Education Innovation Policy

MN - Representative Sondra Erickson (R)

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Committee Chair

MN - Representative Peggy Bennett (R)

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Vice Chair

MN - Representative Carlos Mariani (D)

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MN - Representative David Bly (D)

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MN - Representative Drew Christensen (R)

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MN - Representative Jim Davnie (D)

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MN - Representative Ron Kresha (R)

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MN - Representative Eric Lucero (R)

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MN - Representative Rena Moran (D)

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MN - Representative Bud Nornes (R)

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MN - Representative Roz Peterson (R)

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MN - Representative Nels Pierson (R)

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MN - Representative Yvonne Selcer (D)

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MN - Representative Dean Urdahl (R)

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MN - Representative JoAnn Ward (D)

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MN - Representative Abigail Whelan (R)

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MN - Representative Anna Wills (R)

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MN - Representative Ryan Winkler (D)

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MN - Representative Barb Yarusso (D)

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MN - HF46 Universal all-day preschool provided for four-year-old students.

MN - HF15 Compulsory school attendance age increased to 18 years of age.

MN - HF2 Teacher licensure and employment conditions clarified; alternative teacher licensure amended; teacher licensure reciprocity provided; license via portfolio, exemption, and unrequested leaves of absence and teaching assignment decisions clarified; school administrators prohibited from placing students with ineffective teachers; and teacher skills examination requirements clarified.

MN - HF151 Success for All program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF150 21st century skills development pilot project created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF118 Student Religious Liberties Act established.

MN - HF102 Public school bullying provisions modified.

MN - HF100 School districts allowed to begin school year before Labor Day.

MN - HF99 Student surveys and similar instruments notice requirements established.

MN - HF94 Teacher licensure provisions modified.

MN - HF72 Education expense credit and deduction provided to apply to expenditures for prekindergarten expenses.

MN - HF197 School boards authorized to implement flexible learning year programs without approval by education commissioner.

MN - HF194 Charter schools serving at-risk student populations additional accountability measures established.

MN - HF263 School tickets and admissions sales tax exemption made permanent.

MN - HF251 Children under age seven who voluntarily enroll in school subject to compulsory attendance law.

MN - HF250 School personnel notice and reporting requirements added.

MN - HF247 Teacher licensure interstate reciprocity agreements provided.

MN - HF246 Teacher mentorship program importance reaffirmed, and money appropriated.

MN - HF245 K-12 teachers who complete master's degree in a content area directly related to their licensure field allowed tax credit, and money appropriated.

MN - HF244 Teacher efficacy preparation programs approved by state Board of Teaching data collected and reported, and money appropriated.

MN - HF225 School endowment fund apportionment future increases reserved for early learning programs.

MN - HF217 9th and 10th grade students authorized to enroll in concurrent enrollment world language courses.

MN - HF306 Public employee definition amended to include replacement employees who are employed for more than 60 days as a replacement teacher or faculty member.

MN - HF384 School year-long student teaching programs made part of teacher preparation, and money appropriated.

MN - HF369 Health and safety revenue expanded to include facility modifications to make school facilities more secure for students and staff.

MN - HF367 Independent School District No. 129, Montevideo; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF366 Independent School District No. 777, Benson; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF365 Independent School District No. 2159, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF364 Independent School District No. 2534, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF363 Independent School District No. 2890, Renville County West; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF360 K-12 teachers who complete master's degree in a content area directly related to their licensure field allowed tax credit, and money appropriated.

MN - HF359 Reading tax credit modified.

MN - HF332 Childhood literacy provisions modified.

MN - HF471 School start date of September 1 for the 2015-2016 school year authorized.

MN - HF466 School start date of September 1 for the 2015-2016 school year authorized.

MN - HF424 Directory information definition changed to conform with federal law.

MN - HF394 Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence based service-learning grant program established, task force for teacher preparation and licensure requirements related to service-learning provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF552 Employment and economic development career counseling service funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF509 Carver, Scott, and Le Sueur Counties; new intermediate school district created.

MN - HF500 List of offenses authorizing a denial or revocation of a teaching license by the Board of Teaching or School Administrators Board expanded.

MN - HF498 Physical education standards and benchmarks provided.

MN - HF475 Sponsored agriculture education community experts allowed.

MN - HF648 Career and technical education funding provisions modified.

MN - HF645 Minnesota teaching license issuance to out-of-state applicants requirements clarified.

MN - HF643 Principals' Leadership Academy provisions modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF642 Teacher and principal evaluation result reports required.

MN - HF638 State math standards statutory review postponed.

