On a bipartisan vote, the House Education Policy Committee has approved legislation to repeal the controversial Profile of Learning. But a growing number of critics is already convinced the state made a huge mistake.
Complaints range from excessive paperwork to loss of local decision making.
Republican Representative Tony Kielkucki, a teacher from Lester Prairie, originally wanted to scale back the Profile by reducing the number of subject areas and eliminating the state guidelines for meeting the standards. But as opposition grew, Kielkucki says he decided a total repeal was necessary. The one thing that everybody, there was a consistent message however from all those emails I received, people want high standards. Kielkucki says standards are held high in the repeal bill. In fact, if districts so choose, they could stick with the Profile of Learning approach.