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In Minnesota's education bill, there was a push for more money specifically allocated to spend on school support staff, including nurses, counselors, mental health works and social workers. 

Jim Bierma, lead counselor for Minneapolis Public Schools and president of the Minnesota School Counselors Association, joined 

 to discuss how this might shake out in the final version of the bill.

Jim Bierma, lead counselor for Minneapolis Public Schools, joined MPR News' Tom Weber to discuss how funding might shake out in the final version of the bill.

In Minnesota's education bill, there was a push for more money specifically allocated to spend on school support staff, including nurses, counselors, mental health works and social workers. Jim Bierma, lead counselor for Minneapolis Schools and president of the Minnesota School Counselor Association, joined us to discuss how this might shake out in the final version of the bill.

How MN education bill could affect school nurses, counselors

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