1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for supplemental funding for prekindergarten 
1.3 	through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for general education, education 
1.4 	excellence, the Read Act, American Indian education, teachers, charter schools, 
1.5 	special education, school facilities, school nutrition and libraries, early childhood 
1.6 	education, and state agencies; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; 
1.7 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.321, by 
1.8 	adding a subdivision; 120A.41; 122A.415, by adding a subdivision; 122A.73, 
1.9 	subdivision 4; 124D.093, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 124D.19, subdivision 8; 124D.957, 
1.10 	subdivision 1; 124E.22; 126C.05, subdivision 15; 126C.10, subdivision 13a; 
1.11 	127A.45, subdivisions 12, 13, 14a; 127A.51; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, 
1.12 	sections 120B.018, subdivision 6; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 120B.024, 
1.13 	subdivision 1; 120B.1117; 120B.1118, subdivisions 7, 10, by adding a subdivision; 
1.14 	120B.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 4a; 120B.123, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 7, by 
1.15 	adding a subdivision; 120B.124, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 
1.16 	121A.642; 122A.415, subdivision 4; 122A.73, subdivisions 2, 3; 122A.77, 
1.17 	subdivisions 1, 2; 123B.92, subdivision 11; 124D.111, subdivision 3; 124D.151, 
1.18 	subdivision 6; 124D.165, subdivisions 3, 6; 124D.42, subdivision 8; 124D.65, 
1.19 	subdivision 5; 124D.81, subdivision 2b; 124D.901, subdivision 3; 124D.98, 
1.20 	subdivision 5; 124D.995, subdivision 3; 124E.13, subdivision 1; 126C.10, 
1.21 	subdivisions 2e, 3, 3c, 13, 18a; 127A.21; 256B.0625, subdivision 26; 256B.0671, 
1.22 	by adding a subdivision; Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as 
1.23 	amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 6, 24; 
1.24 	Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivisions 2, as amended, 8; article 
1.25 	2, section 64, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended, 9, 14, 16, 31, 33; article 
1.26 	3, section 11, subdivisions 3, 4; article 5, sections 64, subdivisions 3, as amended, 
1.27 	5, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16; 65, subdivisions 3, 6, 7; article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, 
1.28 	as amended; article 8, section 19, subdivisions 5, 6, as amended; proposing coding 
1.29 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 123B; repealing Laws 2023, 
1.30 	chapter 55, article 10, section 4.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	GENERAL EDUCATION

2.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120A.41, is amended to read:
2.5 	120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
2.6 	(a) A school board's annual school calendar must include at least 425 hours of instruction 
2.7 	for a kindergarten student without a disability, 935 hours of instruction for a student in 
2.8 	grades 1 through 6, and 1,020 hours of instruction for a student in grades 7 through 12, not 
2.9 	including summer school. The school calendar for all-day kindergarten must include at least 
2.10 	850 hours of instruction for the school year. The school calendar for a prekindergarten 
2.11 	student under section 124D.151, if offered by the district, must include at least 350 hours 
2.12 	of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual calendar must include at least 
2.13 	165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through 11 unless a four-day week schedule 
2.14 	has been approved by the commissioner under section 124D.126.
2.15 	(b) A school board's annual school calendar may include plans for up to five days of 
2.16 	instruction provided through online instruction due to inclement weather. The inclement 
2.17 	weather plans must be developed according to section 120A.414.

2.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 123B.92, subdivision 11, is amended 
2.19 	to read:
2.20 		Subd. 11.Area learning center transportation aid. (a) A district or cooperative unit 
2.21 	that provides transportation of pupils to and from an area learning center program established 
2.22 	under section 123A.05 is eligible for state aid to reimburse the additional costs of 
2.23 	transportation during the preceding fiscal year.
2.24 	(b) A district or cooperative unit may apply to the commissioner of education for state 
2.25 	aid to reimburse the costs of transporting pupils who are enrolled in an area learning center 
2.26 	program established under section 123A.05 during the preceding fiscal year. The 
2.27 	commissioner shall develop the form and manner of applications for state aid, the criteria 
2.28 	to determine when transportation is necessary, and the accounting procedure to determine 
2.29 	excess costs. In determining aid amounts, the commissioner shall consider other revenue 
2.30 	received by the district or cooperative unit for transportation for area learning center purposes.
3.1 	(c) The total aid entitlement for this section is $1,000,000 each year. The commissioner 
3.2 	must prorate aid if this amount is insufficient to reimburse district costs for a district or 
3.3 	cooperative unit.

3.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aid for fiscal year 2025 and later.

3.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended 
3.6 	to read:
3.7 		Subd. 5.School district EL revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2024 through fiscal year 2026, 
3.8 	a district's English learner programs revenue equals the sum of:
3.9 	(1) the product of (i) $1,228, and (ii) the greater of 20 or the adjusted average daily 
3.10 	membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal 
3.11 	year; and
3.12 	(2) $436 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17.
3.13 	(b) For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's English learner programs revenue equals 
3.14 	the sum of:
3.15 	(1) the product of (i) $1,775, and (ii) the greater of 20 or the adjusted average daily 
3.16 	membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal 
3.17 	year;
3.18 	(2) $630 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17; 
3.19 	and
3.20 	(3) the district's English learner cross subsidy aid. A district's English learner cross 
3.21 	subsidy aid under paragraph (c) equals 25 percent of the district's English learner cross 
3.22 	subsidy under paragraph (c) for fiscal year 2027 and later.
3.23 	(c) A district's English learner cross subsidy aid equals the greater of zero or the difference 
3.24 	between the district's expenditures for qualifying English learner services for the second 
3.25 	previous year and the district's English learner revenue under paragraph (b), clauses (1) and 
3.26 	(2) for the second previous year. "Qualifying English learner services" means the services 
3.27 	necessary to implement the Language Instruction Educational Program for students identified 
3.28 	as English learners under sections 124D.58 to 124D.65. Only expenditures that both address 
3.29 	the English language development standards in Minnesota Rules, parts 3501.1200 and 
3.30 	3501.1210, which may include home language instruction, and are supplemental to the cost 
3.31 	of core content instruction may be included as expenditures for qualifying English learner 
4.1 	services. Expenditures do not include costs related to construction, indirect costs, core 
4.2 	content instruction, or core administrative personnel.
4.3 	(d) A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following the 
4.4 	school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided 
4.5 	assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.

4.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.995, subdivision 3, is amended 
4.7 	to read:
4.8 		Subd. 3.Money appropriated. (a) Subject to the availability of funds, money in the 
4.9 	account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of education to reimburse school 
4.10 	districts; charter schools; intermediate school districts and cooperative units under section 
4.11 	123A.24, subdivision 2; the Perpich Center for Arts Education; and the Minnesota State 
4.12 	Academies for costs associated with providing unemployment benefits to school employees 
4.13 	under section 268.085, subdivision 7, paragraph (b).
4.14 	(b) The Perpich Center for Arts Education and the Minnesota State Academies may only 
4.15 	apply to the commissioner for reimbursement of unemployment insurance amounts in excess 
4.16 	of the amounts specifically identified in their annual agency appropriations.
4.17 	(c) If the amount in the account is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately 
4.18 	reduce the aid payment to each recipient. Aid payments must be paid 100 90 percent in the 
4.19 	current year and 10 percent in the following year.

4.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.21 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.05, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
4.22 		Subd. 15.Learning year pupil units. (a) When a pupil is enrolled in a learning year 
4.23 	program under section 124D.128, an area learning center or an alternative learning program 
4.24 	approved by the commissioner under sections 123A.05 and 123A.06, or a contract alternative 
4.25 	program under section 124D.68, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), or subdivision 4, for more 
4.26 	than 1,020 hours in a school year for a secondary student, more than 935 hours in a school 
4.27 	year for an elementary student, more than 850 hours in a school year for a kindergarten 
4.28 	student without a disability in an all-day kindergarten program, or more than 425 hours in 
4.29 	a school year for a half-day kindergarten student without a disability, that pupil may be 
4.30 	counted as more than one pupil in average daily membership for purposes of section 126C.10, 
4.31 	subdivision 2a. The amount in excess of one pupil must be determined by the ratio of the 
4.32 	number of hours of instruction provided to that pupil in excess of: (i) the greater of 1,020 
5.1 	hours or the number of hours required for a full-time secondary pupil in the district to 1,020 
5.2 	for a secondary pupil; (ii) the greater of 935 hours or the number of hours required for a 
5.3 	full-time elementary pupil in the district to 935 for an elementary pupil in grades 1 through 
5.4 	6; and (iii) the greater of 850 hours or the number of hours required for a full-time 
5.5 	kindergarten student without a disability in the district to 850 for a kindergarten student 
5.6 	without a disability. Hours that occur after the close of the instructional year in June shall 
5.7 	be attributable to the following fiscal year. A student in kindergarten or grades 1 through 
5.8 	12 must not be counted as more than 1.2 pupils in average daily membership under this 
5.9 	subdivision.
5.10 	(b)(i) To receive general education revenue for a pupil in an area learning center or 
5.11 	alternative learning program that has an independent study component, a district must meet 
5.12 	the requirements in this paragraph. The district must develop, for the pupil, a continual 
5.13 	learning plan consistent with section 124D.128, subdivision 3. Each school district that has 
5.14 	an area learning center or alternative learning program must reserve revenue in an amount 
5.15 	equal to at least 90 and not more than 100 percent of the district average general education 
5.16 	revenue per pupil unit, minus an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance 
5.17 	according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without basic skills 
5.18 	revenue, local optional revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of 
5.19 	pupil units generated by students attending an area learning center or alternative learning 
5.20 	program. The amount of reserved revenue available under this subdivision may only be 
5.21 	spent for program costs associated with the area learning center or alternative learning 
5.22 	program. Basic skills revenue generated according to section 126C.10, subdivision 4, by 
5.23 	pupils attending the eligible program must be allocated to the program.
5.24 	(ii) General education revenue for a pupil in a state-approved alternative program without 
5.25 	an independent study component must be prorated for a pupil participating for less than a 
5.26 	full year, or its equivalent. The district must develop a continual learning plan for the pupil, 
5.27 	consistent with section 124D.128, subdivision 3. Each school district that has an area learning 
5.28 	center or alternative learning program must reserve revenue in an amount equal to at least 
5.29 	90 and not more than 100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil 
5.30 	unit, minus an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 
5.31 	126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without basic skills revenue, local optional 
5.32 	revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units generated by 
5.33 	students attending an area learning center or alternative learning program. The amount of 
5.34 	reserved revenue available under this subdivision may only be spent for program costs 
5.35 	associated with the area learning center or alternative learning program. Basic skills revenue 
6.1 	generated according to section 126C.10, subdivision 4, by pupils attending the eligible 
6.2 	program must be allocated to the program.
6.3 	(iii) General education revenue for a pupil in a state-approved alternative program that 
6.4 	has an independent study component must be paid for each hour of teacher contact time 
6.5 	and each hour of independent study time completed toward a credit or graduation standards 
6.6 	necessary for graduation. Average daily membership for a pupil shall equal the number of 
6.7 	hours of teacher contact time and independent study time divided by 1,020.
6.8 	(iv) For a state-approved alternative program having an independent study component, 
6.9 	the commissioner shall require a description of the courses in the program, the kinds of 
6.10 	independent study involved, the expected learning outcomes of the courses, and the means 
6.11 	of measuring student performance against the expected outcomes.

