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Starts on Page 17 *“hold-harmless” means: Schools are protected from losing funding because of a formula or data change, even if the new calculation would otherwise give them less money. Plain-English explanation “If the new formula would give you less money than before, you keep the higher amount anyway.” Minnesota changed how compensatory revenue is…
📄 Page 12 of FY 2026-27 Budget Recommendation for MN Department of Education Fraud Detection & Prevention – Key Takeaways (FY 2026–27)
This text poll was conducted on January 1 via a text-based campaign. Response rates were lower than expected. I later learned via email that the message came from an 833 phone number, which some carriers flagged as spam. The service I use has limitations on available area codes. This outreach is part of a learning…
Public universities and K–12 education exist to serve students, communities, and taxpayers—not to manage perceptions. Yet when difficult questions arise, answers are increasingly filtered through communications offices instead of offered directly by those responsible for the decisions. When transparency disappears, trust quickly follows.
Elizabeth Hanke for Mankato School Board 