Education Innovation Policy

MN - Representative Sondra Erickson (R)

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Committee Chair

MN - Representative Brian Daniels (R)

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Vice Chair

MN - Representative Carlos Mariani (D)

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Dfl Lead

MN - Representative Cal Bahr (R)

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MN - Representative Peggy Bennett (R)

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MN - Representative David Bly (D)

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MN - Representative Drew Christensen (R)

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MN - Representative Matt Grossell (R)

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MN - Representative Barb Haley (R)

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MN - Representative Randy Jessup (R)

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MN - Representative Mary Kunesh-Podein (D)

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MN - Representative Fue Lee (D)

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MN - Representative Erin Maye Quade (D)

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MN - Representative Laurie Pryor (D)

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MN - Representative Jason Rarick (R)

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MN - Representative Dean Urdahl (R)

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MN - Representative JoAnn Ward (D)

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MN - HF69 Educator Licensing Board established, responsibilities and duties for licensure of teachers and other personnel transferred to the Board of Educator Licensing, and revisor of statutes directed to prepare a bill for the 2018 legislature.

MN - HF50 Public employee definition amended to include those employed for over 60 days as a replacement teacher or faculty member.

MN - HF41 Student Physical Privacy Act established.

MN - HF23 Student Religious Liberties Act enacted.

MN - HF97 Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF84 Seat belts on newly purchased school buses required.

MN - HF177 Hendricks school district exempted from general reciprocity agreement.

MN - HF149 Minnesota school finance reform effort working group established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF140 Teacher licensing system restructured, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board established, all teacher licensing and support personnel licensing and credentialing authority transferred to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, rulemaking provided, and report required.

MN - HF219 Basic sliding fee child care programs modified, eligibility for early learning scholarships modified, system redesign provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF181 State aid new source created for school districts with low general education revenue per pupil and low property wealth per pupil, and money appropriated.

MN - HF308 School districts required to adopt a policy on recess for elementary school students.

MN - HF307 Online student data protected, and student digital privacy rights established.

MN - HF306 Instructional material exemption modified.

MN - HF281 Language proficiency requirements for students studying Latin clarified.

MN - HF280 Alternative accountability measures for schools created, and federal waiver requested.

MN - HF279 Teaching board directed to adopt standards for a specialized license, endorsement, or credential for project-based learning; and project based learning proposal required.

MN - HF276 Homeless student additional support provided, professional development opportunities for staff who work with homeless students provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF268 Academic and behavioral interventions for low-performing and chronically absent students grants authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF255 K-12 education expense credit modified, credit amount and income phaseout increased, and credit phaseout threshold adjusted for inflation.

MN - HF379 Southwest Minnesota State University additional school employee participation authorized for special education teacher program, and appropriation extended.

MN - HF376 Choice scholarships for students who have dropped out of high school created, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF341 Strategies pursued to prevent over-enrollment of minority students and English learners in special education, dismissing more minority students than other students with disabilities, or placing more minority students in settings other than general education classrooms; and cultural competency emphasized.

MN - HF417 Rural Career and Technical Education Consortium established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF404 Driver education program access expanded for low-income students, driver education work group established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF388 Prekindergarten education program donation credit provided, districts required to accept scholarships funded by donations, and report required.

MN - HF387 K-12 education expense subtraction and credit modified, credit extended to tuition, subtraction and credit amounts increased, income phaseout increased, and credit adjusted for inflation.

MN - HF386 K-12 scholarship donation credit provided, and K-12 education credit extended to tuition.

MN - HF494 Special education academic and behavioral strategist license created.

MN - HF485 Agricultural educator grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF577 Underrepresented and disadvantaged girls pilot grant program created to encourage and support exploring and pursuing STEM careers, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF574 Refundable credit for attaining a master's degree in a teacher's licensure field provided.

MN - HF572 Student transition between middle and high school grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF558 Career and technical education program innovative delivery and sharing of district resources provided.

MN - HF553 Disposition of schoolhouses and sites following closings regulated.

