Education Policy

MN - Representative Laurie Pryor (D)

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Committee Chair

MN - Representative Josiah Hill (D)

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Vice Chair

MN - Representative Peggy Bennett (R)

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Republican Lead

MN - Representative Ben Bakeberg (R)

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Member

MN - Representative Kaela Berg (D)

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Member

MN - Representative Sandra Feist (D)

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Member

MN - Representative Cedrick Frazier (D)

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Member

MN - Representative Heather Keeler (D)

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Member

MN - Representative Krista Knudsen (R)

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Member

MN - Representative Liz Lee (D)

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Member

MN - Representative Patricia Mueller (R)

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Member

MN - Representative Dean Urdahl (R)

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MN - Representative Cheryl Youakim (D)

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Member

MN - HF108 Shared time pupils definition expanded.

MN - HF44 School districts required to provide access to menstrual products for students, operating capital aid increased to fund school district purchases of menstrual products, and money appropriated.

MN - HF5 School lunch and breakfast for all students provided.

MN - HF324 Resident charter school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities.

MN - HF271 Education; nonexclusionary discipline provided.

MN - HF551 Female sports team participation restricted to female sex.

MN - HF549 Parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum requirements modified.

MN - HF2685 Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides education required for middle and high school students; Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides working group created; report required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF1016 Malicious and sadistic conduct involving race, gender, religion, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and sexual exploitation prohibited.

MN - HF1013 Evidence-based literacy instruction required, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF806 Building Assets, Reducing Risks Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1187 Postsecondary institution required to notify school of student withdrawal, and student required to provide school with copy of grades taken for secondary credit.

MN - HF1195 High school students required to complete FAFSA or state financial aid application, and commissioners of the Office of Higher Education and Department of Education required to establish FAFSA working group.

MN - HF1151 Suicide prevention information included on student identification cards provided.

MN - HF1138 Teacher residency grant pilot program established.

MN - HF1682 Minnesota schools authorized to serve two percent and whole milk to kindergarten students as part of state-sponsored school milk program, commissioners of education and agriculture required to report to legislature on additional milk options for participants in national school meals programs, funding increased for kindergarten milk program, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1691 Public labor relations modified, and teacher probationary period requirements modified.

MN - HF1599 Online personal finance class required for high school graduation.

MN - HF1589 Special education teacher pipeline program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4881 Cannabis and substance use education requirements modified.

MN - HF3780 Special education; developmental adapted physical education assessment requirements modified, and report required.

MN - HF3782 Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.

MN - HF3982 School board member grounds for removal clarified.

MN - HF4008 Cardiac emergency response plans required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3983 Special education teacher pipeline grant uses modified.

MN - HF3975 Dismissal limitations for kindergarten through grade 3 students amended.

MN - HF3960 Parental notice provided when students are pulled out of the classroom.

MN - HF3973 Requirements for administration of drugs and medicine in schools modified.

MN - HF3959 Epinephrine auto-injector administration in schools requirements modified.

MN - HF3995 Working group on special education licensure reciprocity established, and report required.

MN - HF5037 School districts encouraged to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month.

MN - HF5125 School board membership requirements modified, and school board membership expanded to include student members.

MN - HF5197 Education; physical holding or seclusion of noncompliant children allowed to be used.

MN - HF5159 American Indian views on environment and ecology integrated into statewide curriculum, and money appropriated.

MN - HF5151 Fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 authorized; and school board allowed to not comply with certain laws or rules.

MN - HF5355 Limiting lead in school drinking water requirements modified, special revenue fund account established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4752 Firearm safety instruction in school required.

MN - HF4715 School activities prohibited from being scheduled at certain times.

MN - HF4686 Process to resolve a dispute through a mediator or department complaint process modified.

MN - HF4668 District discipline complaint procedure modified, and commissioner of education required to review appeals of district complaint procedure.

MN - HF4696 Parental notice provided if student is left unattended on a school bus after route is completed.

MN - HF4654 Bird hatching banned in schools.

MN - HF4611 Commissioner of education directed to amend rules relating to regional libraries.

MN - HF5487 Library services for blind and print disabled persons awareness requirements modified.

MN - HF4786 Special education; districts required to adopt policies and processes to assist parents who require language assistance, and reasonable accommodations for parents of children with disabilities required.

MN - HF112 Physical education standards review delayed.

MN - HF58 Dismissal of students in kindergarten through grade 3 prohibited, and money appropriated.

MN - HF59 Charter school admission requirements modified.

MN - HF142 Reasonable accommodations required for parents of children with disabilities.

MN - HF170 Interpreter requirements modified.

