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Minnesota Legislature Likely to Steer Clear of Major New Investments in Schools in 2024
Anthony Lonetree. Star Tribune, 15 February, 2024 Minnesota schools won $2.2 billion in new funding the last time the Legislature met, but as lawmakers reconvened this week, the 2024 legislative session thus far carries little hope of a splashy education encore....
2023 Legislation that will have an Immediate Positive Impact on Students
Joe Nathan. ABC Newspapers.com, 6 June, 2023 Four legislators gave me sometimes surprising responses when I asked them what laws approved this year would have the most positive impact on young people. Their answers offer helpful insights about how students and adults...
Minnesota Legislature Passes Sweeping Education Bill: 6 Ways it Will Impact State’s Schools
Eder Campuzano. Star Tribune. 18 May, 2023 More than $2 billion in new spending. Updated graduation requirements. Mandates on how schools teach children to read. The Legislature has sent a sweeping education bill to Gov. Tim Walz that partially delivers on a raft of...
Here’s What’s in the Giant Education Bill that Passed the MN House and Senate
Josh Verges. St. Paul Pioneer Press. 18 May, 2023 Minnesota schools will see a surge in state funding, along with new course requirements, teacher diversity grants and changes to reading instruction, under legislation that will become law with Gov. Tim Walz's...
Elizabeth Shockman. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). 16 May, 2023 Updated: May 17, 7:34 a.m. | Posted: May 16, 5:50 p.m. The Minnesota House passed an education spending and policy bill Tuesday -- followed by the Senate on Wednesday morning -- that puts more than $2.2...
House Passes K-12 Education Bill that Features $2.2 Billion Funding Boost, Contentious Policy Changes
Steve Abrams. Session Daily. 16 May, 2023 The education finance and policy agreement returned from conference committee has House DFLers ecstatic. "With this proposal, we make historic investments in our schools," said Rep. Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins). "We've had...
Minnesota DFL Legislators Strike Deal to Give Schools $2.2 Billion Funding Boost
Ryan Faircloth. Star Tribune. 13 May, 2023 Minnesota legislative negotiators struck an education spending deal Friday that would tie future school funding increases to the rate of inflation, help cover the rising cost of special education services and address...
Needed Investment in Minnesota Kids
Editorial Board, Star Tribune. Star Tribune. 22 April, 2023 Minnesota DFL legislators and Gov. Tim Walz agreed to devote an additional $2.2 billion to K-12 education over the next two years -- a significant 10% increase. Now lawmakers are hashing out how those funds...
House Passes Massive K-12 Education Funding, Policy Package
Michelle Griffith. Minnesota Reformer. 20 April, 2023 House Democratic-Farmer-Labor members on Thursday passed a bill that would provide over $2.2 billion in additional funding for Minnesota schools. The bill would increase education spending by 10% to $23 billion --...
House Passes Education Bill that Would Appropriate $2.2 Billion in New Funding for MN Schools
Steve Abrams. Session Daily, 20 April, 2023 State aid for K-12 education is primed to dramatically increase in the coming biennium. The omnibus education finance bill would make appropriations of $23.2 billion, a 10.6% increase over base spending or $2.22 billion in...
