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HF4213

Adjusting Money for Minnesota Pre-K Through Grade 12 Education Programs

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 3:39 AM

In one sentence

This bill changes the specific dollar amounts set aside in state law to pay for various education programs from prekindergarten through grade 12.

What it does

  • Increases funding amounts for general education aid, career and technical training, nonpublic pupil transportation aid, and achievement and integration programs.
  • Decreases funding amounts for abatement aid, enrollment options transportation, nonpublic pupil education aid, literacy aid, paraprofessional training, and interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.
  • Changes the amount of money available for consolidation transition aid by removing funds in 2026 but adding them back in 2027.
  • Updates specific dollar figures in state laws to reflect these forecast adjustments.

Who it affects

  • Public school districts receiving general education, career technical, or consolidation transition funds.
  • Schools participating in literacy improvement or paraprofessional training programs.
  • Nonpublic schools and students who receive aid for education costs or transportation.
  • Districts involved in interdistrict desegregation or integration efforts.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill text does not explain why these specific numbers were chosen or what caused the changes in forecasts.
  • The document lists dollar amounts but does not describe how individual schools will receive or spend this money.
  • No information is provided about whether other funding sources might change alongside these adjustments.

Plain language

Terms to know

Appropriation
The official act of setting aside a specific amount of money from the state budget for a program.
Forecast adjustment
A change to an estimated number or dollar amount based on new information about future needs.
Nonpublic pupil aid
Money provided by the state for students who attend schools that are not part of the public school system.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

Forecast adjustments made to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs, and money appropriated.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. See Senate file in House SF4282House
  2. Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and MeansHouse
  3. Introduction and first reading, referred to Education FinanceHouse