Gov. Tim Walz’s proposed budget, released this January, targets Minnesota’s nonpublic school students by eliminating nonpublic pupil aid and transportation aid — cutting more than $100 million in aid over the biennium. This proposal defunds essential services such as busing, textbooks, nursing and counseling that support students regardless of their school choice.
Being “a little kinder than necessary” hasn’t spared Cecelia Welsch all of life’s sorrows during the past 100 years but it has brought joy to her, her family, neighbors and nursing patients including leading St. Paul families such as the O’Shaughnessys and Weyerhaeusers.
Governor’s budget puts nonpublic school students at risk