Action Alert
As you know, the Legislature and the Governor failed to complete its work and pass an E-12 supplemental budget bill.
We need you to contact your legislators and the Governor and urge them to convene a special session and finish their work by passing an E-12 supplemental budget bill. There are two suggested messages below - one to leadership and one to your legislators.
To Leadership
Although I understand there are differing opinions about whether to hold a special session, I encourage you to do so to finish the work you started. Most importantly, I am urging you to finish the work on a supplemental E-12 education budget bill that would include a substantial investment in the special education cross-subsidy.
The $820 million special education shortfall impacts every school district in Minnesota and has long created budget challenges for school districts. This under-funding means our school district must redirect funds meant for general classroom instruction – known as the cross-subsidy – or ask voters to approve operating referendums to cover the shortfall. It may also result in layoffs as we budget for next year.
Now is the time to solve these challenges and I ask you to join school board members and others across the state and to call on legislative leaders to address these issues in a special session.
To Your Elected Officials
Who represents me?
As my legislator, I am urging you to call on leadership to meet in a special session and encourage legislators to finish the work they started. Most importantly, I am asking you to urge the legislature to finish the work on a supplemental E-12 education budget bill that would include a substantial investment in the special education cross-subsidy.
The $820 million special education shortfall impacts every school district in Minnesota and has long created budget challenges for school districts. This under-funding means our school district must redirect funds meant for general classroom instruction – known as the cross-subsidy – or ask voters to approve operating referendums to cover the shortfall. It may also result in layoffs as we budget for next year.
Now is the time to solve these challenges and I ask you to join school board members and others across the state and to call on legislative leaders to address these issues in a special session.
