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1. Approval of the March 17, 2026, meeting minutes.
    
2. SF4410 (Pappas); HF4069 (Feist): TRA and SPTRFA; modifying definition of teacher to exclude J-1 visa holders; requiring refunds of employee contributions.
   • Amendment S4410-1A
   • SF4410-HF4069 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Matthew Conley, Lattice Teachers
     • Melissa Schaller, Executive Director of Student Services, Intermediate School District 917
     • Kate Lynne Snyder, Education Minnesota, Lobbyist
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • Letter of Support from ISD 917 and ISD 199
     • Letter of Support from Lakeville Area Schools
          
3. Revisor No. 26-07808 (Pappas): Secure Choice Retirement Program; revising definitions, covered employer requirements, annual reporting; prohibiting disclosure of confidential information; making administrative changes.
   • Amendment 26-07808-1A
   • Revisor No. 26-07808 Summary
   • Submitted testimony:
     • Cathy McLeer, State Director, AARP Minnesota
     • Brian Cook, Director of Tax, Fiscal Policy, and Elections, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
     • Jon Boesche, State Director, National Federation of Independent Business
        
4. Recommendations of the Probation Officers and 911 Telecommunicators Pension Plans Work Group
   • LCPR Staff Presentation
   • Summary of Probation and Telecommunicator Work Group Bills
   • Report of the Work Group and Appendix
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR26-013: New MSRS Subplan
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR26-017: New PERA Plan
     • Amendment LCPR26-017-1A
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR26-012: Technical changes
   • Appendix C to the Standards for Actuarial Work
   • Testifiers:
   • General Testimony
     • Anne Finn, Intergovernmental Relations Director, League of Minnesota Cities
     • Darlene Pankonie, ENP, Emergency Communications Response Center Manager, Washington County Sheriff's Office; President, Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials and National Emergency Number Association (APCO-NENA);
       • Letter of Support for LCPR26-012, LCPR26-013, LCPR26-017
     • Mike LeDoux, Director of Legislative Affairs, Law Enforcement Labor Services (LELS)
       • Letter of Support from LELS, MN State Patrol Troopers Association, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agents Association, and MN Department of Correctional Fugitive Apprehension Agents Association
   • Testimony on New MSRS Subplan
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
     • Devin Bruce, Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
   • Testimony on New PERA Plan
     • Nicole Kern, Director, Community Corrections Morrison County; testifying on behalf of the MN Community Corrections Act Counties (MACCAC)
     • Dr. Tami Jo Lieberg, Director, Kandiyohi Community Corrections; Former President, Minnesota Corrections Association (MCA); Legislative Co-Chair, MACCAC; Public Safety Liaison, Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC)
     • Jim Hawkins, Probation Officer, Ramsey County; International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 320 (Teamsters Local 320)
     • Nathan Jesson, Executive Director, Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA)
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • Letter from Doug Anderson, Executive Director, Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and Amy Strenge, Policy Coordinator, PERA
     • Letter from Kevin Glass, President, Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers (MACPO)
     • Letter from Matthew Hilgart, Deputy Director, AMC; Nathan Jesson, Executive Director, MICA
     • MACPO, MCA, MAPE, Teamsters Local 320, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 5 Handout
     • Anne Glidden Felber, Career Probation Officer
        
5. If time permits:
    
5. HF4429 (Nadeau): TRA and SPTRFA; lowering the age at which a TRA member may enter into a return-to-work agreement; extending the suspension of the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching.
   • HF4429 Summary
      
6. SF4588 (Frentz); HF4517 (Lillie): MSRS, PERA, TRA; moving investment return assumption for calculating joint and survivor annuities from statute to the Standards' Appendix.
   • SF4588-HF4517 Summary
      
7. SF4587 (Westlin): Eliminating the requirement that 403(b) and 457(b) vendors and administrators annually file investment fees and rates of return with the LCPR.
   • SF4587 Summary

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