Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius named members to serve on an Education Finance Working Group charged with developing recommendations for school finance reform.  In addition to school and civic leaders, citizens and parents, the working group included sitting legislative leadership.

Established as part of Governor Dayton's Seven-Point Plan to establish better school funding, the goals of the reform proposals crafted by the working group are to:

• Improve the adequacy, equity and stability of pre-K-12 education funding
• Simplify education funding
• Preserve local control
• Close the achievement gap
• Promote high achievement for all students
• Direct resources closest to students, teachers and the classroom

• School Finance Overview Presentation 
  Presentation used at regional meetings.
• Working Group Recommendations Impact Summary 
  Summary of the statewide revenue and levy impact of the recommendations of the Education Finance Working Group
• Education Finance Working Group Recommendations and Report 
  November 2012
• 11-13-12 Community Outreach Issue Summary 
  
• 11-13-12 School Finance Reform Options 
  
• Schedule 
  Updated October 12, 2012
• Agenda for Regional Meetings 
  
• 9-11-12 Education Finance Reform Overview 
  
• 8-20-12 Special Education Funding Presentation 
  Presentation created by Tom Melcher, Director of School Finance, Department of Education
• 8-20-12 Integration Funding in 2014 and Later 
  
• 8-20-12 Integration Funding Options Summary 
  
• Membership Roster 
  
• 7-31-12 Impact of Replacing the Market Value Homestead Credit with the Homestead Exclusion 
  
• 7-31-12 Integration Revenue Advisory Task Force Final Recommendations 
  
• 7-31-12 Levy Analysis for Work Group 
  
• 7-31-12 Orfield Testimony 
  
• 7-31-12 Robert Erickson Information 
  
• 7-31-12 Role of Property Tax in PreK-12 Education Funding 
  
• 7-31-12 Table 4 PropertyTax Impact of K-12 Education Finance Proposal 
  
• 7-31-12 Understanding Recent Changes in Homestead Benefits 
  Contact the Minnesota Department of Revenue for an accessible version of this document (http://www.taxes.state.mn.us)
• 6-25-11 Changes Since Working Group Report Release in May 2011 
  
• 6-25-11 Group Discussion Questions 
  
• 6-25-11 May 2011 Report Summary of the Education Finance Working Group 
  
• 6-25-11 Funding Education for the Future Report 
  2011 Report for the Education Finance Working Group to Governor Dayton
• 2011 Membership Roster 
  Member Names and Contact Information
• Funding Education for the Future Summary 
  2011 Report for the Education Finance Working Group to Governor Dayton
• March 30, 2011 Meeting Presentations and Handouts 
  
• April 6, 2011 Meeting Presentations and Handouts 
  
• April 20, 2011 Meeting Presentations and Handouts 
  
• May 4, 2011 Meeting Presentations and Handouts 
  
• May 11, 2011 Meeting Presentations and Handouts 
  
• May 18, 2011 Meeting Presentations and Handouts 
  
• Investing in Our Future, An Education Funding Reform Report 
  Final Education Reform Task Force Report - July 2004 (Pawlenty Administration)