Bill aims to promote school integration in Minnesota with state funding incentives

Bill aims to promote school integration in Minnesota with state funding incentives

Lyndale Elementary Schools studets board the bus after school on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer)The number of intensely segregated school sites in the Twin Cities has grown almost five-fold, from 21 to over 100, since the turn of the century, according to University of Minnesota researcher Will Stancil. If enacted, HF2899 would fund incentives for districts to integrate schools within their bounda…