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2012 Legislative Kick-Off

2012 Legislative Kick-Off. Realities, Rumors and Reactions January 21, 2012. Overarching 2012 issues. A surplus that isn’t a surplus Redistricting expected decision February 21 Reform 2.0 Citizens United/Super PACS ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council.

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2012 Legislative Kick-Off

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  1. 2012 Legislative Kick-Off Realities, Rumors and Reactions January 21, 2012

  2. Overarching 2012 issues • A surplus that isn’t a surplus • Redistricting expected decision February 21 • Reform 2.0 • Citizens United/Super PACS • ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council

  3. Constitutional Amendments (Electoral Red Meat) • Potential tax amendments • Voter ID • Gay Marriage amendment (on ballot)

  4. Tax amendments • Supermajority Amendment • HF1598 passed Taxes now in Ways and Means (31 authors) • SF1384 referred to taxes (1 author) • 98% Amendment • HF1661 referred to Ways and Means (8 authors) • SF1378 referred to Taxes (5 authors including tax chair) • Limit Spending to Biennium Revenue Amendment • HF1612 1612 (12 authors) • SF1364 (1 author-Tax chair)

  5. Legislature needs to deal with: GRAD Graduate Required Assessments for Diploma

  6. Potential Issues • Funding • Levy elections in even years • Levy following student • Education Funding Working Group report, special ed funding • Autonomy for school boards (levy renewal elections, timing of elections)

  7. Also look for • Mayoral takeover of schools • Teacher eval, pay for performance, teacher layoffs based on performance • ESEA (NCLB) waiver • Prone restraint and special education mandate reduction • Vouchers or voucher lite • Integration aid and policy • Bullying • School calendar • On-Line learning

  8. Also Watching • ESEA (NCLB) waiver decision (soon) • Integration Aid Task force (spring 2012) • Bullying Task Force (summer 2012) • Common Core Standards • Early childhood RTTT grant

  9. Remember IT IS ALL ABOUT THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS

  10. Important dates • January 24 opening • February 2-7 recess • April 9-13 recess • April 30 sine die

  11. What can you count on from Parents United • Up-to-the minute Website • Weekly Updates • Brown Bag Phone Updates—Mondays at noon • Wonkshops- • Supermajority January 23 Noon • February 6 caucuses • Boot Camp Forest Lake February 11 • Friendraisers and fundrasiers

  12. April 16 Parent Summit “Minnesota by the Numbers” Tom Stinson, State Economist Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer

  13. Let’s consider • Realities of the state budget • What’s been happening in 2008, 2009, 2010? • Implications of the 2010 election • Crystal ball for the 2011 session

  14. How is the state budget used?

  15. How is the state’s general fund spent

  16. Changes in state budget expenditures

  17. Joint Religious Legislative Coalition (JRLC) on the current state deficit Just how big is the MN Budget Deficit? If we... • Cut all kids from health care ($139 million) and • Eliminate all cash welfare ($145 million) and • Shut down 20% of nursing homes ($191 million) and • Cut salaries 10% for all branches of government ($225 million) and • Eliminate all Local Government Aid ($1 billion) and • Close all the state parks ($52 million) and • Eliminate House and Senate per diem ($4.2 million) and • Shut down 10 State College campuses ($146 million) and • Cut all state government operations by 50% (1.75 billion) AND ADD IT ALL UP: It only reaches $3.6 billion of the $5.4 billion projected deficit! Based on House Research Estimates of 2009 spending levels.

  18. Long term deficitsShort term fixes • 2008 Legislative Session • $935 million budget deficit • 60% 1X solution • 2009 Legislative Session • $6.4 billion budget deficit • 80 one time solution • 2010 Legislative Session • $4.3 billion budget deficit • 50% school payment shift

  19. Choices have consequences Mn Budget Project Minnesota passed significant tax cuts and rebates in the late 1990s, led to a decline in state/local government’s share of personal income

  20. Minnesota Supreme Court, Skeen v. State of Minnesota, August 20, 1993 …education is a fundamental right in Minnesota. However, the current system of state educational finance satisfies that fundamental right, particularly where all plaintiff districts are provided with an adequate level of education which meets or exceeds the state’s basic educational requirements and where the districts are given sufficient funding to meet their basic needs… …our decision …requires the state to provide enough funds to ensure that each student receives an adequate education and that funds are distributed in a uniform manner… …the State of Minnesota provides an adequate and uniform education which meets all state standards. It merely allows localities to augment this basic amount… …the determination of education finance policy, in the absence of glaring disparities, must be a legislative decision because it involves balancing the competing interests of equality, efficiency, and limited local control…

  21. % Change in General Revenue per ADM FY2003-2010 Minus Referendum and Adjusted for CPI Source: MDE

  22. The Basic Formula Has Not Kept Up With Inflation

  23. Source: MDE

  24. Leadership • Governor Mark Dayton • Dr. Brenda Cassellius • Chair Rep. Garofalo/Minority Lead Greiling • Chair Rep. Erickson/Minority Lead Mariani • Chair Sen. Olson/Minority Lead Bonoff

  25. 2011 Education Policy • Closing the achievement gap • Alternative pathways to teacher licensure • Tenure, “value-add”, teacher effectiveness and evaluation • Pay for performance • Local control

  26. 2011 Education Funding issues • Stable, equitable funding formula • Paying back the shift • Levy caps • Discretionary levy authority for renewals • Use of categorical aids esp. integration aid • 2% set aside • Jan. 15 deadline

  27. Other Education Organizations • MSBA • MASA • SEE • AMSD

  28. And then there is… Redistricting

  29. What Parents United is doing • Monitoring all education committees • Tracking and analyzing proposed legislation and providing this information in weekly updates • Collaborating with other education advocacy groups • Individual meetings with legislators on education committees • Keeping the website current with articles, events and Capitol hearing schedules • Working with parent groups/hosting events/sitting on statewide committees • Presentations/ Boot Camps • Building relationships with the Governor’s office, MDE, majority and minority leadership and foundations • Keeping the parent perspective in front of policymakers and keeping that perspective relevant

  30. But..We Can’t Do it Alone 1.  Follow Mary's tweets 2.  Sign on to receive Parents United weekly Legislative Updates weekly during the session 3. Read and respond to the updates and action alerts; send them on—grow the group 4.  Become a friend of Parents United on Facebook 5. Plug the phone numbers for the Governor's office and your State Representative and Senator into your cell phone 6.  Create an email group for your elected officials, bookmark the contact page for those without direct email

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