Schools Advocating for Fair Funding

Topic: Education

READ Act millions didn’t close education funding gap, administrators say

Major money went to Minnesota schools over the last two years, but Minnesota's school leaders say the $110 million in READ Act funding hasn't closed their budget gaps.

Fox 9

Minnesota school leaders testify about budget woes in Senate hearing

Superintendents, principals and others from school districts large and small on Wednesday told a Senate panel that they are facing budget woes, despite record funding for education approved in the last few years

CBS News

Despite dip, chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high at 28%

Attendance Works recommends student engagement and decision making based on data analysis to boost attendance.

K-12 DIVE

Education Department withdraws propsed Title IX athletics rule

The administration cited legal challenges and public comment in pulling the controversial regulation as the presidency is about to change hands.

K-12 DIVE

Minnesota lawmakers OK school policy changes on cell phones, book bans, literacy

Minnesota lawmakers on Wednesday backed an education policy bill that prohibits book bans, requires schools to implement cell phone policies and adjusts requirements on literacy instruction.

MPR News

95% of teacher contracts settled after slowest negotiation cycle — and other labor news

Most teacher contracts settled It’s been the slowest negotiating cycle for public school teacher contracts in the 20 years that the state teachers union, Education Minnesota, has been keeping track. But they’re nearly all settled now.

Minnesota Reformer

Bipartisan bill proposes student teacher stipends to combat teacher shortage in Minnesota

The 12-week pilot program is slated to start in the 2024-25 school year in collaboration with colleges in Duluth, St. Cloud and elsewhere in Greater Minnesota.

StarTribune

House passes bill to put $55 million into literacy, teacher training and pre-K programs

Minnesota lawmakers on Tuesday moved forward with a K–12 education budget touch-up bill that allocates $55 million to literacy training for teachers, a pre-kindergarten program expansion and plans to study student absenteeism.

MPR News

Pension policy modifications receive strong House support

Eighteen bills initially approved on a bipartisan vote by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement have been rolled into the pension and retirement supplemental budget bill.

Session Daily

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They’re banning the book ban

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A movement to ban book bans is gaining steam in Minnesota and several other states, in contrast to the trend playing out in more conservative states where book challenges have soared to their highest levels in decades.

AP U.S. NEWS

Minnesota schools face shortfalls despite recent boost in state aid

School districts across the state saw a total of $2.2 billion in new funding for the 2024-2025 biennium, a nearly 11% increase over the last state budget

TwinCities Pioneer Press

Student mental health needs, ‘unsustainable’ jobs overwhelm Minnesota school principals

A newly released University of Minnesota report on Minnesota K-12 school principals found school leaders struggling to deal with student mental health.

MPR News