February 27, 2025

MDE Educator Workforce Dashboard

Interested in knowing recent data on how many teachers have Out of Field Permissions, or how many teachers are in each tier? Check this out!

For Registrants attending the MSBA/MASA Day at the Capitol: Know Before You Go!

 This event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, March 10, in St. Paul. I believe you will have a great day of networking and advocacy.

At 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, there will be a one-hour “Know Before You Go” webinar. The webinar will be presented by MSBA’s Denise Dittrich and Kim Lewis and MASA’s Valerie Dosland. We will provide logistics, helpful information for your meetings with legislators, and key funding and policy priorities. The webinar will be recorded and available on MSBA’s website. 

Please join the webinar using the information provided below.

• What: 2025 Joint Day at the Capitol: "Know Before You Go" Webinar

• When: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, 2025

• Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81911805572

• Zoom meeting ID: 819 1180 5572

Superintendent MASA Class A Representative on the MSHSL Board of Directors Update

During the March 19 MASA Board of Directors meeting, the ten letters of interest received from Class A superintendents seeking the position will be carefully reviewed and a decision reached on who will succeed Superintendent Don Peschel of Sauk Centre Schools. The pool is outstanding and highly competitive.  Stay tuned for the results which we will release as soon as all applications are notified of the decision.

Attorney General Responds to MSHSL, MASSP & MASA Request for Clarification on Transgender Student Participation in Athletics

The recent Presidential Executive Order, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, regarding student-athletes raised questions from the MSHSL, MASSP, and MASA members as to how to follow the order while also complying with the Minnesota Human Rights Act. In response to the questions raised the three organizations sent this letter on February 14 to the Minnesota Attorney General’s office seeking clarity. 

On February 20, Attorney General Keith Ellison issued this opinion. You may have already seen this document in an email from Laura Mackenthun of the MSHSL, sent to all superintendents on the afternoon of February 20. The AG’s opinion makes it clear that, at this time, Minnesota’s laws are what school districts and the MSHSL must follow.

Leadership Matters!

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." - Booker T. Washington