Bill Introductions for January 9-13, 2023
The following education-related bills were introduced in the Minnesota Legislature during the second 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.
Scroll below to view this week’s bills or download individual spreadsheets for the House and Senate.
Bill Introductions for January 9-13, 2023
H.F. 118-336
S.F. 51-286
Senate Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
| Summary | Bill Number | Author |
| A bill for an act relating to education; establishing student support personnel aid; appropriating money. |
S.F. 56 |
Hoffman |
| A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for additional school safety specialists at the Minnesota School Safety Center. |
S.F. 65 |
Draheim |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; lowering the property tax levy share and increasing the state aid share of operating referendum revenue for qualifying special school districts; appropriating money. |
S.F. 100 |
Klein |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing referendum equalization aid for certain special schools; appropriating money. |
S.F. 101 |
Klein |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 191, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage. |
S.F. 132 |
Port |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for small school district disability access grants. |
S.F. 237 |
Draheim |
| A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a school bus safety education campaign. |
S.F. 243 |
Draheim |
| 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. |
S.F. 286 |
Morrison |
| A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the Office of Juvenile Restorative Justice; requiring local steering committees to establish local juvenile restorative justice programs; establishing grants; requiring reports; appropriating money. |
S.F. 55 |
Champion |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing educational data sharing with Tribal nations about Tribally enrolled or descendent students. |
S.F.60 |
Kunesh |
| A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting dismissals of students in kindergarten through grade 3; appropriating money. |
S.F. 69 |
Mann |
| A bill for an act relating to families; creating a parent’s bill of rights. |
S.F.76 |
Gruenhagen |
| A joint resolution relating to Religious Freedom Day. |
S.F. 85 |
Marty |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for reporting of student fights. |
S.F. 86 |
Koran |
| A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing permitted and trained school staff to carry firearms. |
S.F. 90 |
Koran |
| A bill for an act relating to holiday observances; requiring school observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day; establishing Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a state holiday and eliminating Christopher Columbus Day as a state holiday. |
S.F. 104 |
Kunesh |
| A bill for an act relating to pupil transportation; requiring seat belts on newly purchased school buses. |
S.F. 122 |
Rest |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for school lunch and breakfast for all students. |
S.F. 123 |
Gustafson |
| 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. |
S.F. 182 |
Gruenhagen |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for nonexclusionary discipline. |
S.F. 183 |
Maye Quade |
| A bill for an act relating to education; removing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board’s rulemaking authority; directing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to amend a rule. |
S.F. 205 |
Pratt |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for equal access to school athletic teams and facilities. |
S.F. 206 |
Port |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing resident nonpublic school pupils to participate in extracurricular activities. |
S.F. 216 |
Eichorn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing resident charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities. |
S.F. 223 |
Eichorn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing all resident home school students to participate in extracurricular activities. |
S.F.224 |
Eichorn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school boards to publish certain information about consulting fees. |
S.F. 239 |
Draheim |
| A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring school buses to be equipped with stop-signal arm extensions. |
S.F. 241 |
Draheim |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring an online personal finance class for high school graduation. |
S.F. 242 |
Draheim |
| A bill for an act relating to data practices; requiring interagency group meetings to be open to the public. |
S.F. 262 |
Green |
Senate Human Resources Bill Introductions
| A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; extending the payment period for the purchase of service credit for periods of military service. |
S.F. 208 |
Howe |
Senate Grant Program Bill Introductions
| A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying child care stabilization base grants; appropriating money. |
S.F. 53 |
Wicklund |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; promoting digital well-being education and training for the health, mental well-being, and learning of all Minnesota students as it relates to the use of digital media; appropriating money for a Minnesota-based organization that collaborates with communities to promote digital well-being. |
S.F. 163 |
Morrison |
| A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the safe routes to school grant program. |
S.F. 283 |
Nelson |
Senate-Other Bills of Note