MN - HF605 School counseling service adequate levels required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF598 State English learner aid generation requirement modified.

MN - HF597 High school league provisions modified.

MN - HF589 Alternative teacher licensure amended, and teacher license reciprocity allowed.

MN - HF739 General education, extended day programs, special education, English Language learner programs funding increased; and universal preschool programs funding phased in.

MN - HF733 Independent School District No. 761, Owatonna; public school revenue authorization referendum clarified.

MN - HF732 Type III vehicle definition changed.

MN - HF727 Postsecondary enrollment options program information provided to students and parents.

MN - HF724 College concurrent enrollment program full funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF721 Teacher placement on unrequested leaves of absence or discontinuing or terminating teachers requirements modified.

MN - HF704 Enrollment option provisions modified.

MN - HF703 Concurrent enrollment course study required.

MN - HF702 Foreign language proficiency levels required for proficiency certificates and gold and platinum bilingual and multilingual state seals clarified, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities directed to award academic credit, and advisory task force on assessing students' foreign language proficiency established.

MN - HF694 Nontraditional instructional program choices ensured, students' personal learning plans modified, and report required.

MN - HF689 Independent School District No. 2884, Red Rock Central; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF681 Teacher skill examination requirements clarified.

MN - HF672 Computer science course credit allowed to fulfill a math credit requirement.

MN - HF667 K-12 education expense credit modified, credit amount and income phaseout for the credit increased, and credit phaseout threshold adjusted for inflation.

MN - HF859 Minnesota Council on Economic Education grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF809 Career pathway coordinators provided, reports required, funding provided for career pathways coordinators and the Minnesota youth program, and money appropriated.

MN - HF804 School districts required to contract with student information system vendors that are able to seamlessly transfer records of students with disabilities.

MN - HF798 K-12 education expense subtraction and credit modified; credit extended to tuition; subtraction and credit amounts increased; income phaseout for the credit increased; and credit, subtraction amount, and credit phaseout threshold adjusted for inflation.

MN - HF796 Independent School District No. 2853, Lac qui Parle Valley; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF789 Board of Teaching directed to adopt standards for a specialized license, endorsement, or credential for project based learning; and project based learning proposal required.

MN - HF768 Independent School District No. 402, Hendricks; general reciprocity agreement exemption provided.

MN - HF982 Public postsecondary institutions directed to give full credit to students for completed Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) courses, and report required.

MN - HF964 Legislative auditor's 2013 report on special education portions implemented.

MN - HF947 After-school community learning grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF929 Independent School District No. 347, Willmar; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF928 Independent School District No. 345, New London-Spicer; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF925 Independent School Districts No. 2164, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton; No. 146, Barnesville; and No. 2854, Ada-Borup; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF897 Recess policy for elementary school students required to be adopted by school districts.

MN - HF887 Unclaimed lottery prize money dedicated for acquisition of school trust lands, and money appropriated.

MN - HF879 Agricultural educator grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1050 School board approved revenue authority reverse referendum authorized; and public school employees prohibited from using public funds and resources to advocate, pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, ballot question, or pending legislation.

MN - HF1024 School district restrictive procedure provisions modified, training and technical assistance provided to school districts to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1103 Independent School District Nos. 640, Wabasso; 635, Milroy; 378, Dawson-Boyd; and 891, Canby; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF1095 Early learning scholarship program funding increased, early learning scholarship applications prioritized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1094 Early brain development prioritized in the early childhood family education home visiting program.

MN - HF1081 Tax credit for contributions to school angel funds provided.

MN - HF1075 Language excluding retired principals who serve as a substitute principal removed from continuing education requirements.

MN - HF1170 Teacher shortage loan forgiveness program provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1169 Independent School Districts No. 2904, Tracy; No. 2689, Pipestone; and No. 330, Heron Lake-Okabena; starting school year before Labor Day permitted.

MN - HF1164 Commercial motor vehicle road test requirements for school bus endorsement modified, and third-party testing provisions for school bus companies modified.

MN - HF1163 School bus driver's license endorsement issuance requirements modified.

MN - HF1153 Brain development included in required services under family home visiting program.

MN - HF1147 Enhanced debt service equalization for school districts provided.

MN - HF1146 Pilot project compensatory revenue made permanent.

MN - HF1134 Teaching license granted to public postsecondary faculty experienced in teaching subjects for which secondary and postsecondary credits are available.

MN - HF1129 Complaint or charge data on teachers who resign or are terminated made public, release of personnel data on school employees to other schools required, and definitions of maltreatment of minors provided.

