Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: State Government is Squeezing School Budgets and Pushing Up Property Taxes With Unfunded Mandates
April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 13, 2026, by economist John Phelan:
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State government is squeezing school budgets and pushing up property taxes with unfunded mandates
Back in 2023, the "historic" DFL trifecta enacted a K-12 education bill which included a $2.2 billion hike in s . . .
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State government is squeezing school budgets and pushing up property taxes with unfunded mandates
Back in 2023, the "historic" DFL trifecta enacted a K-12 education bill which included a $2.2 billion hike in s . . .