Minnesota education

Source topic or question: Standing Up to Donald Trump

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Protecting Minnesota's School Funding

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 17, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Expand the primary care and maternal care workforce. Klobuchar will work with employers and schools to train and recruit the primary care providers Minnesota needs – including family doctors, nurses, dentists, and community health workers – with a focus on the communities that have gone without them, so that seeing a primary care provider doesn’t mean a three-month wait or a three-hour drive. Our state should expand access to OB-GYNs, midwives, and other maternal health providers, and work to end the disparities that leave Black mothers roughly three times, and Native mothers more than four times, as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Raise Academic Achievement Across Minnesota

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Amy Klobuchar believes in using the best ideas – because Minnesota’s kids deserve excellence, and our economy needs a strong workforce. As both a mom and the daughter of a teacher who taught second grade until she was 70-years-old, Amy Klobuchar knows the importance of education and student achievement. As governor, she will use proven evidence-based approaches to raise student achievement, reduce racial and economic disparities in education, and push real improvement in our schools.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Respond to the current and future needs of workers and employers.

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Launch a public-private Skilled Workers and Trades Fund. Create a dedicated, public-private fund for debt-free, short-term training in the trades, health care, education, emergency services, public safety and other in-demand occupations. Built alongside employers, this fund can prepare our workforce for a changing job landscape as a result of AI.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Open Doors to College and Credential Pathways

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A one-to-four-year degree and beyond are pathways that provide options to students and expand our workforce. Amy Klobuchar has advocated for more federal funding for community, technical, and tribal college programs. As governor, Klobuchar will keep working to expand affordable access to all Minnesota colleges, including community and technical colleges, so costs never keep a Minnesotan from a credential that leads to a good job.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Protect access to care.

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Expand mental health access across Minnesota. Klobuchar will work to restore and expand the school-linked mental health grants so kids and their parents can get help in school. She will build the mental health workforce, including dedicated rural mental health counselors and social workers. Her goal will be to add psychiatric bed capacity, with a specific focus on kids, building on the 2025 bonding investment. She will direct the Commerce Department to enforce equal coverage for mental and physical health, so insurance covers mental health and addiction care like the health care it is. And she will work to fully fund Minnesota’s mobile crisis response so that in a mental health emergency, help comes where it is needed.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Use proven approaches to raise student achievement.

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Make sure our educators have the resources they need to succeed. Continue to strongly fund our schools and work to make health care more affordable for school personnel.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Keep Rural Minnesota Competitive and Connected

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Rural Minnesota’s economic strength depends on whether its people and businesses can get online, get their goods to market, and get a fair deal. Too many rural communities are still waiting for reliable broadband, watching roads and bridges deteriorate, and navigating a maze of government programs. As governor, Amy Klobuchar will work to keep rural Minnesota competitive and connected – to markets, schools, and government – with good broadband, infrastructure, and workable supply chains. That means finishing the job on universal broadband; modernizing rural roads, bridges, and transportation infrastructure, including ports; making it easier for farmers and small businesses to access the programs they need; and fighting for fair prices for rural consumers and grocers alike.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Use proven approaches to raise student achievement.

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Improve reading and math skills. Ensure proven, evidence-based curriculum in elementary classrooms, and give teachers and parents the training and materials to deliver reading and math excellence. Instruction must follow what the research shows works to lift student achievement and reduce disparities in education. This is similar to the evidence-based approaches taken in other states, which are using phonics curriculum, high-quality instructional materials, and teacher training to improve reading and math scores. Require parent-teacher meetings for students who are behind in reading and math.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: A plan to prepare Minnesota’s workforce for the future by:

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As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home. Because a strong economy depends on preparing Minnesotans through high-quality education, increasing student achievement, apprenticeships, workforce programs for high-demand jobs, one-to-four-year degrees, and beyond. She’ll work with employers to create credentials that give students the skills they actually need to get a job. That’s how we support an innovation economy and stay competitive in emerging and growing industries like health care and biotech, precision agriculture, and advanced manufacturing.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Prepare Minnesota’s rural workforce for the future.

