# Becker Public Schools (ISD 726) *Public school district (Independent School District 726) of [[Becker]], Minnesota.* Becker Public Schools, Independent School District 726, also called the Becker school district, is the public school district of [[Becker]], [[Minnesota]]. In this record it appears through one at-issue item, AI-Sherburne-063, which concerns the district's local tax base and the [[Sherco]] generating units.[^1] According to that item, Sherco supplies roughly $5 million of the district's $12 million in annual local tax income, about forty percent. The item gives the district's enrollment as about 2,800 children. It also states that Units 1 and 2 retire by the end of 2026 and Unit 3 by 2030.[^1] The pack contains no filing, order, audit or enactment that names the district. ## Who Becker Public Schools is Independent School District 726, referred to in the record as the Becker school district. The record names no district officials and identifies no party or administration as having acted on the district's tax base.[^1] ## How much The at-issue item states that Sherco supplies roughly $5 million of the district's $12 million in annual local tax income, a share of about forty percent. The item lists two underlying sources, from the domains mn.gov and startribune.com. Neither source's URL is carried in this pack.[^1] ## When The item states that Sherco Units 1 and 2 retire by the end of 2026 and Unit 3 by 2030.[^1] ## How many The item gives the district's enrollment as about 2,800 children. That figure is not dated beyond the item's 2026 year.[^1] ## In the at-issue record Item AI-Sherburne-063 is dated 2026. It sits in the Sherburne package, in a section on the tax base being retired. The item places two facts side by side: the district's reliance on Sherco for about $5 million of $12 million in local tax income, and the retirement schedule of Units 1 and 2 by the end of 2026 and Unit 3 by 2030.[^1] The project anchors the item to a March 2025 presidential action, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse*.[^2] The record does not establish what the district, the [[Legislature]], or any state agency has done in response to the scheduled retirements. The federal proceedings carried in the pack do not name the district. On January 14, 2026, the [[United States Department of Justice]] announced suit against the State in release No. 26-21, titled *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's "Affirmative Action" Regime*. The release states that Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance.[^3] The complaint in [[United States v. State of Minnesota (0:26-cv-00273)]] (D. Minn.) is brought under [[Title VII]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. It cites [[Minn. Stat. § 43A.191]] eight times, including subd. 3(c)'s requirement that an agency explain the reason for hiring a non-affirmative candidate. The case is pending.[^4] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki at-issue record, *AI-Sherburne-063* (Sherburne package, 2026) — states the $5 million of $12 million local tax income figure, the enrollment of about 2,800, and the Sherco Units 1–2 (end of 2026) and Unit 3 (2030) retirement dates; its two listed sources (mn.gov; startribune.com) are not in the pack. The only URL attached to the item is its anchor, which does not itself establish these figures: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^2]: The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025) — the presidential action used as the anchor of AI-Sherburne-063. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^3]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's "Affirmative Action" Regime*, release No. 26-21 (Jan. 14, 2026) — title of the release; Attorney General Bondi's certification. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime [^4]: U.S. Department of Justice, *Complaint, United States v. State of Minnesota*, No. 0:26-cv-00273 (D. Minn. filed Jan. 14, 2026) — Title VII basis; eight citations of Minn. Stat. § 43A.191, including subd. 3(c). https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1423361/dl