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Vantage students propose needs‑based referendum cap and voter awareness campaign
Summary
Vantage Public Policy students presented a two‑part plan to narrow funding gaps: a needs‑based referendum cap (using MDE report‑card demographics) and a multichannel voter awareness campaign to explain referendum benefits; students gave illustrative figures for Minnetonka and Minneapolis.
A team of Vantage Public Policy students presented the Minnetonka School Board with a two‑part proposal on Nov. 20 aimed at reducing disparities in Minnesota school funding.
"If we get public education right, everything else will follow," the students quoted during their presentation, framing their project as an equity‑focused response to statewide funding differences. The student presenters — Sadie Stowers, Danny Bigg, Isabelle Chin and Jack Arrington — proposed (1) a needs‑based referendum cap that…
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