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House passes K–12 finance and policy bill with literacy indexing and special-education review
Summary
House File 5, a biennial K–12 education finance and policy bill, passed the House 97–36. The bill indexes the general education formula to inflation, funds multiple one-time grants, creates a Blue Ribbon Commission to address special-education cost growth and contains cuts in the outyears intended to meet joint targets.
The Minnesota House passed House File 5, a K–12 education finance and policy bill, on a roll-call vote of 97 ayes to 36 nays. Lawmakers invoked a suspension of rules to move the measure to immediate consideration and final passage.
Representative Joachim, the bill’s author, described the package as the product of a bipartisan, bicameral working group. Joachim told members the bill "provides some flexibility in funding streams" and preserves an indexing of the general education formula to inflation, providing a 2.74% increase in 2026 and 3% in 2027 under the negotiated language.
Key components described on the floor include investments in consolidation aid; compensatory revenue hold-harmless provisions; a special-education teacher apprenticeship program; one-time grants for Minnesota Youth Council and math-corp programs;…
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