March 15, 2015
Inside the Education Technical Policy Bill
The House Education Innovation Policy Committee on Thursday began dissecting HF1591, sponsored by Rep. Sondra…
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March 8, 2015
Funding Transfers of Early Learning and School Readiness
When Rep. Mike Sundin (DFL-Duluth) presented a bill that would authorize the Barnum school district…
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March 6, 2015
Many Education Bills in the Air
MREA has been especially busy this year advocating on behalf of Greater Minnesota schools. There…
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March 2, 2015
Bill to Improve IEP Process for Special Education
Key legislation has been presented to repeal a law that requires the Minnesota Department of…
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February 28, 2015
March Madness Ignites with $1.9 Billion Surplus
Minnesotans received positive news about their state budget on Friday from the February budget forecast.…
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February 28, 2015
Senate Debates Basic Funding Formula Increase
Two bills related to the general education funding formula and one related to compensatory revenue…
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February 27, 2015
Universal All Day Preschool Stalls at Capitol
A bill that would give school districts the opportunity to offer all-day preschool to 4-year-olds…
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February 25, 2015
7 Keys to Improving American Indian Student Education
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) presented to legislators today 7 recommendations for improving educational…
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February 22, 2015
Legislators Debate Governor's Proposed Education Spending
By Joe Gould, Legislative Affairs Specialist Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s education budget was presented in bill…
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February 16, 2015
Bill Introduced to Continue Home Visit Program
House Education Finance Chair Jenifer Loon (R-Eden Prairie) last week introduced a bill to continue to…
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February 16, 2015
School Readiness Bill Brought to House Committee
The Minnesota House Education Finance Committee reviewed legislation last week that would increase school readiness aid…
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February 5, 2015
MREA Budget Webinar Recording Now Available
MREA hosted a virtual meeting today to review Governor Dayton's budget proposal released last week. MREA Director of…
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