Education

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Wesenberg

Democrat Policies Damaging the Future of Minnesota

Senate Democrats recently passed two mandate heavy bills that put the future of Minnesota at risk. One pertains to education policy and fails to address the areas where schools say they need the most support. The second is the labor…
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Green

A Tale of Two Policy Bills

This week Democrats passed two controversial policy bills off the floor: the Labor policy bill and the Education policy bill. Both have many problems. I want folks to be aware of what’s in them. Let’s start out with the Education…
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Howe

Education policy omnibus burdens schools, fails to put students first

Yesterday Senate Democrats passed a partisan, mandate-heavy education policy omnibus bill. The legislation fails to address the three areas where schools need the most support: increasing academic success, providing mandate relief and improving school safety. “Democrats have focused on passing…
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Lucero: Unfunded mandates crushing school budgets

TO THE EDITOR: Last year the Democrat-trifecta passed a hyper-partisan K-12 education funding budget filled with unfunded mandates. The result has been to further crush school budgets in our community and across the state that were already strained. I’ve spoken…
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Rarick

Giving Our Schools More Flexibility

Last week on the Senate floor we passed a bill that makes education forecast adjustments. There are no new provisions, it’s just correcting funding due to incorrect fiscal notes from last year. It does reflect a $241 million increase in…
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Eichorn: Repairing the damage last year’s budget did to schools

Friends and neighbors, Despite an additional $2.2 billion in education funding last year, school districts across Minnesota are facing crippling budget shortfalls. Why? Because Democrats also imposed over 60 heavy new mandates on schools. This week, Senate Republicans announced a…
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