Date: October 22, 2003
Subject: By the numbers

Academic Standards

Number of pages of general public comment on the draft Social Studies standards: 69-1/2

Number of pages of general public comment on the draft Science standards: 25

Number of Academic Standards public hearings: 14

Number of signatures on the MAPSSS petition: 935

Percentage of parents surveyed who indicated that “to graduate from high school, students should be required to show they understand the common history and ideas that tie all Americans together:" 85%

2002 general election results

Percentage of eligible voters who voted: 62%

Minnesota gubernatorial election results:
Tim Pawlenty and Carol Molnau, 44.37%
Roger Moe and Julie Sabo, 36.46%

Number of newly-elected DFLers in the Minnesota House of Representatives: 13

Number of newly-elected Republicans in the Minnesota House: 30

Percentage of Minnesota House incumbents re-elected: 90%

Number of DFL House incumbents defeated: 9

Number of Republican House incumbents defeated: 1

Number of freshman DFLers elected to the Senate: 8

Number of freshman Republicans elected to the Senate: 13

Vote to repeal the Profile of Learning and establish the Academic Standards Committee process in the Minnesota House: 125 to 9

Vote to repeal the Profile of Learning and establish the Academic Standards Committee process in the Minnesota Senate: 64 to 3