1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; district grading policies; statewide assessments;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.06.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.06, is amended to read:
1.6 	123B.06 EVALUATION OF PUPIL GROWTH AND PROGRESS; PERMANENT 
1.7 	RECORDS.
1.8 	(a) Each school district shall must provide a testing program for the purpose of measuring 
1.9 	pupil growth and for curriculum evaluation, as well as a system for grading and making 
1.10 	reports to parents. Each district shall must develop an appropriate program of pupil progress 
1.11 	and promotion for its elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Each district shall must
1.12 	keep accurate and complete individual, permanent, cumulative personal records for all 
1.13 	pupils.
1.14 	(b) Each school district must post its grading policy on its website or provide parents a 
1.15 	copy of the grading policy at the beginning of each school year.
1.16 	(c) Each school district must post on its website the percentage of students receiving 
1.17 	each grade in a course, reported by subject area. For each grade level and subject area in 
1.18 	which a school district administers a statewide assessment under section 120B.30, each 
1.19 	school district must post on its website the percentage of students at each achievement level, 
1.20 	as determined by the statewide assessment proficiency standards.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.