First House Bill Would Repay Borrowed School Funds
House members introduced 54 bills on Thursday, including several that appeared to have strong DFL support.
Legislators in the newly DFL-controlled House have introduced the session’s first bills, starting with a proposal to repay a chunk of the money that state lawmakers borrowed from Minnesota schools to balance the current budget. The biennium’s first bill, which often highlights a priority of the majority party, would give schools about $550 million in funding that was delayed by lawmakers in an accounting shift. The payment would represent about half of the $1.1 billion in shifted aid that schools are still owed. Local links: New State Rep. JoAnn Ward Takes the Helm in District 53A Woodbury Rep. Kieffer: Make it Tougher to Get Constitutional Amendments on the Ballot What Issues Should the Minnesota Legislature Focus on in 2013? (50 comments…
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KAnn
8:23 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013
For the record, Former Senator Ted Lillie authored a bill to pay back the school shift in full a year ago. It passed through to Governor Mark Dayton. Dayton vetoed the bill. I'm glad to see that the Dems are looking to the policies of the past Republican legislature. I wonder if the Gov will veto! more ›