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Administrators at Minnesota State University in Mankato have proposed eliminating the school's aviation, computer science, undergraduate music programs and others as they look to a likely $6 million to $10 million deficit in 2012.
The Minnesota State Colleges board of trustees will kick off a series of meetings to gather public input Thursday.
Bernadeia Johnson has been tapped to lead the Minneapolis public schools. Johnson, who is the district's deputy superintendent, was named the only finalist for the job at Tuesday night's school board meeting. Johnson talked with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.
Schools face record fines as districts lack teacher contracts
The state's teachers union predicts 35 school districts will miss Friday's midnight deadline to have new contracts in place with their teachers, a number that will likely result in the highest amount of fines ever imposed by the state in a single year.