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MREA Hosts Webinar on American Indian Funding

By August 13, 2015 No Comments

MREA hosted a webinar August 13 to help member school leaders learn about the new American Indian (AMI) education aid funding formula.

This funding legislation, passed during Minnesota’s 2015 legislative special session, makes 61 MREA member districts eligible for new, increased, or stabilized AMI aid formula funding. Read more about the AMI funding passed in the legislative special session.

The online meeting was lead by Dennis Olson, Director of Indian Education for the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). MREA AMI Advisory Committee members Lowana Greensky and Peter Haapala also participated.

View eligible schools and their AMI funding projections for FY ’16 and ’17.

View the webinar slides.

View the recorded meeting.