Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Minnesota's highly educated workforce is the backbone of our economic success and our high quality of life. It's why our state is home to so many companies that compete well nationally and globally and why Minnesota's employment rate outperforms the national average.

The 2013-2014 Legislature made historic investments in education. We paid back the money owed to our schools, invested in all-day, every-day kindergarten, provided more than $40 million in early learning scholarships and froze tuition for college students at our public colleges and universities after a decade of historic tuition increases.

Our state is back on the right track, but there is more work to be done. We must ensure that three and four year olds have access to quality early education and continue to address the problem of rising debt for our college students.

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