May 19, 2010 - 2010 End-of-Session Update - Session ends; schools not held harmless, Parents United.
New Laws 2010: Education - Summaries of new laws from the 2010 session are being posted as they are prepared for publication; all summaries should be available by the end of July, Minnesota House of Representatives.
H.F. 2431 - The 2010 New Minnesota Miracle bill, House Research.
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Resources from the Minnesota School Boards Association:
May 17, 2010 - While you were sleeping: Budget balancing agreement sparks special session - The final agreement ratifies the K-12 education shift the Governor originally implemented through unallotment, although the percentage of the payment shifted to next year is increased from 27 percent up to 30 percent for FY 2011. The shift now saves the state close to $2 billion in the current biennium. The bill specifies that the shift will be paid back in the next biennium. However, with no funding mechanism in place to pay the price tag, this promise adds to the size of the state’s looming budget deficit in the FY 2012-13 biennium, Minnesota Budget Project.
May 18, 2010 - 2010 End-of-Session Legislative Update: Early Care and Education Issues - Despite the difficult economic situation and the on-going political and philosophical differences between the Republican Governor and the DFL-controlled Legislature, progress was made on a number of early childhood priorities, Ready 4K.
Additional Resources
Parents United News Archive: 2010 Special Features - Archive of resources related to the Governor Pawlenty's 2010 education proposal, the federal Race to the Top grant program, and the structural imbalance in the state budget, Parents United.
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