6.12 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended 
6.13 	to read:
6.14 		Subd. 2e.Local optional revenue. (a) Local optional revenue for a school district equals 
6.15 	the sum of the district's first tier local optional revenue and second tier local optional revenue. 
6.16 	A district's first tier local optional revenue equals $300 times the adjusted pupil units of the 
6.17 	district for that school year. A district's second tier local optional revenue equals $424 times 
6.18 	the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.
6.19 	(b) A district's local optional levy equals the sum of the first tier local optional levy and 
6.20 	the second tier local optional levy.
6.21 	(c) A district's first tier local optional levy equals the district's first tier local optional 
6.22 	revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per 
6.23 	resident pupil unit to $880,000.
6.24 	(d) For fiscal year 2023, a district's second tier local optional levy equals the district's 
6.25 	second tier local optional revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
6.26 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $548,842. For fiscal year 2024, a district's 
6.27 	second tier local optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional revenue times 
6.28 	the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit 
6.29 	to $510,000. For fiscal year 2025, a district's second tier local optional levy equals the 
6.30 	district's second tier local optional revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
6.31 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $587,244 $626,450. For fiscal year 2026, 
6.32 	a district's second tier local optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional 
6.33 	revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per 
7.1 	resident pupil unit to $642,038. For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's second tier local 
7.2 	optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional revenue times the lesser of one 
7.3 	or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $671,345.
7.4 	(e) The local optional levy must be spread on referendum market value. A district may 
7.5 	levy less than the permitted amount.
7.6 	(f) A district's local optional aid equals its local optional revenue minus its local optional 
7.7 	levy. If a district's actual levy for first or second tier local optional revenue is less than its 
7.8 	maximum levy limit for that tier, its aid must be proportionately reduced.

7.9 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended 
7.10 	to read:
7.11 		Subd. 3.Compensatory education revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the compensatory 
7.12 	education revenue for each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 
7.13 	times the compensation revenue pupil units computed according to section 126C.05, 
7.14 	subdivision 3. A district's compensatory revenue equals the sum of its compensatory revenue 
7.15 	for each building in the district and the amounts designated under Laws 2015, First Special 
7.16 	Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall 
7.17 	be paid to the district and must be allocated according to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.
7.18 	(b) For fiscal year 2025, compensatory revenue must be calculated under Laws 2023, 
7.19 	chapter 18, section 3.
7.20 	(c) For fiscal year 2026 and later, the compensatory education revenue for each building 
7.21 	in the district equals its compensatory pupils multiplied by the building compensatory 
7.22 	allowance. Revenue shall be paid to the district and must be allocated according to section 
7.23 	126C.15, subdivision 2.
7.24 	(d) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69 
7.25 	changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory revenue generated by pupils 
7.26 	attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative program 
7.27 	for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with the alternative 
7.28 	program for the prior school year.
7.29 	(e) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the start of 
7.30 	a school year, the compensatory revenue shall be paid to the fiscal agent district for the 
7.31 	current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district for the prior school year.
7.32 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for voluntary prekindergarten programs under section 
7.33 	124D.151, charter schools, and contracted alternative programs in the first year of operation, 
8.1 	compensatory education revenue must be computed using data for the current fiscal year. 
8.2 	If the voluntary prekindergarten program, charter school, or contracted alternative program 
8.3 	begins operation after October 1, compensatory education revenue must be computed based 
8.4 	on pupils enrolled on an alternate date determined by the commissioner, and the 
8.5 	compensatory education revenue must be prorated based on the ratio of the number of days 
8.6 	of student instruction to 170 days.
8.7 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2026, if the calculation under paragraph 
8.8 	(d) (c) results in statewide revenue of less than $838,947,000, additional revenue must be 
8.9 	proportionately provided to each building in a manner prescribed by the commissioner of 
8.10 	education until total statewide revenue equals $838,947,000.
8.11 	(h) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for fiscal year 2027 and later, if the calculation under 
8.12 	paragraph (d) results in statewide revenue of less than $857,152,000, additional revenue 
8.13 	must be proportionately provided to each building in a manner prescribed by the 
8.14 	commissioner of education until total statewide revenue equals $857,152,000.
8.15 	(i) A district's compensatory revenue equals the sum of its compensatory revenue 
8.16 	computed under paragraphs (a) to (h) and the amounts designated under Laws 2015, First 
8.17 	Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 8, for fiscal year 2017.
8.18 	(j) Revenue under this subdivision must be paid to the district and must be allocated 
8.19 	according to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.

8.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 3c, is amended 
8.21 	to read:
8.22 		Subd. 3c.Statewide compensatory allowance. (a) For fiscal year 2026, the statewide 
8.23 	compensatory allowance is $6,734. For fiscal year 2027 and later, the statewide compensatory 
8.24 	allowance equals the statewide compensatory allowance in effect for the prior fiscal year 
8.25 	times the ratio of the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the current 
8.26 	fiscal year to the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the prior 
8.27 	fiscal year, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
8.28 	(b) For fiscal year 2026 and later, the statewide compensatory allowance equals the 
8.29 	statewide compensatory allowance in effect for the prior fiscal year times the ratio of the 
8.30 	formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the current fiscal year to the 
8.31 	formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the prior fiscal year, rounded 
8.32 	to the nearest whole dollar.

9.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is amended 
9.2 	to read:
9.3 		Subd. 13.Total operating capital revenue. (a) Total operating capital revenue for a 
9.4 	district equals the sum of:
9.5 	(1) $79 times the adjusted pupil units for the school year;
9.6 	(2) the product of $109, the district's maintenance cost index, and its adjusted pupil units 
9.7 	for the school year plus the amount computed under paragraph (c); and
9.8 	(3) $2 times the adjusted pupil units of the school district for the school year for the 
9.9 	purposes of supplying menstrual products under subdivision 14, clause (26), and opiate 
9.10 	antagonists under subdivision 14, clause (27).
9.11 	(b) The revenue under this subdivision must be placed in a reserved account in the 
9.12 	general fund and may only be used according to subdivision 14.
9.13 	(c) The revenue under paragraph (a), clause (2), for a district that operates a program 
9.14 	under section 124D.128, is increased by an amount equal to $31 times the number of adjusted 
9.15 	pupil units served at the site where the program is implemented.
9.16 	(d) The revenue under paragraph (a), clause (3), is not subject to the operating capital 
9.17 	equalization levy formula in 126C.10, subdivision 13a.

9.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.

9.19 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
9.20 		Subd. 13a.Operating capital levy. To obtain operating capital revenue, a district may 
9.21 	levy an amount not more than the product of its operating capital revenue for the fiscal year 
9.22 	times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to 
9.23 	the operating capital equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals $23,902 
9.24 	for fiscal year 2020, $23,885 for fiscal year 2021, and $22,912 for fiscal year 2022 and later
9.25 	2024, $23,138 for fiscal year 2025, and $22,912 for fiscal year 2026 and later.

9.26 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a, is 
9.27 	amended to read:
9.28 		Subd. 18a.Pupil transportation adjustment. (a) An independent, common, or special 
9.29 	school district's transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 is increased by the 
9.30 	greater of zero or 35 percent of the difference between:
10.1 	(1) the lesser of the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation under 
10.2 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous fiscal 
10.3 	year or 105 percent of the district's total cost for the second previous fiscal year; and
10.4 	(2) the sum of:
10.5 	(i) 4.66 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal year;
10.6 	(ii) transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 for the previous fiscal year;
10.7 	(iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous fiscal year; 
10.8 	and
10.9 	(iv) the district's reimbursement for transportation provided under section 123B.92, 
10.10 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi), for the previous fiscal year; and
10.11 	(v) the district's area learning center transportation aid under section 123B.92, subdivision 
10.12 	11, for the previous fiscal year.
10.13 	(b) A charter school's pupil transportation adjustment equals the school district per pupil 
10.14 	unit adjustment under paragraph (a).

10.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2025 and later.

10.16 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.51, is amended to read:
10.17 	127A.51 STATEWIDE AVERAGE REVENUE.
10.18 	(a) By December 1 of each year the commissioner must estimate the statewide average 
10.19 	adjusted general revenue per adjusted pupil unit and the disparity in adjusted general revenue 
10.20 	among pupils and districts by computing the ratio of the 95th percentile to the fifth percentile 
10.21 	of adjusted general revenue. The commissioner must provide that information to all districts.
10.22 	(b) If the disparity in adjusted general revenue as measured by the ratio of the 95th 
10.23 	percentile to the fifth percentile increases in any year, the commissioner shall recommend 
10.24 	to the legislature options for change in the general education formula that will limit the 
10.25 	disparity in adjusted general revenue to no more than the disparity for the previous school 
10.26 	year. The commissioner must submit the recommended options to the education committees 
10.27 	of the legislature by February 1.
10.28 	(c) For purposes of this section and section 126C.10, adjusted general revenue means 
10.29 	the sum of basic revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2; referendum revenue under 
10.30 	section 126C.17; local optional revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2e; and equity 
10.31 	revenue under section 126C.10, subdivisions 24a and 24b subdivision 24.

11.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

11.2 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
11.3 	2024, chapter 81, section 1, is amended to read:
11.4 		Subd. 2.General education aid. (a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.5 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

11.6		$
	8,103,909,000
	.....
	2024
	
11.811.7
		$
	8,299,317,000
8,333,843,000
	.....
	2025
	
11.9 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $707,254,000 for 2023 and $7,396,655,000 for 
11.10 	2024.
11.11 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $771,421,000 for 2024 and $7,527,896,000
11.12 	$7,562,422,000 for 2025.

