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Education Policy

2025-2026 Regular Session

Report Date: May 11, 2025 10:03:14 PM

Bill # Senate Author Description Date Received Hearing Date Action Taken Senate Last Action
SF12 Mitchell School districts and charter schools requirement to provide climate justice instruction 01/16/2025
SF16 Mitchell Physical and sexual abuse education requirement 01/16/2025 03/19/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF35 Howe Notice provision if a student is left on a school bus 01/16/2025
SF89 Westrom American Indian mascot prohibition repeal 01/16/2025
SF97 Westrom American Indian mascot exemption requirements amendment 01/16/2025
SF197 Maye Quade School board membership requirements modification 01/16/2025 02/26/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF201 Abeler Laws 2024, chapter 127 repeal and various entities to submit conforming legislation direction 01/16/2025
SF244 Rarick Education savings accounts establishment 01/16/2025
SF256 Hoffman Service animal support in school allowance 01/16/2025 03/05/2025 As amended, be laid over
SF334 Maye Quade Read Act implementation professional development requirements modification 01/21/2025 01/22/2025 Amended and recommended to pass
SF360 Farnsworth Required mathematics academic standards and credit requirements modification 01/21/2025 02/19/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF371 Koran Reporting provision of student fights 01/21/2025 02/05/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF392 Abeler School districts permission to donate surplus schoolbooks 01/21/2025 02/10/2025 As amended, be laid over
SF411 Bahr All resident home school students permission to participate extracurricular activities 01/21/2025
SF412 Bahr Resident charter school students permission to participate in extracurricular activities 01/21/2025
SF413 Bahr Resident nonpublic school pupils permission to participate in extracurricular activities 01/21/2025
SF430 Farnsworth Post-secondary enrollment in summer courses authorization provision 01/21/2025
SF442 Coleman Skills path program for employment-based training establishment 01/21/2025
SF457 Utke Children's face covering requirement parent opt out alternative authorization 01/21/2025
SF482 Rasmusson Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extension 01/21/2025 01/29/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF507 Mann Districts requirement to adopt policies and processes to assist parents who require language assistance 01/23/2025 02/19/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF508 Mann Cell phone use in schools prohibition 01/23/2025 02/10/2025 Laid over
SF557 Limmer Parental notification of adverse incidents requirement provision 01/23/2025 02/05/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF609 Wesenberg Community volunteers supporting students in public schools authorization 01/27/2025
SF676 Coleman Violent school incidents notice requirement provision and retaliation prohibition provision 01/27/2025 02/05/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF738 Pratt Innovation zone provisions modification 01/27/2025
SF753 Coleman Requirements modification for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum 01/30/2025
SF771 Coleman Read Act and other educational policy provisions modifications 01/30/2025
SF797 Wesenberg School libraries certain material prohibition provision 01/30/2025
SF801 Nelson Teachers licensed in another state teaching in Minnesota provisions modifications 01/30/2025
SF802 Nelson Student physical privacy provision 01/30/2025
SF805 Gruenhagen Student Religious Liberties Act establishment 01/30/2025
SF879 Cwodzinski Charter school authorizers compliance with government data practices requirement 02/03/2025
SF893 Westlin School safety provisions modifications and appropriation 02/03/2025
SF916 Nelson Female sports team participation to the female sex restriction 02/03/2025
SF942 Kunesh School attendance reporting requirement to a local welfare agency and appropriation 03/24/2025 03/26/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services
SF986 Westlin General education revenue modification to include safe schools aid for charter schools 02/03/2025
SF1007 Lucero Education Savings Accounts for Minnesota Students Act (ESA-4-MSA) establishment provision 02/06/2025
SF1022 Farnsworth Dismissal limitations for kindergarten through grade 3 students provisions modifications 02/06/2025
SF1048 Maye Quade Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program requirements modification 02/06/2025 03/19/2025 Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF1056 Duckworth District advisory committee requirement to comply with chapter 13D and give notice of meetings 02/06/2025
SF1118 Maye Quade Parent contact information prohibition from being designated as publicly available directory information 02/06/2025
SF1141 Farnsworth School district noncompliance with unfunded mandates authorization 02/10/2025
SF1222 Eichorn Child face covering requirement opt out authorization by parents provision 02/10/2025
SF1309 Cwodzinski Requirement modification for the sexually transmitted infections and diseases program 02/13/2025
SF1311 Cwodzinski Charter schools and charter school authorizers requirement to publish financial information 02/13/2025 03/12/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF1336 Cwodzinski School year beginning before Labor Day for certain school years authorization 02/13/2025 03/12/2025 Laid over
SF1354 Boldon School Health Advisory Committee establishment 02/13/2025 03/19/2025 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government
SF1355 Boldon Healthy aging and dementia education provided by school encouragement provision 02/13/2025 02/19/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF1381 McEwen Social studies academic standards to include contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and people with disabilities requirement 02/13/2025
