Bill introductions for January 16-20, 2023
H.F. 337-636
S.F. 287-490
The following education-related bills were introduced in the Minnesota Legislature during the third 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 Education Policy and Finance Bill Introductions
| Summary | Bill Number | Author |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing supplemental aid for transportation, nutrition, English learners, and special education; appropriating money. | H.F. 340 | Youakim |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program to improve educational outcomes and accountability; requiring reports; appropriating money. | H.F. 345 | Hussein |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying lead testing and remediation requirements in schools; requiring a report; appropriating money. | H.F. 347 | Howard |
| A bill for an act relating to families; creating a parent’s bill of rights. | H.F. 353 | Harder |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying social studies requirements; requiring school districts to offer a course in government and citizenship. | H.F. 358 | Urdahl |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing comprehensive school mental health services lead positions; appropriating money. | H.F. 362 | Moller |
| A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting malicious and sadistic conduct involving race, gender, religion, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and sexual exploitation. | H.F. 368 | Hanson, J. |
| A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing refundable exemptions for construction materials for certain school buildings. | H.F. 414 | Lislegard |
| A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an education learning center in the Northern Lights Academy Special Education Cooperative service area and for a Level IV setting for a regional special education program at Northland Learning Center in northeastern Minnesota. | H.F. 415 | Lislegard |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for supplemental aid for school facility construction. | H.F. 423 | Lislegard |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for student physical privacy. | H.F. 426 | Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring class syllabi for kindergarten through grade 12 classes. | H.F. 427 | Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance by five percent per year for fiscal years 2024 and 2025; linking future formula increases to the rate of inflation. | H.F. 439 | Norris |
| A bill for an act relating to health; creating a certain exception to tobacco in public schools. | H.F. 441 | Kozlowski |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; making permanent the expansion of the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus program. | H.F. 456 | Pérez-Vega |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying school health services to allow for the use of private clinical nursing services; modifying the use of a functional behavioral assessment; allowing certain students to participate in alternative delivery of specialized instructional services programs. | H.F. 465 | Noor |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying charter school admission lotteries. | H.F. 476 | Daniels |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school board to renew an expiring referendum. | H.F. 535 | Frazier |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying special education formulas. | H.F.543 | Harder |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring affirmative consent instruction. | H.F. 545 | Jordan |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum. | H.F. 549 | Scott |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring an annual curriculum audit. | H.F. 550 | Scott |
| A bill for an act relating to education; restricting female sports team participation to the female sex. | H.F. 551 | Scott |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating due process special education aid for school districts. | H.F. 562 | Edelson |
| A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating funds for children’s school-linked mental health grants. | H.F. 564 | Bierman |
| A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to the Reach Out and Read Minnesota program. | H.F. 570 | Kotyza-Witthuhn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing high school students to earn elective credits through employment with certain health care providers. | H.F. 613 | Hanson, J. |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring parental notification of adverse incidents. | H.F. 619 | Robbins |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring paid orientation for paraprofessionals. | H.F. 620 | Youakim |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring schools to use approved literacy curriculum; requiring literacy specialists; requiring a report. | H.F. 629 | Edelson |
Senate Education Policy and Finance Bill Introductions
| Summary | Bill Number | Author |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring sudden cardiac arrest screening for youth athletes. | S.F. 291 | Pratt |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for interpreters. | S.F. 295 | Gustafson |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for student physical privacy. | S.F. 311 | Gruenhagen |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; updating the transportation sparsity revenue percent. | S.F. 319 | Hauschild |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying school health services to allow for the use of private clinical nursing services; modifying the use of a functional behavioral assessment. | S.F. 322 | Hoffman |
| A bill for an act relating to education; expanding definition of shared time pupils. | S.F. 332 | Duckworth |
| bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and school districts from accepting certain contributions for election expenses. | S.F. 338 | Koran |
| A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting malicious and sadistic conduct involving race, gender, religion, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and sexual exploitation. | S.F. 366 | Boldon |
| A bill for an act relating to education; expanding the use of extended time to pupils enrolled in career and technical education courses. | S.F. 374 | Draheim |
| A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an education learning center in the Northern Lights Academy Special Education Cooperative service area and for a Level IV setting for a regional special education program at Northland Learning Center in northeastern Minnesota. | S.F. 387 | Hauschild |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the Minnesota math corps. | S.F. 392 | Gustafson |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing developmental screening aid. | S.F. 401 | Kunesh |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for including suicide prevention information on student identification cards. | S.F. 418 | Westlin |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; adjusting special education revenue for Independent School District No. 709, Duluth; creating a base adjustment; authorizing supplemental special education aid. | S.F. 423 | McEwen |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for school lunch and breakfast for all students. | S.F. 437 | Maye Quade |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring affirmative consent instruction. | S.F. 438 | Maye Quade |
| A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund. (13.33, 20.14, 20.30, 40.16, 41.11, 42.23) | S.F. 442 | Morrison |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the general education basic formula allowance by five percent per year for fiscal years 2024 and 2025; linking future formula increases to the rate of inflation. | S.F. 448 | Gustafson |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing comprehensive school mental health services lead positions. | S.F. 449 | Gustafson |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants for emergency medical services courses. | S.F. 471 | Kreun |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school districts and charter schools to provide climate justice instruction; requiring a report. | S.F. 476 | Mitchell |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying special education formulas; authorizing a levy for certain special access costs at cooperative units; authorizing a levy for special education facility costs; limiting special education tuition billing. | S.F. 489 | Gruenhagen |