March 17, 2021
Map Shows Impact of School Relief for Enrollment Losses
MREA released a map today showing the impact of the proposed one-time financial relief for…
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February 9, 2021
Map Shows Impact of Proposed Change to School Operating Levies
MREA released a new map today showing the impact of proposed legislation on voter approved…
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May 22, 2020
New Map & Analysis on Broadband Need for Minnesota Students
Nearly 31,000 rural public school students live in households that do not have broadband Internet…
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May 1, 2020
New Report on Broadband Availability in Minnesota
A new map with the latest from Minnesota’s Office of Broadband Development shows rural households…
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November 6, 2019
Ag2School Provides Support for School Facility Bonds
Bond referendums in rural Minnesota have passed at a higher rate, following the state increasing…
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October 17, 2019
Taxes Reduced for Taxpayers in 145 School Districts
An increase in the First Tier of operating referendum equalization in Minnesota in 2019 will…
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September 8, 2019
48 Rural School Districts Go to the Voters this November
A total of 48 school districts in rural Minnesota will go to voters this November…
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August 2, 2019
MREA Releases Three Maps on Student Demographics
MREA released three maps of student demographics from the just completed 2018-19 school year that…
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July 21, 2019
Rural Schools at Disadvantage for Operating Revenue, Despite Changes
Local Operating Revenue (LOR) and voter approved operating referendum revenue have become increasingly necessary and…
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July 3, 2019
New Maps Show Impact of Ag2School Tax Credit
Minnesota's large amount of agriculture and timber land has impacted the funding schools receive from…
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July 3, 2019
New Report Shows Wide Income Gap in Minnesota
Minnesota faces a large and pervasive household income gap between rural and metro areas that…
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June 25, 2019
Greater Minnesota Lags Metro by 51% in School District Wealth
Minnesota faces an increasing rural-metro disparity in local Referendum Market Value (property wealth1) per pupil…
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