MN - HF1244 School board member terms required to run concurrently.

MN - HF1237 Individualized education program provisions modified.

MN - HF1233 Student discipline provisions modified.

MN - HF1231 Elementary and Secondary Education Act; a resolution urging the President and Congress to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

MN - HF1220 Early learning scholarship parameters clarified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1219 Data on homeless and highly mobile students reported.

MN - HF1217 Concurrent enrollment provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1209 Suicide prevention training required, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1270 Public high school students required to take the Minnesota comprehensive assessments to graduate.

MN - HF1396 Statewide swimming resources examined and developed for public schools, and report required.

MN - HF1392 Student assessment provisions modified, and number of required state tests reduced.

MN - HF1384 Charter school statutes recodified, technical corrections made, and obsolete and duplicative provisions removed.

MN - HF1383 School districts required to unseal expunged criminal records for prospective teachers.

MN - HF1375 Multidisability teaching license provided.

MN - HF1374 Multidisability teaching license provided.

MN - HF1369 Equity and opportunity tax credit provided.

MN - HF1368 Prekindergarten educational program credit for donations provided, districts required to accept scholarships funded by donations, and report required.

MN - HF1347 Alternative teacher preparation grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1302 School district employee health coverage provisions amended.

MN - HF1283 Teacher powered school grants provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1445 Board of Teaching and School Administrators Board provided expanded list of offenses authorizing denial or revocation of a teaching license, and list of offenses conformed with grounds for immediate discharge.

MN - HF1444 Board of Teaching directed to adopt standards for an endorsement enabling licensed high school teachers to provide dual enrollment instruction at a high school.

MN - HF1431 Choice scholarships for students who have dropped out of high school created, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1428 Homeless children qualified for early educational services, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1402 School calendar provisions modified.

MN - HF1401 School districts required to unseal expunged criminal records for prospective teachers.

MN - HF1529 Education Savings Accounts for Students with Special Needs Act created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1528 Advanced placement and international baccalaureate program requirements clarified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1527 Compulsory attendance age lowered from seven to six.

MN - HF1506 Postsecondary credit provisions modified.

MN - HF1497 State high school graduation requirements modified, and students required to demonstrate knowledge of civics as a condition of receiving a high school diploma.

MN - HF1485 Charter schools allowed to give enrollment preference to children who are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch.

MN - HF1480 Board of Teaching provisions modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1464 School readiness teachers required to be licensed, teacher licensure requirements for early childhood family education programs clarified, and teacher definition clarified.

MN - HF1657 Authorizers empowered to terminate contracts based on student performance.

MN - HF1648 Parental review of curriculum clarified.

MN - HF1629 School districts allowed to compensate effective and highly effective teachers teaching in hard-to-staff settings.

MN - HF1593 Practice or student teacher placement provided.

MN - HF1592 Alternative accountability measures for schools created.

MN - HF1591 Education policy provided including educator preparation, licensure, accountability, statewide standards, student assessments, educating students and young children, education programs, special education, charter schools, general education, libraries, other facilities, technology, and state agencies; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1547 Student Physical Privacy Act established.

MN - HF1546 Athletic team participation provided, and Student Physical Privacy Act established.

MN - HF1542 School and district data reported on foreign exchange and study abroad programs, foreign exchange and study abroad programs and policies encouraged, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1712 School crisis response team coordination help by the education commissioner authorized.

MN - HF1709 Full service community schools provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1692 Charter school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities of their resident district.

MN - HF1689 Sexual assault and sexual harassment policies required to contain affirmative consent standard, good-faith reporting of incidents encouraged, sexual harassment and sexual violence outreach and prevention required, grant program to create a consent curriculum established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1676 Educational partnership fund established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1740 Property used to provide services to school district employees exempted from taxation.

MN - HF1839 Statewide testing requirements confirmed to apply to nonpublic and home school students and out-of-state students transferring into Minnesota public schools.

MN - HF1838 Charter school authorizer recommendations required.

MN - HF1787 School event announcement for location of nearby defibrillators required.

MN - HF1777 Curriculum review provisions modified.

MN - HF1930 Hmong and Southeast Asian children and family program provided to engage in accessing early childhood care and education, health and developmental screening, and reading assessments.

MN - HF1925 Career and technical educator licensing work group established.

MN - HF1913 Teacher licensure provided.

MN - HF1895 Online student data protected, and student digital privacy rights established.

MN - HF1894 Girls in Action pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1893 School trust land condemnation provided.

