Nathan Flansburg is the superintendent of PACT Charter School in Ramsey. He laments that schools are no longer about simply getting an education.
“Schools are now expected to provide layered systems of protection, physical security, mental health support and digital safeguards. These are not enhancements to the educational experience, they are now part of the baseline expectations families have when they send their students to us,” Flansburg told the House Education Finance Committee Tuesday.
To address school safety, Rep. Bryan Lawrence (R-Princeton) is sponsoring HF3493 that, as amended, would:
Rep. Nathan Coulter (DFL–Bloomington) paused Tuesday as he recalled being 12 years old when the Columbine High School shooting occurred.
This year’s first-year college stude...
So-called “ghost guns” are firearms lacking serial numbers that can be 3D printed or assembled at home from kits sold online.
HF3407, which would ban the sale and possession...
It turns out a lot of candy contains wheat.
Legislators learned this as testifiers poked holes in a bill that attempts to prohibit the purchase of candy, chips and pop with ...
When Erik Trost started his manufacturing class in 2017, his goal was to be able to pay students for the work they did in class.
In Trost’s industrial technology class at St...
Every parent knows that kids can get expensive. But school teachers tend to say the same thing, when you consider how often they purchase school supplies for their students out ...
The trouble started with a stool.
Gallery assistants at the Walker Art Museum said they were abruptly told they could no longer sit while assisting visitors unless they prod...
The projected surplus for Fiscal Years 2026-27 is now higher than it was in the November estimate, and no deficit is projected for the next biennium.
“Minnesota’s budge...
Legislative leaders on Tuesday officially set the timeline for getting bills through the committee process during the upcoming 2026 session.
Here are the three deadlines for...