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E-12 Education Conference Committee to hold public hearing this afternoon

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Co-Chair Rep. Jim Davnie (DFL- Minneapolis) will continue to highlight education investments in the House budget proposal at the House/Senate E-12 Education Conference Committee meeting this afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

WHAT: Meeting of the House/Senate Conference Committee on the E-12 Budget bill, HF 2400

WHO: Co-Chair Jim Davnie committee members

WHERE: Room 5, State Office Building

WHEN: 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 8

The House DFL E-12 budget makes honest investments in every student, in every public school with a 3% per-pupil funding increase in 2020, and another 2% in 2021. The House education budget also addresses special education funding shortfalls, enables schools to hire more student support staff, gives schools more tools to recruit and retain teachers of color, protects access to voluntary pre-K for over 4,000 Minnesota’s earliest learners, and expands post-secondary opportunities for high school students. 

The Senate GOP budget's inadequate 0.5% increases would lead to larger class sizes and teacher layoffs.

Live audio of the hearing will be available here.

 

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