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A Crossroads for Public Education in Minnesota Parents United for Public Schools …Committed to quality public schools for all Minnesota children

Education is the Largest Part of the State Budget A Constitutional mandate Section 1.”UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it is the duty of the legislature to establish a general and uniform system of public schools. The legislature shall make such provisions by taxation or otherwise as will secure a thorough and efficient system of public schools throughout the state.”

The Lion’s Share of District Funding Per pupil formula (Set by State Legislature) x AMCPU (Adjusted Marginal Cost Pupil Unit) = District Operating Funds

The Per Pupil Formula has Averaged an Annual Increase of 1.14%

How Local Levies fit into the equation  $ $1985 per pupil  88% of school districts have local levies in place  Statewide, on average local levies comprise 18% of a district ’ s operating fund

Requirements for public schools grew while revenue did not Testing Standards Special education mandates Transportation English Language Learning Health and safety mandates Physical Education HIV/AIDS Sex Education Drug/Alcohol Abuse Education Bus Safety Title 1 programs 100% Rule

Cost Analysis MeasureInflation-Adjusted Change, Fuel Oil 97.6% Gasoline 44.6% Educational Books and Supplies 32.0% Energy (general) 31.2% Medical Care Source: Minnesota Department of Education; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 11.1%

Tax Reform in the 90’s State policies reforming property tax  Lowered taxes on commercial property  Agricultural and recreational land removed from the equation for school taxes The 2001 General Education Buy Down  The state picked up school costs once paid by local property taxes  Passed half of the legislation — the liability was accepted, without a stated revenue stream to support it.

Schools and Revenue in the 90’s Increases in growth Increases in expectations Increases in cost Income tax reductions Property tax reductions Business tax rate reductions Schools Revenue

K-12 Population Change Measure % Change Total Enrollment 836, , % Special Education 92, , % Free and Reduced Lunch Eligible Students 219, , % LEP Students Source: Minnesota Department of Education, Fall Population Data, AMSD analysis. 26,849 57, %

Special Education Requirements 1975 –”Individuals with Disabilities Education Act” (IDEA), Public Law Brought 1 million children who were previously kept at home or in institutions into the public school system. Federal government agreed to pay 40% of excess cost to educate these children. It has never provided 40% In 2004, Minnesota school districts reallocated $378 million meant for regular education instruction to provide state and federally mandated special education programs In 2005, the state auditor’s report on public school costs showed that the greatest increases in school budgets were for special education.

Population Change Tom Gillaspy

Change In Minnesota School Enrollments to By Language Spoken At Home Tom Gillaspy

Kids Count findings Children’s Defense Fund Most recent data shows:  About 1 in 10 MN children under 18 live in poverty  Estimated 7,000 more children living below poverty line than 5 years ago  68,000 uninsured children  Greater participation in Food Support and Free and Reduced School Lunches

% of MN children rated “not yet” performing adequately at Kindergarten entrance Brookings Institute Language and literacy Mathematical thinking

So…  More children requiring Special Education services (SpEd)  More children needing English Language Learning services (ELL)  More children qualifying for Free and Reduced Lunches (FRL)  100% rule for the first time in history

And the Response? Programs shown to close the achievement gap have been cut  child care eligibility  early childhood education  after school programs English Language Learning services capped at 5 years Special education inflator abolished Loss of Federal dollars to states with higher concentrations of poverty

2005 Legislative Session

Why are we at a Crossroads?  We are working with the “100% Rule”  Our population is changing.  Closing the achievement gap means targeted services to a growing percentage of our K-12 students.  Trends seem to indicate less interest in investing in public structures.

Price of Government in Minnesota John Gunyou The Price of Government is the State of Minnesota’s official measure and is factored as total revenue as a percentage of personal income.

What are other states doing with their state taxes?  43 states enacted large tax cuts in the 90’s.  Most have neither reversed those cuts nor enacted other tax increases to replace lost revenue.

So why should any of this matter to us?

Minnesota Future Labor Force Tom Gillaspy

Minnesota Ten Year Graduation Rates From 9 th Grade To Bachelor’s Tom Gillaspy Minnesota Private College Council

By is Larger than K-12 By Doubles Tom Gillaspy

Reduced tax revenues Beginning in 2020, from this cohort we can count on  Less income tax revenue  Less sales tax revenue  Less ability to pay increased property tax

We Need a Way to Fund Schools  Keeps Minnesota innovative and competitive  Uses a fair tax structure  Accountable to the public

Parents United believes we need to  Prepare ALL students for 2020 not 2006  Tie funding to those high expectations we have for our schools.  Fund schools differently than the model devised in the 70 ’ s  Make the case that excellent schools are not just about kids, but about the economic viability of our state.

Parents United Working to engage concerned citizens in the conversation around public policy and its effect on our public schools Advocates for Minnesota’s Public Schools