Republicans who received the veto letters say they strike a tone of anything but compromise.

Many Republican candidates from greater Minnesota have hammered constantly on what they called school funding inequities that favored districts in the Twin Cities metro area. But Democrats and urban school advocates are outraged.

Gov. Mark Dayton says he will sign a bill into law that opens up alternative pathways to teacher licensure. In a letter addressed to Education Senate and House Committee chairs, Rep. Pat Garofalo and Sen. Gen Olson, Dayton said he and Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius do not agree with every provision in the legislation, but have worked out a bill he is willing to sign in hopes to close the achievement gap.

Education commissioner Brenda Cassellius continues to have concerns about alternative-teacher-licensure proposals that have passed the House and Senate. In a second letter this week to Sen. Gen Olson, chair of the Education committee, Casselius again cites worries about teachers having adequate preparation in the subject area they intend to teach.

Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius in a letter to legislators is calling for "compromise language" on an alternative teacher licensing proposal. The House and Senate have passed differing versions of the bill.

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Fiscbach said she doesn't expect Senate committees to take up the nuclear power plant moratorium repeal next week.

With Republicans now officially in control of the Minnesota Legislature, a proposal that would make it easier to license teachers who lack education degrees is likely to pass, and some say a bill could drop during the second week of session.