SAINT PAUL — More than 100 AMSD members turned out for the AMSD / MASA Region 9 Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 5. AMSD annually hosts the Day at the Capitol to encourage members, students, and education leaders to meet with legislators, attend committee hearings, and advocate for public education. House Education Finance Committee Chair Cheryl Youakim, Senate Education Finance Committee Chair Mary Kunesh, and Reagan Greene, education policy advisor to Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan, spoke to the attendees to kick off the day.

Members from AMSD districts continued testifying at the Capitol later in the week, on Wednesday and Thursday as well.