.
May 13, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5128
Minnesota Vision of a Learner established, working group created, report required, and money appropriated.
May 11, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3969
Contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed.
May 11, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5108
Operating referendum ballot notice modified, and authority for the school board to renew a referendum without seeking voter approval unless notice requirements are met eliminated.
May 6, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5098
Permanent School Trust Lands Task Force established to address permanent school trust lands located within or near the boundaries of Tribal lands, report required, and money appropriated.
April 30, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5095
Minnesota Imagination Library program established, report required, and money appropriated.
April 28, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5072
License processing fee for a lifetime substitute teaching license application prohibited.
April 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5057
School district fund transfers authorized.
April 22, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF5018
School safety plans enhanced, anonymous threat reporting system established, circumstances when firearms are permitted on school property modified, additional student support personnel aid provided, and money appropriated.
April 20, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4986
Mindful Foundations pilot program for students in kindergarten through grade 1 established, report required, and money appropriated.
April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4985
Grant for student mentoring program through Students Together Respecting the Importance and Purpose of Education in Schools (STRIPES) program established, report required, and money appropriated.
April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3511
Funding for school safety increased, local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches limited to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, and money appropriated.
April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3119
Minimum compensation for teachers and certain other school staff established, aid programs to support teacher base compensation and unlicensed staff wage requirements established, and report required.
April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4893
Student support personnel aid allowances modified, and money appropriated.
April 13, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF57
Special education cross subsidy aid increased, and money appropriated.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4903
Youth Stabilization Program grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4498
Department of Revenue required to designate scholarship granting organizations.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4332
Continued enrollment authorized for certain online students with a temporary break in residency, and money appropriated.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF409
Local optional revenue increased, aid amount increased, and money appropriated.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF2100
Referendum allowances reduced, local optional revenue authority increased, and money appropriated.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4800
State-paid free school lunches limited to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, school wellness and resiliency aid established, resources for school-linked behavioral health grants increased, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4799
School safety video analytics grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3930
Contract funding provided to support teacher retention, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3834
School district eligibility to levy for swimming pool operating costs modified.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3602
Schools required to develop school safety plans, School Safety Advisory Council established, Minnesota School Safety Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4790
Facilities grant program for cooperative units established, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4729
School employee health insurance provided, minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel increased, paraprofessional paid orientation and professional development provided, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4704
Local governments and school districts exempted from state mandates unless funding is provided to comply with the mandate, implementation language provided, contested case hearings authorized, report required, and constitutional amendment proposed.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4198
Student mental health grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3650
Student career pathways framework established, and report required.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF2544
Dual Enrollment Task Force established, report required, and money appropriated.
March 25, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF957
Mandate relief for school districts provided, certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to opt out of compliance with certain recently enacted state laws or rules.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4529
Rochester Public Schools grant funding provided for a school-based mental health program, and money appropriated.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4510
Community schoolyards grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4418
Grant program to fund safety improvements at schools established, report required, and money appropriated.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3714
Enrollment and eligibility priority modified for children in foster care for various children, youth, and families education and financial assistance programs; Northstar foster care child care allowance modified; and licensing agencies required to provide license holders with information about child care costs and early childhood education programs.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4484
Greenhouse equipment upgrade funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 18, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4312
Uses of operating capital revenue expanded to include utility costs.
March 18, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4325
Independent School District No. 403, Ivanhoe; fund transfer authorized.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4306
Independent School District No. 181, Brainerd Public Schools; fund transfer authorized.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4181
Special education teacher pathway program modified to include related services providers.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3654
Local optional revenue program renamed, program funding increased, and money appropriated.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3470
Independent School District No. 197, West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan fund transfer authorized.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF2322
Minnesota Young Readers Club program for literacy support created, funding provided to implement program and contract for reading materials, report required, and money appropriated.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4270
Payments to postsecondary institutions and schools for the postsecondary enrollment options program modified.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4269
Office of the Legislative Auditor directed to evaluate the postsecondary enrollment options program, and report required.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4116
Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF1099
Share of unreimbursed special education aid paid by the resident school district to a charter school reduced, state portion of special education aid for unreimbursed charter school expenditures increased, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4054
Independent School District No. 31, Bemidji; career and technical education demonstration pilot grant authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3942
Continued enrollment for students for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year authorized.
