Minnesota Department of Education > Program Finance

• Education Finance Reform Task Force - Task Force charter and documentation.
  
  
• Forecasts & Governor's Budget - Information on district revenue estimates based upon the current legislative session, district revenue for historical years, and Governor’s budget recommendations for E-12 Education and education budget narratives.
  
  
• School Finance Overviews-History - Past and present budgetary proposals funding Minnesota K-12 Education.
  
  
• School District Financial Profiles - Current and historical (left sidebar) data on schools in the area of enrollment, staffing, and finance. 
  
  
• Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) - The UFARS manual contains technical definitions that might help you sort out what an item means.
  
  
• May 2008 - Education Finance & Policy Briefing

Minnesota Management & Budget

• Minnesota Economic Forecasts & Updates
  
  
• Minnesota State Budget Homepage
  
  » Agency budgets
  
  
• November 2008 Economic Forecast
  
  » Complete forecast (pdf)
  
  
• December 1, 2008 - 2010-11 Biennial Budget: Department of Education

Minnesota Department of Revenue

• Minnesota Tax Incidence Studies: Who pays Minnesota’s household and business taxes?

Minnesota Office of the State Auditor

• May 2004 - Financial Trends of Minnesota School Districts (School Districts Under 1,000 Enrollment)
  
  
• February 2004 - Financial Trends of Minnesota School Districts (School Districts Over 1,000 Enrollment)

Minnesota House of Representatives

• Budget News from the House - Public Information Services Office.
  
  
• Minnesota House Fiscal Analysis Department
  
  
  • Issue Briefs and Other Fiscal Documents - Fiscal updates prepared by the Fiscal Analysis Department.
    
    
  • March 2005 - Education Finance - Overview of the Governor’s proposed 2006-07 Education Budget.
    
    
  • December 2000 - A Glossary of Fiscal Terms and Acronyms K-12 Education
    
    
• Education Finance Committee
  
  
• Minnesota House Research
  
  
  • K-12 Education
    
    
  • Minnesota School Finance A Guide for Legislators (Updated annually)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• March 2006 - Minnesota's School Trust Lands: Biennial Report for Fiscal Years 2004-2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005)
  
  
• Minnesota's School Trust Lands: Biennial Report for Fiscal Years 2002-2003 (July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2003)