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Board adopts 2025 legislative agenda, flags special education funding cuts and mental-health priorities
Summary
The board adopted Resolution 2025-0001, the 2025 legislative agenda, noting that state policy has cut Minneapolis special education aids by nearly $30 million annually and urging expanded funding for student mental health and adherence of general education aid to inflation. The resolution passed unanimously at the Jan. 21 meeting.
The Minneapolis Board of Education adopted Resolution 2025-0001, the district's 2025 legislative agenda, on Jan. 21, 2025. Director Kim Ellison moved the resolution; the motion passed on a voice vote with eight 'Aye' votes (Director Abdul Abdi absent). The resolution states that changes to state policy have reduced Minneapolis special education aids by nearly $30 million annually and that federal pandemic-era aid was not renewed while pandemic-related student needs persist.
The legislative agenda directs the district's advocacy priorities for the 2025 legislative session, including linking the general education aid formula to inflation, addressing the special-education aid shortfall, and expanding the pipeline and funding for student mental-health professionals. The resolution was adopted as Resolution 2025-0001 and was attached to the meeting materials.