11.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

11.14 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
11.15 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. (a) For a grant aid to Independent School District No. 
11.16 	690, Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

11.17		$
	65,000
	.....
	2024
	
11.18		$
	65,000
	.....
	2025
	
11.19 	(b) This aid is 100 percent payable in the current year.

11.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

11.21 	Sec. 15. BASIC SKILLS REVENUE ACCOUNT TRANSFERS.
 11.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.15, subdivision 4, by June 30, 2025, 
11.23 	school districts with a balance in their basic skills revenue account that is restricted for use 
11.24 	on extended time programs must transfer those funds to an account that is restricted for 
11.25 	basic skills revenue.

11.26 	Sec. 16. TASK FORCE ON ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRAMS.
 11.27 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. A task force is established to analyze how public 
11.28 	schools use English learner revenue at the site level and administrative level, consider how 
11.29 	microcredentials or other certifications may be used to improve collaboration between 
11.30 	teachers working with English learners, and make recommendations on how English learner 
12.1 	revenue can be used more effectively to help students become proficient in English and 
12.2 	participate meaningfully and equally in education programs.
12.3 		Subd. 2.Members. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the executive 
12.4 	director of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, must appoint the 
12.5 	following members to the task force by July 1, 2024:
12.6 	(1) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
12.7 	(2) the executive director of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
12.8 	or the executive director's designee;
12.9 	(3) the executive director of the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership or the executive 
12.10 	director's designee;
12.11 	(4) one member who represents teacher preparation programs that enroll candidates 
12.12 	seeking a field license in English as a second language;
12.13 	(5) one member who represents school boards;
12.14 	(6) one member who represents the superintendent;
12.15 	(7) one member who is a teacher of English learners;
12.16 	(8) one member who is a teacher in a state-approved alternative program;
12.17 	(9) one member who is a director of an English learner program in a school district;
12.18 	(10) one member who is a director of a state-approved alternative program;
12.19 	(11) one member who is a parent of a student identified as an English learner;
12.20 	(12) one member who is a parent liaison to families of English learners in a school 
12.21 	district;
12.22 	(13) one member who is a parent of a student enrolled in a state-approved alternative 
12.23 	program;
12.24 	(14) one member from the Southeast Service Cooperative's Project Momentum; and
12.25 	(15) one member from a community organization that works with families of English 
12.26 	learners.
12.27 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The task force must:
12.28 	(1) review best practices in English learner programming, including:
12.29 	(i) an accountability framework that uses student performance on state assessments to 
12.30 	determine whether the program is improving academic outcomes for English learners;
13.1 	(ii) staffing and managing an English learner program, including providing appropriate 
13.2 	professional development for teachers, administrators, and other staff;
13.3 	(iii) evaluation of the efficacy of the English learner program; and
13.4 	(iv) ensuring meaningful communication and engagement with limited English proficient 
13.5 	parents;
13.6 	(2) review best practices in providing services to students who are eligible to participate 
13.7 	in the graduation incentives program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.68, including:
13.8 	(i) an accountability framework that uses credit recovery rates and graduation rates to 
13.9 	determine whether the program is improving academic outcomes for participating students; 
13.10 	and
13.11 	(ii) professional development for teachers and other staff;
13.12 	(3) analyze how English learner revenue is used at the site level and administrative level 
13.13 	and whether expenditures align with the best practices identified under clause (1);
13.14 	(4) identify obstacles to hiring and retaining necessary staff to support effective English 
13.15 	learner programs;
13.16 	(5) analyze how microcredentials or other certifications can improve collaboration among 
13.17 	teachers working with English learners, and recommend a process for awarding the 
13.18 	microcredentials or other certifications; and
13.19 	(6) to the extent time is available, review best practices for dual enrollment programs 
13.20 	for students eligible for the graduation incentives program, including the provision of college 
13.21 	and career and readiness counselors and:
13.22 	(i) an accountability framework based on the acceleration of dual credit accumulation 
13.23 	before a student graduates from high school;
13.24 	(ii) professional development for counselors; and
13.25 	(iii) evaluation of the efficacy of the dual enrollment program.
13.26 	(b) The task force must review data regarding student access to teachers with a field 
13.27 	license in English as a second language.
13.28 	(c) The task force must report its findings and recommendations on the current use of 
13.29 	English learner revenue at the site level and administrative level, implementation of 
13.30 	microcredentials or other certifications, and how English learner funding can be used more 
13.31 	effectively to help students become proficient in English and participate meaningfully and 
14.1 	equally in an education program. The task force must submit the report to the legislative 
14.2 	committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by January 15, 
14.3 	2025.
14.4 		Subd. 4.Compensation. Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3, governs 
14.5 	compensation of the members of the task force.
14.6 		Subd. 5.Meetings and administrative support. (a) The commissioner of education or 
14.7 	the commissioner's designee must convene the first meeting of the task force no later than 
14.8 	July 15, 2024. The task force must establish a schedule for meetings and meet as necessary 
14.9 	to accomplish the duties under subdivision 3. Meetings are subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
14.10 	chapter 13D. The task force may meet by telephone or interactive technology consistent 
14.11 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.015.
14.12 	(b) The Department of Education must provide administrative support to assist the task 
14.13 	force in its work, including providing information and technical support, and must assist in 
14.14 	the creation of the report under subdivision 3.
14.15 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The task force expires January 15, 2025, or upon submission of 
14.16 	the report required under subdivision 3, whichever is later.

14.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

14.18 	Sec. 17. STUDENT ATTENDANCE PILOT PROGRAM.
 14.19 		Subdivision 1.Pilot program established. A pilot program is established to support 
14.20 	districts developing and implementing innovative strategies to improve student attendance, 
14.21 	and help policymakers determine how to effectively support district efforts to improve 
14.22 	student attendance and engagement. The pilot program is effective for the 2024-2025, 
14.23 	2025-2026, and 2026-2027 school years.
14.24 		Subd. 2.Participating districts. (a) The pilot program consists of the following school 
14.25 	districts:
14.26 	(1) Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis;
14.27 	(2) Independent School District No. 13, Columbia Heights;
14.28 	(3) Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake;
14.29 	(4) Independent School District No. 77, Mankato;
14.30 	(5) Independent School District No. 152, Moorhead;
14.31 	(6) Independent School District No. 177, Windom;
15.1 	(7) Independent School District No. 191, Burnsville;
15.2 	(8) Independent School District No. 659, Northfield; and
15.3 	(9) Independent School District No. 695, Chisholm.
15.4 	(b) Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, must serve as the lead district in the pilot 
15.5 	program. The duties of the lead district are:
15.6 	(1) convening virtual quarterly meetings of the participating districts to share updates 
15.7 	on implementation to facilitate collaboration on promising practices;
15.8 	(2) developing a template for each district to report its goals, strategies, policies, or 
15.9 	practices for counting and reporting attendance and absences, challenges, efforts to assess 
15.10 	effectiveness, data on student absenteeism, and lessons learned; and
15.11 	(3) reporting progress and results of the pilot program in accordance with subdivision 
15.12 	4.
15.13 	(c) Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, must partner with Charter School 
15.14 	District No. 4298, Endazhi-Nitaawiging, to implement strategies to reduce student 
15.15 	absenteeism at both the district and charter school.
15.16 	(d) By July 1, 2024, each district must designate a primary staff person responsible for 
15.17 	implementing the pilot program. The participating districts must hold their first meeting by 
15.18 	August 1, 2024.
15.19 		Subd. 3.Strategies. Participating districts must use pilot program aid to develop and 
15.20 	implement sustainable strategies to reduce student absenteeism. Allowable uses of pilot 
15.21 	program aid include but are not limited to:
15.22 	(1) addressing risk factors for high absenteeism through supports and interventions;
15.23 	(2) strategies that focus on the individual needs of each student;
15.24 	(3) personalized outreach to students who have stopped attending school, including 
15.25 	home visits and connecting with students in community centers or other public areas;
15.26 	(4) regular meetings with students to provide tutoring or other supports or to connect 
15.27 	students with resources that provide tutoring or other supports;
15.28 	(5) activities that increase students' sense of belonging in the school community;
15.29 	(6) data analysis to assess the effectiveness of district strategies; and
15.30 	(7) technology that assists districts' efforts to communicate with students and families.
16.1 		Subd. 4.Reporting. (a) The lead school district must submit reports to the chairs and 
16.2 	minority leaders of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through 
16.3 	grade 12 education by December 31, 2024; July 1, 2025; July 1, 2026; and September 1, 
16.4 	2027. Each report must include each participating district's individual reports.
16.5 	(b) The first report must identify the goals and strategies each district plans to implement 
16.6 	during the pilot program, and how each district counts and reports latenesses and absences. 
16.7 	The other reports must identify each district's goals, strategies, challenges in meeting goals 
16.8 	or implementing planned strategies, promising practices and practices that were not effective, 
16.9 	and attendance data for the school year preceding the pilot program and the three school 
16.10 	years of the pilot program. The attendance data must include attendance data for students 
16.11 	that were absent up to ten percent of classes or school days, between ten and 29 percent of 
16.12 	classes or school days, between 30 and 49 percent of classes or school days, and 50 percent 
16.13 	or more of classes or school days; and for students who are homeless or highly mobile. The 
16.14 	fourth report must also include recommendations for funding and statutory changes that 
16.15 	would facilitate district efforts to implement local solutions to improve attendance.

