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Stories from media sources around the state, updated Monday through Friday:
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
*Summer schedule reminder: News Clips will be shared on Tuesdays and Fridays through Sept. 1.
Star Tribune
The Supreme Court will allow Trump to fire federal education workers. How will it affect Minnesota?
Changes to the Department of Education staff could worsen financial uncertainty that arose after the withholding of federal funds earlier this month left districts and educators unsure of how to manage recently approved school budgets.
Pioneer Press
How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department.
Keith Ellison joins lawsuit against Trump administration over frozen education funds in Minnesota
The attorneys general argue that the funding freezes violate the Antideficiency Act, the Impoundment Control Act, the constitutional separation of powers doctrine and the Presentment Clause and ask for the release of the education funds.
KSTP
Voters in many school districts will be asked for extra money to fund schools in November
According to Education Minnesota, an unprecedented number of districts are considering levy referendums, which means they will be asking tax payers for a property tax increase to help fund education.
Minnesota Daily
Book bans seemingly continue after being prohibited in Minnesota
Some librarians are saying a combined rise in challenges related to interest groups and their fight against LGBTQ+ content as well as a lack of enforcement is leading to challenges against certain books across the state.
Minnesota Reformer
Attorney General Keith Ellison sues Trump administration over school funding
Ellison has joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and two governors. The lawsuit argues that Congress, not the executive branch, has the power to appropriate funds and that withholding the money violates federal statutes.
MPR News
Supreme Court says Trump’s efforts to close the Education Department can continue
Monday’s ruling is not the final word, as the case continues to work its way through the lower courts. But it deals a serious blow to the states and schools districts who had filed suit and who worry that, without an injunction, much of the damage done to the department before a final ruling will be impossible to reverse.
WCCO
Minnesota’s children face stark education challenges according to a new report
The 2025 Kids Count Data Book shows 69% of fourth graders in the state aren’t reading proficiently, and 66% of eighth graders aren’t hitting basic benchmarks for math.
Education Minnesota press releases
Education Minnesota condemns Trump administration’s unlawful withholding of $6.8 billion in critical school funding
Educators mourn assassination of education champion Melissa Hortman and shooting of state senatorÂ
Legislature passes education budget that protects progress from 2023 session Â
St Francis settles lawsuits over book bans
Minnesota Legislature passes historic improvement to teacher pension benefits
