The following bills were introduced by the Minnesota House of Representatives on March 14, 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
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Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to education; requiring due process forms and procedures time for teachers |
Edelson |
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A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a school district’s American Indian education aid to carry over from one school year to the next under certain circumstances |
Scott |
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A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for supplemental aid for school facility construction |
Lislegard |
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A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; creating the Small Schools and Cooperative Facilities Grant Act; authorizing facility grants to isolated small school districts; establishing an account in the special revenue fund for certain grants; modifying school district property tax bases; providing that school district bonded debt authorizations approved after June 30, 2025, be levied against referendum market value; enhancing the debt service equalization aid program; appropriating money |
Drazkowski |
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A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school-sponsored sports teams be designated by biological sex |
Gruenhagen |
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A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Groves Learning Organization to increase literacy proficiency; requiring a report |
Youakim |
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A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for supplemental funding for prekindergarten through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for general education, education excellence, teachers, special education, facilities, nutrition and libraries, early childhood, community education, and state agencies; requiring reports; appropriating money |
Davnie |
Other Bill Introductions of Interest
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Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting geolocation and smartphone monitoring of another in certain circumstances; providing a cause of action to individuals when geolocation information and other smartphone data has been recorded or shared |
Robbins |
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A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; clarifying various pooling provisions; clarifying administrative expense limitations; expanding the application of violations and remedies |
Youakim |
Human Resources Bill Introductions
| Bill Number |
Summary |
Author |
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A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System plans, Public Employees Retirement Association plans, Teachers Retirement Association, Minnesota state higher education individual retirement account plan, and St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; increasing postretirement adjustment rates; temporarily reducing employee contribution rates; reducing the investment rate of return actuarial assumption; increasing and extending direct state aid to the public employees police and fire retirement plan, the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, and the judges retirement plan; appropriating money |
Murphy |
