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District monitors E–12 bill as Hillman flags special-education and screening changes
Summary
Superintendent Tim Hillman told the Northfield Public School Board on June 9 that recent E–12 bill developments preserved inflation indexing and secured state help for summer unemployment costs, but he warned of future pressure on special-education funding and a new unfunded literacy-screening requirement for dual-language programs.
Superintendent Tim Hillman briefed the Northfield Public School Board on developments in the Minnesota E–12 education bill during the June 9 meeting, describing elements the district supports and areas of concern.
Hillman said local advocacy helped avert a proposal in the Senate bill to dial back inflationary indexing in the per‑pupil formula. The superintendent also reported that the legislature allocated $100 million to reimburse districts for summer unemployment costs for hourly school workers, relieving districts from covering those benefits from general funds for the near term.
Hillman highlighted a…
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