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Charter school advocates urge state to stay on course

...Paul's Success Academy. Several charter school officials and sponsors told a special meeting of the House K-12 Education Finance Committee that overreacting to one closing could spoil the innovative approach the movement was founded on. ''Please...

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Report: Lawmaker collected money from state fund he voted to support

...widely known" among his fellow members on the K-12 Education Finance Committee. Asked what he meant by "widely," Abeler...it contacted 14 of the 19 members of the K-12 Education Finance Committee. None said they were aware of Abeler's...

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Unsettled teacher contracts spur labor actions in some districts in state

...discussions were predictable. "The world operates on deadlines," said Greiling, the lead DFLer on the House K-12 Education Finance Committee. "If you can always say there's another day, you don't have that pressure to compromise." Uncertain...

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Education
Teachers union: Schools need at least inflationary funding bump

...education formula would cost tens of millions of dollars. Rep. Alice Seagren, chairwoman of the House K-12 Education Finance Committee, said she would consider it a "huge victory" if education is spared from any budget reductions in the...

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Education
Open Forum: Smooth office transition is the goal

...John Ward a debt of gratitude for his perseverance on their behalf. In March, by a vote of 11-9, the K-12 Education Finance Committee removed the repeal of the post Labor Day school start provision from House File 3478 because of his amendment...

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Opinion
Legislative briefs

...board clerk Betty Ring, board treasurer Susan Prosapio and board member Herman Pietrowski, told the House K-12 Education Finance Committee that a dispute concerning the number of pupils enrolled in an all-day kindergarten program shortchanged...

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Slight error found on eighth-grade reading test form

...triple-checked. It should not have happened." Rep. Alice Seagren, R-Bloomington, chairwoman of the K-12 Education Finance Committee, said House leaders may want to conduct hearings on the testing issue, including examining the state's...

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Little Falls school officials testify at House hearing

...LITTLE FALLS -- Little Falls school officials joined state Rep. Steve Wenzel at a hearing of the House K-12 Education Finance Committee on Wednesday night to testify in support of a bill that would make it easier for the district to repay an...

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Open Forum

...his support of these bills and his support for Minnesota schools. State Rep. Alice Seagren Chair, House K-12 Education Finance Committee Talk to your kids I was driving my kids to daycare this morning when we stopped at a stop sign and a young...

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Opinion
Obstacles limit on-line classrooms

...what we need to work on," said Rep. Alice Seagren, R-Bloomington, chairwoman of the Minnesota House K-12 Education Finance Committee. "But money will probably play a part in it with the budget as tight as it is." Current state rules...

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