June 18, 2015
Distinguished Service Nominations Due Friday
The MREA Board of Directors is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Service Award to recognize…
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June 5, 2015
MDE Seeks New Licensing Director
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is seeking a new education director of personnel licensing. Richard…
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June 1, 2015
Ed Rep Needed for Children's Mental Health
The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State released the June 2015 notice of vacancies for …
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May 25, 2015
Pre-Labor Day Start: What Should Schools Do?
Sept. 1, 2015 School Start: Where is the legislation? As a result of the continuous…
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May 24, 2015
Federal Update on 4 Key Issues
MREA has been following federal action that affects Greater Minnesota schools and shares this update…
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April 18, 2015
US Senate Committee Approves ESEA Rewrite
“In a calculated and largely fireworks-free markup of a bipartisan Elementary and Secondary Education Act rewrite,…
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April 12, 2015
New Limits Set on Referendum and Special Elections
A bill passed that would force districts to hold all spending referendums on Election Day. HF922,…
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March 29, 2015
Support School Trust Land Transfer
MREA calls on members this week to support the school land trust transfer within the…
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March 28, 2015
A Push for Increased Phy Ed
A bill that would direct the Minnesota Department of Education to adopt statewide physical education standards…
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March 13, 2015
New MREA Board Officers Elected
The MREA Board of Directors met for its regular meeting March 3 and elected new…
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March 8, 2015
Transportation Sparsity Revenue Introduced
Rep. John Persell (DFL-Bemidji) presented a bill last week to cover the cost of pupil…
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March 3, 2015
Compensatory Revenue Flexibility Bills Presented
Both the House and Senate Education Committees heard bills that would give districts more flexibility in…
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