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Build real on-ramps to good jobs by adding 10,000 apprenticeship and skills training opportunities, especially in teaching, health care, public safety, and the trades. Raise academic achievement across Minnesota using evidence-based reading and math curricula that have been proven to work in districts across the country – including in states such as Mississippi and Alabama – to increase reading and math skills. Keep students on task by banning cell phones in K–12 classrooms and work with school districts on screen time limits. Open the doors to college and credentials by expanding community college and one- to four-year degree pathways that connect directly to in-demand careers. Read Klobuchar’s full plan to expand Minnesota’s workforce here: AmyKlobuchar.com/workforce.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Strengthen registered apprenticeships to additional industries like biotech and health care. Klobuchar is committed to working with the private and public sectors, as well as unions, to add 10,000 apprenticeship and skills training opportunities, including for health care workers. Building on the success of apprenticeships in the trades, she will bring the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative to additional industries like health care and biotech. She will work with employers and schools to connect high school students directly to emerging and high-demand careers such as nursing.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Launch Minnesota Health Care Future to expand our health care workforce. Minnesota must recruit and train doctors, nurses, and medical technicians. Klobuchar’s administration will work with the University of Minnesota and the state college system, as well as Minnesota employers and unions, to develop specialized recruitment campaigns and training pathways to encourage medical professionals to live and work in the Minnesota communities that need them most. One of many examples is the University of Minnesota’s NXT GEN MED three-year degree program in Rochester.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Strengthen local food processing and infrastructure.

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Strengthen the food supply chain with regional food hubs, warehouses where small farmers aggregate product for sale to hospitals, universities, and other public institutions, bridging the gap between a family farm and a large institution. Expand support for local farmers markets and increase institutional purchases of local food for schools, child-care centers, and hospitals through Minnesota Grown and Farm to School.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Establish a Minnesota Innovation Network.

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Launch a Minnesota Innovation Network. Build a coordinated statewide system connecting Minnesota businesses across our state to universities, research centers, and incubators, as well as agencies and nonprofits like the IRRRB, AURI, and nonprofit development organizations. Create hubs in advanced manufacturing, energy, health care, and agriculture so that good ideas everywhere have a shot of becoming reality. Build on University of Minnesota research and outreach centers to research, develop, and scale technologies that make Minnesota farms and other rural businesses more profitable and resilient.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Expand the Outdoor Economy

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Give Minnesota sixth graders a “Passport to Minnesota.” As Governor, Klobuchar will work to provide a free one-year pass for sixth-grade students and their families to visit state parks, as well as participating museums and historic sites, paired with the sixth-grade Minnesota history curriculum.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Use proven approaches to raise student achievement.

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Give children the extra help they need to succeed with reading and math tutoring. When students fall behind in reading or math, they shouldn’t be left to struggle. Partner with schools to provide regular, small-group tutoring that helps students build confidence, catch up, and stay on track. Research shows that targeted tutoring is one of the most effective ways to accelerate learning and close opportunity gaps. Establish a Minnesota Summer Reads Initiative to support summer reading programming through public-private partnerships.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Use apprenticeships and new workforce pathways to increase opportunities.

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Expand educators, health care, and public safety professional pipelines. Broaden recruitment of educators, health care, and public safety professionals, including teachers, nurses, doctors, med techs, and police officers by waiving initial application fees to reduce the financial burden on recent graduates and new professionals. Expand alternative pathways and streamline credentialing so promising workers, including graduates in other fields, can transition more easily into classrooms and clinical settings.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Hunters, Anglers, and Outdoor Recreation

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Recruit the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts. As Governor, Klobuchar will expand youth mentorship, outdoor education, school forest programs, and learn-to-fish and learn-to-hunt opportunities throughout the state.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: A plan to expand Minnesota’s rural and agricultural economy.

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Keep rural Minnesota competitive and connected to markets, schools, and government with good broadband, infrastructure, and workable supply chains.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Get New Ideas and Put Them Into Action

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Launch a Minnesota Innovation Network. Build a coordinated statewide system that connects Minnesota businesses to universities, research centers, and incubators with hubs focused on advanced manufacturing, energy, health care, and agriculture – so a good idea from a lab in Duluth or a farm in Worthington has a clear path to becoming a product, a company, and Minnesota jobs. Pool resources and use public-private financing to speed commercialization and connect innovators with employers.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Launch a Minnesota Innovation Network. Minnesota’s next generation of cures and treatments will come from connecting researchers, entrepreneurs, and health systems, so a discovery made in a Rochester or Twin Cities lab or a rural startup becomes a treatment, a company, and Minnesota jobs. As Governor, Klobuchar will build a coordinated statewide system that connects Minnesota businesses to universities, research centers, and incubators with local innovation hubs focused on health care along with advanced manufacturing, energy, and agriculture. Klobuchar’s administration will pool resources and use public-private financing to bring new treatments from the lab to the market faster and connect innovators with employers.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Build on and expand Minnesota’s role in the next generation of treatment and cures, including our long support of research, the mapping of the human genome, and responsible use of technology. The Trump administration has cut NIH funding and canceled research grants, putting cancer trials and cures at risk. Klobuchar will incentivize and expand partnerships with research institutions, companies, philanthropies, and universities to develop groundbreaking cures. This means keeping world-class research, clinical trials, and the jobs that come with them here in Minnesota, with a dedicated commitment to diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and historically under-emphasized women’s health research, from mammograms to menopause.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Use apprenticeships and new workforce pathways to increase opportunities.

