ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Senate Education Finance Committee is sounding the alarm that if President Trump eliminates the Department of Education, it will be a huge blow to the state budget.
Senator Mary Kunesh of New Brighton says federal funding covers ten percent of the state education budget or about a billion dollars. If that funding is cut, schools will be hurt.
She says schools have already spent money, and they’re expecting reimbursement for that. “That’s money they’re already out of pocket for.”
Kunesh says Democrats are calling on state Republicans to join them and try to persuade Washington that this is a bad idea.
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