Issue Position: Fully Fund Public Education

Issue Position

Funding for Minnesota's public schools has not kept up with inflation, which shortchanges our students. As state support has fallen, school districts must try to get more of their funding from local property taxes, so schools in communities without a big tax base don't have enough resources for their students. Fully and appropriately funding our public education system at the state level will help all students succeed. We also need to have enough school counselors and other support professionals help students make sound education and career decisions based on their interests and talents and remove barriers that keep students from achieving their dreams.

Minnesota's constitution says: "The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it is the duty of the legislature to establish a general and uniform system of public schools. The legislature shall make such provisions by taxation or otherwise as will secure a thorough and efficient system of public schools throughout the state." Minnesota must live up to this promise.

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