MN - HF333 Provisions modified for teachers licensed in another state to teach in Minnesota.

MN - HF325 All resident home school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities.

MN - HF211 Indigenous Peoples' Day school observance required, and Indigenous Peoples' Day established as state holiday and Christopher Columbus Day eliminated as state holiday.

MN - HF248 Pornographic and sexually explicit material prohibited in school libraries.

MN - HF2926 Legislative study group on school safety established, and report required.

MN - HF465 School health services modified to allow for use of private clinical nursing services, use of functional behavioral assessment modified, and students allowed to participate in alternative delivery of specialized instructional services programs.

MN - HF2660 Distance learning days provided.

MN - HF2968 Education on the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides required for middle and high school students; working group created; report required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF3034 Reading instruction required to be based on science of reading, reading reset account established in special revenue fund, and money appropriated.

MN - HF652 Teacher shortage reporting requirements modified.

MN - HF724 Parent allowed to opt their child out of face covering requirement.

MN - HF748 American Indian regalia or objects of cultural significance allowed at graduation ceremonies.

MN - HF678 School-related active transportation policy provisions governed.

MN - HF682 Rights of a parent in the education of their child established, and constitutional amendment proposed.

MN - HF651 Personal finance class required for high school graduation.

MN - HF923 Nonpublic pupil transportation service agreements authorized.

MN - HF1572 Department of Education licensed school nurse position created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1547 Compensatory revenue modified, revenue uses changed, best practices encouraged, percentage of compensatory revenue that must stay at each school site increased, report on eliminating paper forms required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF562 Due process special education aid created for school districts, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1807 Comprehensive services provided to schools identified as in need of comprehensive support under Every Student Succeeds Act, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1774 Extended time revenue modified, graduation incentives program expanded to include all English learners with interrupted formal education, and postsecondary enrollment in summer courses allowed.

MN - HF1773 Indexing of English learner programs revenue to basic education revenue required, microcredentials of teachers and administrators of English learners established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2206 Civics course required as graduation requirement.

MN - HF2209 Tutoring grant program established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2208 Academic acceleration pilot program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2537 Postsecondary enrollment options provisions modified.

MN - HF2538 Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, safe schools funding increased, school security systems grants created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2536 Access to driver education programs for low-income students expanded, driver education work group established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2540 Commissioner of health prohibited from modifying immunization requirements for enrollment in elementary or secondary school or child care facility to require immunizations against COVID-19.

MN - HF4957 Smudging ceremony allowed in public schools.

MN - HF3160 Testing of school building doors and locks required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3299 Definition of gifted and talented students clarified.

MN - HF4894 School Health Advisory Committee created, and reports required.

MN - HF4992 Social studies academic standards required to include contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people with disabilities.

MN - HF3897 Commissioner of education directed to amend state's accountability plan.

MN - HF3996 Task force examining the returns from permanent school fund endowment created, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF5145 Schools required to provide notice of school incidents to teachers and involved students' parents.

MN - HF4159 Teacher preparation programs required to provide instruction on ableism and disability justice, teacher license renewal requirements modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF4083 Speech and press rights of student journalists in grades 6 through 12 clarified.

MN - HF4061 Student discipline and returning to class after a removal requirements modified.

MN - HF4067 American Indian mascot prohibition repealed.

MN - HF4064 American Indian mascot exemption requirements amended.

MN - HF4238 Student discipline provisions modified.

MN - HF5123 Education savings accounts established, and rules required.

MN - HF4456 Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Advisory Council established, and report required.

MN - HF113 Student Religious Liberties Act established.

MN - HF143 Short-call substitute teacher requirements modified.

MN - HF160 Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF326 Resident nonpublic school pupils allowed to participate in extracurricular activities.

MN - HF174 Commissioner of education required to develop a model program for sexual health education, and report required.

MN - HF133 Tribally enrolled or descendent student educational data sharing allowed with Tribal nations.

MN - HF242 Fundamental right to quality public education for all children provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.

MN - HF320 Teachers of Color Act strengthened, percentage of teachers of color and American Indian teachers in Minnesota increased, world's best workforce requirements amended, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF331 School districts allowed to access personnel files of prospective teachers from their employing districts.

MN - HF345 Educational outcome and accountability improvement pilot program established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF347 Lead testing and remediation requirements in schools modified, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF427 Class syllabi required for kindergarten through grade 12 classes.

MN - HF476 Charter school admission lotteries modified.

MN - HF358 Social studies requirements modified, and school districts required to offer a course in government and citizenship.

MN - HF362 Comprehensive school mental health services lead positions established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF426 Student physical privacy provided.

