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HF 651

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/09/2023 10:51am

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A bill for an act
relating to education; requiring a personal finance class for high school graduation;
establishing a personal finance seal for teacher licensure; authorizing rulemaking;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.024,
subdivision 1; 122A.09, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 122A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Required academic standards.

(a) The following subject areas are
required for statewide accountability:

(1) language arts;

(2) mathematics;

(3) science;

(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and
citizenship that includes civics consistent with section 120B.02, subdivision 3;

(5) physical education;

(6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as
determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least
three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and
visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the
following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual artsdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (8) personal finance.
new text end

(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts,
mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students
with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education
program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An
individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish
alternative standards.

(c) The department must adopt the most recent SHAPE America (Society of Health and
Physical Educators) kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks for physical
education as the required physical education academic standards. The department may
modify and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The modification
and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national standards. The
department must make available sample assessments, which school districts may use as an
alternative to local assessments, to assess students' mastery of the physical education
standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.

(d) A school district may include child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health
curriculum, consistent with paragraph (a), clause (6). Child sexual abuse prevention
instruction may include age-appropriate instruction on recognizing sexual abuse and assault,
boundary violations, and ways offenders groom or desensitize victims, as well as strategies
to promote disclosure, reduce self-blame, and mobilize bystanders. A school district may
provide instruction under this paragraph in a variety of ways, including at an annual assembly
or classroom presentation. A school district may also provide parents information on the
warning signs of child sexual abuse and available resources.

(e) District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a
result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 120B.11,
and 120B.20.

new text begin (f) The department must adopt the most recent national standards for personal finance
adopted by the Jump$tart Coalition and the Council for Economic Education.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120B.024, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Graduation requirements.

(a) Students deleted text begin beginning 9th grade in the
2011-2012 school year and later
deleted text end must successfully complete the following high school level
credits for graduation:

(1) four credits of language arts sufficient to satisfy all of the academic standards in
English language arts;

(2) three credits of mathematics, including an algebra II credit or its equivalent, sufficient
to satisfy all of the academic standards in mathematics;

(3) an algebra I credit by the end of 8th grade sufficient to satisfy all of the 8th grade
standards in mathematics;

(4) three credits of science, including at least one credit of biology, one credit of chemistry
or physics, and one elective credit of science. The combination of credits under this clause
must be sufficient to satisfy (i) all of the academic standards in either chemistry or physics
and (ii) all other academic standards in science;

(5) three and one-half credits of social studies, encompassing at least United States
history, geography, government and citizenship, world history, and economics sufficient
to satisfy all of the academic standards in social studies;

(6) one credit of the arts sufficient to satisfy all of the state or local academic standards
in the arts; and

(7) a minimum of seven elective credits.

(b) A school district is encouraged to offer a course for credit in government and
citizenship to 11th or 12th grade students who begin 9th grade in the 2020-2021 school year
and later, that satisfies the government and citizenship requirement in paragraph (a), clause
(5).

new text begin (c) Students who begin 9th grade in the 2024-2025 school year and later must successfully
complete a half-credit in personal finance sufficient to satisfy all of the academic standards
in personal finance. A student may choose to have the half-credit replace an elective
half-credit or algebra II math half-credit. A teacher of a personal finance course that satisfies
the graduation requirement, if the half-credit replaces an elective or algebra II math
half-credit, must:
new text end

new text begin (1) have a teaching license in agricultural education, business, family and consumer
science, social studies, or math, and satisfy the requirements under section 122A.265; or
new text end

new text begin (2) have a teaching license, have an out-of-field permission, and meet the requirements
for a seal under section 122A.265.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2023.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules.

(a)
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules subject to the
provisions of chapter 14 to implement sections 120B.363, 122A.05 to 122A.09, 122A.092,
122A.16, 122A.17, 122A.18, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, 122A.184, 122A.185,
122A.187, 122A.188, 122A.20, 122A.21, 122A.23, 122A.26,new text begin 122A.265,new text end 122A.28, and
122A.29.

(b) The board must adopt rules relating to fields of licensure, including a process for
granting permission to a licensed teacher to teach in a field that is different from the teacher's
field of licensure without change to the teacher's license tier level.

(c) The board must adopt rules relating to the grade levels that a licensed teacher may
teach.

(d) If a rule adopted by the board is in conflict with a session law or statute, the law or
statute prevails. Terms adopted in rule must be clearly defined and must not be construed
to conflict with terms adopted in statute or session law.

(e) The board must include a description of a proposed rule's probable effect on teacher
supply and demand in the board's statement of need and reasonableness under section 14.131.

(f) The board must adopt rules only under the specific statutory authority.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 4.

new text begin [122A.265] PERSONAL FINANCE SEAL.
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new text begin (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules
establishing a personal finance seal for teachers that hold a teaching license issued under
this chapter. The rules must require a teacher to provide evidence that:
new text end

new text begin (1) the teacher prepared for teaching a personal finance course when completing a teacher
preparation program and taught the course in the previous five years; or
new text end

new text begin (2) passed an approved certification program or test listed under paragraph (c).
new text end

new text begin (b) The board may identify in rule additional eligible programs or test that a candidate
may complete or pass to obtain the seal.
new text end

new text begin (c) A teacher may satisfy the training requirements for the seal by providing evidence
that the teacher:
new text end

new text begin (1) completed a course in personal or consumer finance as part of the teacher's teacher
preparation program and taught a personal finance course in the previous five years;
new text end

new text begin (2) completed a certification course equivalent to 40 to 50 hours offered by the Minnesota
Council on Economic Education, or collaboratively by the Minnesota Council on Economic
Education and Next Gen Personal Finance;
new text end

new text begin (3) obtained a certification from the American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences in personal and family financial education; or
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new text begin (4) obtained a test-based certification in personal finance through Working in Support
of Education.
new text end

new text begin (d) A personal finance seal is valid for five years. The board must adopt rules requiring
a teacher to complete professional development in personal finance instruction equivalent
to one hour per year to renew the seal, and provide the board satisfactory evidence of
completing the additional preparation.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end