MN - HF1973 Underrepresented student populations recruited, educated, and licensed to teach in elementary and secondary schools; tax credit for teacher preparation program related expenses provided; grants provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1949 School board required to publicly inform parents of a decision to keep available instructional materials a parent considers harmful to minors.

MN - HF1940 Trespass crime expanded to include trespassing on a school bus.

MN - HF2004 Global education to workforce initiative program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2001 Student placement provided.

MN - HF1995 Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, dissolved; transition and operation of successor school districts provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1992 Student member required to serve on a school board.

MN - HF1990 Digital student achievement backpack provided.

MN - HF2047 Information technology certifications through public-private partnership provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2046 Pupil unit provisions modified.

MN - HF2045 Student support service personnel grant program established, postsecondary institution grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2041 Excellence in teaching program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2096 Global workforce development grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2088 Voting age lowered to 16 in school district elections, and constitutional amendment proposed.

MN - HF2115 School reporting requirements modified, and report required.

MN - HF2586 Student preparation guidelines offered.

MN - HF2549 School board member recall elections authorized, and procedures for filling a vacancy in a school board office modified.

MN - HF2537 First Amendment speech and press rights of student journalists in kindergarten through grade 12 clarified.

MN - HF2521 Green school construction task force established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2520 Board of Teaching membership changed.

MN - HF2511 Charter school provisions modified.

MN - HF2448 State fund to pay for unreimbursed special education costs created, tuition bill-backs to the resident school district eliminated, special education excess cost aid increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2447 Graduation incentive program funding to pupils between the ages of 21 and 24 extended, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2411 Parents of prekindergarten children who are eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of being deaf or hard-of-hearing enrollment in a charter school serving a special education population of primarily deaf and hard-of-hearing allowed, enrollment process established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2794 Excused absences for students participating in performing arts allowed.

MN - HF2793 2014 reading tax credit modified and made permanent.

MN - HF2792 Public testimony before a school board reauthorized board-approved referendum revenue authority required, and school board approval of local optional revenue required.

MN - HF2779 Student who assaults a teacher expulsion from school required.

MN - HF2778 Deaf and hard-of-hearing and the blind and visually impaired advisory committees report modified.

MN - HF2762 Education commissioner directed to develop plan to ensure privacy and security of students' personally identifiable information.

MN - HF2747 Empowering Parents Act enacted, and curriculum review procedures and prohibitions established.

MN - HF2743 Recall elections for school board members authorized.

MN - HF2739 Tiered teacher licensing system established.

MN - HF2738 Kindergarten through grade 5 after-school, culturally focused arts program to improve the reading, math, and life skills of underperforming students provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2733 Licensing teachers trained in other states clarified.

MN - HF2732 Teaching Board directed to adopt standards for an endorsement enabling licensed high school teachers to provide dual enrollment instruction at a high school.

MN - HF2724 Voluntary school social worker aid program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2712 Safety incidents involving students and teachers reporting by school districts required.

MN - HF2695 Literacy and dyslexia specialists required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2671 Student data access addressed, disclosure requirements affecting personally identifiable information about a student clarified, information in electronic student education records managed, student survey requirements established, and civil penalties provided.

MN - HF2670 Early learning scholarships, home visiting programs, and parent aware activities funding increased; early learning scholarship cap eliminated; and eligible age range for early learning scholarships and targeted home visiting program expanded.

MN - HF2632 School board vacancy filling modified.

MN - HF2631 State high school graduation requirements amended, and students required to demonstrate knowledge of civics as a condition of receiving a high school diploma.

MN - HF2622 Suicide prevention training for teachers renewing their teaching license required.

MN - HF2620 School member board vacancy requirement to be filled by special election repealed.

MN - HF2944 All students, including low income and minority students, provided with improved and equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers.

MN - HF2940 Teacher development and evaluation opportunities for all school districts expanded, alternative compensation program modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2938 On-site education programs located at a care and treatment facility qualified as learning year programs, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2908 Homeless student additional support provided, professional development opportunities for staff who work with homeless students created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2905 Schools honoring students' Do Not Resuscitate, Do Not Intubate, and Allow Natural Death orders required.

MN - HF2900 Student privacy in personal electronic devices on campus protected, and civil penalties provided.

MN - HF2899 Student privacy with respect to electronic data in student information systems protected, and penalties provided.

MN - HF2898 Student privacy in data on electronic devices provided by an educational institution protected, and penalties provided.

MN - HF2890 Innovation in education opportunities expanded.

MN - HF2862 Open enrollment lottery process priority for children of district staff required.

MN - HF2861 Legislative task force established to review the legislative auditor's 2016 report on kindergarten through grade 12 teacher licensure and consider how to implement the recommendations.