MN - HF368 Malicious and sadistic conduct involving race, gender, religion, sexual harassment, sexual orientation and sexual exploitation prohibited.

MN - HF441 Exception to tobacco in public schools created.

MN - HF2588 School district required to grant secondary credit for postsecondary courses outside school year, and money appropriated.

MN - HF545 Affirmative consent instruction required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF620 Paraprofessional paid orientation required.

MN - HF550 Annual curriculum audit required.

MN - HF619 Parental notification of adverse incidents required.

MN - HF613 High school students allowed to earn elective credits through employment with health care providers.

MN - HF629 Schools required to use approved literacy curriculum, literacy specialists required, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF741 Education; literacy data reporting required.

MN - HF827 Teacher preparation time provisions modified.

MN - HF834 Minnesota State High School League; governing board membership modified.

MN - HF842 Deaf and hard-of-hearing students and oral/aural deaf education licensure requirements modified, rulemaking authorized, and report required.

MN - HF768 Education savings accounts created as a learning option for students, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2689 Reporting of pupil withdrawal agreements defined and required.

MN - HF759 Computer science education advancement provided, and rulemaking authorized.

MN - HF3022 Student welfare and parental awareness in education provided.

MN - HF995 Student admission provisions modified.

MN - HF1086 Education; participation in athletic teams provided.

MN - HF980 School trust lands director duties and powers modified.

MN - HF1203 Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board membership modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1257 Barriers to teacher licensure removed.

MN - HF1267 Hours of instruction requirements and e-learning requirements modified, and districts allowed to offer full-time online instruction.

MN - HF1242 School boards authorized to implement four-day school week programs without approval by commissioner of education, and rulemaking required.

MN - HF1220 World's best workforce performance measures modified.

MN - HF1268 Teacher licensure and teacher preparation program changes made.

MN - HF1137 Number of heritage language and culture teachers increased, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1173 Postsecondary enrollment in summer courses allowed.

MN - HF1157 Parent allowed to opt their child out of face covering requirement.

MN - HF1109 Education savings accounts established, and rules required.

MN - HF1224 Education; tiered licensure changes made.

MN - HF1269 Prekindergarten through grade 12 provisions modified including general education accountability and transparency, education excellence, American Indian education, charter schools, discipline, teachers, special education, and early learning; and reports required.

MN - HF1058 Alternative teacher preparation program grant eligibility modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2703 Robotics programs grants authorized, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2711 Advanced placement and international baccalaureate program provisions modified to include Cambridge Assessment International Education.

MN - HF1358 Display or communication of child abuse hotline number in schools provided.

MN - HF1348 Employee health insurance provided, minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel increased, paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1313 Obsolete language pertaining to administration of Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board stricken.

MN - HF4967 State school librarian established.

MN - HF1502 Ethnic studies requirement created, Ethnic Studies Working Group created, rulemaking authorized, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1582 Grants to recruit school nurses established, eligibility for loan forgiveness expanded to include school nurses, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1951 CPR and AED instruction provisions modified to include Health and Safety Institute.

MN - HF1842 Student identification cards required to include mental health crisis telephone number.

MN - HF1914 Grants authorized to improve students' digital technology skills and support digital learning, and money appropriated.

MN - HF1956 Short-call substitute teacher licensing provisions provided for rural Minnesota.

MN - HF1908 Education savings accounts created as learning options for students.

MN - HF1875 American Indian education provided for all students, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2065 Gender-neutral, single-user restroom and locker room facilities provided; and money appropriated.

MN - HF2042 Career and technical education consortium grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2019 Teaching of racist or sexist concepts prohibited, and private rights of action created.

MN - HF1974 School library aid created, school library aid funding provided, and money appropriated.

MN - HF2037 School health services provided.

MN - HF2114 Education; Erin's Law personal safety instruction required.

MN - HF2156 Sudden cardiac arrest screening required for youth athletes.

MN - HF2097 Active shooter drill standards provided.

MN - HF2241 Education; Pledge of Allegiance required to be recited daily.

MN - HF2297 School districts and charter schools required to provide climate justice instruction, and report required.

MN - HF2534 School districts required to grant students credit for satisfying academic standards before enrolling in high school.

MN - HF2533 Education superintendents; various nonsubstantive style and form changes made.

MN - HF3148 Legislative study group on student attendance and truancy created, and report required.

MN - HF3150 Student bullying policy requirements modified.

MN - HF3120 Education; notification for nonrenewal of coaching contracts required.

MN - HF3125 Admission fees prohibited at public school events.