MN - HF547 Child and Adult Care Food Program administration by the Health Department provided.

MN - HF538 Third grade students who do not read at grade level personal learning plan required, and students who do not meet high school standards required to be informed that admission to a public school is free until age 21.

MN - HF535 Independent School District No. 347, Willmar; extended time revenue calculation for summer instruction modified for pupils in on-site education programs.

MN - HF668 Dyslexia and literacy specialist required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF652 School district authorized to renew an annual food service management contract up to three additional times.

MN - HF640 Professional Educator Standards Board established, rulemaking provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF602 Education expense credit and deduction applied to expenditures for prekindergarten expenses.

MN - HF734 Education partnerships enhanced, youth development promoted, education partnerships coalition fund established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF731 Civics testing added to required curriculum.

MN - HF675 Schools allowed to maintain a supply of asthma inhalers.

MN - HF751 Teacher preparation funding directed, and money appropriated.

MN - HF883 Innovative instruction in inclement weather provided.

MN - HF877 Innovative delivery of career and technical education pilot project codified and made permanent.

MN - HF850 Out-of-state teacher requirements to obtain a teaching license in Minnesota established.

MN - HF836 Character development education responsibilities modified.

MN - HF819 Public school employees prohibited from using public funds and resources to advocate to pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, ballot question, or pending legislation.

MN - HF801 Equity and opportunity in education tax credit provided.

MN - HF1060 After-school community learning grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1048 Commissioner mandates reduced; and schools empowered with relation to innovation zones, world's best workforce, advanced academic credit, and textbooks loaned to nonpublic students.

MN - HF998 Minnesota's special education system cost-benefit analysis required, and report required.

MN - HF967 Voluntary school social worker aid program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF905 School disciplinary actions modified.

MN - HF899 Digital student achievement backpack provided.

MN - HF1157 Adequate school counseling service levels required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1107 District procedures to apply for grants clarified.

MN - HF1093 Nationally normed college entrance exam required for high school graduation.

MN - HF1083 Open enrollment priorities modified.

MN - HF1079 Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board established, all teacher licensing and support personnel licensing and credentialing authority transferred to the board, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1072 Gifted and talented student program provisions modified, and transitional outcomes improved.

MN - HF1290 Education related expenses definition expanded for the education subtraction and credit to include broadband subscription expenses.

MN - HF1289 School districts encouraged to notify high school students of advanced placement and international baccalaureate program offerings in science, technology, engineering, and math; grants authorized; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1273 Minnesota Service Cooperative No. 924, National Joint Powers Alliance, grant for alternative career pathways authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1266 Nonpublic school and charter school pupil program participation modified.

MN - HF1254 Propane school buses and fueling station rebates provided, and Pollution Control Agency rebate program established.

MN - HF1218 Continuing education program for career and technical education licensure established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1205 Gifted and talented programs funding increased, reporting required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1376 Prekindergarten through grade 12 education provisions modified.

MN - HF1339 Assistive technology plans provided.

MN - HF1338 Third-party reimbursement for special education evaluation modified.

MN - HF1332 Student assessment results required to be available to school districts and teachers.

MN - HF1507 Student Data Privacy Act created, and penalties provided.

MN - HF1501 Speech and press rights of student journalists in grades 7 through and in postsecondary institutions clarified.

MN - HF1492 Minnesota Service Cooperatives grant provided to support system collaboration and reduce the achievement gap through effective, data-informed decision-making by teachers and school leaders, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1478 Teachers; unrequested leave of absence provisions modified.

MN - HF1426 Teacher preparation program summary results disaggregated by race.

MN - HF1421 Snow day policy adoption by school boards authorized, and e-learning days for school days with inclement weather authorized.

MN - HF1420 World's best workforce performance measures and reports modified.

MN - HF1398 General education development term modified.

MN - HF1593 Public school students allowed to attend courses at nonpublic schools.

MN - HF1580 Charter school policy and technical changes made.

MN - HF1549 School board proceedings allowed to be posted online, and referendum notice requirements modified.