16.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

16.17 	Sec. 18. STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND TRUANCY LEGISLATIVE STUDY 
16.18 	GROUP.
 16.19 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A legislative study group is established to study issues 
16.20 	related to student attendance and truancy.
16.21 		Subd. 2.Members. (a) The legislative study group on student attendance and truancy 
16.22 	consists of:
16.23 	(1) four duly elected and currently serving members of the house of representatives, two 
16.24 	appointed by the speaker of the house and two appointed by the house minority leader; and
16.25 	(2) four duly elected and currently serving senators, two appointed by the senate majority 
16.26 	leader and two appointed by the senate minority leader.
16.27 	(b) The appointments must be made by June 15, 2024, and expire December 31, 2024.
16.28 	(c) If a vacancy occurs, the leader of the caucus in the house of representatives or senate 
16.29 	to which the vacating study group member belonged must fill the vacancy.
16.30 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The legislative study group must study and evaluate ways to increase 
16.31 	student attendance and reduce truancy. In preparing the recommendations, the group must 
16.32 	consider the following:
17.1 	(1) current statutory requirements relating to student attendance and truancy;
17.2 	(2) currently available attendance data and additional data that would help schools and 
17.3 	policy makers understand and reduce absenteeism;
17.4 	(3) the effect of school programs and strategies to improve attendance;
17.5 	(4) the role of school principals in addressing student absenteeism;
17.6 	(5) the role of the Department of Education in addressing student absenteeism;
17.7 	(6) the role of counties in addressing truancy; and
17.8 	(7) how truant students are tracked across county lines.
17.9 	(b) The study group must identify and include in its report any statutory changes needed 
17.10 	to implement the study group recommendations.
17.11 		Subd. 4.Meetings and chair. (a) The speaker of the house must designate a member 
17.12 	to convene the first meeting of the study group, which must be held no later than July 15, 
17.13 	2024. Members of the study group must elect a chair from among the members present at 
17.14 	the first meeting. The study group must meet periodically.
17.15 	(b) Meetings of the study group are subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.055. The 
17.16 	meetings may be conducted by interactive television.
17.17 		Subd. 5.Administrative support. The Department of Education must cooperate with 
17.18 	the legislative study group and provide information requested in a timely fashion. The 
17.19 	Legislative Coordinating Commission must provide meeting space, technical and 
17.20 	administrative support, and staff support for the study group. The study group may hold 
17.21 	meetings in any publicly accessible location in the Capitol complex that is equipped with 
17.22 	technology that can facilitate remote testimony.
17.23 		Subd. 6.Consultation with stakeholders. In making recommendations, the study group 
17.24 	must consult with interested and affected stakeholders.
17.25 		Subd. 7.Report. The study group must submit a preliminary report with its 
17.26 	recommendations to the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
17.27 	kindergarten through grade 12 education by November 1, 2024, and a final report by 
17.28 	December 31, 2024.
17.29 		Subd. 8.Expiration. The study group expires December 31, 2024, or on the date upon 
17.30 	which the final report required under subdivision 7 is submitted to the legislature, whichever 
17.31 	is later.

18.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

18.2 	Sec. 19. APPROPRIATION.
 18.3 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
18.4 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
18.5 	designated.
18.6 		Subd. 2.Attendance pilot program. (a) For attendance pilot program aid:

18.7		$
	3,334,000
	.....
	2025
	
18.8 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), the department must provide aid to the participating 
18.9 	districts in the following amounts:
18.10 	(1) $1,022,000 for Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis;
18.11 	(2) $253,000 for Independent School District No. 13, Columbia Heights;
18.12 	(3) $196,000 for Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake;
18.13 	(4) $398,000 for Independent School District No. 77, Mankato;
18.14 	(5) $374,000 for Independent School District No. 152, Moorhead;
18.15 	(6) $185,000 for Independent School District No. 177, Windom;
18.16 	(7) $378,000 for Independent School District No. 191, Burnsville;
18.17 	(8) $266,000 for Independent School District No. 659, Northfield; and
18.18 	(9) $170,000 for Independent School District No. 695, Chisholm.
18.19 	(c) Up to $92,000 is available for the department to administer the pilot program.
18.20 	(d) Aid payments must be paid 100 percent in fiscal year 2025. Districts may use the 
18.21 	aid in the 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027 school years.
18.22 	(e) This is a onetime appropriation.
18.23 		Subd. 3.Minnesota Alliance With Youth. (a) For a grant to the Minnesota Alliance 
18.24 	With Youth to improve student attendance and academic engagement provided through the 
18.25 	Promise Fellow program:

18.26		$
	1,500,000
	.....
	2025
	
18.27 	(b) The Promise Fellow program must form partnerships with AmeriCorps members, 
18.28 	individual schools, school districts, charter schools, and community organizations to provide 
18.29 	attendance and academic engagement intervention services. Services may include family 
19.1 	and caregiver outreach and engagement, academic support, connection to out-of-school 
19.2 	activities and resources, and individual and small group mentoring designed to help students 
19.3 	return to and maintain consistent school attendance.
19.4 	(c) The Minnesota Alliance With Youth must promote Promise Fellow program 
19.5 	opportunities throughout the state.
19.6 	(d) This appropriation does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2027.
19.7 	(e) This is a onetime appropriation.
19.8 		Subd. 4.Student attendance and truancy legislative study group. (a) For transfer to 
19.9 	the Legislative Coordinating Commission for the student attendance and truancy legislative 
19.10 	study group:

19.11		$
	64,000
	.....
	2025
	
19.12 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.
19.13 		Subd. 5.English learner program task force. (a) For the English learner program task 
19.14 	force:

19.15		$
	117,000
	.....
	2025
	
19.16 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.

19.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

19.18 	ARTICLE 2
19.19 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

19.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.018, subdivision 6, is 
19.21 	amended to read:
19.22 		Subd. 6.Required standard. "Required standard" means (1) a statewide adopted 
19.23 	expectation for student learning in the content areas of language arts, mathematics, science, 
19.24 	social studies, physical education, health, and the arts, and (2) a locally adopted expectation 
19.25 	for student learning in health. Locally developed academic standards in health apply until 
19.26 	the end of the 2026-2027 school year, or until statewide rules implementing statewide health 
19.27 	standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 3 are effective, whichever occurs later.

19.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

20.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended 
20.2 	to read:
20.3 		Subdivision 1.Required academic standards. (a) The following subject areas are 
20.4 	required for statewide accountability:
20.5 	(1) language arts;
20.6 	(2) mathematics, encompassing algebra II, integrated mathematics III, or an equivalent 
20.7 	in high school, and to be prepared for the three credits of mathematics in grades 9 through 
20.8 	12, the grade 8 standards include completion of algebra;
20.9 	(3) science, including earth and space science, life science, and the physical sciences, 
20.10 	including chemistry and physics;
20.11 	(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and 
20.12 	citizenship that includes civics;
20.13 	(5) physical education;
20.14 	(6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and
20.15 	(7) the arts. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least three and require 
20.16 	at least two of the following five arts areas: dance; media arts; music; theater; and visual 
20.17 	arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the following 
20.18 	five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.
20.19 	(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, 
20.20 	mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students 
20.21 	with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education 
20.22 	program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An 
20.23 	individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish 
20.24 	alternative standards.
20.25 	(c) The department may modify SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical 
20.26 	Educators) standards and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The 
20.27 	modification and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national 
20.28 	standards. The department must make available sample assessments, which school districts 
20.29 	may use as an alternative to local assessments, to assess students' mastery of the physical 
20.30 	education standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.
20.31 	(d) A school district may include child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health 
20.32 	curriculum, consistent with paragraph (a), clause (6). Child sexual abuse prevention 
21.1 	instruction may include age-appropriate instruction on recognizing sexual abuse and assault, 
21.2 	boundary violations, and ways offenders groom or desensitize victims, as well as strategies 
21.3 	to promote disclosure, reduce self-blame, and mobilize bystanders. A school district may 
21.4 	provide instruction under this paragraph in a variety of ways, including at an annual assembly 
21.5 	or classroom presentation. A school district may also provide parents information on the 
21.6 	warning signs of child sexual abuse and available resources.
21.7 	(e) District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a 
21.8 	result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 120B.11, 
21.9 	and 120B.20.
21.10 	(f) Locally developed academic standards in health apply until the end of the 2026-2027 
21.11 	school year, or until statewide rules implementing statewide health standards under 
21.12 	subdivision 3 are effective, whichever occurs later.

21.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

21.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 2, is amended 
21.15 	to read:
21.16 		Subd. 2.Standards development. (a) The commissioner must consider advice from at 
21.17 	least the following stakeholders in developing statewide rigorous core academic standards 
21.18 	in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, including history, geography, 
21.19 	economics, government and citizenship, health, and the arts:
21.20 	(1) parents of school-age children and members of the public throughout the state;
21.21 	(2) teachers throughout the state currently licensed and providing instruction in language 
21.22 	arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, or the arts and licensed elementary and 
21.23 	secondary school principals throughout the state currently administering a school site;
21.24 	(3) currently serving members of local school boards and charter school boards throughout 
21.25 	the state;
21.26 	(4) faculty teaching core subjects at postsecondary institutions in Minnesota;
21.27 	(5) representatives of the Minnesota business community; and
21.28 	(6) representatives from the Tribal Nations Education Committee and Tribal Nations 
21.29 	and communities in Minnesota, including both Anishinaabe and Dakota.; and
21.30 	(7) current students, with input from the Minnesota Youth Council.
21.31 	(b) Academic standards must:
22.1 	(1) be clear, concise, objective, measurable, and grade-level appropriate;
22.2 	(2) not require a specific teaching methodology or curriculum; and
22.3 	(3) be consistent with the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Minnesota.

22.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.5 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 3, is amended 
22.6 	to read:
22.7 		Subd. 3.Rulemaking. (a) The commissioner, consistent with the requirements of this 
22.8 	section and section 120B.022, must adopt statewide rules under section 14.389 for 
22.9 	implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics, 
22.10 	science, social studies, physical education, and the arts.
22.11 	(b) The commissioner must adopt statewide rules for implementing statewide rigorous 
22.12 	core academic standards in health.

22.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended 
22.15 	to read:
22.16 		Subd. 4.Revisions and reviews required. (a) The commissioner of education must 
22.17 	revise the state's academic standards and graduation requirements and implement a ten-year 
22.18 	cycle to review and, consistent with the review, revise state academic standards and related 
22.19 	benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision 
22.20 	cycle, the commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard 
22.21 	and related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college 
22.22 	readiness and advanced work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must include 
22.23 	the contributions of Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities, including urban 
22.24 	Indigenous communities, as related to the academic standards during the review and revision 
22.25 	of the required academic standards. The commissioner must embed Indigenous education 
22.26 	for all students consistent with recommendations from Tribal Nations and urban Indigenous 
22.27 	communities in Minnesota regarding the contributions of American Indian Tribes and 
22.28 	communities in Minnesota into the state's academic standards during the review and revision 
22.29 	of the required academic standards. The recommendations to embed Indigenous education 
22.30 	for all students includes but is not limited to American Indian experiences in Minnesota, 
22.31 	including Tribal histories, Indigenous languages, sovereignty issues, cultures, treaty rights, 
22.32 	governments, socioeconomic experiences, contemporary issues, and current events.
23.1 	(b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments 
23.2 	administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic 
23.3 	standards in mathematics, consistent with section 120B.302, subdivision 3, paragraph (a). 
23.4 	The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.5 	benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2021-2022 school year and every ten years 
23.6 	thereafter.
23.7 	(c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.8 	benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten years thereafter.
23.9 	(d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.10 	benchmarks in science beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every ten years thereafter.
23.11 	(e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.12 	benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every ten years 
23.13 	thereafter.
23.14 	(f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.15 	benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2020-2021 school year and every ten years 
23.16 	thereafter.
23.17 	(g) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.18 	benchmarks in physical education beginning in the 2026-2027 school year and every ten 
23.19 	years thereafter.
23.20 	(h) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related 
23.21 	benchmarks in health education beginning in the 2034-2035 school year and every ten years 
23.22 	thereafter.
23.23 	(h) (i) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic standards 
23.24 	and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and career and technical 
23.25 	education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning in a school year 
23.26 	determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and charter schools must 
23.27 	formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards and related benchmarks 
23.28 	in health, world languages, and career and technical education.
23.29 	(i) (j) The commissioner of education must embed technology and information literacy 
23.30 	standards consistent with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's 
23.31 	academic standards and graduation requirements.
23.32 	(j) (k) The commissioner of education must embed ethnic studies as related to the 
23.33 	academic standards during the review and revision of the required academic standards.

