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This bill mandates that school districts must identify gifted and talented students, develop programs and services for them, and provide staff development, moving from a discretionary "may" to a mandatory "must" in these areas, and requires universal screening for all students in targeted grades, using multiple, objective, valid, and reliable assessments that are fair and sensitive to underrepresented groups, with the commissioner of education to approve screening instruments and procedures by July 1, 2027, and school districts will be required to report their expenditures on gifted and talented programs to the commissioner. Furthermore, the bill requires school districts to adopt procedures for academic acceleration and early admission for gifted students, including criteria for single-subject and grade acceleration, and encourages integration with a multi-tiered system of support framework, while also mandating ongoing professional development for staff and at least twice-yearly evaluations of program effectiveness. The commissioner will also be required to include participation in gifted and talented programs, including specific details on identification, acceleration, and expenditures, in the state's school performance reports, and the revenue allocated for gifted and talented programs will be increased from $13 per adjusted pupil unit to an unspecified amount, with specific appropriations made to the Department of Education for general education aid to support these enhanced requirements.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3715/