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Hibbing officials urge review of PSEO funding, say current formula shifts costs to rural districts
Summary
Hibbing School Board members and district leaders told the Senate Education Finance Committee on Jan. 29 that the current funding formula for the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program places a disproportionate financial burden on small, rural districts and asked the Legislature to review Minn. statute cited in testimony.
Hibbing School Board members and the district superintendent told the Senate Education Finance Committee on Jan. 29 that the state’s current PSEO funding formula is imposing heavy financial costs on their rural district and others like it.
"PSEO is a wonderful educational opportunity for students and their families," said Kim McLaughlin, a Hibbing School Board member, "but from our school district's perspective the financial implications are staggering." McLaughlin told senators that Hibbing High School’s junior and senior classes total roughly 340 students and that near‑quarter of those…
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