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ISD 191 working meeting lays out 2025 legislative priorities, flags school funding and workforce costs
Summary
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 reviewed its proposed 2025 legislative platform at a Sept. 24 working meeting, emphasizing formula increases, reductions to special education and EL cross-subsidies, and state funding for unemployment and paid family leave.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 officials presented a proposed legislative platform for 2025 that centers on school funding, workforce costs and facility maintenance.
The platform packet notes that "A total of 38 responses were received" to a member survey used to prioritize issues, and it opens with a clear call to the Legislature and U.S. Congress to "Fully fund mandates and essential services." The packet lists formula increases, adjustments to Local Optional Revenue (LOR) and reductions to cross-subsidies for special education and English learners among the top financial priorities.
District materials also flagged workforce costs such as summer and seasonal unemployment and paid family medical leave as items that require a sustainable state funding solution, and called for expanded Long-Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) allowances to address aging buildings. The agenda also noted a planned conversation with "Senator Lindsey Port" and updates from AMSD and SCALE on legislative priorities.
The district said this work is intended to guide outreach to state lawmakers during the 2025 session; no formal board vote or policy adoption was recorded in the meeting materials.