MN - HF2860 Underrepresented population local grants to pursue a teaching career or attain a license in a teacher shortage area provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2824 Board of Educator Licensing established, licensure of teachers and supervisory and support personnel responsibilities and duties transferred to the Board of Educator Licensing, and revisor of statutes directed to prepare a bill for the 2017 legislature.

MN - HF2814 Legislative study group established to review the legislative auditor's 2016 report on kindergarten through grade 12 teacher licensure and consider how to implement the recommendations, and Board of Teaching report required.

MN - HF2813 Statutes governing parental rights in education cross-reference directory created.

MN - HF2808 Open enrollment priorities identified.

MN - HF2805 Grow Your Own teacher residency pilot program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3123 Special election timeline to fill a vacancy on a school board modified.

MN - HF3069 Contracts for information systems software excluded from the bidding process.

MN - HF3066 Early childhood and prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excellence, charter schools, special education, facilities and technology, and sufficiency and lifelong learning provided.

MN - HF3047 Charter school closure overseeing by trustee required.

MN - HF3042 Counting all students proposed; and aggregated and disaggregated student growth, learning, and outcome data collected and reported.

MN - HF3041 Nonexclusionary policies and practices made a central focus of pupil discipline, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3035 Principals' Leadership Institute provisions modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3033 Girls of color pilot grant program to encourage and support exploring and pursuing STEM careers created, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3032 Girls and women of color financial literacy competitive grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3031 Girls of color academic success pilot grant program created, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3010 School board member vacancy requirement to be filled by special election repealed.

MN - HF3008 Charter schools serving at-risk student populations additional accountability measures established.

MN - HF3215 Minnesota State High School League gender identity policy codified.

MN - HF3204 Charter school provisions technical and grammatical corrections made, and erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text corrected.

MN - HF3200 State value-added growth model modified.

MN - HF3180 Fire safety compliance for solar panels installed at schools required.

MN - HF3167 Congressional Medal of Honor focus in character development education encouraged.

MN - HF3149 Parental responsibility in guiding the educational experience of a child defined.

MN - HF3141 School district reports made optional.

MN - HF3133 Legislative task force established to review the legislative auditor's 2016 report on kindergarten through grade 12 teacher licensure and consider how to implement the recommendations.

MN - HF3132 Teacher Shortage Act created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3332 Struggling student pilot project to help those in grades 3 to 5 read at grade level established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3318 Teacher student loan payment tax credit allowed.

MN - HF3313 Student Discipline Working Group created to review the substance, application, and effect of Minnesota's Pupil Fair Dismissal Act and make recommendations to the legislature.

MN - HF3292 K-12 teacher licensure and professional development tax credit allowed.

MN - HF3264 Teachers trained in other states licensure requirements modified.

MN - HF3461 Student-user privacy in education rights established, online educational services required to comply with security and privacy standards, and student information use for targeted marketing or creation of student profiles prohibited.

MN - HF3452 MinneK voluntary prekindergarten program created, age range for early learning scholarships expanded, Head Start waiting list eliminated, education grants and loan forgiveness for prospective early education teachers created, early childhood learning and child protection facilities funding provided, report required, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3430 Alternative teacher preparation grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3393 School years beginning after labor day requirement exceptions modified.

MN - HF3545 Special election timeline to fill a vacancy on a school board modified, and recall elections for school board members authorized.

MN - HF3543 Education commissioner's authority to adopt desegregation and integration rules for Minnesota's public schools clarified, and eligible districts defined in statute.

MN - HF3541 Teacher performance based pay system provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3627 Perpich Center for Arts Education board structure amended, and additional oversight provided.

MN - HF3586 Parent's responsibility to educate child clarified.

MN - HF3566 Statewide outdoor place based education plan advisory group established, outdoor place based education program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3565 School resource officer standards, training, and relationship between the schools and officers review task force establish; and report required.

MN - HF3720 Education Savings Accounts for Students in Low-Performing Schools Act created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3709 Student retention in grade 3 if student is not reading at grade level allowed.

MN - HF3735 Teacher tax credit and provisions addressing teacher shortages provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3836 School house closing process citizen involvement encouraged.

MN - HF3871 Strategies to prevent over-enrolling minority students and English learners in special education and dismissing more minority students with disabilities pursued, cultural competency emphasized, and working group to examine the over-representation established.

MN - HF3991 Language proficiency requirements for students studying Latin clarified.

MN - HF3995 Driver education program access expanded for low income students, driver education work group established, report required, and money appropriated.