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Superintendent Talks About Inequity in Education Funding

In this video, Superintendent Chris Richardson talks about Schools for Equity in Education, an organization made up of 62 school districts, including Northfield.

In this video, Superintendent Chris Richardson talks about Schools for Equity in Education, an organization made up of 62 school districts, including Northfield, which has a goal of helping all Minnesota school districts provide "high-quality education to students" and help with "property tax fairness for all the taxpayers of the districts."

School district funding and property tax reform were highlighted in Governor Mark Dayton's proposed budget this week, which focuses on a tax overhaul to balance the state's projected $1.1 billion budget shortfall.

Richardson said a video created by SEE does a great job showing the disparity between districts by comparing evaluations of property taxes from district to district and how that affects the budgets of the respective districts.

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In November, Northfield School Board member Anne Maple blogged on Patch about the SEE video, which can be seen here.

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