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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
KARE11
Anoka-Hennepin now notifying the 75 staff members who will be cut as superintendent announces he’s leaving
A majority of the cuts include social workers, as well as support teachers, para-educators and counselors.
MPR News
Minnesota schools are not meeting requirements for American Indian language and culture classes
The Midwest Indigenous Immersion Network’s American Indian Language Instruction Report found districts across the state would need to hire more than 150 American Indian language teachers just to reach compliance — and that still wouldn’t meet the needs of Native students enrolled in public schools statewide.
‘Never going to happen’: Walz says he won’t opt Minn. into federal tax change
A provision of the federal tax and spending plan that Republicans dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes taxpayers in states that opt in eligible to get a tax credit for up to $1,700 for donations they make to authorized scholarship-granting organizations.
Parents, community members urge Bemidji school board to reconsider closure plan
A plan by the Bemidji school board to shutter one of the district’s elementary schools drew pointed criticism at a crowded public hearing on Tuesday night. The board says the proposed closure of J.W. Smith Elementary School is necessary to address a projected budget deficit of about $4 million for the next school year.
Session Daily
Skilled trades classwork could equate to student grants and scholarships
Rep. Peggy Scott (R-Andover) sponsors HF1791 that, as amended, would allow schools and cooperative centers to use funds from the profits of career and technical education courses for grants and scholarships to participating students.
Tax panel considers creating a new exemption for school supplies
School supplies and book bags are generally taxable under the state’s sales and use tax, but the bill would remove them from the list of taxable items. Among those mentioned in the bill are binders, calculators, tape, chalk, paper products, glue, notebooks, markers, lunch boxes, pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, rulers and scissors, as well as backpacks having a retail price of $60 or less.
