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Senate file to align referendum reauthorization dates for consolidated districts laid over
Summary
Senate File 2713 would align reauthorization dates for expiring referendums in consolidated school districts with Minnesota Department of Education processes; sponsor said the bill corrects an omission affecting one consolidated district and the bill was laid over.
Senate File 2713, which would allow consolidated school districts the same referendum reauthorization treatment as non-consolidated districts and retroactively cover one consolidated district left out under 2023 changes, was introduced and laid over by the Minnesota Senate Education Finance Committee.
Sponsor Senator Clark said the bill would "align the dates boards need to approve this by to align with current MDE processes." The bill was described as retroactive to cover one consolidated district that voted to reauthorize a referendum but was not covered by the then-current statute.
No external testifiers appeared on the record in support or opposition and committee members offered brief recognition; Senator Farnsworth noted a consolidated district in his area had been affected. The committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill; no final vote was taken at the hearing.