24.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

24.2 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.024, subdivision 1, is amended 
24.3 	to read:
24.4 		Subdivision 1.Graduation requirements. (a) Students must successfully complete the 
24.5 	following high school level credits for graduation:
24.6 	(1) four credits of language arts sufficient to satisfy all of the academic standards in 
24.7 	English language arts;
24.8 	(2) three credits of mathematics sufficient to satisfy all of the academic standards in 
24.9 	mathematics;
24.10 	(3) three credits of science, including one credit to satisfy all the earth and space science 
24.11 	standards for grades 9 through 12, one credit to satisfy all the life science standards for 
24.12 	grades 9 through 12, and one credit to satisfy all the chemistry or physics standards for 
24.13 	grades 9 through 12;
24.14 	(4) three and one-half credits of social studies, including credit for a course in government 
24.15 	and citizenship in either grade 11 or 12 for students beginning grade 9 in the 2024-2025 
24.16 	school year and later or an advanced placement, international baccalaureate, or other rigorous 
24.17 	course on government and citizenship under section 120B.021, subdivision 1a, and a 
24.18 	combination of other credits encompassing at least United States history, geography, 
24.19 	government and citizenship, world history, and economics sufficient to satisfy all of the 
24.20 	academic standards in social studies;
24.21 	(5) one credit of the arts sufficient to satisfy all of the academic standards in the arts;
24.22 	(6) credits sufficient to satisfy the state standards in physical education; and
24.23 	(7) credits sufficient to satisfy the state standards in health upon adoption of statewide 
24.24 	rules for implementing health standards under section 120B.021; and
24.25 	(7) (8) a minimum of seven elective credits.
24.26 	(b) Students who begin grade 9 in the 2024-2025 school year and later must successfully 
24.27 	complete a course for credit in personal finance in grade 10, 11, or 12. A teacher of a personal 
24.28 	finance course that satisfies the graduation requirement must have a field license or 
24.29 	out-of-field permission in agricultural education, business, family and consumer science, 
24.30 	social studies, or math.

24.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

25.1 	Sec. 7. [120B.025] HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS.
25.2 		Subdivision 1.Statewide standards. The commissioner of education must begin the 
25.3 	rulemaking process to adopt statewide academic standards in health in accordance with 
25.4 	chapter 14 and section 120B.021. The commissioner must consult with the commissioner 
25.5 	of health and the commissioner of human services in developing the proposed rules. The 
25.6 	rules must include at least the expectations for student learning listed in subdivision 2, and 
25.7 	may include the expectations in subdivision 3, in addition to other expectations for learning 
25.8 	identified through the standards development process.
25.9 		Subd. 2.Required subject areas. The commissioner must include the following 
25.10 	expectations for learning in the statewide standards:
25.11 	(1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator education that 
25.12 	allows districts to provide instruction to students in grades 7 through 12 in accordance with 
25.13 	section 120B.236;
25.14 	(2) vaping awareness and prevention education that allows districts to provide instruction 
25.15 	to students in grades 6 through 8 in accordance with section 120B.238, subdivision 3;
25.16 	(3) cannabis use and substance use education that allows districts to provide instruction 
25.17 	to students in grades 6 through 12 in accordance with section 120B.215;
25.18 	(4) sexually transmitted infections and diseases education that meets the requirements 
25.19 	of section 121A.23; and
25.20 	(5) mental health education for students in grades 4 through 12.
25.21 		Subd. 3.Other subject areas. The commissioner may include the following expectations 
25.22 	for learning in the statewide standards:
25.23 	(1) child sexual abuse prevention education in accordance with sections 120B.021, 
25.24 	subdivision 1, paragraph (d); and 120B.234;
25.25 	(2) violence prevention education in accordance with section 120B.22;
25.26 	(3) character development education in accordance with section 120B.232;
25.27 	(4) safe and supportive schools education in accordance with section 121A.031, 
25.28 	subdivision 5; and
25.29 	(5) other expectations for learning identified through the standards development process.

25.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

26.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.093, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
26.2 		Subd. 3.Application process. The commissioner must determine the form and manner 
26.3 	of application for a school to be designated a P-TECH school. The application for an 
26.4 	implementation grant must contain at least the following information:
26.5 	(1) the written agreement between a public school, a higher education institution under 
26.6 	section 124D.09, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), and a business partner to jointly develop and 
26.7 	support a P-TECH school;
26.8 	(2) a proposed school design consistent with subdivisions 1 and 2;
26.9 	(3) a description of how the P-TECH school supports the needs of the economic 
26.10 	development region in which the P-TECH school is to be located;
26.11 	(4) a description of the facilities to be used by the P-TECH school;
26.12 	(5) a description of proposed budgets, curriculum, transportation plans, and other 
26.13 	operating procedures for the P-TECH school;
26.14 	(6) the process by which students will be enrolled in the P-TECH school;
26.15 	(7) the qualifications required for individuals employed in the P-TECH school; and
26.16 	(8) any additional information that the commissioner requires.

26.17 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.093, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.18 		Subd. 4.Approval process. (a) The commissioner of education must appoint an advisory 
26.19 	committee to review the applications and to recommend approval for those applications 
26.20 	that meet the requirements of this section. The commissioner of education has final authority 
26.21 	over application approvals.
26.22 	(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must ensure an equitable geographic 
26.23 	distribution of approved P-TECH schools.
26.24 	(c) The commissioner must first begin approving applications for a P-TECH school 
26.25 	enrolling students in the 2020-2021 school year or later.

26.26 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.093, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.27 		Subd. 5.P-TECH support grants. (a) When an appropriation is available, each P-TECH 
26.28 	school is eligible for a grant to support start-up and ongoing program costs, which may 
26.29 	include, but are not limited to, recruitment, student support, program materials, and P-TECH 
27.1 	school liaisons. A P-TECH school may form a partnership with a school in another school 
27.2 	district.
27.3 	(b) For fiscal year 2026 and later, the maximum P-TECH support grant must not exceed 
27.4 	$500,000 per year. A support grant may be awarded for a period not to exceed two years. 
27.5 	Beginning in fiscal year 2028, all P-TECH support grants must be awarded on a competitive 
27.6 	grant basis.
27.7 	(c) An approved P-TECH school is eligible to receive a grant to support start-up costs 
27.8 	the year before first enrolling P-TECH students. A start-up grant may be awarded to a new 
27.9 	applicant in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
27.10 	(d) A grant recipient operating a P-TECH program may provide mentoring and technical 
27.11 	assistance to a school eligible for a start-up grant. A mentoring and technical assistance 
27.12 	grant may not exceed $50,000.
27.13 	(e) For each year that an appropriation is made for the purposes of this section, the 
27.14 	Department of Education may retain five percent of the appropriation for grant administration 
27.15 	and program oversight.

27.16 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.957, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.17 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and membership. The Minnesota Youth Council 
27.18 	Committee is established within and under the auspices of the Minnesota Alliance With 
27.19 	Youth. The committee consists of four members from each congressional district in 
27.20 	Minnesota and four members selected at-large. Members must be selected through an 
27.21 	application and interview process conducted by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. In 
27.22 	making its appointments, the Minnesota Alliance With Youth should strive to ensure gender 
27.23 	and ethnic diversity in the committee's membership. Members must be between the ages of 
27.24 	13 and 19 in grades 8 through 12 and serve two-year terms, except that one-half of the initial 
27.25 	members must serve a one-year term. Members may serve a maximum of two terms.

27.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for appointments made on or after July 
27.27 	1, 2024.

27.28 	Sec. 12. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
27.29 	2024, chapter 81, section 8, is amended to read:
27.30 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. (a) For achievement and integration aid 
27.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

28.1		$
	82,818,000
	.....
	2024
	
28.328.2
		$
	84,739,000
85,043,000
	.....
	2025
	
28.4 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,172,000 for 2023 and $74,646,000 for 2024.
28.5 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,294,000 for 2024 and $76,445,000 $76,749,000
28.6 	for 2025.

28.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

28.8 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
28.9 		Subd. 9.Computer science education advancement. (a) For computer science 
28.10 	advancement:

28.11		$
	500,000
	.....
	2024
	
28.12		$
	500,000
	.....
	2025
	
28.13 	(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for the computer science supervisor.
28.14 	(c) For fiscal year 2025 only, $50,000 must be transferred to the Professional Educator 
28.15 	Licensing and Standards Board for computer science teacher licensure activities.
28.16 	(c) (d) Eligible uses of the appropriation include expenses related to the implementation 
28.17 	of article 2, section 61, and or expenses related to the development, advancement, and 
28.18 	promotion of kindergarten through grade 12 computer science education.
28.19 	(d) (e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.

