Bill introductions for January 23-27, 2023

Bill introductions for January 23-27, 2023

The following education-related bills were introduced in the Minnesota Legislature during the fourth 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 637-968

Senate Files 491-903

House Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions

Summary Bill Number Author
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a personal finance class for high school graduation. H.F. 651 Hassan
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher shortage reporting requirements. H.F. 652 Hassan
A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing permitted and trained school staff to carry firearms. H.F. 663 Mekeland
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the safe routes to school grant program. H.F. 669 Lee
A bill for an act relating to transportation; governing policy provisions on school-related active transportation. H.F. 678 Elkins
A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article I; establishing rights of a parent in the education of their child. H.F. 682 Kresha
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the community education revenue program. H.F. 683 Edelson
 A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the Minnesota math corps. H.F. 694 Acomb
A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a parent to opt their child out of a face covering requirement. H.F. 724 Davis
 A bill for an act relating to education; requiring literacy data reporting. H.F. 741 Feist
A bill for an act relating to education; allowing American Indian regalia or objects of cultural significance at graduation ceremonies. H.F. 748 Keeler
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for computer science education advancement. H.F. 759 Lee, K.
A bill for an act relating to education; creating education savings accounts as a learning option for students. H.F. 768 Davis
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. H.F. 781 Koznick
A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting a candidate to request the candidate’s residential address be classified as private data when the candidate has reasonable fear as to the safety of the candidate or the candidate’s family. H.F. 789 Becker-Finn
A bill for an act relating to education finance; expanding extended time revenue to all students placed at residential treatment facilities providing mental health or juvenile justice services. H.F. 795 Youakim
A bill for an act relating to elections; allowing persons to be absent from work to vote in person before election day. H.F. 799 Agbaje
A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a Girls in Action programming grant. H.F. 801 Agbaje
A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing funding for the Building Assets, Reducing Risks Center. H.F. 806 Youakim
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for teacher preparation time. H.F. 827 Keeler
A bill for an act relating to Minnesota State High School League; modifying the governing board membership. H.F. 834 Huot
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying licensure requirements for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and for oral/aural deaf education. H.F. 842 Daniels
A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing an election to revoke or reduce a school district’s local optional revenue. H.F. 843 Daniels
A bill for an act relating to education finance; requiring local optional revenue to be renewed by voters every ten years. H.F. 844 Daniels
A bill for an act relating to education finance; requiring information about local optional revenue on the referendum ballot. H.F. 845 Daniels
A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; removing a restriction on compensation that counts as covered salary for teachers working for a labor organization. H.F. 859 Frazier
A bill for an act relating to early childhood programs; requiring support staff persons for early childhood family education programs. H.F. 862 Wolgamott
A bill for an act relating to early childhood; modifying how the Head Start appropriation may be used and distributed. H.F. 874 Kotyza-Witthuhn
A bill for an act relating to education finance; updating the transportation sparsity revenue percent. H.F. 877 Hill
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing local optional revenue; linking future increases in local optional revenue to the growth in the general education basic formula allowance; appropriating money. H.F. 879 Youakim
 A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain agreements for nonpublic pupil transportation services. H.F. 923 Bennett
A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing ongoing grants to the Minnesota Council on Economic Education. H.F. 932 Klardy
A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a lease levy for a transportation hub for Independent School District No. 112, Eastern Carver County. H.F. 933 Rehm

 

Senate Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions

Summary Bill Number Author
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for facility improvements in Independent School District No. 318, Grand Rapids. S.F. 499 Eichorn
 A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing refundable exemptions for construction materials for certain school buildings. S.F. 500 Hauschild
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring paid orientation for paraprofessionals; appropriating money for paraprofessional training. S.F. 502 Westlin
A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a minimum revenue guarantee for low revenue school districts. S.F. 504 Lucero
A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a new source of state aid for school districts with low general education revenue and low property wealth per pupil. S.F. 505 Lucero
A bill for an act relating to elections; allowing persons to be absent from work to vote in person before election day. S.F. 516 Champion
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring instruction to advance critical thinking skills. S.F. 517 Gruenhagen
A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for supplemental aid for school facility construction. S.F. 525 Hauschild
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring parental notification of adverse incidents. S.F. 540 Limmer
A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating funds for children’s school-linked mental health grants. S.F. 578 Maye Quade
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying lead testing and remediation requirements in schools; requiring a report. S.F 579 Maye Quade
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for short-call substitute teacher licensing provisions for rural Minnesota. S.F. 581 Westrom
A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting the use of American Indian mascots and logos. S.F. 584 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying short-call substitute teacher requirements. S.F. 585 Coleman
A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school board to renew an expiring referendum. S.F. 613 Cwodzinski
A bill for an act relating to education finance; making permanent the expansion of the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus program. S.F. 615 Kunesh
 A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs for certain student activities. S.F. 616 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to state lands; modifying duties and powers of the school trust lands director. S.F. 617 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a civics course as a graduation requirement. S.F. 618 Cwodzinski
A bill for an act relating to education; strengthening the Teachers of Color Act; increasing the percentage of teachers of color and American Indian teachers in Minnesota; amending the world’s best workforce requirements; requiring reports. S.F. 619 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program to improve educational outcomes and accountability; requiring reports. S.F. 620 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education; allowing American Indian regalia or objects of cultural significance at graduation ceremonies. S.F. 635 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring commissioner of education to develop a model program for sexual health education; requiring a report. S.F. 662 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the number of heritage language and culture teachers. S.F. 663 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education finance; expanding extended time revenue to all students placed at residential treatment facilities providing mental health or juvenile justice services. S.F. 665 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the community education revenue program. S.F. 666 Latz
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for teacher preparation time. S.F. 680 Cwodzinski
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring reasonable accommodations for parents of children with disabilities. S.F. 681 Hoffman
A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing annual tax holiday period for sales and purchases of school supplies. S.F. 708 Eichorn
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring an annual curriculum audit. S.F. 722 Duckworth
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for participation in athletic teams. S.F. 724 Wesenberg
A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Children’s Museum of Rochester. S.F. 725 Nelson
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum. S.F. 734 Coleman
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for computer science education advancement. S.F. 757 Gustafson
A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program for investment in nature and gamesmanship education; requiring a report. S.F. 768 Hawj
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for teacher preparation time. S.F. 771 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to state government; replacing references to Christopher Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. S.F. 820 Kunesh
A bill for an act relating to public employment; repealing authority for exclusive representatives to charge fair share fees. S.F. 857 Lucero
A bill for an act relating to education; amending the definition of public employee to include replacement employees who are employed for more than 60 days as a replacement teacher or faculty member. S.F. 858 Lucero
 A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the community education for adults with disabilities program. S.F. 864 Maye Quade
A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing ongoing grants to the Minnesota Council on Economic Education. S.F. 865 Westlin
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing local optional revenue; linking future increases in local optional revenue to the growth in the general education basic formula allowance. S.F. 866 Westlin
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying alternative teacher preparation program grant eligibility. S.F. 888 Coleman
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a personal finance class for high school graduation. S.F. 901 Cwodzinski

 

House and Senate Education Taxation Bill Introductions

Summary Bill Number Author
A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing annual tax holiday period for sales and purchases of school supplies. H.F. 668 Davis

 

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