Hermantown School District Faced $750,000 In Budget Cuts This School Year, Senator Grant Hauschild Failed to Act

Hermantown School District has a budget problem, and its name is Grant Hauschild.

Schools across Minnesota suffered under expensive unfunded mandates imposed by St. Paul Liberals with Hermantown-area Senator Grant Hauschild casting the deciding vote.

Last year, Hermantown School District felt the consequences when forced to cut $750,000 from the budget including 6 staff positions for the 2025-2026 school year citing unfunded mandates passed with the help of Grant Hauschild. Cuts included:

• Two retirements ($60K)

• Eliminate summer days for media specialists ($3K)

• High School Social Studies attrition ($131K)

• High School Business Teacher ($75K)

• Eliminate 1 assistant track coach ($3K)

• Foreign Language German ($57K)

• Middle & High School Math reduction/reassignment ($55K)

• Elementary & Middle School intervention position ($30K)

• Reduce 2 paraprofessionals at Elementary School ($66K)

• Reduce 1 playground paraprofessional ($12K)

• Reduce curriculum budget ($50K)

• Reduce capital equipment budget ($18K)

• Reduce technology budget ($50K)

• Reduce contracted services for maintenance ($60K)

• Assign intervention time to American Indian Education ($20K)

• Reduce outside services ($30K)

Grant Hauschild had the opportunity to help by passing disparity aid for underfunded school districts like Hermantown.

THEN, three months after news about the budget cuts broke, Grant Hauschild betrayed Hermantown’s teachers, staff, students, and parents when he voted against Republican’s disparity aid proposal that would have provided nearly $750,000 for the 2025-2026 school year and nearly $825,000 during the 2026-2027 school year to Hermantown school district, covering the budget shortfall.

The district now faces another $450,000 in cuts for the next two years.

Hermantown School District literally can’t afford another term of Grant Hauschild in office.

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