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Strengthen registered apprenticeships by adding 10,000 apprenticeship and skills training opportunities, roughly doubling the number of registered apprentices. Build on the success of apprenticeships in the trades – like for electricians and plumbers – by bringing the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative to additional industries like biotech, health care, advanced manufacturing, and precision agriculture. Connect high school students directly to emerging and high-demand careers in cybersecurity, technology, and nursing, as well as the trades – which is especially important right now in the age of AI.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Support Minnesota’s medical innovation.

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Create partnerships between local employers, community colleges, and public and private colleges and universities, and advance Minnesota’s STEM education. Klobuchar will create partnerships between community colleges and local employers who are competing in the global economy to design curricula and credentials for high-demand jobs that exist right now, in fields such as health care, so training aligns directly with local hiring needs. She will work with our world-class tech and medical industries to expand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, with mentorships, internships, and curriculum aligned to the jobs being created in Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Prepare Minnesota’s Workforce for the Future

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Amy Klobuchar knows there are many paths to success. As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home. She’ll build real on-ramps to good jobs, doubling apprenticeships and workforce training in the trades, health care, public safety, and emerging industries. She’ll raise academic achievement with evidence-based curriculum, tutoring to help kids catch up, and a focus on reading and math skills in elementary classrooms. And she’ll open doors to college and credentials, building partnerships between employers and colleges, expanding three-year degrees, and helping middle and high school students get a head start. Because anybody willing to work should have a path to success.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Lower Costs for Minnesotans

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As governor, Amy Klobuchar will work to lower costs that have been going through the roof across the country — essentials like housing, child care, and health care. She’ll take action to build more homes for Minnesotans, supporting first-time homebuyers, renters, and growing families who need more space. She’ll work with child care providers, employers, and schools to expand access to child care. She’ll build on her years of fighting — and beating — Big Pharma to lower prescription drug prices for Minnesotans. And she’ll hold the line on utility bills by modernizing Minnesota’s power grid and adding more affordable, renewable energy.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Build On-Ramps to Good Jobs with Apprenticeships and Workforce Training

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As our U.S. Senator, Amy Klobuchar has worked across the aisle to expand pathways to good jobs. She led the bipartisan Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, signed into law last year, to allow families to use 529 savings accounts to pay for skills training, credentialing, and apprenticeships. And she has long championed her bipartisan American Apprenticeship Act to provide tuition assistance for workers in registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. She knows these programs work, and as governor, she will expand them in Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: 3. Support Medical Innovation and Our Health Care Workforce

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In the Senate, Amy Klobuchar led the successful fight to repeal the medical device tax that threatened thousands of Minnesota medtech jobs, and she has championed the federal research investments that fuel our hospitals and universities. She has fought recent Trump administration cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and research grants, which have put cancer trials and cures at risk. As Governor, she will partner with our world-class hospitals and research institutions to keep building the future of medicine here in Minnesota, create a statewide innovation network that turns discoveries into companies and jobs, drive medical innovation that increases competition and expands patient choice, and prepare our workforce for the health care careers of the future.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Klobuchar–Schierer Shared Ticket Platform

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Amy Klobuchar knows there are many paths to success. As governor, she’ll make sure Minnesotans can get the skills they need to build a good life here at home. She’ll build real on-ramps to good jobs, doubling apprenticeships and workforce training in the trades, health care, public safety, and emerging industries. She’ll raise academic achievement with evidence-based curriculum, tutoring to help kids catch up, and a focus on reading and math skills in elementary classrooms. And she’ll open doors to college and credentials, building partnerships between employers and colleges, expanding three-year degrees, and helping middle and high school students get a head start. Because anybody willing to work should have a path to success.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Lower Costs for Minnesotans

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As governor, Amy Klobuchar will work to lower costs that have been going through the roof across the country — essentials like housing, child care, and health care. She’ll take action to build more homes for Minnesotans, supporting first-time homebuyers, renters, and growing families who need more space. She’ll work with child care providers, employers, and schools to expand access to child care. She’ll build on her years of fighting — and beating — Big Pharma to lower prescription drug prices for Minnesotans. And she’ll hold the line on utility bills by modernizing Minnesota’s power grid and adding more affordable, renewable energy.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: More Flexibility, Fewer Mandates

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Seek a review and revision of all state academic standards, to restore high standards and expectations for student success.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: $1,700 Federal Tax Credit

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As Governor, Lisa Demuth will opt-in to the new federal education tax credit to empower parents and fund our schools. These new federal education tax credits will be available to Minnesota taxpayers regardless. The decision is simply to let Minnesota schools keep Minnesota money. By opting Minnesota into the $1,700 tax credit, this will unlock scholarships for public, charter and private students that need help – free money to schools to benefit students with no expense to Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Return Minnesota to the Top 10 Nationally