MN - HF3126 Fund established to promote healthy environments for learning and teaching, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3149 Education innovation provided, innovation zone provisions modified, P-TECH approval process modified, and new chapter of statutes codified.

MN - HF4451 Purple Star School designation established.

MN - HF3221 Funding provided for kindergarten through grade 12 education; general education, literacy and learning, special education, education innovation, and education excellence provisions modified; forecast adjustments made; reports required; and money appropriated.

MN - HF4880 Evidence-based literacy instruction pilot program established, out-of-school literacy program grants established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF5005 Social studies standards adoption and modifying review cycle suspended, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.

MN - HF5386 District allowed to place a student in an alternate setting.

MN - HF4999 Plant-based school lunch option required.

MN - HF5382 Department of Education required to adopt model policy for cell phones in schools.

MN - HF3492 Computer science education advancement program established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3540 Education; open-door requirement established.

MN - HF3542 District required to adopt a policy allowing space for mental health care.

MN - HF3556 Minimum time for school lunch required.

MN - HF3751 Personal finance course requirements clarified, state academic standards in personal finance required, personal finance seal for teacher licensure established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3476 Short-call substitute teacher pilot program modified.

MN - HF3484 Charter school provisions modified.

MN - HF3892 School Resource Officers; grounds for reasonable force in schools modified, duties and minimum training requirements defined and established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3481 Charter school facilities provisions modified.

MN - HF3370 English learner programs and alternative education programs modified, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3863 Schools participating in state school milk program required to provide daily milk to students in kindergarten through grade 12, fees for school milk prohibited, reimbursement rate for school milk modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3489 School Resource Officers; public safety provided, grounds for use of reasonable force in schools modified, school resource officer duties defined and minimum training requirements established, school resource officer model policy development required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3373 First aid plan in schools required, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3590 Education; nasal opiate antagonists required in first aid kits.

MN - HF3365 Teacher relicensure requirements modified, professional development on dyslexia required, literacy clinic grants provided, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3364 Priority required for children placed in foster care to access school-age care programs, school-age care revenue eligibility and uses modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3372 English learner program revenue increased and indexed, innovative English learner programs supported, statewide English learner parent and community advisory council created, local advisory councils encouraged, microcredentials established, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3546 Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program requirements modified.

MN - HF3402 Academic acceleration pilot program established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3660 Minnesota High School League required to provide coaches with eating disorder prevention education resources.

MN - HF3762 County board required to notify child's resident district and serving district of placement for care and treatment, definitions of legal residence for a child with a disability or without a disability placed in foster facility modified.

MN - HF3745 Children's mental health services enhanced, digital mental health services pilot program created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3755 Physical and sexual abuse education required.

MN - HF3682 State academic standards required in health education, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3611 LEAPS Act modified, school districts required to create English learner parent committees, and translation and communications opportunities expanded for the families of English learners.

MN - HF3742 Mental health screening for students required, student mental health supports revenue created, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3424 Schools required to adopt major food allergen policy.

MN - HF3360 Driver education program access expanded for low-income students, driver education work group established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3575 Schools encourage to provide instruction on healthy aging and dementia.

MN - HF3503 American Indian mascots prohibition modified, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3487 Perpich Center for Arts Education duties modified.

MN - HF3363 Hours of instruction requirements modified, definition of credit amended, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3827 Student attendance reporting required.

MN - HF3811 Read Act amended, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3803 Stipends required to paid to student teachers, and money appropriated.

MN - HF3744 Read Act amended, report required, and money appropriated.

MN - HF5150 School instructional materials with sexually explicit images prohibited.

MN - HF5196 Teacher compensation requirements modified.

MN - HF4363 Mental health instruction required starting in 2026-2027 school year.

MN - HF4394 Gender inclusion education policy required.

MN - HF4361 Teacher licensure provisions modified, and reports required.

MN - HF4352 Members of legislative committees on education policy and education finance required to observe a teacher or administrator each year, house and senate required to adopt rules, and reports required.

MN - HF4373 Book banning by public libraries and school libraries prohibited, and private right of action created and attorney general enforcement provided.

MN - HF4581 Cell phones in schools model policy requested.

MN - HF4512 School counselor ratios recommended, and school counselor duties established.

MN - HF4499 Children withdrawn from school encouraged to reenroll in an education program, and families notified of resources.

MN - HF4501 Obsolete language pertaining to personal learning plans stricken.

MN - HF4524 Nonresident pupil transportation requirements modified for students with a disability.

MN - HF4503 Eligible institution requirements modified for postsecondary enrollment options.

MN - HF4157 Provisions modified for sharing educational data designated as directory information.