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LeadMN urges continued investment in MinnState, emergency grants and hunger supports
Summary
LeadMN representatives told the committee that MinnState’s low tuition makes two‑year colleges accessible but that emergency grants and Hunger Free Campus funding must expand to meet student need; LeadMN also said state appropriations are essential to keep tuition low and maintain workforce programs.
Christian Catano, vice president of LeadMN, and Grace Horn, LeadMN treasurer and a student at Minnesota State College Southeast, spoke about needs in Minnesota’s two‑year college system and requested support for MinnState’s budget request and emergency assistance programs.
Catano said LeadMN represents students across the MinnState system’s 26 public two‑year community and technical colleges and that MinnState…
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