This Week At the Capitol
As expected, this session is moving along rapidly.  Policy bills need to be introduced, heard and moved out of their house of origin quickly. Because of this timeline, each day there …

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The Issue -

Whether a cap that limits how much money a school district can raise through voter approved levies should be eliminated.  This would allow districts to levy as much money as their …

Some well-off school districts pass tax levies easily; others can’t. All are capped – should that change?
Minn. school districts: When wealth can\’t be used
Legislation has been introduced to eliminate the cap this year.
Our Parent Legislative …

At the Capitol
The Governor’s Budget
In the budget recommendations he presented on Monday, Governor Pawlenty confirmed the “very dramatic and painful spending reductions” that he predicted in last week’s State of the State address. And although the …

02/12/10 SEE Legislative Update

February 11, 2010 – Governor Pawlenty\’s State of the State Address – Excerpts on Education
What Governor Pawlenty had to say about education in his State of the State Address, Parents United.

February 15, 2010 – Governor Pawlenty Unveils Plan to Balance State Budget without Raising Taxes
The Governor’s budget claims to maintain funding for K-12 education, but fails to provide funds for the state to pay back …

Read full weekly update at Parents United Update 02/19/10 – This Week At the Capitol
These first weeks of committee hearings are filled with great information, studies and high level discussions. Many reports that feed these discussions …

The state of MN does not have enough revenue coming in this spring, so the state has a cash flow problem.  The state is delaying payments to school districts who have been fiscally responsible and …

The Rosemount-Apple Valley- Eagan school district attempting to patch budget for year with $15.6 million in cuts.
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district budget proposes job cuts