Eleventh-hour K-12 bill stalls in House

A last minute bid by DFLers to pass a K-12 education bill failed this morning in the state House.

Unallotment fix: House K-12 bill would ratify Pawlenty’s school shift

The K-12 omnibus bill that's expected to reach the House floor late this week already contains a provision ratifying Pawlenty's "mimic" of a K-12 education payment shift. That would solve $1.2 billion of the problem for bookkeeping purposes.

DFL education leaders strike contrasting postures on Pawlenty reform proposal

The Senate Education Finance chairman is praising Pawlenty for proposing education reform proposals. His House counterpart slammed Pawlenty for antagonizing the teachers union. The two are scheduled to hold a joint hearing tomorrow morning.

Legislative auditor to evaluate sex offender treatment program

The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) will delve into the state's sex offender treatment program in Moose Lake and St. Peter, K-12 online learning and Minnesota's environmental permitting procedure in upcoming evaluations.

[This story originally appeared in the June 12, 2009 PIM Weekly Report.] The school children hadn’t even clambered on to the buses for the final time in their 2008-09 calendar year this week when superintendents and other district and building administrators across Minnesota started trying to get their heads and calculators around what is shaping up [...]

[This story originally appeared in the June 12, 2009 PIM Weekly Report.] The school children hadn’t even clambered on to the buses for the final time in their 2008-09 calendar year this week when superintendents and other district and building administrators across Minnesota started trying to get their heads and calculators around what is shaping up [...]

Stumpf defends Senate education cuts

State Senate E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division Chairman LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, defended the cuts that the Senate passed today in its omnibus budget bill. Gov. Tim Pawlenty and House DFLers haveproposed someone-time sources of money that stave off the cuts that the Senate passed. Butafter the bill passed off the floor today, Stumpf told reportersthe [...]