Ballot measure · Minnesota · November 3, 2026

Constitutional Amendment

Title as the state lists it: Increasing funding to school districts1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of everyone voting in the election
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would change the constitution so the permanent school fund is run to pay school districts a yearly amount set by law while keeping its buying power over time, and a law passed with it would set that amount at 4.5 percent of the fund's average value over the prior three years, starting July 1, 2027.2 Secs. 1, 3 and 6

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current constitution, under which the fund's principal must stay whole and school districts receive only the fund's net interest and dividends each year, and the current law on how that yearly amount is figured would stay in place.2 Sec. 1 (struck text of art. XI, § 8)

More about it

The amendment would also allow reasonable costs of managing the fund or school trust lands to be paid from the fund, in a way set by law.2 Sec. 1 The legislature proposed this amendment in 2026 in House File 3900, which the governor signed on May 26, 2026, and the companion law changes take effect only if voters adopt the amendment.2 Secs. 2 and 6

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

It is on Minnesota's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Minnesota's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of everyone voting in the election. The amendment passes only if yes votes come from a majority of everyone who votes in the election, so leaving the question blank counts the same as a no vote.4,5 Minn. Const. art. IX, § 1; Minn. Stat. § 204D.15, subd. 1