Quoting Superintendent Johnson, "This week both the House and Senate education committees approved legislation that effectively takes us back in time, not forward. The bill divests state support for integration programs in three school districts, Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Duluth, and freezes state aid support – compensatory and sparsity revenue – for low-income learners across the state. These strategies will not successfully bring us into the future with a diverse work force ready to innovate and lead. Instead, this legislation pits rural, suburban and urban districts against one another."
Regardless of your political feeling, now is the time to write to your legislator and express your opinion about this particular issue or any of the others dealing with education in Minnesota. Actions this year will set into action events for years to come. We all have a serious interest in the positive future of this state.
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