Bill > SF3811

This bill prohibits public schools from providing classroom instruction or discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity to students in kindergarten through 8th grade, starting with the 2026-2027 school year, and requires the commissioner of education to provide guidelines for enforcement. It also mandates that schools notify parents or guardians about changes in a student's services or monitoring related to their health and well-being, and requires parental written permission before administering well-being questionnaires or health screening forms to younger students, reinforcing parents' fundamental rights in their child's upbringing and control. Furthermore, the bill establishes a grant program administered by the commissioner of natural resources, appropriating $1,000,000 for the 2027 fiscal year to help school districts and tribal schools incorporate firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling into their physical education courses, with a report on the program's activities and outcomes due by January 15, 2027.

Education

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/3811/