SF1404 Kunesh American Indian mascot exemption requirements modification 02/13/2025 03/03/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF1405 Kunesh American Indian drumming permission in public school 02/13/2025 03/03/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF1457 Westlin Cardiac emergency response plans requirement and appropriation 02/17/2025 02/24/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF1462 Kunesh Grant programs transferal from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education 02/17/2025 02/24/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government
SF1469 Cwodzinski Reporting requirement of student attendance 02/17/2025 03/24/2025
SF1470 Cwodzinski Reporting requirement of student attendance data in school performance reports 02/17/2025
SF1471 Cwodzinski Reenrollment encouragement after a student withdrawal from school 02/17/2025
SF1474 Gustafson Public high schools requirement to participate in the direct admissions program 02/17/2025 02/19/2025 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education
SF1489 Housley Certain fund transfers authorization for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 02/17/2025
SF1502 Duckworth Read Act amendment 02/17/2025
SF1591 Farnsworth Age modification for a child with a disability to receive special instruction and services 02/20/2025
SF1602 Coleman Certain election officials and business entities permission to access student or parent data authorization provision 02/20/2025
SF1613 Hoffman Release of a student's home address authorization to school-age child care programs 02/20/2025
SF1667 Hoffman Developmental delay age limit working group establishment provision 02/20/2025 03/05/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government
SF1667 Hoffman Developmental delay age limit working group establishment provision 04/07/2025 03/05/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government
SF1668 Seeberger Certain out-of-fields permissions limit on renewal exemption provision 02/20/2025
SF1670 Duckworth Teacher shortage report requirements modification provision 02/20/2025 03/19/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF1687 Seeberger High school students permission to posses opiate antagonists 02/20/2025 03/24/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF1703 Anderson Department of Education bringing awareness of library services for blind and print disabled persons requirement provision 02/20/2025
SF1735 Kunesh Accounting requirements establishment for school expenditures on advertising and event sponsorships 02/20/2025
SF1740 Cwodzinski Omnibus Education policy provisions 02/20/2025 04/02/2025 Amended and recommended to pass
SF1780 Cwodzinski Members of legislative committees on education policy and education finance observation of teacher or administrator each year requirement provision 02/24/2025
SF1781 Cwodzinski Student attendance statutes references provision 02/24/2025
SF1830 Seeberger Use of seclusion permission as a restrictive procedure 02/24/2025
SF1842 Boldon Teacher licensure requirements modifications and professional development on dyslexia requirement provision 02/24/2025 03/05/2025 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government
SF1899 Kunesh Commissioner of education direction to amend the state's accountability plan 02/27/2025 03/10/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF1923 Mathews Constitutional Amendment proposal to establish the rights of a parent in the education of their child 02/27/2025
SF1952 Mann Students with mental illness requirements modifications provision, Department of Education approved mental health instruction requirement provision, youth sports program mental illness and suicide prevention training provision, and restrictive procedures statewide plan requirements modifications provision 02/27/2025
SF1974 Bahr Education Savings Accounts for Minnesota Students Act (ESA-4-MSA) establishment provision 02/27/2025
SF1979 Rarick School construction near former landfills prohibition 02/27/2025 03/03/2025 Laid over
SF1982 Farnsworth Deadlines for active transportation safety training elimination 02/27/2025
SF2027 Maye Quade Early childhood literacy pilot programs establishment 02/27/2025
SF2066 Abeler Student discipline provisions modification 03/03/2025
SF2067 Cwodzinski Administration of a nationally recognized college entrance exam authorization 03/03/2025 03/10/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF2072 Mann Wellness checks for students receiving online instruction requirement 03/03/2025
SF2078 Farnsworth Individualized education program requirements modification 03/03/2025 03/05/2025 As amended, be laid over
SF2100 Drazkowski Diversity, equity, and inclusion provisions repeal in prekindergarten through grade 12 education 03/03/2025
SF2175 Nelson Cannabis and substance use education requirements modification 03/06/2025
SF2234 Mann Overdose prevention education inclusion in health education standards requirement provision 03/06/2025 03/24/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF2249 Gustafson School districts and charter schools that do not participate in the free school meals program providing notice to parents and students requirement 03/06/2025
SF2250 Maye Quade Hours of educational instruction modification 03/06/2025 03/19/2025 Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF2257 Kunesh Moratorium on the formation of new charter schools establishment 03/06/2025
SF2276 Lucero Teaching prohibition of racist or sexist concepts 03/06/2025
SF2280 Lucero Display of the Ten Commandments requirement in school classrooms 03/06/2025
SF2281 Lucero Certified chaplains in public schools permission 03/06/2025
SF2285 Lucero Requirement removal for an American Indian Parent Advisory Committee to concur for a district to receive American Indian education aid 03/06/2025
