Abrahamson v. St. Louis County School District

ANDERSON, PAUL H„ Justice

(concurring).

I concur in the result reached by the court, but I write separately to express my *140concern that the court’s decision may be read to chill the obligation of a school district to educate voters on the purposes and effects of a district-proposed ballot question. The court’s decision should not be read to thwart a school board when the board seeks to fulfill this obligation. Notwithstanding Minn.Stat. §§ 211A.01-.02 (2010), our statutes implicitly authorize school districts to make reasonable expenditures to explain a proposed ballot question to voters and to…