Action of the School Board Action of the School Board 11/09/15 | Page 2

Community Education
Canvas School Board election

Heather Peters, communications coordinator for Community Education, joined Cindy
Reichert, Anoka County elections manager, in submitting a resolution to approve the results for the Nov. 3 School Board election.
Tom Heidemann, district one and Marci Anderson, district two ran unopposed and were
elected to office. Nicole Hayes defeated Scott Simmons in district five. Heidemann, Anderson and Hayes are elected to four-year terms.

Approval of Legislative Platform

Superintendent David Law presented a platform for legislative communication that has
been under development for the upcoming session. The platform includes both funding
requests and structural changes in formulas to improve service to students.
Because nearly $30 million of the general fund is necessary to operate state mandated special education programs, the district is advocating for a formula change that would generate 20 percent of the revenue necessary to operate.

Complete minutes
Complete minutes of the
meeting are published on
the district’s website at:
www.anoka.k12.mn.us/
schoolboard and in the
school district’s legal
newspapers:

• Anoka County Union
• Blaine Life
• Coon Rapids Herald
• Champlin Dayton

A second item on the agenda requests tax relief directly to property owners through equalization of taxing formulas. Following a session where the district requested a 3 percent
increase but received a 2 percent increase in basic education revenue, Anoka-Hennepin will
advocate for a 1 percent increase this session.
Anoka-Hennepin is also working to find a solution to provide more permanent funding for
a compensatory grant program the district receives that is up for legislative review every
two years. Similar to the other items on the legislative agenda, the program under consideration is structured to benefit Anoka-Hennepin students and those from districts across
Minnesota. View the platform: http://bit.ly/1QwZCF9.

Consent agenda

The School Board approved:

Press

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• Brooklyn Center
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ACTION

a. Minutes from Oct. 26, 2015 work session.
b. Retirements, resignations, terminations, layoffs and recalls, leaves and modified
leaves of absence, extra service agreements and curriculum writing.
c. Schwan Super Rink Ice Contract -AHS lease agreement.
d. CRHS/SLPHS Cooperative Agreement – girls hockey.
e. Willis of Minnesota, Inc. insurance renewal.
f. Andover hockey ice lease agreement.
g. Immunizations exclusions.

Next meeting: School Board regular meeting, Monday, Nov. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Sandburg Education Center, 1902 Second Ave., Anoka.