Bill > HF914

This bill allows school districts in Minnesota to request and access the personnel files of prospective teachers who are currently employed by another Minnesota school district, despite existing data privacy laws (specifically section 13.43). When a district schedules an interview with a prospective teacher, they may request the teacher's current employing district to provide their personnel file for inspection. The employing district is required to make the file available and must notify the teacher that their personnel file has been requested. Importantly, the bill includes a protection for prospective teachers by explicitly stating that the hiring district cannot use the contents of the personnel file as a reason to cancel a previously scheduled interview. This bill appears designed to provide hiring districts with more comprehensive information about potential teaching candidates while maintaining some safeguards for the teachers' privacy and interview opportunities.

Education, Justice

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0914&ssn=0&y=2025