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Board discusses drafting resolution asking legislature to avoid mid‑year budget changes that affect districts
Summary
Directors debated a proposed resolution urging the Minnesota Legislature to avoid passing mandates or funding changes that take effect during the budget year; some directors urged removing a session‑specific clause and pursuing direct legislator engagement instead of a resolution.
Board members discussed a draft resolution at the Sept. 9 meeting that would urge state lawmakers to avoid enacting mandates or budget changes that take effect in the same budget year and to consider timing changes so districts can budget effectively.
"This kind of addresses that and ask the legislature to make sure that anything that they pass, either to pass it earlier, their budget earlier, or to make it, not effective until our next budgeting year," said Chair Matt Swanson when introducing the item as a discussion point.
Directors raised procedural and…
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