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This bill modifies several provisions related to education innovation in Minnesota, focusing on enhancing learning opportunities and flexibility for school districts. The bill amends existing laws to encourage school districts to provide diverse learning programs such as magnet schools, language immersion, project-based learning, career and technical education, and place-based learning. It modifies the P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) approval process by shifting the authority from the commissioner of education to local school boards, removing the requirement for commissioner approval of P-TECH plans. The bill also expands the Innovation Zones program, allowing school districts and charter schools more latitude to implement innovative educational models, such as personalized learning, competency-based outcomes, multidisciplinary approaches, and new partnerships with postsecondary institutions and employers. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for recodifying and reorganizing Education Innovation statutes, moving relevant sections to a new chapter (124F) without changing their substantive meaning. A key underlying goal of these changes is to provide educators and school districts with more flexibility to design educational programs that better prepare students for 21st-century challenges and opportunities.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1435&ssn=0&y=2025