Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday told a group of education and child advocacy groups gathered for a conference that he plans to spend half of the state's $1-billion surplus on education and policies benefiting children.
Dayton to propose half of $1 billion surplus go to education, children
Gov. Mark Dayton will release his full budget proposal Tuesday next week but offered further hints of what's to come.
January 23, 2015 at 9:25PM
The DFL governor is set to release his full budget proposal Tuesday, and in recent days has released partial details on proposals that include expanding a child-care tax credit and investing $30 million in the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Dayton on Friday said he would allocate $516 million for children. Of that, $372 million would go toward education, $44 million for human services and $100 million for the child-care tax credits.
The money would pay for programs such as early childhood education and support for families in need.
