The debate over West Side has reached the State Capitol, creating policy questions for sends education, jobs and commerce bills to walz for signature residents.
Democrats cleared three more sweeping omnibus bill packages through the legislature as a May 22 deadline looms.
A potpourri of government spending and policy packages — including a $23.2 billion education bill, and $834 million commerce bill and a $1.37 billion jobs bill — were agreed upon by conference committees and adopted by mostly-Democrat coalitions in both chambers on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Republicans made their case to vote down each of the conference committee reports and send back for further discussion on several controversial provisions.
But the DFL majority in the House and Senate held together to pass each bill, which will now head to the desk of Gov.
A conference committee made up of eight DFLers and two Republicans came to an agreement on a conference committee report for HF2497, which would increase spending for K-12 education by 10.2 percent, or about $2.26 billion, over the next two years — for a total of $23.2 billion.
That report passed both in the Senate and the House this week.
Conferees agreed to adopt a provision for the annual per pupil student funding formula that would index it to inflation starting in 2025.
As the measure advances, residents of West Side can follow amendments and contact Sandra Pappas regarding the final language.
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