April 24, 2020
How Minnesota Schools Can Use CARES Funds
Minnesota school districts and charters will receive $126 million as part of the over $13…
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April 18, 2020
Lawmakers Pass More COVID-19 Response, E-12 Bill Held Up
Both the Minnesota House and Senate held two remote sessions over the past week that…
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April 13, 2020
Rural Schools Provide 57% of Typical Meals During Distance Learning
Rural Minnesota school districts provided on a daily average 57 percent of meals that they…
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April 5, 2020
Legislature to Hold Floor Session April 14
The Minnesota Legislature is set to hold a floor session on April 14 with an…
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March 14, 2020
Minnesota Lawmakers Respond to Mitigate COVID-19 Spread
Responding to COVID-19 and working to mitigate the spread have been the focus of Gov.…
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February 28, 2020
Legislature: Battle Lines Drawn
The 2020 legislative session is running on all cylinders with full committee agendas and legislative…
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January 3, 2020
Congress Approves $1.4 Billion Education Funding Increase
The U.S. House and Senate at the end of the session in December passed federal…
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December 13, 2019
Minnesota Rural Education Ranks Above National Median
Minnesota's rural education ranked above the national median in a new national report from the…
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December 5, 2019
State Budget Surplus for 2020: What It Means for Schools
Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook continues to improve, leading to a $1.332 billion projected surplus…
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October 18, 2019
Education Priorities as Congress Convenes
Higher education reauthorization and appropriations for federal programs top the education priorities as Congress is…
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October 17, 2019
Taxes Reduced for Taxpayers in 145 School Districts
An increase in the First Tier of operating referendum equalization in Minnesota in 2019 will…
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September 21, 2019
New Minnesota School Finance Work Group Begins Work
Minnesota Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker on Saturday convened the new Minnesota School Finance Working…
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