| A bill for an act relating to cannabis; establishing the Office of Cannabis Management; establishing advisory councils; legalizing and limiting the possession and use of cannabis by adults; providing for the licensing, inspection, and regulation of cannabis businesses; establishing labor standards for the use of cannabis by employees and testing of employees. |
S.F. 73 |
Port |
| A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the Minnesota Youth Advisory Council. |
S.F. 194 |
Cwodzinski |
House Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 191, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage. |
H.F. 180 |
Hanson, J. |
| A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for teacher and school staff training in dangerous situations in schools and to provide teachers and school staff with firearms. |
H.F. 256 |
Quam |
| 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; appropriating money. |
H.F. 336 |
Kozlowski |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing educational data sharing with Tribal nations about Tribally enrolled or descendent students. |
H.F. 133 |
Becker-Finn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring reasonable accommodations for parents of children with disabilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes. |
H.F.142 |
Freiberg |
| A bill for an act relating to education; integrating service-learning into Minnesota’s education system; establishing an evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program; requiring reports; appropriating money. |
H.F. 160 |
Freiberg |
| A bill for an act relating to education; requiring commissioner of education to develop a model program for sexual health education; requiring a report. |
H.F. 174 |
Jordan |
| A bill for an act relating to pupil transportation; requiring seat belts on newly purchased school buses. |
H.F. 182 |
Freiberg |
| A bill for an act relating to local government; amending the conditions for participation in an open meeting from a nonpublic location. |
H.F. 198 |
Koegel |
| A bill for an act relating to holiday observances; requiring school observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day; establishing Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a state holiday and eliminating Christopher Columbus Day as a state holiday. |
H.F. 211 |
Keeler |
| A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIII, section 1; providing for a fundamental right to quality public education for all children. |
H.F. 242 |
Kresha |
| A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting certain material in school libraries. |
H.F. 248 |
Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to education; providing for nonexclusionary discipline. |
H.F. 271 |
Edelson |
| A joint resolution relating to Religious Freedom Day. |
H.F. 275 |
Freiberg |
| 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; appropriating money. |
H.F. 320 |
Hassan |
| A bill for an act relating to government data practices; limiting the educational data that may be designated as publicly available directory information; allowing private educational data to be shared with government entities having a legitimate education interest in the data. |
H.F. 321 |
Becker-Finn |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing resident charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities. |
H.F. 324 |
Heintzeman |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing all resident home school students to participate in extracurricular activities. |
H.F. 325 |
Heintzeman |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing resident nonpublic school pupils to participate in extracurricular activities. |
H.F.326 |
Heintzeman |
House Human Resources Bill Introductions
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying short-call substitute teacher requirements. |
H.F. 143 |
Mueller |
| A bill for an act relating to unemployment; modifying notice requirements. |
H.F. 157 |
Feist |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for interpreters. |
H.F. 170 |
Becker-Finn |
| 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. |
H.F. 219 |
Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to labor; restricting public union release time. |
H.F. 254 |
Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to education; allowing school districts to access personnel files of prospective teachers from their employing districts. |
H.F. 331 |
Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to public employment; repealing authority for exclusive representatives to charge fair share fees. |
H.F. 332 |
Quam |
| A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provisions for teachers licensed in another state to teach in Minnesota. |
H.F. 333 |
Quam |
House Elections Bill Introductions
| A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying prohibitions on soliciting at or near a polling place. |
H.F. 205 |
Bahner |
House Grant Program Bill Introductions
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; promoting digital well-being education and training for the health, mental well-being, and learning of all Minnesota students as it relates to the use of digital media; appropriating money for a Minnesota-based organization that collaborates with communities to promote digital well-being. |
H.F. 192 |
Feist |
| A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants for emergency medical services courses for high school students. |
H.F. 193 |
Huot |
| 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. |
H.F. 203 |
Berg |
House Other Bills of Note
| A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing the Minnesota Youth Advisory Council. |
H.F. 158 |
Feist |
