Pawlenty takes $1.7 billion from schools

by Jeff Rosenberg | 17 Comments

It’s right there in black and white: Out of $2.675 billion in unallotments, $1.7 billion will come from K-12 education. Ouch. Once I have kids, I’m going to have to move to Mississippi.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2009/06/budgetcuts.pdf

More in the morning.

June 16, 2009, 9:14 pm | Category: Misc. Local Politics |

17 Responses to “Pawlenty takes $1.7 billion from schools”

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  • Uosdwis
    June 16, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    An uninformed electorate votes Republican. Are people falling for Pawlenty always saying “no new taxes,” but that doesn’t mean he won’t increase existing taxes (and fees) or reduce existing tax benefits (like the renter’s rebate going from 19% to 15%)?

  • Rhus
    June 16, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    If we want our school system to compete with Alabama or Mississippi we need to cut the amount we spend on education in Minnesota. Just how much education do you think is required to live hand to mouth as a sharecropper?

    • Sean2
      June 17, 2009 at 8:27 am

      Money doesn’t correlate to better education.

      • Dan
        June 17, 2009 at 9:49 am

        No, it pretty much does. Money can’t necessarily iron out demographic differences between districts (income, english as a second language) but less spending overall means worse education for everyone.

  • yaz
    June 17, 2009 at 2:39 am

    You clowns. He is copying the Democrats funding shift proposal word for word. Be hacks, go ahead but at least get the facts.

  • Alonza Fronczak
    June 17, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Note the at 1.7 billion or 1.77 billion of the unallotment is 63% or 66% being from k-12. Should a school district to get this from property taxes it and it passed to be added to next years taxes, they at least May of 2011 before they would see any of the new revenue flow. Just wait for the MN buget problems that TPAW has given us with the short falls still present for the next 2012-213 budget period!!

  • Twice Blessed
    June 17, 2009 at 9:15 am

    It is a delay of payments of $1.7 billion to K-12 education. He did not “cut” $1.7 billion from K-12 education.

  • guyg
    June 17, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    He delays 1.7 billion JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS PROPOSED.

  • Holly Cairns
    June 17, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    Yep, Just like Wimpy. I’ll pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Go deal with it, schools. Get back to you later.

  • guyg
    June 17, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Lojasmo -
    If you are into name calling shithead, read the House DFL education bill. They passed it off the House floor. Guess you’re not the only house staffer on this blog.

  • guyg
    June 18, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    The Governor is doing the same shift that the House Democrats passed. I have difficulty understanding how a democrat blog can criticize Pawlenty for doing what democrats proposed.

  • guyg
    June 18, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Pawlenty needs to stop copying Democrat ideas like delaying payments to schools.

  • DantheMan
    June 18, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    You guys must really hate Margaret Anderson Kelliher too. That rascal tried to do the exact same thing.

    • lojasmo
      June 19, 2009 at 7:41 am

      Democrats shift was smaller, nearly half the size, if I recall, and had REVENUE to pay it back. But no, i’m no fan of Kelliher

  • College Dem
    June 18, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    I hate to tell you guys, but this is the same shift as the DFL had in the last budget bill that passed.

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