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Politics Friday
Brian Bakst and Matt Alvarez

Politics Friday: Incomplete grade as lawmakers hammer out school aid deal

Small children sit at desks in a classroom. A teacher, a female, stands at the front of the room and speaks to them.
Children listen to their teacher as they sit in a classroom on the first day of the start of the school year, at the Chaptal elementary school in Paris.
Martin Bureau | AFP via Getty Images 2019

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Almost 40 percent of the state budget goes to preschool through high school education – around $25 billion over two years. 

For school districts, state dollars make up most of what gets spent on classroom costs, from teacher salaries to specialists to materials. So it’s no surprise that the education budget bill is always one of the last to come together. 

Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor discusses what’s happening in schools and the direction state lawmakers might go when setting a new education budget.  

The Legislature’s finale is near, but the new state budget is still a work in progress. And it’s going to take some long days and long nights to meet the May 19 adjournment deadline. 

Guests:  

  • Rep. Cheryl Youakim, DLF-Hopkins, is co-chair of Education Finance

  • Sen. Jason Rarick, R-Pine City, is the ranking minority member of the Education Finance Committee

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