2026 Platform

Enhance Student Centered Learning

• State policymakers should expand student-centered learning opportunities to allow school districts to create meaningful and personalized experiences that prepare students for future success.

Modernize Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Revenue to Address Aging Infrastructure

• Support statutory changes expanding the allowable uses of Long-Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) revenue to include facility modernization for buildings over 25 years old with more than $5 million in documented maintenance needs. Allow districts to pursue upgrades that improve safety, learning environments, energy efficiency, and technology capacity (not solely "like-for-like" replacements) so that older schools can meet modern educational standards. 

Expand Safe Schools Revenue and Modernize its Uses

• Increase the Safe Schools Levy and state aid and expand allowable uses to include cybersecurity infrastructure, modern communication systems, mental health supports, school climate initiatives, and threat-assessment resources.

Institute Tax Equalization

• Fund all districts equitably, considering the difference between commercial property-rich communities and residential communities.

Oppose Unfunded Mandates and Ensure Adequate Implementation Resources

• Oppose any new state mandates related to curriculum, staffing, technology systems, or operations unless that state provides full and sustainable funding for impletmentation.

 

2026 Platform