House Bill Introductions – February 10, 2022
The following bills were introduced by the Minnesota House of Representatives on February 10, 2022. We hope that you monitor these posts, as it keeps you updated and informed about the bills under consideration that may impact school boards and school districts across the state. Whether it is a new mandate, or more/less funding for certain programs it is important for you to know how these bills may impact your district.
House Education Finance and Policy Bill Introductions
| Bill Number | Summary | Author |
H.F. 3224 |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing long-term facilities maintenance revenue; increasing local optional revenue; providing enhanced debt service equalization aid for consolidating school districts; reducing school district property taxes; increasing equalization aids for school formulas; appropriating money | Huot |
H.F. 3231 |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying teacher licensure provisions; modifying Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board composition; authorizing rulemaking; making technical changes | Frazier |
H.F. 3232 |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; eliminating an average age of buildings index from the operating capital formula; modifying the long-term facilities maintenance revenue age index for school districts adding square footage; authorizing flexibility for the use of long-term facilities maintenance revenue; increasing the long-term facilities maintenance levy equalizing factor to keep the statewide levy impact unchanged | Marquart |
H.F. 3243 |
A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a computer science education foundational blueprint to support the statewide expansion of computer science education; requiring a task force; appropriating money. | Davnie |
H.F. 3251 |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying charter school admission requirements | Richardson |
H.F. 3260 |
A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting malicious and sadistic conduct involving race, religion, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and sexual exploitation | Hanson, J. |
H.F. 3261 |
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a reading proficiency goal; temporarily suspending the world’s best workforce; requiring a report | Erickson |
H.F. 3265 |
A bill for an act relating to education; modifying lead testing and remediation requirements in schools; modifying long-term facilities revenue; requiring a report; appropriating money | Howard |
H.F. 3272 |
A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to expand executive function curriculum; requiring a report. | Kotyza-Witthuhn |
H.F. 3276 |
A bill for an act relating to health; modifying exemptions from immunization requirements for children in child care facilities and students in schools and postsecondary educational institutions | Bennett |
H.F. 3290 |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the deposit of certain proceeds of rental income for the Minnesota State Academies | Daniels |
H.F. 3295 |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for a more complete count of low-income students; appropriating money | Bernardy |
H.F. 3300 |
A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for Language Essentials for Teaching of Reading and Spelling grants. | Edelson |
H.F. 3301 |
A bill for an act relating to education; requiring factual and objective instruction aligned to curriculum standards. | Gruenhagen |
Other Bill Introductions of Interest
| Bill Number | Summary | Author |
H.F. 3213 |
A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for additional school safety specialists. | Poston |
Human Resources Bill Introductions
| Bill Number | Summary | Author |
H.F. 3214 |
A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting the establishment of vaccine requirements; providing certain exceptions | Bennett |
H.F. 3238 |
A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; replenishing the unemployment trust fund; repaying interest; modifying the base tax rate for calendar year 2022; eliminating the special assessment and additional assessment for calendar year 2022; appropriating money | Noor |
H.F. 3246 |
A bill for an act relating to unemployment; clarifying pension offset | Kotyza-Witthuhn |
H.F. 3266 |
A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; reinstating segmented annuities and providing for retroactive implementation | Bahr |