May 15, 2019
50% of Rural School Facility Bonds Approved in 2019
Half of the rural school facility bonds have been approved in 2019. Ten rural school…
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May 12, 2019
Minnesota Legislators Work Towards Compromise
Minnesota legislators involved in the Conference Committees spent the past week reviewing the House and…
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May 10, 2019
Property Tax Reductions Contribute to E-12 Funding Gap
About 83 percent of Minnesota public school operating revenue comes in the form of state…
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May 5, 2019
MREA Analysis Shows Impact of Income on Operating Referendum Taxes
Both the Minnesota House and Senate currently are considering changes in tax rates on operating…
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April 28, 2019
House & Senate Propose Operating Referendum Tax Reductions
Both the Minnesota House and Senate include Operating Referendum Tax Rate reductions in their omnibus…
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April 14, 2019
Legislature Divided as Takes Easter Break
After a jam-packed week of moving several major omnibus spending bills through the committee process…
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April 10, 2019
MREA Advocates for Schools in Washington D.C.
Minnesota School Superintendents and MREA Board Members Matt Schultz and Tim Lutz joined MREA Executive…
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April 10, 2019
Senate, House Education Bills Differ Significantly
The Senate's Omnibus E-12 bill (SF 7 DE1) differs significantly from that of the House's…
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April 5, 2019
House Education Bill Passes Committee
The $900 million Omnibus Finance Bill (HF2400DE1) passed out of committee on Thursday with almost…
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March 31, 2019
Details of House E-12 Omnibus Funding Bill Released
The House Education Finance Committee released more details on its E-12 funding plans late Saturday.…
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March 31, 2019
State Education Funding Plans Take Shape
The Minnesota House DFL on Monday released its budget targets that included $900 million over…
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March 31, 2019
Proposed Legislation Equalizes Operating Referendum Tax Rates
Many rural school district taxpayers pay especially high referendum tax rates and those same rural…
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