Capitol Recap

The following offers education-related highlights of the recent legislative sessions. The enrollment figures are based on estimated fall 2001 data reported by the National Center for Education Statistics for prekindergarten through 12th grade in public elementary and secondary schools. The figures for precollegiate education spending include money for state education administration, but not federal, flow-through dollars, unless otherwise noted.

Minnesota

Minnesota leaders have spent much of the year trying to shore up budget gaps for the short term, while gauging just how serious the state's revenue shortfalls are likely to be...