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District 196 Equity Coordinator Named to Integration Revenue Task Force
Scott A. Thomas, the educational equity coordinator for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district, is one of 12 people who will evaluate the state's use of integration aid.
Scott A. Thomas, the educational equity coordinator for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district, is one of 12 people appointed to the state's integration revenue task force, according to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Education.
The panel is tasked with evaluating how state integration aid to K-12 schools is used, and providing the Legislature with recommendations for the integration revenue program, the release says.
Integration revenue is used to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color in schools and improve educational opportunities for students of colors, according to a document from the Department of Education.
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"I am hopeful [the members] will engage in a rich discussion that will lead to substantive recommendations about how best to ensure that we meet the needs of every unique learner in public schools that reflect the rich tapestry of our state," Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius said in the release.
The task force's first meeting will be Nov. 15.
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Members of the taskforce are:
Education commissioner’s appointees:
• Helen Bassett, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale school board member
• William Green, professor, Macalester College and former Minneapolis superintendent
• Myron Orfield, executive director, Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota
• Betty McAllister, retired middle school principal, Nobles County Integration Collaborative
• State Rep. Carlos Mariani, St. Paul
• Scott A. Thomas, Educational Equity Coordinator for the Rosemont/Apple Valley/Eagan School District
House of Representatives appointees:
• Robert A. Erickson, Lakeville school board member
• Katherine Kersten, Center for the American Experiment fellow
• Peter A. Swanson, attorney, Golden Valley
Senate appointees:
• The Rev. Robert Battle, senior pastor of Berean Church of God in Christ, St. Paul
• Arthur Brown, University of Minnesota Family Development research associate, Minneapolis
• State Sen. Pam Wolf, representing Spring Lake Park and Blaine
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