MN - HF1529 Remedial postsecondary enrollment options courses provisions modified.

MN - HF1523 Minnesota school districts encouraged to implement science, technology, engineering, and math educational programming with grant funding under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

MN - HF1681 Charter school closure required to be overseen by a trustee.

MN - HF1680 Academic standards modified, child sexual abuse prevention programs established, and report required.

MN - HF1668 Early learning scholarship programs' eligibility to accept scholarships modified.

MN - HF1667 Voluntary prekindergarten program contracts for mixed delivery of services required.

MN - HF1663 Alternative teacher preparation and compensation programs modified, Teacher Shortage Task Force created, concurrent enrollment teacher program expanded, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1661 Graduation incentives program eligibility modified.

MN - HF1639 School districts and charter schools authorized to create innovation zones, grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1635 Education program approval provided at care and treatment facilities.

MN - HF1623 Shared time pupils definition expanded.

MN - HF1611 School inspection schedules and funding revised, school facility fire safety loan program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1604 Early learning and care program quality rating and improvement system modified.

MN - HF1602 Civics class required for high school graduation.

MN - HF1695 Educational stability for students in foster care program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1768 Alternative teacher preparation program requirements modified, alternative teacher preparation grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1759 Responsible family life and sexuality education program created.

MN - HF1727 Public schools required to maintain monthly utility consumption data.

MN - HF1820 Charter schools allowed to change authorizers.

MN - HF1795 Way to Grow home visiting early education pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1787 Schools allowed to maintain a supply of oxygen.

MN - HF1937 Open enrollment priorities modified.

MN - HF1920 Nonexclusionary policies and practices made a central focus of pupil discipline, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1906 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act provisions modified, and graduation incentives program amended.

MN - HF1903 Increase Teachers of Color Act funding provided, doubling the number of teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian sought, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1846 Public school building water lead testing required.

MN - HF1825 Perpich Center for Arts Education abolished; Education Department position created, and conveyance of the Perpich Arts High School and Crosswinds Arts and Science School planned.

MN - HF2051 Support services for homeless families system redesign provided, eligibility for Early Learning Scholarships modified, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2041 Teaching board directed to adopt standards for an endorsement enabling licensed high school teachers to provide dual enrollment instruction at a high school.

MN - HF1970 Early Care and Learning Commission created, early care and learning activities across Minnesota coordinated, early care and learning funds authorized to be reallocated, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1966 School performance reports modified, and school rating system created.

MN - HF1944 Temporary refundable high school youth skills training tax credit established for employers, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2184 Gifted and talented programs modified.

MN - HF2181 School and licensed child care center drinking water lead-testing required.

MN - HF2161 Early autism spectrum disorders in young children screening expanded, study group created, rulemaking provided, and report required.

MN - HF2158 Civic online reasoning instruction required.

MN - HF2109 Student inclusion and engagement increased, nonexclusionary policies and practices made a central focus of pupil discipline, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2102 School facilities improvement revenue established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2097 School construction near former landfills prohibited, and notice by schools located near former landfills required.

MN - HF2077 Increase Teachers of Color Act funding provided, doubling the number of teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian sought, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2270 Charter schools serving at-risk student populations contract accountability measures established.

MN - HF2269 School boards authorized to implement flexible learning year programs without education commissioner approval.

MN - HF2268 Charter school facilities provided, appropriation bonds authorized, and charter school facilities authority established.

MN - HF2259 Early education access fund established, director of early education and development established, enhanced coordination of early education and development programs provided, early education resource hubs authorized, report required, early education programs transferred to the director of early education and development, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2258 Student data provided, task force established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2244 Tiered teacher licensing system established, and rulemaking provided.

MN - HF2351 Perpich Center for Arts Education Board qualifications modified, employee qualifications modified, and report required.

MN - HF2331 Increase Teachers of Color Act funding provided, doubling the number of teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian sought, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2483 Testing impact on local resources at school districts and charter schools evaluation requested.

