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Let Our Minnesota Legislators Know:

• It is fundamentally wrong for school districts that take care of students with the most needs to have less general education funds to pay for programs for all students.

• Due to the inequities in special education funding, school districts such as Barnum Public Schools that do a great job with special education, are forced to do more with less for all students in the district.

• In 2015, Barnum Public Schools was taking $427 per student ($336,361.00 total) from our general education funding to pay for mandated special education costs. In 2018, those cross-subsidy expenses were $661 per general education student ($486,191.00 total). 2019 information is not yet available. We need your help to get this corrected.

• Cuts are imminent in future budgets if something is not done.

Please click on a name to get contact information:

• Governor Tim Walz

• Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan

• Senator Jason Rarick

• Carla Nelson, Education Committee Chair

• Gary Dahms, Education Committee Vice-Chair

• Charles Wiger, Ed. Committee Ranking Minority Member

• Mary Cathryn Ricker, MN Education Commissioner