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Stories from media sources around the state, updated Monday through Friday:
Friday, June 13, 2025
*Summer schedule reminder: News Clips will be shared on Tuesdays and Fridays through Sept. 1.
Pioneer Press
Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easier
A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.
Minnesota Reformer
Legislature maintains support for education, but future is cloudier
Overall, the 2025 Legislature passed a mostly status quo budget. With dark clouds on state government’s fiscal horizon, the future of public schools, educators and students will be determined to a great extent by the 2026 election.
St. Francis schools to put banned books back on shelves
St. Francis Area Schools will place banned books back on library shelves and rewrite its library policy to comply with state law, according to a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the teachers union.
MPR News
Changes to American Indian mascot rules may make exemptions easier for school districts, tribes
The change will allow Grand Rapids Area Schools and other school districts to seek support from the tribal nation nearest to them when seeking an exemption. Under the previous bill, school districts had to seek support from all 11 tribal nations in the state and the Tribal Nations Education Committee, an independent body established by tribal nations.
St. Francis Area Schools to reverse book ban policy
The union sued the northern Twin Cities-area district earlier this year on behalf of eight St. Francis students in response to a district policy that required officials to use a conservative website as a gauge to help choose books to buy for school libraries.
Supreme Court rules for Minnesota girl with epilepsy in opinion that could affect education access lawsuits
The girl’s family says that her Minnesota school district didn’t do enough to make sure she has the accommodations she needs to learn, including failing to provide adequate instruction in the evening when her seizures are less frequent.
WCCO
Investigations into Minnesota’s transgender athlete policy “elevated” by U.S. Department of Education
The agency says it opened a new civil rights investigation this month into MSHSL and the Minnesota Department of Education. A June 3 complaint accuses the state of allowing males to compete in female sports and share facilities.
Education Minnesota press releases
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