MN - HF2482 Nationally normed exams allowed to replace Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.

MN - HF2532 Education partnerships enhanced, youth development promoted, education partnerships coalition fund established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2531 Education partnerships enhanced, youth development promoted, education partnerships coalition fund established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2559 Voluntary prekindergarten eligibility requirements modified.

MN - HF2558 Student absence from school for religious holidays modified, and employee leave for religious holidays required.

MN - HF2609 Minnesota State High School League required to exempt foreign exchange students from the transfer ban on varsity competition, and rulemaking provided.

MN - HF2701 Early learning hub system created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2698 Licensed library media specialist student access grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2709 Excused absences for students participating in performing arts allowed.

MN - HF2706 Various education policies modified, programs established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2860 Education commissioner required to review district and charter school curricula, and report required.

MN - HF2859 State assessments required to be administered in May.

MN - HF2846 Special education working group established, and report required.

MN - HF2843 Charter school admission lotteries modified.

MN - HF2825 Nonpublic students in grade 10 authorized to participate in career and technical courses offered through the postsecondary enrollment options program.

MN - HF2795 Teacher code of ethics codified, background checks required, mandatory reporting expanded, grounds for teacher discharge expanded, and criminal sexual conduct offenses for persons in current or recent positions of authority of juveniles expanded.

MN - HF2794 Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and Board of School Administrators members and employees made mandated reporters.

MN - HF2788 School counselors encouraged to receive training in armed forces career options, school counselors required to inform students of armed forces career options, and school districts encouraged to grant military recruiters access to secondary students.

MN - HF2777 Grounds for teacher license revocation, suspension, or denial expanded; and grounds for teacher discharge expanded.

MN - HF2772 Transportation of nonresident pupils within resident districts modified.

MN - HF2768 Child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health curriculum modified.

MN - HF2752 Castle Rock Township enrollment preference for charter school applicants created.

MN - HF2750 Compulsory school attendance exemptions modified.

MN - HF2744 Minimum required pupil transportation distance for all students set.

MN - HF2738 Education commissioner required to develop child abuse awareness posters.

MN - HF2737 Directory of cross-references to statutes governing school district flexibility created.

MN - HF2734 School districts allowed to access personnel files of prospective teachers from their employing districts.

MN - HF2724 School lunch providers prohibited from shaming students, meal policies required to be posted to school websites, and supplementary reserve fund created.

MN - HF3013 Teacher training required to enable a teacher to implement instructional strategies to meet the needs of students with dyslexia.

MN - HF2988 State assessment length limited.

MN - HF2961 Early education provisions modified, five regions for the voluntary prekindergarten program established, determination of the total amount of Pathway II scholarships authorized, and school readiness plus made permanent.

MN - HF2960 School facilities improvement revenue established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2959 School districts authorized to renew expiring referendums by action of school board.

MN - HF2958 Districts' safe schools levy authority increased, and school districts authorized to use levy proceeds to enhance cybersecurity.

MN - HF2936 School trust land administration transferred, school trust management account established, rulemaking authorized, and report required.

MN - HF3144 Legislative auditor's April 2017 report on the Minnesota State High School League recommendations implemented.

MN - HF3097 Charter school authorizer requirements amended.

MN - HF3071 World's best workforce requirements modified.

MN - HF3070 Nationally normed college entrance exam completion allowed as high school graduation requirement.

MN - HF3046 Legislative Permanent School Fund commission directed to evaluate governance changes, and report required.

MN - HF3035 Secondary school behavior specified for criminal sexual conduct in the third and fourth degrees.

MN - HF3168 Legislative auditor requested to conduct a program evaluation of the management of permanent school fund assets.

MN - HF3165 Standardized assessment requirements modified.

MN - HF3159 School districts authorized to renew expiring referendums and capital project referendums by action of school board.

MN - HF3256 School start times provided.

MN - HF3207 Textbook definition modified.

MN - HF3203 Penalties for school employees and independent contractors who have sexual relationships with students established.

MN - HF3190 Extended time use expanded to pupils enrolled in career and technical education courses.

