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State representative warns Shakopee board of projected K–12 cuts, special-education review
Summary
Representative Ben Baker updated the Shakopee School Board on the recent legislative session, saying state education policy left local districts facing decreased funding and mandating a Blue Ribbon Commission to find cuts, including $250 million in special-education reductions.
Representative Ben Baker (District 54B) told the Shakopee School Board on July 28 that the recent legislative session left unresolved funding and policy issues that will affect local schools.
Baker, a member of the education finance committee, told the board he supported the original education bill in the House but voted against the final negotiated bill because, he said, “we cut money to schools in the next 2 years by about $71,000,000, and we increased the Department of Ed budget by $18,000,000.” He said those tradeoffs reduce direct…
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