28.20 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
28.21 		Subd. 14.Ethnic studies school grants. (a) For competitive grants to school districts 
28.22 	and charter schools to develop, evaluate, and implement ethnic studies courses:

28.23		$
	700,000
	.....
	2024
	
28.24		$
	700,000
	.....
	2025
	
28.25 	(b) The commissioner must consult with the Ethnic Studies Working Group to develop 
28.26 	criteria for the grants.
28.27 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
28.28 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

28.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

29.1 	Sec. 15. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
29.2 		Subd. 16.Full-service community schools. (a) For grants to plan or expand the 
29.3 	full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

29.4		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2024
	
29.5		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2025
	
29.6 	(b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
29.7 	(1) current grant recipients issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231;
29.8 	(2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; 
29.9 	and
29.10 	(3) any other applicants.
29.11 	(c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
29.12 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $5,000,000.
29.13 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

29.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

29.15 	Sec. 16. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 31, is amended to read:
29.16 		Subd. 31.Nonexclusionary discipline. (a) For grants to school districts and charter 
29.17 	schools to provide training for school staff on nonexclusionary disciplinary practices:

29.18		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2024
	
29.19		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2025
	
29.20 	(b) Grants are to develop training and to work with schools to train staff on 
29.21 	nonexclusionary disciplinary practices that maintain the respect, trust, and attention of 
29.22 	students and help keep students in classrooms. These funds may also be used for grant 
29.23 	administration.
29.24 	(c) Eligible grantees include school districts, charter schools, intermediate school districts, 
29.25 	and cooperative units as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2.
29.26 	(d) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
29.27 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

29.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

30.1 	Sec. 17. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 33, is amended to read:
30.2 		Subd. 33.P-TECH schools. (a) For P-TECH support grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
30.3 	section 124D.093, subdivision 5:

30.4		$
	791,000
	.....
	2024
	
30.5		$
	791,000
	.....
	2025
	
30.6 	(b) The amounts in this subdivision are for grants, including fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
30.7 	must be awarded as a grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School 
30.8 	District No. 535, Rochester. The fiscal year 2025 appropriation must include a grant of at 
30.9 	least $500,000 to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School District No. 
30.10 	535, Rochester. The department may award start-up grants and technical assistance grants 
30.11 	beginning in fiscal year 2025.
30.12 	(c) Any balance in the first year does These appropriations do not cancel but is are
30.13 	available in the second year until June 30, 2027. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 
30.14 	a grant recipient may spend its grant amount in the fiscal year the grant is awarded or in the 
30.15 	following three fiscal years.
30.16 	(d) The department may retain up to five percent of the fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
30.17 	and five percent of the fiscal year 2025 appropriation for grant administration.

30.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

30.19 	Sec. 18. APPROPRIATIONS.
 30.20 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
30.21 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
30.22 	designated.
30.23 		Subd. 2.Civic education grants. (a) For grants to the YMCA Youth in Government 
30.24 	program and the YMCA Center for Youth Voice program to support civic education programs 
30.25 	for youth age 18 and under by providing teacher professional development, educational 
30.26 	resources, and program support:

30.27		$
	150,000
	.....
	2025
	
30.28 	(b) The Youth in Government and Center for Youth Voice programs must instruct 
30.29 	students in:
30.30 	(1) the constitutional principles and the democratic foundation of our national, state, 
30.31 	and local institutions; and
31.1 	(2) the political processes and structures of government, grounded in the understanding 
31.2 	of constitutional government and individual rights.
31.3 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
31.4 		Subd. 3.Minnesota Youth Council. (a) For a grant to the Minnesota Alliance With 
31.5 	Youth for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council:

31.6		$
	750,000
	.....
	2025
	
31.7 	(b) This appropriation does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2027.
31.8 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
31.9 		Subd. 4.Rulemaking. (a) For rulemaking related to health education standards:

31.10		$
	627,000
	.....
	2025
	
31.11 	(b) This appropriation does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2027.
31.12 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.

31.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

31.14 	ARTICLE 3
31.15 	THE READ ACT

31.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.1117, is amended to read:
31.17 	120B.1117 TITLE; THE READ ACT.
31.18 	Sections 120B.1117 120B.118 to 120B.124 may be cited as the "Reading to Ensure 
31.19 	Academic Development Act" or the "Read Act."

31.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

31.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.1118, is amended by adding 
31.22 	a subdivision to read:
31.23 		Subd. 2a.Certified trained facilitator. "Certified trained facilitator" means a person 
31.24 	employed by a district or regional literacy network, who has completed professional 
31.25 	development approved by the Department of Education in structured literacy, completed 
31.26 	the vendor's certification prerequisites and facilitator training requirements, completed the 
31.27 	vendor's annual recertification requirements, remains in good standing with the sponsoring 
31.28 	agency and vendor, uses the vendor's training materials with fidelity, and participates in 
31.29 	mentoring or coaching provided by CAREI and the Department of Education on facilitating 
32.1 	literacy training. A literacy lead who meets the requirements under this subdivision may be 
32.2 	a certified trained facilitator.

32.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

32.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.1118, subdivision 7, is amended 
32.5 	to read:
32.6 		Subd. 7.Literacy specialist. "Literacy specialist" means a person licensed by the 
32.7 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as a teacher of reading, a special 
32.8 	education teacher, or a kindergarten through grade 6 teacher, who has completed professional 
32.9 	development approved by the Department of Education in structured literacy. A literacy 
32.10 	specialist employed by the department under section 120B.123, subdivision 7, or by a district 
32.11 	as a literacy lead, is not required to complete the approved training before August 30, 2025.

32.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

32.13 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.1118, subdivision 10, is 
32.14 	amended to read:
32.15 		Subd. 10.Oral language. "Oral language," also called "spoken language," includes 
32.16 	speaking and listening, and consists of five components: phonology, morphology, syntax, 
32.17 	semantics, and pragmatics. Oral language also includes sign language, in which speaking 
32.18 	and listening skills are defined as expressive and receptive skills, and consists of phonology, 
32.19 	including sign language phonological awareness, morphology, syntax, semantics, and 
32.20 	pragmatics.

32.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

32.22 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 1, is amended 
32.23 	to read:
32.24 		Subdivision 1.Literacy goal. (a) The legislature seeks to have every child reading at 
32.25 	or above grade level every year, beginning in kindergarten, and to support multilingual 
32.26 	learners and students receiving special education services in achieving their individualized 
32.27 	reading goals in order to meet grade-level proficiency. By the 2026-2027 school year, 
32.28 	districts must provide evidence-based reading instruction through a focus on student mastery 
32.29 	of the foundational reading skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency, as well as 
32.30 	the development of oral language, vocabulary, and reading comprehension skills. Students 
32.31 	must receive evidence-based instruction that is proven to effectively teach children to read, 
32.32 	consistent with sections 120B.1117 120B.118 to 120B.124.
33.1 	(b) To meet this goal, each district must provide teachers and instructional support staff 
33.2 	with responsibility for teaching reading with training on evidence-based reading instruction 
33.3 	that is approved by the Department of Education by the deadlines provided in this subdivision
33.4 	section 120B.123, subdivision 5. The commissioner may grant a district an extension to the 
33.5 	deadlines in this paragraph. Beginning July 1, 2024, a district must provide access to the 
33.6 	training required under section 120B.123, subdivision 5, to:
33.7 	(1) intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten through grade 12;
33.8 	(2) all classroom teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3 and children in 
33.9 	prekindergarten programs;
33.10 	(3) special education teachers;
33.11 	(4) curriculum directors;
33.12 	(5) instructional support staff who provide reading instruction; and
33.13 	(6) employees who select literacy instructional materials for a district.
33.14 	(c) All other teachers and instructional staff required to receive training under the Read 
33.15 	Act must complete the training no later than July 1, 2027.
33.16 	(d) (c) Districts are strongly encouraged to adopt a MTSS framework. The framework 
33.17 	should include a process for monitoring student progress, evaluating program fidelity, and 
33.18 	analyzing student outcomes and needs in order to design and implement ongoing 
33.19 	evidenced-based instruction and interventions.

33.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

33.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is amended 
33.22 	to read:
33.23 		Subd. 2.Identification; report. (a) Twice per year, Each school district must screen 
33.24 	every student enrolled in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 using a screening tool 
33.25 	approved by the Department of Education three times each school year: (1) within the first 
33.26 	six weeks of the school year; (2) by February 15 each year; and (3) within the last six weeks 
33.27 	of the school year. Students enrolled in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3, including 
33.28 	multilingual learners and students receiving special education services, must be universally 
33.29 	screened for mastery of foundational reading skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics, 
33.30 	decoding, fluency, oral language, and for characteristics of dyslexia as measured by a 
33.31 	screening tool approved by the Department of Education. The screening for characteristics 
33.32 	of dyslexia may be integrated with universal screening for mastery of foundational skills 
34.1 	and oral language. A district must submit data on student performance in kindergarten, 
34.2 	grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 on foundational reading skills, including phonemic awareness, 
34.3 	phonics, decoding, fluency, and oral language to the Department of Education in the annual 
34.4 	local literacy plan submission due on June 15.
34.5 	(b) Students in grades 4 and above, including multilingual learners and students receiving 
34.6 	special education services, who do not demonstrate mastery of foundational reading skills, 
34.7 	including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and oral language, must be 
34.8 	screened using a screening tool approved by the Department of Education for characteristics 
34.9 	of dyslexia, and must continue to receive evidence-based instruction, interventions, and 
34.10 	progress monitoring until the students achieve grade-level proficiency. A parent, in 
34.11 	consultation with a teacher, may opt a student out of the literacy screener if the parent and 
34.12 	teacher decide that continuing to screen would not be beneficial to the student. In such 
34.13 	limited cases, the student must continue to receive progress monitoring and literacy 
34.14 	interventions.
34.15 	(c) Reading screeners in English, and in the predominant languages of district students 
34.16 	where practicable, must identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to 
34.17 	literacy. The district also must monitor the progress and provide reading instruction 
34.18 	appropriate to the specific needs of multilingual learners. The district must use an approved, 
34.19 	developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive screener and annually report summary 
34.20 	screener results to the commissioner by June 15 in the form and manner determined by the 
34.21 	commissioner.
34.22 	(d) The district also must include in its literacy plan under subdivision 4a, a summary 
34.23 	of the district's efforts to screen, identify, and provide interventions to students who 
34.24 	demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia as measured by a screening tool approved by the 
34.25 	Department of Education. Districts are strongly encouraged to use the a MTSS framework. 
34.26 	With respect to students screened or identified under paragraph (a), the report must include:
34.27 	(1) a summary of the district's efforts to screen for dyslexia;
34.28 	(2) the number of students universally screened for that reporting year;
34.29 	(3) the number of students demonstrating characteristics of dyslexia for that year; and
34.30 	(4) an explanation of how students identified under this subdivision are provided with 
34.31 	alternate instruction and interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1.