SF2294 Lucero Male participation in female athletics restriction provision, male access to female changing facilities restriction provision, and criminal penalties provision 03/10/2025
SF2387 Westlin School safety provisions modification 03/10/2025
SF2390 Mann Certain restrictions on public data requests to a school district addition 03/10/2025 03/19/2025 Amended and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety without recommendation
SF2400 Farnsworth Teaching standards of effective practice reinstatement 03/13/2025
SF2402 Gruenhagen Instruction requirement to advance critical thinking skills 03/13/2025
SF2412 Cwodzinski Charter school boards of directors and charter school chief administrators requirements modifications, local officials and charter school officials filing statements of economic interest requirement, and charter school officials inclusion in the public official gift ban provision 03/13/2025 03/24/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Elections
SF2435 Maye Quade Safe and supportive schools programming requirements modifications 03/13/2025
SF2436 Maye Quade Culturally inclusive learning environments access protection provision 03/13/2025
SF2531 Westrom Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex provision 03/13/2025
SF2540 Rarick Minnesota Young Readers Club program for literacy support creation; program implementation and contract for reading materials provided to eligible students appropriation 03/13/2025
SF2565 Cwodzinski Civic seal designation provision for high school students 03/13/2025 03/24/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF2604 Gruenhagen Cost-benefit analysis requirement of Minnesota's special education system 03/17/2025
SF2633 Westlin Educational outcomes, safety and accountability for students with disabilities improvement pilot program establishment and appropriation 03/17/2025
SF2634 Westlin Relationship-building and de-escalation training in schools access requirement 03/17/2025
SF2685 Dibble Minnesota State High School League requirement to contract for catastrophic accident insurance 03/17/2025 03/24/2025 Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
SF2690 Boldon Requirements modification for access to epinephrine in schools 03/17/2025
SF2769 Oumou Verbeten Dual Enrollment Task Force establishment and appropriation 03/20/2025
SF2770 Clark Gifted and talented programs and services requirements modifications provision, certain gifted and talented program data reported by the commissioner requirement, gifted and talented programs and services revenue increase provision, and appropriation 03/20/2025
SF2773 Cwodzinski All charter school closures overseen by a trustee requirement provision 03/20/2025
SF2774 Cwodzinski Charter school boards of directors and charter school chief administrators requirements modifications 03/20/2025 03/24/2025
SF2787 Westlin Special education forms and procedures due process time requirement provision, due process aid establishment, and appropriation 03/20/2025
SF2798 Duckworth Nonresident school district enrollment authorization 03/20/2025
SF2817 Housley Athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth requirement 03/20/2025
SF2831 Cwodzinski Minnesota State High School League tickets and admissions sales tax savings extension provision 03/20/2025
SF2882 Cwodzinski Attendance definition provision, reenrollment of students provisions, and children in need of protective services or educational neglect presumptions modifications 03/24/2025 03/24/2025 Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance
SF2883 Coleman Students completion of state assessments remotely authorization; appropriating money 03/24/2025
SF2909 Mann Public employees insurance program participation by certain school employers requirement 03/24/2025
SF2970 Cwodzinski Public schools requirement to offer plant-based meal options 03/24/2025
SF2995 Coleman Teacher licensure requirements modifications 03/27/2025
SF3014 Drazkowski Recess detention modification 03/27/2025
SF3042 Coleman Student bullying policy requirements modification 03/27/2025
SF3061 Maye Quade Teacher licensure requirements modification related to the Read Act 03/27/2025
SF3139 Abeler Framework for MTSS and COMPASS codification from session law to statutes 04/01/2025
SF3157 Oumou Verbeten Parental curriculum review provisions clarifications 04/01/2025
SF3168 Duckworth Teacher licensure requirements modifications 04/01/2025
SF3176 Mohamed Water safety instruction requirement in health curriculum 04/01/2025
SF3180 Clark Annual reporting on school resource officer contracts requirement 04/01/2025
SF3182 Putnam Microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English Learner programs establishment; appropriating money 04/01/2025
SF3303 Drazkowski Education empowerment account program establishment and appropriation 04/07/2025
SF3334 Gustafson Student teacher placement within a certain distance requirement; teacher candidate performance assessment requirements removal 04/07/2025
SF3339 Duckworth Minnesota State high School League requirement to sanction cricket 04/09/2025
SF3350 Rarick Social studies standards adoption suspension and review cycle modification provision, ethnic studies requirements repealer provision, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelation provision 04/09/2025
SF3368 Clark Paraprofessional qualifications definition 04/09/2025
SF3378 Lucero Computer science grants establishment and appropriation 04/10/2025
SF3379 Lucero Computer science standards establishment 04/10/2025
SF3410 Westrom Certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 authorization provision and school board non-compliance with certain laws or rules authorization 04/22/2025
HF1982 Farnsworth Deadlines for active transportation safety training elimination 05/01/2025
HF2023 Mann Overdose prevention education inclusion in health education standards requirement provision 05/01/2025