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Proposal would extend school safety aid to charter public schools
Summary
Representative Green and charter school leaders urged the committee to give charter public schools access to the state safety aid (currently provided via local levies to traditional districts), arguing charter students face the same safety needs but cannot access levy funds.
Charter public school leaders told the House Education Finance Committee on March 25 that charter schools should receive the same state safety aid currently available only to traditional districts through local levies.
Representative Green introduced House File 2016, which would extend safety aid to students attending charter public schools. Joey Chenyan, executive director of the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, said Minnesota has about 173 charter public schools serving roughly 70,000 students — many of whom are students of…
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