Bill Introductions for February 13-17, 2023
The following education-related bills were introduced in the Minnesota Legislature during the seventh week of the 2023 session. Each Friday, we will publish relevant bills that have been introduced during the week.
MSBA hopes that school board members will monitor these bill introduction listings, as they provide updated information about the bills under consideration that may have implications for school boards and school districts across the state. It is critical for board members to understand how introduced bills may impact their own unique school districts.
House Files 1501-1959
Senate Files 1527-1828
House Education Finance and Policy Bills Introductions
| Summary | Bill Number | Author |
| A bill for an act relating to education; creating an ethnic studies requirement; creating an Ethnic Studies Working Group; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1502 |
Sencer-Mura |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying compensatory revenue; changing the revenue uses; encouraging best practices; increasing the percentage of compensatory revenue that must stay at each school site; requiring a report on eliminating paper forms. |
H.F. 1547 |
Feist |
| A bill for an act relating to data practices; modifying the definition of “public official” in a city or county. |
H.F. 1569 |
Demuth |
| A bill for an act relating to education; creating a licensed school nurse position at the Department of Education. |
H.F. 1572 |
Berg |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing grants to recruit school nurses; expanding eligibility for loan forgiveness to include school nurses; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1582 |
Berg |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a special education teacher pipeline program; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1589 |
Bennet |
| A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring school buses to be equipped with stop-signal arm extensions. |
H.F. 1597 |
Pfarr |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring an online personal finance class for high school graduation. |
H.F. 1599 |
Pfarr |
| A bill for an act relating to education; fully funding pupil transportation services for homeless students; modifying special education aid. |
H.F. 1628 |
Jordan |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; expanding the Learning with Music program to early childhood educators. |
H.F. 1629 |
Pérez-Vega |
| A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a school bus safety education campaign. |
H.F. 1632 |
Pfarr |
| A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and school districts from accepting certain contributions for election expenses. |
H.F. 1642 |
Bliss |
| A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing Minnesota schools to serve two percent and whole milk to kindergarten students as part of the state-sponsored school milk program. |
H.F. 1682 |
Anderson, P. |
| A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; providing certain record-keeping and reporting requirements related to political advertisements; requiring the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to provide public access to certain reports, including copies of campaign advertisements; amending requirements related to the display of a disclaimer on campaign material. |
H.F. 1689 |
Stephenson |
| A bill for an act relating to labor relations; modifying public labor relations; modifying teacher probationary period requirements. |
H.F. 1690 |
Jordan |
| A bill for an act relating to labor relations; modifying public labor relations; modifying teacher probationary period requirements. |
H.F. 1691 |
Jordan |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; replacing local optional aid and levy with basic supplemental aid. |
H.F. 1694 |
Kresha |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota Center for the Book programming. |
H.F. 1725 |
Sencer-Mura |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing funding for student organizations. |
H.F. 1761 |
Clardy |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring indexing of English learner programs revenue to basic education revenue; establishing microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English learners. |
H.F. 1773 |
Clardy |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying extended time revenue; expanding the graduation incentives program to include all English learners with an interrupted formal education; allowing postsecondary enrollment in summer courses. |
H.F. 1774 |
Clardy |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing state funding to fully fund the state share of special education services. |
H.F. 1797 |
Kresha |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring assessment of school readiness for children entering kindergarten. |
H.F. 1806 |
Clardy |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing comprehensive services to a school identified as in need of comprehensive support under the Every Student Succeeds Act. |
H.F. 1807 |
Hassan |
| A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to expand executive function curriculum; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1815 |
Kotyza-Witthuhn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring student identification cards to include a mental health crisis telephone number. |
H.F. 1842 |
Engen |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for American Indian education for all students; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1875 |
Keeler |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the African American Registry; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1885 |
Berg |
| A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing permitted and trained school staff to carry firearms. |
H.F. 1897 |
Hudson |
| A bill for an act relating to education; creating education savings accounts as a learning option for students. |
H.F. 1908 |
Hudson |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing grants to improve students’ digital technology skills and support digital learning. |
H.F. 1914 |
Sencer-Mura |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the distribution of aid to regional public library systems; linking regional library basic system support aid to future increases in the basic formula allowance. |
H.F. 1917 |
Rehm |
| A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for robotics teams and STEM internships. |
H.F. 1934 |
Edelson |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying CPR and AED instruction provisions to include the Health and Safety Institute. |
H.F. 1951 |
Franson |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for short-call substitute teacher licensing provisions for rural Minnesota. |
H.F. 1956 |
Franson |
Senate Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
| Summary | Bill Number | Author |
| A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying provisions related to voter registration; absentee voting; requiring voting instructions, sample ballots, and election judges to be multilingual in certain situations; regulating intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference with voter registration and voting; campaign finance; establishing a Democracy Dollar coupon program; repealing the political contribution refund program. |
S.F. 1546 |
Cwodzinski |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school district’s American Indian education aid to carry forward from one school year to the next. |
S.F. 1553 |
Lucero |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a district advisory committee to comply with chapter 13D and give notice of meetings. |
S.F. 1559 |
Howe |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a special education teacher pipeline program; requiring a report. |
S.F. 1564 |
Dornick |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing equalization aid for the operating referendum program; decreasing property tax levies. |
S.F. 1601 |
Hoffman |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing grants to recruit school nurses; expanding eligibility for loan forgiveness to include school nurses; requiring a report. |
S.F. 1606 |
Boldon |
| A bill for an act relating to education; creating a licensed school nurse position at the Department of Education. |
S.F. 1607 |
Boldon |
| A bill for an act relating to education; making changes to teacher licensure and teacher preparation programs. |
S.F. 1641 |
Cwodzinski |
| A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing school boards to implement four-day school week programs without approval by the commissioner of education. |
S.F. 1650 |
Lang |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; aligning the average daily membership minimum hours for a disabled kindergarten pupil to those of other kindergarten pupils. |
S.F. 1655 |
Rarick |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring student identification cards to include a mental health crisis telephone number. |
S.F. 1669 |
Coleman |
| A bill for an act relating to education; making permanent the temporary priorities for basic sliding fee child care. |
S.F. 1697 |
Fateh |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing comprehensive services to a school identified as in need of comprehensive support under the Every Student Succeeds Act. |
S.F. 1717 |
Kunesh |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the education partnership program. |
S.F. 1719 |
Putnam |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing grants to improve students’ digital technology skills and support digital learning. |
S.F. 1731 |
Mohamed |
| A bill for an act relating to retirement; making administrative changes to the statutes governing the retirement plans administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association. |
S.F. 1742 |
Pappas |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants to museums and education centers. |
S.F. 1751 |
Putnam |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the African American Registry; requiring a report. |
S.F. 1753 |
Cwodzinski |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program for a teacher residency grant. |
S.F. 1777 |
Oumou-Verbeten |
| A bill for an act relating to public safety; permitting certain retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms in schools. |
S.F. 1800 |
Utke |