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Private‑school leaders warn elimination of nonpublic pupil aid and transportation would harm low‑income families
Summary
During the Feb. 11 House Education Finance Committee hearing, multiple nonpublic and faith‑based school leaders and association representatives urged lawmakers not to cut nonpublic pupil aid or transportation, saying the change would reduce access for low‑income families and could increase state costs if students return to public schools.
Dozens of nonpublic school leaders and advocacy groups told the House Education Finance Committee on Feb. 11 that eliminating nonpublic pupil aid and nonpublic transportation — as proposed in the governor’s 2025 education budget — would hurt low‑income families and reduce educational access.
Meg Forgette, associate director for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’s Office for Catholic Education, told the committee the archdiocese’s 49 schools serve more than 30,000 students and that the average per‑pupil cost in those schools is $8,532 compared with more than $18,000 per pupil in Minnesota public schools. “Why then would it make any sense to cut the nonpublic per pupil aid program as well as nonpublic transportation from the state's…
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