Daily news stories
Stories from media sources around the state, updated Monday through Friday:
Friday, March 13, 2026
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Bill would allow small MN school districts to shrink school board size
Many Northern Minnesota school boards could soon be a little smaller. A new bill in the state Legislature would allow districts with fewer than a thousand students to switch to a five-member board, with voter approval.
Session Daily
Education committee lays over governor’s policy bill
Addressing the underlying reason for a student bullying another student, providing clarity to schools on lockdown and active shooter drills, and adding transparency for charter schools are all part of Gov. Tim Walz’s education policy proposal that contains state law changes that supporters note are technical, yet important.
Week in Review: March 9-13
While caucuses continued to focus on their priorities of fraud and immigration with bills in committees, bills on other topics were able to break through to garner attention this week.
Education Minnesota press releases
Educators from across Minnesota will join state lawmakers at a news conference at the state Capitol at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to demand a structural fix to the health insurance affordability crisis.
Today’s budget forecast offers some hope for Minnesota’s economic outlook and provides the Legislature with an opportunity to invest in critical areas of need, including the skyrocketing health care costs…
Minnesota educators struggling with soaring health insurance premiums will testify Thursday before a state House committee considering legislation that would create a single, statewide insurance pool for all public school employees.
 Education Minnesota has endorsed the campaigns of Jake Johnson and U.S. Reps. Betty McCollum and Ilhan Omar in the first round of 2026 federal endorsements from Minnesota’s largest labor union.
Minnesota school districts and educators returned to federal court Monday seeking an emergency order to stop immigration enforcement activity at and around public schools.
The field of possible candidates for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor has been narrowed to 30.
