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Board adopts 2026 legislative platform calling for end to special-education cross-subsidy and charter accountability
Summary
The board approved a legislative platform urging the state to eliminate the special education cross-subsidy, strengthen charter-school fiscal and operational oversight, seek better measures than MCAs for accountability, and fund mandated programs such as paid family leave and unemployment changes for school support staff.
The St. Cloud Area School District Board of Education adopted its 2026 legislative platform during the work session, directing the district's legislative priorities to state policymakers.
Al Dahlgren, chair of the legislative committee, presented the platform and its rationale, citing district demographics that show higher-than-average needs: the presentation noted the district's free and reduced-price lunch…
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