MN - HF3182 Pupil transportation authority assigned for homeless students, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3181 High school league required to maintain a public rulemaking docket, and eligibility rules hearings provided.

MN - HF3178 Academic achievement rating system required to track student achievement, academic growth, and achievement gap closure rates in schools and districts.

MN - HF3173 Statutes for intermediate districts renumbered.

MN - HF3370 Threat assessment teams and oversight committees required, access to criminal history and health records provided, educational data sharing with school threat assessment teams allowed, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3361 Substance misuse prevention instruction grant provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3328 Child eligibility for the early learning scholarship program modified, administration of the early learning scholarship program modified, targeted home visiting program established for high-risk populations, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3315 Prekindergarten through grade 12 education provided, including general education, education excellence, teachers, special education, facilities and technology, nutrition, early childhood and family support, and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning.

MN - HF3305 Charter school and school district program combination process created, and continuity in building lease revenue for school districts that combine programming with a charter school provided.

MN - HF3590 Teacher definition clarified.

MN - HF3589 Civics test questions reporting required.

MN - HF3587 Nonexclusionary pupil disciplinary policies and practices provided, and report required.

MN - HF3586 School absence for religious observance provisions amended.

MN - HF3545 Child safety curriculum required.

MN - HF3540 School safety and student support addressed, including modifications to crisis management information, review and comment submissions, and allowable uses of safe schools levy; safe schools levy authority increased; support our students grant program codified; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3697 School board policy on student deaths required.

MN - HF3692 Dyslexia screening required.

MN - HF3668 Tiered licensure implementation deadline extended.

MN - HF3665 Display of national motto in school buildings required.

MN - HF3658 Universal voluntary prekindergarten funded.

MN - HF3597 Teacher candidates allowed to obtain a Tier 3 license with passing basic skills exams.

MN - HF3739 Academic balance policy provided.

MN - HF3888 Patriotic societies allowed the opportunity to encourage student participation.

MN - HF3884 Pupil dismissal complaint procedure provided.

MN - HF3882 Districts required to provide online learning students access to a school site.

MN - HF3880 School counselors allowed to consult with the Labor and Industry Department, and school districts allowed to grant persons promoting careers in skilled trades access to secondary students.

MN - HF4002 School boards required to adopt student mobile device policies.

MN - HF3991 Innovation research zone pilot program modified.

MN - HF3990 Teacher contract deadline created, and penalty for late contracts imposed.

MN - HF4119 Teacher preparation programs required to include instruction on dyslexia.

MN - HF4209 STEM education definition provided.

MN - HF4207 Affirmative consent instruction required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4202 School districts required to publish a summary of crisis management policy, school threat assessment teams and oversight committees established, school boards authorized to bond for security-related equipment, commissioner's review and comment process requirements modified, safe schools revenue established, safe schools revenue use modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4201 School counselor required in every school.

MN - HF4255 Teacher and principal probationary period provisions modified in school districts outside cities of the first class.

MN - HF4229 Teacher licensure requirements modified.

MN - HF4214 Pupil transportation for pregnant and parenting teens authorized.

MN - HF4301 Cultural competency training defined for teacher licensure.

MN - HF4331 Government and citizenship credit required for high school graduation.

MN - HF4330 Help Me Grow program established.

MN - HF4382 Special education online system addressing achievement and opportunity gaps provided; special education cross-subsidy, teacher recruitment and retention, school safety, and paraprofessional support funded; report required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF4406 Immunization philosophical exemption removed.

MN - HF4454 P-TECH program to improve pathways from high school to career and college opportunities established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4453 School district authority to implement competency-based courses and education programs clarified.

MN - HF4502 School districts required to conduct radon testing.

MN - HF4509 Evidence-based grant standard established for legislative grants awarded to organizations for prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs.

MN - HF4521 Legislative working group on early childhood programs established.

MN - HF4533 Graduation fees prohibited, and report on school district fees required.

MN - HF4531 Early childhood education program legislative study group established.