Seeing as Monday was April 15, perhaps the last thing you want to talk about right now is taxes. But getting ready for next year’s filing period is what the 2024 House tax bill is all about: Providing new or expanded tax credits and making that spring ritual simpler and perhaps cheaper.

According to the release, 15 of the grants — totaling about $13 million — were awarded to Greater Minnesota, and the other 10 grants($7 million) to metro schools.

The House Education Finance Committee passed its comprehensive finance bill along party lines Wednesday.

Leaders of a northern Minnesota school district are asking for feedback from families on a proposal to implement a four-day school week as soon as next year.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - More than a dozen school districts have been awarded grant funding to develop and expand programs that provide exposure and paid work experience for Minnesota students 16 years of age and older.

The free expression group says that from July-December of last year, it recorded 4,349 instances of book bans across 23 states and 52 public school districts. The report says more books were banned in those six months than in the 12 months of the 2022-2023 school year.

Public education received an appropriations increase of $2.26 billion, or 10.8% over base, in 2023.

The Minnesota Department of Education in March reported four-year graduation rates were down in 2023, renewing concerns about the direction of the state’s public schools and the lingering effects of the pandemic. But a deeper look at the data finds the state’s published results were flawed and that graduation rates are actually rising.

Two similar state programs that work to achieve the same goal of helping prepare young children for school would be merged under a bill passed by the House Thursday.

Scores of Minnesota school districts aim to use new levying authority and help from the Legislature to ensure students have a safe, appropriate place to learn.

The governor’s proposed supplemental education budget for fiscal year 2025 may save the state roughly $9 million in the General Fund.

If you’re looking for academic materials in Minnesota schools representing the state’s Hmong, Karen, Somali, or Oromo communities, you will likely not have luck.