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Board reviews draft legislative platform: funding for basic education, Read Act costs and mandate relief among priorities
Summary
District legislative committee presented a draft platform asking for increased education funding, full Read Act support, relief or funding for new state mandates, compensatory funding fixes tied to free school meals, and more flexibility for facilities and safety dollars.
Carissa (legislative committee representative) presented a draft legislative platform designed to guide the board’s advocacy during the upcoming state session. The draft groups priorities under funding, school safety, assessment/measurement, and district operations.
Carissa told the board: “Every year, the school board adopts a legislative platform to help as they have conversations with our local legislators, about what our schools need.” She said the platform draws on work from partner groups including the Association of Metropolitan School Districts and the Minnesota School Boards Association.
Major funding-related requests in the draft include: an increase in the state basic education formula to cover rising costs (staffing,…
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