34.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

35.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 2a, is amended 
35.2 	to read:
35.3 		Subd. 2a.Parent notification and involvement. A district must administer a an approved
35.4 	reading screener to students in kindergarten through grade 3 within the first six weeks of 
35.5 	the school year, by February 15 each year, and again within the last six weeks of the school 
35.6 	year. Schools, at least biannually after administering each screener, must give the parent of 
35.7 	each student who is not reading at or above grade level timely information about:
35.8 	(1) the student's reading proficiency as measured by a screener approved by the 
35.9 	Department of Education;
35.10 	(2) reading-related services currently being provided to the student and the student's 
35.11 	progress; and
35.12 	(3) strategies for parents to use at home in helping their student succeed in becoming 
35.13 	grade-level proficient in reading in English and in their native language.
35.14 	A district may not use this section to deny a student's right to a special education 
35.15 	evaluation.

35.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

35.17 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 3, is amended 
35.18 	to read:
35.19 		Subd. 3.Intervention. (a) For each student identified under subdivision 2, the district 
35.20 	shall provide reading intervention to accelerate student growth and reach the goal of reading 
35.21 	at or above grade level by the end of the current grade and school year. A district is 
35.22 	encouraged to provide reading intervention through a MTSS framework. If a student does 
35.23 	not read at or above grade level by the end of the current school year, the district must 
35.24 	continue to provide reading intervention until the student reads at grade level. District 
35.25 	intervention methods shall encourage family engagement and, where possible, collaboration 
35.26 	with appropriate school and community programs that specialize in evidence-based 
35.27 	instructional practices and measure mastery of foundational reading skills, including 
35.28 	phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and oral language. By the 2025-2026 
35.29 	school year, intervention programs must be taught by an intervention teacher or special 
35.30 	education teacher who has successfully completed training in evidence-based reading 
35.31 	instruction approved by the Department of Education. Intervention may include but is not 
35.32 	limited to requiring student attendance in summer school, intensified reading instruction 
35.33 	that may require that the student be removed from the regular classroom for part of the 
36.1 	school day, extended-day programs, or programs that strengthen students' cultural 
36.2 	connections.
36.3 	(b) A district or charter school is strongly encouraged to provide a personal learning 
36.4 	plan for a student who is unable to demonstrate grade-level proficiency, as measured by the 
36.5 	statewide reading assessment in grade 3 or a screener identified by the Department of 
36.6 	Education under section 120B.123. The district or charter school must determine the format 
36.7 	of the personal learning plan in collaboration with the student's educators and other 
36.8 	appropriate professionals. The school must develop the learning plan in consultation with 
36.9 	the student's parent or guardian. The personal learning plan must include targeted instruction 
36.10 	that is evidence-based and ongoing progress monitoring, and address knowledge gaps and 
36.11 	skill deficiencies through strategies such as specific exercises and practices during and 
36.12 	outside of the regular school day, group interventions, periodic assessments or screeners, 
36.13 	and reasonable timelines. The personal learning plan may include grade retention, if it is in 
36.14 	the student's best interest; a student may not be retained solely due to delays in literacy or 
36.15 	not demonstrating grade-level proficiency. A school must maintain and regularly update 
36.16 	and modify the personal learning plan until the student reads at grade level. This paragraph 
36.17 	does not apply to a student under an individualized education program.
36.18 	(c) Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, a district must use only evidence-based literacy 
36.19 	interventions. Districts are strongly encouraged to use intervention materials approved by 
36.20 	the Department of Education under the Read Act.
36.21 	(d) Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, to provide a Tier 2 literacy intervention, a 
36.22 	paraprofessional or other unlicensed person, including a volunteer, must be supervised by 
36.23 	a licensed teacher who has completed training in evidence-based reading instruction approved 
36.24 	by the Department of Education, and have completed evidence-based training developed 
36.25 	under the Read Act by CAREI or the regional literacy networks under section 120B.124, 
36.26 	subdivision 4, or a training that the department has determined meets or exceeds the 
36.27 	requirements of section 120B.124, subdivision 4.

36.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

36.29 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 4, is amended 
36.30 	to read:
36.31 		Subd. 4.Staff development. (a) A district must provide training on evidence-based 
36.32 	reading structured literacy instruction to teachers and instructional staff in accordance with 
36.33 	subdivision 1, paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c). The training must include teaching in the 
37.1 	areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, reading 
37.2 	comprehension, and culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy.
37.3 	(b) Each district shall use the data under subdivision 2 to identify the staff development 
37.4 	needs so that:
37.5 	(1) elementary teachers are able to implement explicit, systematic, evidence-based 
37.6 	instruction in the five reading areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, 
37.7 	and comprehension with emphasis on mastery of foundational reading skills as defined in 
37.8 	section 120B.1118 120B.119and other literacy-related areas including writing until the 
37.9 	student achieves grade-level reading and writing proficiency;
37.10 	(2) elementary teachers have sufficient receive training to provide students with 
37.11 	evidence-based reading and oral language instruction that meets students' developmental, 
37.12 	linguistic, and literacy needs using the intervention methods or programs selected by the 
37.13 	district for the identified students;
37.14 	(3) licensed teachers employed by the district have regular opportunities to improve 
37.15 	reading and writing instruction through approved professional development identified in 
37.16 	the local literacy plan;
37.17 	(4) licensed teachers recognize students' diverse needs in cross-cultural settings and are 
37.18 	able to serve the oral language and linguistic needs of students who are multilingual learners 
37.19 	by maximizing strengths in their native languages in order to cultivate students' English 
37.20 	language development, including oral academic language development, and build academic 
37.21 	literacy; and
37.22 	(5) licensed teachers are well trained in culturally responsive pedagogy that enables 
37.23 	students to master content, develop skills to access content, and build relationships.
37.24 	(c) A district that offers early childhood programs, including voluntary prekindergarten 
37.25 	for eligible four-year-old children, early childhood special education, and school readiness 
37.26 	programs, must provide staff classroom teachers in early childhood programs sufficient
37.27 	training approved by the Department of Education to provide children in early childhood 
37.28 	programs with explicit, systematic instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness; 
37.29 	oral language, including listening comprehension; vocabulary; and letter-sound 
37.30 	correspondence.

37.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

38.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is amended 
38.2 	to read:
38.3 		Subd. 4a.Local literacy plan. (a) Consistent with this section, a school district must 
38.4 	adopt a local literacy plan to have every child reading at or above grade level every year 
38.5 	beginning in kindergarten and to support multilingual learners and students receiving special 
38.6 	education services in achieving their individualized reading goals. A district must update 
38.7 	and submit the plan to the commissioner by June 15 each year. The plan must be consistent 
38.8 	with the Read Act, and include the following:
38.9 	(1) a process to assess students' foundational reading skills, oral language, and level of 
38.10 	reading proficiency and the approved screeners used, by school site and grade level, under 
38.11 	section 120B.123;
38.12 	(2) a process to notify and involve parents;
38.13 	(3) a description of how schools in the district will determine the targeted reading 
38.14 	instruction that is evidence-based and includes an intervention strategy for a student and 
38.15 	the process for intensifying or modifying the reading strategy in order to obtain measurable 
38.16 	reading progress;
38.17 	(4) evidence-based intervention methods for students who are not reading at or above 
38.18 	grade level and progress monitoring to provide information on the effectiveness of the 
38.19 	intervention;
38.20 	(5) identification of staff development needs, including a plan to meet those needs;
38.21 	(6) the curricula used by school site and grade level, and, if applicable, the district plan 
38.22 	and timeline for adopting approved curricula and materials, starting in the 2025-2026 school 
38.23 	year;
38.24 	(7) a statement of whether the district has adopted a MTSS framework;
38.25 	(8) student data using the measures of foundational literacy skills and mastery identified 
38.26 	by the Department of Education for the following students:
38.27 	(i) students in kindergarten through grade 3;
38.28 	(ii) students who demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia; and
38.29 	(iii) students in grades 4 to 12 who are identified as not reading at grade level; and
38.30 	(9) the number of teachers and other staff that have completed training approved by the 
38.31 	department.;
39.1 	(10) the number of teachers and other staff proposed for training in structured literacy; 
39.2 	and
39.3 	(11) how the district used funding provided under the Read Act to implement the 
39.4 	requirements of the Read Act.
39.5 	(b) The district must post its literacy plan on the official school district website and 
39.6 	submit it to the commissioner of education using the template developed by the commissioner 
39.7 	of education beginning June 15, 2024.
39.8 	(c) By March 1, 2024, the commissioner of education must develop a streamlined template 
39.9 	for local literacy plans that meets the requirements of this subdivision and requires all 
39.10 	reading instruction and teacher training in reading instruction to be evidence-based. The 
39.11 	template must require a district to report information using the student categories required 
39.12 	in the commissioner's report under paragraph (d). The template must focus district resources 
39.13 	on improving students' foundational reading skills while reducing paperwork requirements 
39.14 	for teachers.
39.15 	(d) By December 1, 2025, the commissioner of education must submit a report to the 
39.16 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education 
39.17 	summarizing the local literacy plans submitted to the commissioner. The summary must 
39.18 	include the following information:
39.19 	(1) the number of teachers and other staff that have completed training approved by the 
39.20 	Department of Education;
39.21 	(2) the number of teachers and other staff required to complete the training under section 
39.22 	120B.123, subdivision 5, that have not completed the training;
39.23 	(3) the number of teachers exempt under section 120B.123, subdivision 5, from 
39.24 	completing training approved by the Department of Education;
39.25 	(2) (4) by school site and grade, the screeners used at the beginning and end of the school 
39.26 	year and the reading curriculum used; and
39.27 	(3) (5) by school site and grade, using the measurements of foundational literacy skills 
39.28 	and mastery identified by the department, both aggregated data and disaggregated data on 
39.29 	student performance on the approved screeners using the student categories under section 
39.30 	120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2).
39.31 	(e) By December 1, 2026, and December 1, 2027, the commissioner of education must 
39.32 	submit updated reports containing the information required under paragraph (d) to the 
39.33 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education.

40.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

40.2 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.123, subdivision 1, is amended 
40.3 	to read:
40.4 		Subdivision 1.Approved screeners. (a) A district must administer an approved 
40.5 	evidence-based reading screener to students in kindergarten through grade 3 within the first 
40.6 	six weeks of the school year, by February 15 each year, and again within the last six weeks 
40.7 	of the school year. The screener must be one of the screening tools approved by the 
40.8 	Department of Education. A district must identify any screener it uses in the district's annual 
40.9 	literacy plan, and submit screening data with the annual literacy plan by June 15.
40.10 	(b) Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, district staff, contractors, and volunteers may 
40.11 	use only screeners that have been approved by the Department of Education.

