Committee

Minnesota House Education Policy Committee

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
HF6 Read Act modified, appropriations cancelled; education innovation provisions modified; P-TECH approval process modified; Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified; school performance reporting system established, fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to not comply with recently enacted state laws or rules. In Committee 02/06/2025
HF12 Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex. In Committee 02/06/2025
HF15 Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, school security systems grants created, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/06/2025
HF19 Education savings accounts established, and rules required. In Committee 02/06/2025
HF22 Parent's bill of rights created. In Committee 02/06/2025
HF29 Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF58 Teaching of racist or sexist concepts prohibited, and private rights of action created. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF59 Notice of violent school incidents to teachers and each student's parents required, and retaliation for reporting prohibited. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF60 Teacher licensure requirements modified, professional development on dyslexia required, and rulemaking required. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF61 Requirements for students with mental illness modified, mental health instruction required, youth sports program training on mental illness and suicide prevention provided, and requirements of the statewide plan on restrictive procedures modified. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF62 References to statutes governing student attendance provided. Crossed Over 02/10/2025
HF63 School board membership requirements modified, and school board membership expanded to include student members. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF64 Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; and equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF65 Authority to adopt rules implementing statewide health standards repealed, and certain funds cancelled. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF69 City, town, and school district general elections required to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year; cities of the first class permitted to choose between even-numbered or odd-numbered year; and orderly transition plans required. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF101 Parent contact information prohibited from being designated as publicly available directory information. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF273 Student Religious Liberties Act established. In Committee 02/10/2025
HF396 Requirements for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF397 Annual curriculum audit required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF405 Skills path program established for employment-based training. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF412 Members of the legislative committees on education policy and education finance required to observe a teacher or administrator each year, house and senate required to adopt rules, and report required. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF447 Postsecondary enrollment in summer courses allowed. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF514 Kindergarten through grade 3 student dismissal limitations modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF516 Teacher shortage reporting requirements modified, and report required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF517 Student bullying policy requirements modified. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF518 American Indian mascot prohibition repealed. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF519 American Indian mascot requirement exemption amended. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF564 Certain material prohibited in school libraries. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF565 Student physical privacy provided. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF585 Teachers licensed in another state provisions modified to allow teaching in Minnesota. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF630 Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extended. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF735 Shared time pupils definition expanded. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF744 Professional development requirements modified for Read Act implementation. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF751 Parental notification of adverse incidents required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF775 School districts required to adopt policies and processes to assist parents who require language assistance, and reasonable accommodations for parents of children with disabilities required. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF783 Resident charter school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF784 All resident home school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF785 Resident nonpublic school pupils allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. In Committee 02/13/2025
HF802 Required mathematics academic standards and credit requirements modified. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF877 Read Act amended, and appropriations cancelled. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF892 Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF899 Prohibition on American Indian mascots modified, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF914 School districts allowed to access personnel files of prospective teachers from their employing districts. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF957 Mandate relief for school districts provided, certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to opt out of compliance with certain recently enacted state laws or rules. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF966 School districts allowed to donate surplus schoolbooks. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF988 Reporting of student fights provided. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1018 Parent rights established in education of their child, and constitutional amendment proposed. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1020 Developmental delay age limit working group established, and report required. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1030 Student attendance reporting required. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1052 Student discipline provisions modified. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1053 Reenrollment after student withdrawal from school encouraged, and notification and resources required for the family of an unenrolled child. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1054 Student attendance data reporting required in school performance reports. In Committee 02/17/2025
HF1124 School year allowed to start before Labor Day for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years only. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1128 Public high schools required to participate in the direct admissions program. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1147 School-age care programs authorized to provide services to eligible prekindergarten students. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1149 Physical and sexual abuse education required. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1171 Minnesota math corps program mission modified, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1175 Cardiac emergency response plans required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/19/2025
HF1284 School district noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1306 Education policy bill. In Committee 02/20/2025
HF1381 Out-of-field permissions exempted from limit on renewals. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1413 Education attendance reporting requirements modified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1418 Teacher licensure provisions modified, grant programs transferred from Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education, reports required, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1435 Education innovation provided, innovation zone provisions modified, P-TECH approval process modified, and Education Innovation recodified and reorganized. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1436 Student discipline provisions modified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1457 Construction of schools near former landfills prohibited. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1467 Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library; responsibility for the library moved from the Department of Education to the Department of Employment and Economic Development. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1490 High school graduation requirements clarified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1491 Evidence-based education grant goals clarified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1492 Student academic achievement and improvement provisions clarified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1493 Student career and college readiness provisions clarified. In Committee 02/24/2025
