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Committee Hears Senate E-12 Omnibus Budget Bill
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April 6, 2021
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19:29Now PlayingDetails of the Senate’s $19.8 billion omnibus E-12 education funding proposal came before the Senate Education Committee Tuesday, April 6, as lawmakers enter the final stretch of the legislative session. Education Chair Roger Chamberlain, R-Lino Lakes, said the mission of the bill, SF 960, is simple and clear – prioritizing getting kids back in school through efforts that are student-focused, innovative, mandate-free, parent-involved, literacy driven and efficient.
Education advocates provided both positive and negative assessments of the proposal. Heather Mueller, Commissioner of the Department of Education, praised the bill’s effort to increase teachers of color, provide more rigorous coursework and prevent the shaming of students with lunch accounts in arrears. She voiced concerns with the overall size of the funding package, including the lack of resources for pre-kindergarten programs, student support personnel and ethnic studies. Other testifiers raised concerns with provisions to ban transgender students from participating in sports aligning with their gender identity and to close the Perpich Center for the Arts.
The Education Committee meets again at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, to vote on the bill.
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