The K-12 education bill only looks good in comparison to the outrageous proposal that Gov. Jesse Ventura sent us. The Early Childhood education bill barely covers needs.
Education ought to be our first priority as a state.
We have schools that need to buy new textbooks and technology. We have a teacher shortage while schools need to add teachers to reduce class sizes. We need to build new classrooms and get kids out of the temporary trailer-classrooms. We need to eliminate the waiting lists for child care and Head Start. This bill won't let any of that happen, and that's because the GOP budget plan is fundamentally out of balance.