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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
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Representative Deb Kiel Votes in Favor of K-12 Education Finance Bill
St. Paul – Today Legislators voted in favor of the K-12 Education finance bill. The bill, as proposed, will increase per-pupil funding through 2014 and is proposed to add funding for small schools with less than 1,000 students.
This budget bill aims to fund new enrollment options for students in low-performing districts.
It also repeals the integration aid program and redistributes the money to the per-pupil formula to benefit every student across the state.
“Our school districts need to know that they can make sound decisions for their school districts. They know what is going on in our local schools and the reforms that need to be made,” said Rep. Kiel. “By removing these mandates we are giving our school boards the opportunity to enact reforms that can improve our schools and close the achievement gap.”
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 relieving districts of state-imposed mandates. The new teacher evaluation program gives local districts a say over how their teachers are evaluated and ends the “last hired, first fired” way of evaluating teachers.
The bill passed with a 68-59 vote.
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