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3653
Safe schools revenue increased to school districts, safe schools aid to charter schools and cooperative units provided, and money appropriated.
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3585
Interagency Council on Student Attendance established, report required, and money appropriated.
March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF4020
Mental health care services established for students through telehealth, and money appropriated.
March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3616
Individual income tax rates modified, county program aid increased to offset county costs associated with federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program changes, school district revenue adjusted, commissioner required to estimate costs, and money appropriated.
March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3915
General education aid deduction modified by correcting an obsolete apportionment reference.
March 2, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3890
Continued enrollment for students for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year authorized.
March 2, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3790
Lease levy authority restored for space necessary for graduation ceremonies.
February 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3765
Public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3451
Anonymous threat reporting system grants provided to schools, report required, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF1791
School district authorized to offer career and technical education postsecondary scholarships and postsecondary grants.
February 26, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3710
Teacher classroom support grant program established, and money appropriated.
February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF2016
General education revenue modified to include safe schools aid for charter schools.
February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3568
Student support personnel aid authorized to be used for costs of certain licensed special education teachers.
February 23, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3529
Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue made available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools; and money appropriated.
February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3495
School safety grant eligibility expanded to nonpublic and Tribal contract schools, and money appropriated.
February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3494
Safe schools aid for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units created; student support personnel aid repealed; and money appropriated.
February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3492
Commissioner of education authorized to award school safety facility grants to schools to enhance safety for students and staff, Northern Lights Express funds cancelled, and money appropriated.
February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF1435
Education innovation provided, innovation zone provisions modified, P-TECH approval process modified, and Education Innovation recodified and reorganized.
February 18, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3371
Local optional revenue increased for school districts with limited referendum revenue authority, and money appropriated.
February 17, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF29
Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.
February 17, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF1766
Economic and financial literacy education and teacher professional development activities grant provided, and money appropriated.
February 17, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF1161
School district seasonal tax base replacement aid established, and money appropriated.
February 17, 2026Pending: House Education Finance
HF3312
Perpich Center for Arts Education high school converted to pupil-based funding for two years; Perpich Center for Arts Education closed on June 30, 2027; and money appropriated.
May 9, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2201
Local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level limited, and money appropriated.
May 5, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF3261
Programs to support teacher candidates performing student teaching provided, and money appropriated.
April 30, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF51
Education finance; roof projects authorized as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program, and money appropriated.
April 23, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2288
Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement grant authorized to conduct a survey of Minnesota principals, report required, and money appropriated.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2152
State total adult basic education aid increased, adult basic education program aid limit modified, funding increased to pay costs of commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests, and money appropriated.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF3183
Certain expenditures from the school food service fund authorized.
April 10, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2065
Library online databases funding increased, and money appropriated.
April 10, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2944
Board of a consolidated school district authorized to renew an expiring referendum established pursuant to the consolidation, and requirements for school board renewal of an expiring referendum clarified.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2895
Education empowerment account program created, report required, and money appropriated.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF3072
Literacy incentive aid program modified, new eligible uses for literacy aid established, literacy aid funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2717
Safe schools revenue increased, safe schools aid established, revenue expanded to all cooperative units, and money appropriated.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2387
School food waste reduced, free school milk provided without the need to take full school lunch, and money appropriated.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2342
Minnesota Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs grant funding provided for academic assistance programs, and money appropriated.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1053
Reenrollment after student withdrawal from school encouraged, and notification and resources required for the family of an unenrolled child.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2528
Neighborhood partnership grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1607
Hours of instruction requirements modified.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF515
General education basic formula allowance increased by an additional three percent per year, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2841
School system videos funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2786
Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2534
Minimum share of general education funding transferred to an area learning center increased.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF679
Award amounts of innovative service-learning grants increased, and money appropriated.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2741
Teacher licensure provisions modified, grant programs transferred from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education, reports required, and money appropriated.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2731
Junior Achievement North grant authorized for expansion of its student financial literacy activities, reports required, and money appropriated.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2696
Independent School District No. 720, Shakopee, authorized to qualify under the long-term facilities maintenance revenue program as a district eligible for alternative facilities revenue.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1171
Minnesota math corps program mission modified, and money appropriated.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF745
School's compensatory revenue eligibility calculated on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits, percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions, Compensatory Revenue Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF55
Grant authorized for Minnesota Alliance With Youth Promise Fellow program activities, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF54
Grant authorized for Minnesota Youth Council activities, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2430
Read Act training funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2388
Local optional aid and levy replaced with basic supplemental revenue, basic supplemental aid amount increased, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2210
Additional school unemployment aid funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1771
Learning with music program grant provided, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1589
Academic acceleration pilot program established, report required, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2511
Allowed uses of long-term facilities maintenance revenue modified to include school safety facility enhancements.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2510
School district local optional revenue increased, and local optional revenue program indexed to the formula allowance.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2473
Public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinet funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1989
Local optional revenue for school districts increased, and money appropriated.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF630
Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extended.