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Over the last five years, Minnesota has fallen from #7 in overall education rankings to #21, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s “2026 State-to-State Comparison of Education.” These measurements are unacceptable. As Governor, Lisa Demuth will return Minnesota to one of the best places for educational outcomes in the nation.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Empower Parents and Local Schools

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Parents have a fundamental right to direct the education of their children and to be involved in the decisions made in our schools.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Safety for All Students in Every School

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As Governor, Lisa will ensure school safety funding to protect Minnesota students is expanded to every classroom — not just public schools.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Focus on Fundamentals

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Lisa Demuth will also ensure that the teaching standards propagated by the teacher licensing board are focused on preparing our teachers to prepare the next generation of workers, not the next generation of activists.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Empower Parents and Local Schools

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As Governor, Lisa Demuth will ensure local schools are empowered to seek solutions that best fit the needs of their students and staff.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: More Flexibility, Fewer Mandates

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Create a system of waivers for schools to seek relief from state requirements while preserving their commitment to core academic achievement and effective instruction.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: More Flexibility, Fewer Mandates

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Under the Demuth-Wilson administration, the Minnesota Department of Education will audit and provide user-friendly performance reports, so communities and families will know where their hard-earned tax dollars are going.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Safety for All Students in Every School

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Under the Demuth-Wilson administration, schools and classrooms will be safe from disruptions and violence.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Flexibility for school funding streams to be used for safety improvements

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Seek a review and revision of all state academic standards, to restore high standards and expectations for student success.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Lisa Demuth will also ensure that the teaching standards propagated by the teacher licensing board are focused on preparing our teachers to prepare the next generation of workers, not the next generation of activists.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: More Flexibility, Fewer Mandates

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Under the Demuth-Wilson administration, the Minnesota Department of Education will audit and provide user-friendly performance reports, so communities and families will know where their hard-earned tax dollars are going.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: $1,700 Federal Tax Credit

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As Governor, Lisa Demuth will opt-in to the new federal education tax credit to empower parents and fund our schools. These new federal education tax credits will be available to Minnesota taxpayers regardless. The decision is simply to let Minnesota schools keep Minnesota money. By opting Minnesota into the $1,700 tax credit, this will unlock scholarships for public, charter and private students that need help – free money to schools to benefit students with no expense to Minnesota.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Affordability Agenda

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Lisa Demuth will provide $150 million in property tax cuts, lower property taxes by allowing schools to opt out of certain unfunded mandates from the state and allowing local government noncompliance of unfunded mandates. As Governor, Demuth will return a portion of future surplus in the form of property tax rebates.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Empower Parents and Local Schools

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Parents have a fundamental right to direct the education of their children and to be involved in the decisions made in our schools.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Create a system of waivers for schools to seek relief from state requirements while preserving their commitment to core academic achievement and effective instruction.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Science of Reading - Empower schools to fully implement literacy through the Science of Reading to boost learning.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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As Governor, Lisa will ensure school safety funding to protect Minnesota students is expanded to every classroom — not just public schools.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Evidence-Based Math - Reform both teacher preparation and instructional practices to improve instruction and learning for math.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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School security grants.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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As Governor, Lisa Demuth will ensure local schools are empowered to seek solutions that best fit the needs of their students and staff.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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Top-to-bottom review of state mandates on schools focusing on mandates providing little or no academic or instructional purpose while adding costs.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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We’ll achieve this by ensuring school safety funding for all students. This funding follows the student like books and buses. If we don’t put school safety first, nothing else matters.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Demuth–Wilson Education Comeback Plan

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School Resource Officers are available to every school.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: More Flexibility, Fewer Mandates

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Minnesota is spending the most per student in history and we are not getting results. Not only that, but we should also not live in a world where families and teachers themselves must pay for classroom supplies.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 20, 2026

Source topic or question: Safety for All Students in Every School

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Under the Demuth-Wilson administration, schools and classrooms will be safe from disruptions and violence.

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Source topic or question: Candidate statement

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The Secretary of State chairs the State Canvassing Board and convenes Minnesota's electoral college. The Secretary of State serves on the MN Executive Council, the MN State Board of Investment, and the board of the Minnesota Historical Society. The Secretary of State oversees an office staff of approximately 100 and the work of the Office affects Minnesotans in all 87 counties of the state. The Office’s main responsibilities include overseeing statewide elections and operating the statewide voter registration system; the review, approval, and filing for all businesses and organizations operating in the state; and administering the state's address confidentiality program to help protect victims of domestic violence and others who fear for their safety.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026