Minnesota School Districts Working for Equitable, Adequate and Sustainable Education Funding.
 


 
Handouts from Meetings


General Membership

General Membership  - January 27, 2012
Facilitating Achievement Across the Student Lifecycle
Dr.Todd Bloom, Naviance
[PowerPoint format] | [.pdf format]

Other Documements
-Supermajority Amendment Will Hurt the State
-Supermajority Amendment Will Hurt Greater  Minnesota
-Constitutional Budget Limits Would Put Minnesota's  Future at Risk
-Status of Proposed Constitutional Budget  Amendements in Minnesota 

-SEE Video Script
-Video Graphs

General Membership -November 18, 2011
The Power of Americorps
Kathy Saltzman, Executive Director
Minnesota Americorps
[PowerPoint format] | [.pdf format]
Reading Corps K-12 Fact Sheet

Equity Presentation by Brad Lundell
[PowerPoint format] | [.pdf format]

2011 School Levy Results (SEE districts highlighted)
[Excel format] | [.pdf format]
Based on information from MSBA and the Secretary of State website

General Membership -September 16, 2011
State Funding of Education:  The Easiest Budget Cut of All?
Dr. Bill Morris, Decision Resources, LTD
PowerPoint or PDF

Other Documents
Draft 2012 Legislative Platform -
2011-12 Revenue Rankings -
SEE Presentation on Equalization -  
Talking Points on Referendum Levies -

General Membership - May 20, 2011
The New Normal
Dr. Tom Gillaspy and Dr. Tom Stinson
PowerPoint Presentation

Other Documents

MDE Education Finance Reform Working Group
Pre-K-12 Education Finance Reform Proposal - 5/18/11
Proposed Change in per Pupil Revenue per District
Website for more info

Comparison of District's Base Funding to Conference Committee (CC) - compares how revenue would be distributed if the legislature did nothing with the current proposed funding level versus if HF934 after CC was signed into law.
2011-12 School Year
2012-13 School Year

General Membership - April 15, 2011
Teacher Evaluations and Professional Development
Cecilia Retelle - Minnesota Chammber of Commerce
Effectiveness Matters Chart         
Effectiveness Matters Documents
Jan Alswager from Education Minnesota
Teacher Develoopment and Evaluation         
HF1173 - Brynaert
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A Historical Review of Schools for Equity in Education

Talking Points

General Membership - February 18, 2011
Governor's Education Budget Proposal
House Fiscal Analysis
House Bill Summary
House Budget Spreadsheet

General Membership - November 12, 2010
Bill Morris, Decisions Resources, Ltd
Election 2010:  Micro-Changes and Macro-Impacts
[PowerPoint]    |     [.pdf format]

Other Documents
- 2011 SEE Legislative Platform
- 2011 SEE Senators  
- 2010 SEE Representatives  
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2010 SEE Legislators by School District
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Superintendent Contacts for SEE Legislative Regions
- Region 1 - North
- Region 2 - Northwest
- Region 3 - West
- Region 4 South Central
- Region 5 - South
- Region 6 - North Metro
- Region 7 - East Metro
- Region 8 - Large Metro

General Membership - May 21, 2010
John Gunyou, Minnetonka city manager and former finance director for Governor Arne Carlson.
Mr. Gunyou was not able to prepare a current PowerPoint presentation that could be posted.
For you information, a link to a podcast for a talk Mr. Gunyou gave on May 8, 2010 is similar in content to his talk at the SEE meeting.
Facing Our Fiscal Challenges Podcast
Facing Our Fiscal Challenges Presentation

General Membership - April 16, 2010
Peter Hutchinson, The Bush Foundation

The Bottom Line: Delivering more new highly effective teachers

School Trust Lands - Representative Denise Dittrich
General Info
Presentation
Press Release
Talking Points
Fund Balance
Utah's Model

Legislative Kick-off - February 18, 2010
2010 SEE Legislative Platform
History of the Basic Formula Allowance
History of the Basic Formula Gap Chart
Revenue Disparity Between School Districts
Where Do You Live? - The Opportunity Gap
Equalization State Aid - Levy Ratio for the Annandale School District
Taxpayer Effort for Their School District Referendum
Legislators Representing SEE
SEE Senators' Photos
SEE Senators
SEE Representatives' Photos
SEE Representatives
Education Funding 101 - Are We Serious About Quality Education In Minnesota?
[PowerPoint]    |     [.pdf format]
The Task Before Us - 2010 Legislative Platform
[PowerPoint]    |     [.pdf format]

General Membership - January 22, 2010
Assessment and Accountability Working Group
College and Career-Ready Policy Institute
Dirk Mattson, Minnesota Department of Education
Kent Pekel, University of Minnesota's College of Readiness Consortium

General Membership - November 20, 2009
Teachers Negotiations Issues
Gloria Blaine Olsen, Attorney at Law, Kennedy & Graven, Chartered

General Membership - September 25, 2009
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." - Perceptions of Education in Minnesota
Dr. Bill Morris, Decisions Resources, LTD
[PowerPoint]    |     [.pdf format]

General Membership  - May 2009
Regional Cost of Living Differences and Education Spending - An Exploratory Analysis
Dr. Julian Schuster - Hamline University School of Business
Executive Summary
Full Report

General Membership - February 2009
Federal Stimulus
Nan Record, Director of Special Education
Click Here

General Membership - November 2009
Smart Investments in Minnesota Students
Angie Eilers, Ph.D, Research and Policy Director - Growth & Justice
[Click Here]

General Membership Meeting - January 2008 

Dr. Bill Morris

"Our Referendums Will Go On"
2008 Perceptions of Education in Minnesota

 

Regional Meetings

Fall Regional Meeting - October 2011
Impact of the Homestead Credit Exclusion - In the final budget agreement, $260 million of state aid was cut from local goverments through the elimination of the homestead credit. While this saved the state $260 million, property taxes will go up for many property owers.
Tax Effect of Homestead Credit Exclusion for Minnesota cities- House Research Simulation
The Homestead Market Value Exclusion - Minnesota House Research
How Property Taxes will be Affected by the Repeal of the Market Value Homestead Credit - Brad Lundell, SEE Executive Director
The Mechanics of the Elimination of Market Value Homestead Credit - Brad Lundell, SEE Executive Director

Talking Points on Referendum Renewal - Brad Lundell

Funding Changes abouve Base in 2011 Omnibus Funding Bill -  MDE

Fall Regional Meeting - October 2010
General Education Comparisons -
State Aid/Local Levy Equalization Charts -

Fall Regional Meetings - October 2009
2010 SEE Platform, Draft -
Referendum Effort 2009 Chart -
Referendum Effort Range 2009 Chart -    
Referendum Effort Data Spreadsheet -
Revenue Disparity 2009 Chart -
Revenue Disparity - Letter to the Editor -