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|  | | | Full-Day Kindergarten for All Minnesota Children
We would like to encourage the Minnesota Legislature to fully fund
all-day Kindergarten for every Minnesota child. Numerous studies have supported the results of all-day Kindergarten. It is our belief that
schools which charge a fee for full-day Kindergarten programs
discriminate against precisely the children who need to be there the
most. Currently Minnesota, which has always been a national leader in education, is falling behind by not requiring that all students attend all-day Kindergarten.
If you are interested in writing a letter of support for fully funded all-day Kindergarten, please use the attached letter as a guide (see below). You should write to your own representatives in the Minnesota House and Senate, but you may also consider writing to members of the House and Senate Committees that focus on K-12 education. You will find links below to their address information.
The following link connects to the MN Legislature District Finder so you can find out who your representatives are: http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html
MN House Representatives on the Education Finance Committee:
- Barb Sykora, House Education Finance Chair
- Randy Demmer, Vice Chair
- Mindy Greiling, Lead-DFL
- Connie Bernardy, Member
- Mark Buesgens, Member
- Jim Davnie, Member
- John Dorn, Member
- Kent Eken, Member
- Sondra Erickson, Member
- Bud Heidgerken, Member
- Ruth Johnson, Member
- Karen Klinzing, Member
- Doug Meslow, Member
- Scott Newman, Member
- Jim Knoblach, Member (non-voting member)
MN House Representatives on the Education Policy and Reform Committee:
- Mark Buesgens, Chair
- Sondra Erickson, Vice Chair
- John Dorn, Lead-DFL
- Jim Abeler, Member
- Lyndon Carlson, Member
- Mike Charron, Member
- Lloyd Cybart, Member
- Jim Davnie, Member
- Matt Dean, Member
- Randy Demmer, Member
- Denise Dittrich, Member
- Rob Eastlund, Member
- Kent Eken, Member
- Mindy Greiling, Member
- Bud Heidgerken, Member
- Karen Klinzing, Member
- Morrie Lanning, Member
- Ron Latz, Member
- Carlos Mariani, Member
- Paul Marquart, Member
- Bud Nornes, Member
- Mark Olson, Member
- Gene Pelowski, Jr., Member
- Sandra Peterson, Member
- Maria Ruud, Member
- Brita Sailer, Member
- Dan Severson, Member
- Barb Sykora, Member
- Lynn Wardlow, Member
MN Senators on the Education Committee:- Steve Kelly, Chair
- Rod Skoe, Vice Chair
- Gen Olson, Ranking Minority Member
- Michele Bachmann, Member
- Tarryl Clark, Member
- David Hann, Member
- Geoff Michel, Member
- Tom Saxhaug, Member
- LeRoy Stumpf, Member
- David Tomassoni, Member
MN Senators on the Finance Committee - K-12 Education Budget Division
- LeRoy Stumpf, Chair
- Sharon Marko, Vice Chair
- Debbie J. Johnson, Ranking Minority Member
- Gen Olson, Ranking Minority Member
- Ellen R. Anderson, Member
- Terri Bonoff, Member
- Michelle Fischbach, Member
- David Hann, Member
- Michael Jungbauer, Member
- Steve Kelley, Member
- Keith Langseth, Member
- Sean Nienow, Member
- Tom Saxhaug, Member
- Linda Scheid, Member
- Wesley Skoglund, Member
- Dan Sparks, Member
- Betsy Wergin, Member
- Charles Wiger, Member
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