March 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2352
Education finance; grant amounts for approved recovery programs increased, and money appropriated.
March 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2263
St. Paul Public Schools grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2246
Civic education grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2205
Robotics program grants authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2181
Special education separate sites funding eligibility expanded, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2043
Student attendance marketing campaign funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1959
Teacher preparation program grant eligibility modified.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF31
School's compensatory revenue eligibility calculated on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits, various education provisions modified, Compensatory Revenue Task Force established, and money appropriated.
March 11, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF877
Read Act amended, and appropriations cancelled.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF779
Advance payment of the education credit established, education credit assignments disallowed, and report on delivering advance payments using an electronic benefits transfer card required.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF2056
General education disparity aid established, and money appropriated.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF984
Elementary counseling services for nonpublic pupils included in nonpublic pupil aid, and money appropriated.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1988
Referendum levy equalizing factors increased, and money appropriated.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1967
Independent School District No. 186, Pequot Lakes, PSEO adjustment provided, and money appropriated.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1966
Minnesota Association of Alternative Program STARS (Success, Teamwork, Achievement, Recognition, and Self-esteem) program funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1866
Allowable uses of school library aid modified.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1558
Girl Scouts River Valleys grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1258
School districts authorized to cooperate and share expenses to operate and maintain an ice arena.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1818
Grant funding provided to a nonprofit to develop a global competency skills pilot program, report required, and money appropriated.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1572
Independent School District No. 742, St. Cloud grant funding provided for preschool programs; and money appropriated.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1608
Kids in Need Foundation grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1554
Allowed uses of student support personnel aid modified for school districts and charter schools with declining enrollment.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1550
School district authorized to reauthorize a capital projects referendum by board action.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1543
Literacy interventions grant provided, report required, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1539
Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; special education initial aid amount adjusted, supplemental special education aid created, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1498
Museums and education centers grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1408
Grant program established to support community literacy initiatives, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1001
Career and technical revenue increased for school districts, and money appropriated.
February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF875
Allowable uses of student support personnel aid expanded.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF52
Pupil transportation funding increased, and money appropriated.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1415
Funding increased for the school unemployment aid account in the special revenue fund, and money appropriated.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1388
Building Assets, Reducing Risks Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF65
Authority to adopt rules implementing statewide health standards repealed, and certain funds cancelled.
February 20, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF846
Funding provided for grants to intermediate school districts for registered special education apprenticeship programs, and money appropriated.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1194
Extended time revenue linked to increases in the general education basic formula allowance, and money appropriated.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1176
ActivEd Walkabouts program grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF1028
Education finance funding allocations involving school district funding, general education basic formula allowance, special education cross subsidy aid, school unemployment aid account funding, English learner cross subsidy aid, and safe schools revenue increased; calculations for school's compensatory revenue eligibility modified; school board powers modified; and money appropriated.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF923
Career and technical education aid and levy amounts clarified.
February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF830
Independent School District No. 99, Esko; American Indian mascot removal and replacement costs funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF827
Consolidation transition aid increased for school districts.
February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF53
Education finance; transportation sparsity revenue percent amended.
February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF734
Career and technical education course pupils extended time use expansion provided.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF660
Community Engagement Response Team funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF658
P-TECH implementation grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF586
Funding for success incentive aid program established, and money appropriated.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF567
Historic school building preservation grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF56
Safe schools aid created, student support personnel aid repealed, and money appropriated.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance
HF535
Natural disaster debt service equalization aid program broadened to assist school districts with a high percentage of property excluded from tax rolls.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Finance