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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Pioneer Press
Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide
The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.” The Supreme Court could well approve.
Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota House considers repealing unemployment for hourly school workers in 2029
Just two years after Minnesota became the first state to extend unemployment insurance to school bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teachers’ aids, Democratic legislators are considering eliminating the benefit after summer 2028 to reach a budget deal with Republicans.
Sahan Journal
What’s the new Trump policy on international students? Even their own lawyers don’t know
News reports Friday indicated that the administration would change course on the mass cancellations of legal status for international students. But in a hearing Monday in St. Paul, a Trump administration lawyer told a federal judge that while he understood there was a new policy, he did not know what that new policy was.
Session Daily
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit
A program that helps families pay higher educational expenses is drowning. The state grant program was thrown a life preserver Monday as the House passed the omnibus higher education finance and policy bill. Following the 120-14 vote, HF2431 now moves to the Senate.
Standoff over hourly, temporary school worker benefits could imperil education funding bill
The bill would fund the program with a one-time $30 million emergency appropriation in fiscal year 2026. School districts would need to provide the funding one year later before the program is eliminated for the 2028-29 school year.
Education Minnesota press releases
Richfield teacher Monica Byron elected president of Education Minnesota
12 finalists for 2025 Teacher of the Year
New Trump public education threat shows bias
Senate budget plan honors funding promises but falls short on pensions
Educators sue St. Francis Area Schools over book ban policy
