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Study: Foreclosures have cost Minneapolis public schools $150M

The study by Neighborhoods Organizing for Change says schools have lost $150 million in state funding after thousands of students -- about 4,000 in total -- were forced to leave Minneapolis as a result of their homes falling into foreclosure.
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The study by Neighborhoods Organizing for Change says schools have lost $150 million in state funding after thousands of students -- about 4,000 in total -- were forced to leave Minneapolis as a result of their homes falling into foreclosure.

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