MPS is Quietly Facing a Budget Emergency

The big picture: MPS has the highest funding gap, or cross subsidy, in the state for special education and English language learning services.

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Legislature Should Return for Special Session

A large portion will likely be used to substantially close the special education cross-subsidy that is one of Minneapolis Public Schools’ greatest budget challenges.

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MPS Board Holds Truth-in-Taxation Meeting

One of the topics that came up in the levy discussion, the pro-forma budget and the presentation on the district’s legislative agenda at the State capitol this year, is the cross-subsidy for special education and for English learners.

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Voices of Southwest: bus routes for students, Ukraine, MPS players

In addition, the way she used other schools’ costs and spending was incredibly eye opening—“ For comparison, the cross subsidy for special education services in nearby school districts is $1139 per student in Richfield, $844 per student in Edina, and, the lowest

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Interview with Rep. Emma Greenman

The long-term fight that we've been fighting is fully-funding public education, and dealing with the cross-subsidy that hits Minneapolis schools particularly hard, but also hits schools all around the state.

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Our Interview with Sonya Emerick, At-Large School Board Candidate

because of community organizing that has been going on for years and years that I've been a part of that I have had opportunities to testify to the legislature about school funding and about the importance of special education and English language funding cross

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Cross Bridge Noodle Restaurant Brings Chinese Dishes to Eat Street

Cross Bridge Noodle Restaurant Brings Chinese Dishes to Eat Street. Co-owner of Sushi Train set to open an authentic Chinese spot along the “Asian food court” of Nicollet Avenue. LOCAL BUSINESS. WHITTIER. Melody Hoffmann.

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Minneapolis has a housing shortage. Here’s why.

Various factors — residents’ incomes, the overall availability of housing, the cost of construction, the availability of public subsidy — shape the level of housing affordability.

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Minneapolis Public Schools Budgets Set in March are Recalibrated

The number of schools that receive so-called “small school subsidy” funds nearly tripled from the 2021-22 budget to the 2022-23 budget due to enrollment declines.

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How to track what the Council is doing, new development planned for Linden Hills, and lots of high school cross country success

How to track what the Council is doing, new development planned for Linden Hills, and lots of high school cross country success. Good Morning, Southwest. TANGLETOWN. SOUTH UPTOWN. LOWRY HILL. LINDEN HILLS. Charlie Rybak. The Purcell-Cutts House.

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