Education Legislation

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Check out all the education bills introduced and which ones get scheduled in committees

SEE Education Bills Summary

The Governor's Education Budget and Policy Bills

The Governor's Education Finance Bill - HF1065/SF970

SEE's Walz education finance provisions summary
House Research bill summary
MDE HF1065 Presentation - most concise descriptive summary
Bill status page
District by district revenue increases (Note: Typically amounts are given per adjusted pupil unit (APU). This is per average daily membership (ADM), which results in higher revenue amounts than typically calculated.)
Appropriations Summary
Governor's Due North Education Plan

The Governor'sEducation Policy Bill - HF950/SF788

House Research bill summary
MDE HF950 Presentation - beginning on page 28
Bill status page

More information will be added when available.

Bills to Watch

Summer Programming: HF1064 (Davnie-DFL) / SF963 (Chamberlain-R, by request) - Provides $83 million through mostly grants for the Governor's Due North Summer Education Plan. The funding will come from surplus in the FY21 state general fund. The bill increases declining enrollment aid to 48.5%, up from 28%, of the basic formula amount of $6,567 per pupil. Each district will receive $3,185 per pupil to compensate for lost enrollment of students leaving school districts due to Covid or other reasons in the 2020-21 school year only.

Basic Formula: HF843 (Stephenson-DFL) - 2% increase to the basic formula for the next two years and indexes the basic formula to inflation annually thereafter.

Equalization: SF626 (Chamberlain-R) - Increases equalization to make voter-approved referendums more affordable for taxpayers in low- property wealth school districts.