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State Representative Debra Kiel
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-5091
For more information contact: House GOP Communications 651-296-5520
Session Update
News From Representative Kiel’s Desk
Friends –
This week has been busy as we continue to review the budget targets in our committees. I have also included some information from MN Homeland Security and Emergency Management regarding flooding information.
K-12 Education Budget Bill:
This week we passed the K-12 Education finance budget bill. This bill makes students a priority and it helped us focus on where the money is truly needed. I made a commitment on the campaign trail to prioritize schools and reform education. This bill provides stable, equitable funding for schools across the state and it also creates new accountability programs and relieves schools of costly mandates.
As far as funding goes it increases per-pupil funding by $126 through 2014 and provides additional funding for small schools with less than 1,000 students. This bill fulfills our commitment to protect classroom funding as a priority during a tough budget year.
It also provides scholarship opportunities for new enrollment options for students in low-performing districts (Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth).
Repeals the integration aid program and redistributes the money to the per-pupil formula to benefit every student across the state.
This bill also creates a new teacher evaluation system based on student academic achievement and locally-determined factors. This new evaluation will replace the seniority-based retention process and relieves districts of state-imposed mandates, improving local control.
The integration funding program is seen as ineffective and in need of reform. By moving integration funding to the general formula it allows districts to spend it as they see best, not on a state-mandated and ineffective programs.
Flooding information from MN Homeland Security and Emergency Management:
http://www.hsem.state.mn.us/eoc/2011flood/index.asp
I always appreciate your input. If you could please fill out this online survey, if you haven’t already, I would greatly appreciate your feedback. Www.surveymonkey.com/1Bsurvey
Thank you,
Deb
P.S. As always I am happy to help and if anyone would like to make an appointment to see me please don’t hesitate to call my office and schedule an appointment with my assistant Stacey.
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- WHAT CHILDCARE PROVIDER UNIONIZATION MEANS FOR YOUR FAMILY - (Posted: May 24 2013 10:15AM)
- REP. KIEL: RURAL FAMILIES WILL PAY MORE FOR ELECTRICITY UNDER DEMS’ PLAN - (Posted: May 8 2013 12:45PM)
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