Bill Introductions for January 30 – February 3, 2023
The following education-related bills were introduced in the Minnesota Legislature during the fifth 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 969 – 1270
Senate Files 904 – 1202
House Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
Summary | Bill Number | Author |
A bill for an act relating to state lands; modifying duties and powers of the school trust lands director. |
H.F. 980 |
Newton |
A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; requiring the installation of adult-size changing facilities in restrooms accessible to the public. |
H.F. 981 |
Hicks |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying after-school community learning programs; requiring a report. |
H.F. 990 |
Lee, F. |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing developmental screening aid. |
H.F. 993 |
Coulter |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; funding transportation for area learning center students. |
H.F. 994 |
Berg |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying student admission provisions. |
H.F. 995 |
Berg |
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring evidence-based literacy instruction; requiring a report. |
H.F. 1013 |
Robbins |
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. 1016 |
Klardy |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the community education for adults with disabilities program. |
H.F. 1045 |
Hill |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying alternative teacher preparation program grant eligibility. |
H.F. 1058 |
Clardy |
A bill for an act relating to data practices; modifying certain provisions classifying and regulating the use and sharing of mental health data when responding to a mental health emergency. (see 7.3) |
H.F. 1068 |
Hanson, J. |
A bill for an act relating to education; making permanent the temporary priorities for basic sliding fee child care. |
H.F. 1070 |
Pryor |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing career and technical revenue. |
H.F. 1082 |
Sencer-Mura |
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for participation in athletic teams. |
H.F. 1086 |
Wiens |
A bill for an act relating to education; including elementary counseling services for nonpublic pupils in nonpublic pupil aid. |
H.F. 1102 |
Clardy |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota Children’s Museum. |
H.F. 1108 |
Pérez-Vega |
A bill for an act relating to education; establishing education savings accounts; requiring rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes. |
H.F. 1109 |
Kresha |
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; appropriating money. |
H.F. 1118 |
Hudson |
A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the number of heritage language and culture teachers. |
H.F. 1137 |
Sencer-Mura |
A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program for a teacher residency grant. |
H.F. 1138 |
Sencer-Mura |
A bill for an act relating to early childhood; making changes to the early learning scholarships program; appropriating money. |
H.F. 1142 |
Coulter |
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for including suicide prevention information on student identification cards. |
H.F. 1151 |
Hill |
A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a parent to opt their child out of a face covering requirement. |
H.F. 1157 |
Knudsen |
A bill for an act relating to education; allowing postsecondary enrollment in summer courses. |
H.F. 1173 |
Heintzeman |
A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage for special education school social work services. |
H.F. 1175 |
Youakim |
A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing requirement to retire type III vehicles after 12 years. |
H.F. 1178 |
Brand |
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a postsecondary institution to notify a school of student withdrawal; requiring a student to provide a school with a copy of grades taken for secondary credit. |
H.F. 1187 |
Gillman |
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring high school students to complete the FAFSA or state financial aid application. requiring the commissioners of the Office of Higher Education and the Department of Education to establish a FAFSA working group. |
H.F. 1195 |
Feist |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying membership of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. |
H.F. 1203 |
Hill |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the world’s best workforce performance measures. |
H.F. 1220 |
Clardy |
A bill for an act relating to education; making changes to tiered licensure. |
H.F. 1224 |
Hill |
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. |
H.F. 1242 |
Baker |
A bill for an act relating to education; removing barriers to teacher licensure. |
H.F. 1257 |
Hill |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; eliminating an obsolete general education transition aid date. |
H.F. 1259 |
Youakim |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying hours of instruction requirements and e-learning requirements; allowing districts to offer full-time online instruction. |
H.F. 1267 |
Clardy |
A bill for an act relating to education; making changes to teacher licensure and teacher preparation programs. |
H.F. 1268 |
Hill |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for prekindergarten through grade 12 including general education accountability and transparency, education excellence, American Indian education, charter schools, discipline, teachers, special education, and early learning; requiring reports. |
H.F. 1269 |
Pryor |
Senate Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
Summary | Bill Number | Author |
A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying teacher shortage loan forgiveness eligibility to include nonpublic schools. |
S.F. 909 |
Westrom |
A bill for an act relating to transportation; governing policy provisions on school-related active transportation. |
S.F. 911 |
Morrison |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating due process special education aid for school districts. |
S.F. 920 |
Gustafson |
A bill for an act relating to labor; restricting public union release time. |
S.F. 931 |
Lucero |
A bill for an act relating to education; restricting male student participation in female athletics; restricting male access to female changing facilities; providing criminal penalties. |
S.F. 934 |
Lucero |
A bill for an act relating to education; creating education savings accounts as a learning option for students; appropriating money. |
S.F. 939 |
Lucero |
A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing permitted and trained school staff to carry firearms. |
S.F. 942 |
Lucero |
A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, section 1; allowing owners of agricultural land, real property that is both nonhomesteaded and noncommercial, or small business property to vote on levy or bond referendums where the property is located |
S.F. 945 |
Lucero |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; funding transportation for area learning center students. |
S.F. 962 |
Seeberger |
A bill for an act relating to education; establishing education savings accounts; requiring rules. |
S.F. 1000 |
Rarick |
A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain agreements for nonpublic pupil transportation services. |
S.F. 1012 |
Duckworth |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying charter school admission requirements. |
S.F. 1024 |
Maye Quade |
A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance coverage for special education school social work service. |
S.F. 1028 |
Frentz |
A bill for an act relating to Minnesota State High School League; modifying the governing board membership. |
S.F. 1031 |
Cwodzinski |
A bill for an act relating to transportation; repealing requirement to retire type III vehicles after 12 years. |
S.F. 1032 |
Jasinski |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying student admission provisions. |
S.F. 1047 |
Mohamed |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying charter school admission lotteries. |
S.F. 1061 |
Jasinski |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing career and technical revenue. |
S.F. 1080 |
Hauschild |
A bill for an act relating to education; delaying review of physical education standards. |
S.F. 1090 |
Cwodzinski |
A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the K-12 education expense subtraction and credit; extending the credit to tuition; increasing the subtraction and credit amounts; increasing the income phaseout for the credit; adjusting the credit and subtraction amounts and credit phaseout thresholds for inflation. |
S.F. 1122 |
Eichorn |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Minnesota Center for the Book programming. |
S.F. 1196 |
Seeberger |
A bill for an act relating to education; amending standards for restrictive procedures and seclusion. |
S.F. 1200 |
Oumou Verbeten |
House and Senate Elections Bill Introductions
A bill for an act relating to elections; judicial offices; repealing requirement that the term incumbent be printed next to the incumbent candidate’s name on the ballot. |
S.F. 932 |
Lucero |
A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a voter identification card; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and school districts from accepting certain contributions for election expenses. |
S.F. 970 |
Rasmusson |
A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote. prohibiting counties, municipalities, and school districts from accepting certain contributions for election expenses. |
H.F. 1251 |
Heintzeman |