$7k for Kids

Thank you to everyone who joined the statewide $7k for Kids effort on precinct caucus night by offering our resolution adding Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to the Party Platform. More than 1,000 precincts passed the resolution!

Have you shown your support for $7k for Kids yet?

Fill out our easy 30-second form to send a message urging Governor Walz and your state elected officials to bring Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to Minnesota.

About $7k for Kids

What is an Education Savings Account?

Education Savings Accounts provide Minnesota families with up to $7,000 per student each year to support and customize their child’s unique educational needs — from tuition at a nonpublic school and tutoring to educational therapy and services.

Do Education Savings Accounts have popular support?

• Fifty-four percent of respondents to the February Thinking Minnesota Poll supported Education Savings Accounts.
• ESAs are already established in 19 states.

Why do we need Education Savings Accounts?

Because over half of Minnesota students can’t read or do math at grade level. The status quo is unacceptable!

Why should homeschoolers support Education Savings Accounts?

• Despite fears, according to a national study by Johns Hopkins School of Education, no state has increased homeschool regulations after passing a school choice program, and, overall, homeschool regulation has decreased over time.
• A legislature and governor willing to implement Education Savings Accounts in Minnesota will naturally be favorable to homeschooling. A legislature and governor hostile to school choice (like the current one) is already hostile to home education.
• All school choice programs are voluntary, meaning homeschool families will not be compelled to participate.

Finally, a state program that directs $7,000 to families to pay for the best education they choose!

Minnesota used to promise all children a quality education that sets them up for college, a career, and life. But that promise has been broken. Half of our kids can’t read or do math at grade level! With parental choice through Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), Minnesota families can use the basic funds allocated by the state to customize their child’s unique educational needs — from tuition at private schools to homeschooling.

How would $7,000 per year change your child’s education experience?

HEAR FROM REAL MINNESOTA PARENTS:

The time has come for real school choice! 

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Minnesota once led the nation in education reform. We adopted education tax credits in the early 1990s and were the first state to try charter schools and open enrollment. But we have lost our leadership position as other states have adopted school choice programs, leapfrogging us in academic achievement. 

As measured by the 2025 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 50.5 percent of tested students do not meet grade-level reading standards and 55 percent do not meet grade-level math standards.

ESAs will give Minnesota families the freedom and resources to access a learning environment that matches their education goals and values.  

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