HF1515 Personal learning plans required to include interventions. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1549 American Indian drumming in public schools allowed. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1607 Hours of instruction requirements modified. In Committee 02/26/2025
HF1641 High school students allowed to possess opiate antagonists. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1719 Students allowed to complete state assessments remotely, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1736 Early childhood literacy pilot programs established, and money appropriated. In Committee 02/27/2025
HF1771 Learning with music program grant provided, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1803 Individualized education program requirements modified, and rulemaking required. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1811 Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1827 Service animal support allowed in schools. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1839 Diversity, equity, and inclusion provisions in prekindergarten through grade 12 education repealed. In Committee 03/03/2025
HF1901 School safety provisions modified, anonymous threat reporting system grants provided for schools, active shooter incidents and active shooter threats reporting required, Minnesota Fusion Center reporting modified, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1928 Due process time for special education forms and procedures required, due process aid established, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/05/2025
HF1959 Teacher preparation program grant eligibility modified. In Committee 03/06/2025
HF1962 American Indian education aid requirement removed. In Committee 03/06/2025
HF1979 Full-service community schools provisions modified, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/06/2025
HF1982 Active transportation safety training deadlines eliminated. Crossed Over 03/06/2025
HF2023 Overdose prevention education required in substance use model program. Crossed Over 03/10/2025
HF2067 Student attendance provisions modified, reporting requirements modified, and notification procedures for student absences and reenrollment modified. Crossed Over 03/10/2025
HF2074 Teaching standards of effective practice reinstated. In Committee 03/10/2025
HF2088 Annual reporting on school resource officer contracts required. In Committee 03/10/2025
HF2194 MTSS and COMPASS framework codified from session law to statutes. In Committee 03/12/2025
HF2239 Education; certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 authorized. In Committee 03/12/2025
HF2326 Safe and supportive schools programming requirements modified. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2327 Access to culturally inclusive learning environments protected. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2353 Health standards required to include organ donation education. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2355 Sexually transmitted diseases school district education program requirements modified. In Committee 03/13/2025
HF2372 Civic seal designation for high school students provided. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2376 Pilot program established to improve educational outcomes, safety, and accountability for students with disabilities; reports required; and money appropriated. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2377 Access to relationship-building and de-escalation training in schools required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2469 Nationally recognized college entrance exam administration allowed. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2477 Cricket; MSHSL required to sanction cricket as a high school sport. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2483 School administrators board reporting requirements modified. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2487 Healthy aging and dementia education encouraged. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2489 Epinephrine access in schools requirements modified. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2491 School health advisory committee established. In Committee 03/17/2025
HF2516 Cell phone use in schools restricted, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2544 Dual Enrollment Task Force established, report required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/20/2025
HF2685 Athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth required. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2738 Microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English learner programs established, English learner revenue formula modified to provide additional revenue for a student with limited or interrupted formal education, English learner staff ratio reporting created, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2743 Office of the Inspector General provisions modified; access to records provided; data classified; immunity and confidentiality in reporting or participating in an investigation provided; process for notice, appeal, and withholding of payments established; and fraud, theft, waste, and abuse definitions modified. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF2764 Public schools required to offer plant-based meal options. In Committee 03/24/2025
HF2864 Teacher licensure requirements related to the Read Act modified. In Committee 03/26/2025
HF2893 Education; recess detention modified. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF2899 Fully funded summer school program created, voluntary integration and inclusion program established, voluntary metro-wide intersdistrict integration program established, diverse magnet school program established, minimum pay for teachers required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF2905 Computer science grants established, local computer science standards encouraged, rulemaking required, and money appropriated. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF2923 Minnesota State High School League required to contract for catastrophic accident insurance, catastrophic injury payments required, and subtraction from income provided. In Committee 03/27/2025
HF3067 Paraprofessional qualifications defined. In Committee 04/02/2025
HF3120 Commissioner of education directed to amend the state's accountability plan. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF3122 Parental curriculum review provisions clarified. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF3132 School districts encouraged to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF3134 CPR and AED instruction provisions modified to include the Health and Safety Institute. In Committee 04/07/2025
HF3170 Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex. In Committee 04/10/2025
HF3218 E-learning day requirements modified, and terms and conditions of employment for school employees modified. In Committee 04/21/2025
HF3219 mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act; mRNA injections and products designated as weapons of mass destruction, and mRNA injections and products prohibited. In Committee 04/21/2025
HF3221 Legislative study group established to study graduation requirements, reports required, and money appropriated. In Committee 04/22/2025
HF3231 Charter school authorizer provisions modified. In Committee 04/23/2025
HF3262 Student teacher placement within 30 miles of their preferred location or school site required, teacher candidate performance assessment requirements removed, and rulemaking required. In Committee 04/28/2025
HF3287 Open Meeting Law; classification of school district superintendent and school principal applicant data as private authorized, and closed meetings for school district superintendent and school principal interviews authorized. In Committee 05/01/2025
HF3306 Water safety instruction required in health curriculum. In Committee 05/07/2025
HF3311 Definition of gifted and talented students clarified. In Committee 05/09/2025
HF3328 Department of Education required to bring awareness of library services for blind and print disabled persons. In Committee 05/15/2025
SF334 Read Act implementation professional development requirements modification Crossed Over 02/13/2025