40.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

40.13 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.123, subdivision 2, is amended 
40.14 	to read:
40.15 		Subd. 2.Progress monitoring. A district must implement progress monitoring, as 
40.16 	defined in section 120B.1118 120B.119, for a student not reading at grade level.

40.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

40.18 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.123, subdivision 5, is amended 
40.19 	to read:
40.20 		Subd. 5.Professional development. (a) A district must provide training from a menu 
40.21 	of approved evidence-based training programs to all the following teachers and staff by 
40.22 	July 1, 2026:
40.23 	(1) reading intervention teachers, literacy specialists, and other teachers and staff 
40.24 	identified in section 120B.12, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), by July 1, 2025; and by July 1, 
40.25 	2027, to other teachers in the district, prioritizing teachers who work with students with 
40.26 	disabilities, English learners, and students who qualify for the graduation incentives program 
40.27 	under section 124D.68. working with students in kindergarten through grade 12;
40.28 	(2) all classroom teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3 and children in 
40.29 	prekindergarten programs;
40.30 	(3) special education teachers;
41.1 	(4) curriculum directors;
41.2 	(5) instructional support staff, contractors, and volunteers who assist in providing Tier 
41.3 	2 interventions;
41.4 	(6) employees who select literacy instructional materials for a district; and
41.5 	(7) teachers licensed to teach English to multilingual learners.
41.6 	(b) A district must provide training from a menu of approved evidence-based training 
41.7 	programs to the following teachers by July 1, 2027:
41.8 	(1) teachers who provide reading instruction to students in grades 4 to 12; and
41.9 	(2) teachers who provide instruction to students in a state-approved alternative program.
41.10 	(c) The commissioner of education may grant a district an extension to the deadlines in 
41.11 	this subdivision.
41.12 	(d) Training provided by a department-approved certified trained facilitator may satisfy 
41.13 	the professional development requirements under this subdivision.
41.14 	(e) For the 2024-2025 school year only, the hours of instruction requirement under 
41.15 	section 120A.41 for students in grades 1 through 5 is reduced to 929-1/2 hours for a district 
41.16 	that enters into an agreement with the exclusive representative of the teachers that requires 
41.17 	teachers to receive at least 5-1/2 hours of approved evidence-based training required under 
41.18 	this subdivision, on a day when other students in the district receive instruction. If a charter 
41.19 	school's teachers are not represented by an exclusive representative, the charter school may 
41.20 	reduce the number of instructional hours for students in grades 1 through 5 by 5-1/2 hours 
41.21 	after consulting with its teachers in order to provide teachers with at least 5-1/2 hours of 
41.22 	evidence-based training required under this subdivision on a day when other students receive 
41.23 	instruction.

41.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

41.25 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.123, subdivision 7, is amended 
41.26 	to read:
41.27 		Subd. 7.Department of Education. (a) By July 1, 2023, the department must make 
41.28 	available to districts a list of approved evidence-based screeners in accordance with section 
41.29 	120B.12. A district must use an approved screener to assess students' mastery of foundational 
41.30 	reading skills in accordance with section 120B.12.
42.1 	(b) The Department of Education must partner with CAREI as required under section 
42.2 	120B.124 to approve professional development programs, subject to final determination by 
42.3 	the department. After the implementation partnership under section 120B.124 ends, the 
42.4 	department must continue to regularly provide districts with information about professional 
42.5 	development opportunities available throughout the state on reading instruction that is 
42.6 	evidence-based.
42.7 	(c) The department and CAREI must identify training required for a literacy lead and 
42.8 	literacy specialist employed by a district or Minnesota service cooperatives.
42.9 	(d) The department must employ a one or more literacy specialist specialists to provide 
42.10 	support to districts implementing the Read Act and coordinate duties assigned to the 
42.11 	department under the Read Act. The literacy specialist must work on state efforts to improve 
42.12 	literacy tracking and implementation.
42.13 	(e) The department must develop a template for a local literacy plan in accordance with 
42.14 	section 120B.12, subdivision 4a.
42.15 	(f) The department must partner with CAREI as required under section 120B.124 to 
42.16 	approve literacy intervention models, subject to final determination by the department. The 
42.17 	department must make a list of the 15 approved evidence-based intervention models available 
42.18 	to districts as they are approved by CAREI, starting November 1, 2025. Upon approval of 
42.19 	the evidence-based intervention models, the department must ensure the models are reviewed 
42.20 	by a contracted third party for culturally responsive guidance and materials, and make those 
42.21 	findings available to districts once the review process is complete. The department must 
42.22 	notify districts of the two-step review process for all materials approved under the Read 
42.23 	Act for effectiveness as evidence-based structured literacy, and for cultural responsiveness.
42.24 	(g) The department and CAREI must provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, and support 
42.25 	to certified trained facilitators.

42.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

42.27 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.123, is amended by adding 
42.28 	a subdivision to read:
42.29 		Subd. 8.Special revenue fund. (a) An account is established in the special revenue 
42.30 	fund known as the Read Act program account. All amounts appropriated under Laws 2023, 
42.31 	chapter 55, article 3, that are unobligated and unencumbered as of June 30, 2028, must be 
42.32 	transferred to the Read Act program account. Remaining unspent funds from previously 
43.1 	obligated or encumbered appropriations under the Read Act cancel to the Read Act program 
43.2 	account.
43.3 	(b) Funds appropriated to implement the Read Act must be transferred to the Read Act 
43.4 	program account in the special revenue fund.
43.5 	(c) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for curriculum, 
43.6 	training, and other programming necessary to implement the Read Act.

43.7 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.124, subdivision 1, is amended 
43.8 	to read:
43.9 		Subdivision 1.Resources. (a) The Department of Education must partner with CAREI 
43.10 	for two years beginning July 1, 2023, until August 30, 2025, to support implementation of 
43.11 	the Read Act. The department and CAREI must jointly:
43.12 	(1) identify at least five literacy curricula and supporting materials that are evidence-based 
43.13 	or focused on structured literacy by January 1, 2024, and post a list of the curricula on the 
43.14 	department website. The list must include curricula that use culturally and linguistically 
43.15 	responsive materials that reflect diverse populations and, to the extent practicable, curricula 
43.16 	that reflect the experiences of students from diverse backgrounds, including multilingual 
43.17 	learners, biliterate students, and students who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. 
43.18 	A district that purchases an approved curriculum before the cultural responsiveness review 
43.19 	is completed is encouraged to work with the curriculum's publisher to obtain updated 
43.20 	materials that are culturally and linguistically responsive and reflect diverse populations.
43.21 	A district is not required to use an approved curriculum, unless the curriculum was purchased 
43.22 	with state funds that require a curriculum to be selected from a list of approved curricula;
43.23 	(2) identify at least three professional development programs that focus on the five pillars 
43.24 	of literacy and the components of structured literacy by August 15, 2023, subject to final 
43.25 	approval by the department. The department must post a list of the programs on the 
43.26 	department website. The programs may include a program offered by CAREI. The 
43.27 	requirements of section 16C.08 do not apply to the selection of a provider under this section;
43.28 	(3) identify evidence-based literacy intervention materials for students in kindergarten 
43.29 	through grade 12;
43.30 	(4) develop an evidence-based literacy lead training and coaching program that trains 
43.31 	and supports literacy specialists throughout Minnesota to support schools' efforts in screening, 
43.32 	measuring growth, monitoring progress, and implementing interventions in accordance with 
43.33 	subdivision 1. Literacy lead training must include instruction on how to train 
44.1 	paraprofessionals and volunteers that provide Tier 2 interventions on evidence-based literacy 
44.2 	intervention;
44.3 	(5) identify measures of foundational literacy skills and mastery that a district must 
44.4 	report on a local literacy plan;
44.5 	(6) provide guidance to districts about best practices in literacy instruction, and practices 
44.6 	that are not evidence-based;
44.7 	(7) develop MTSS model plans that districts may adopt to support efforts to screen, 
44.8 	identify, intervene, and monitor the progress of students not reading at grade level; and
44.9 	(8) ensure that teacher professional development options and MTSS framework trainings 
44.10 	are geographically equitable by supporting trainings through the regional service 
44.11 	cooperatives.;
44.12 	(9) develop a coaching and mentorship program for certified trained facilitators based 
44.13 	on the previously approved trainings; and
44.14 	(10) identify at least 15 evidence-based literacy intervention models by November 1, 
44.15 	2025, and post a list of the interventions on the department website. A district is not required 
44.16 	to use an approved intervention model.
44.17 	(b) The department must contract with a third party to develop culturally and linguistically 
44.18 	responsive supplemental materials and guidance for the approved literacy curricula to meet 
44.19 	the culturally and linguistically responsive standards under paragraph (a), clause (1).

44.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

44.21 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.124, subdivision 2, is amended 
44.22 	to read:
44.23 		Subd. 2.Reconsideration. (a) The department and CAREI must provide districts an 
44.24 	opportunity to request that the department and CAREI add to the list of curricula or 
44.25 	professional development programs a specific curriculum or professional development 
44.26 	program. The department must publish the request for reconsideration procedure on the 
44.27 	department website. A request for reconsideration must demonstrate that the curriculum or 
44.28 	professional development program meets the requirements of the Read Act, is 
44.29 	evidence-based, and has structured literacy components; or that the screener accurately 
44.30 	measures literacy growth, monitors progress, and accurately assesses effective reading, 
44.31 	including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The 
45.1 	department and CAREI must review the request for reconsideration and approve or deny 
45.2 	the request within 60 days.
45.3 	(b) The department and CAREI must conduct a final curriculum review of previously 
45.4 	submitted curriculum by March 3, 2025, to review curriculum that is available to districts 
45.5 	at no cost.

45.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

45.7 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.124, is amended by adding 
45.8 	a subdivision to read:
45.9 		Subd. 4.Volunteer and paraprofessional training. (a) The department and CAREI 
45.10 	must develop and provide training on evidence-based literacy interventions for the following 
45.11 	unlicensed persons that regularly provide Tier 2 interventions to students in Minnesota 
45.12 	districts:
45.13 	(1) paraprofessionals and other unlicensed school staff; and
45.14 	(2) volunteers, contractors, and other persons not employed by Minnesota districts.
45.15 	(b) The regional literacy networks must develop and provide training on evidence-based 
45.16 	literacy interventions consistent with paragraph (a).
45.17 	(c) CAREI and the regional literacy networks must collaborate to ensure that training 
45.18 	provided by CAREI and the regional literacy networks is consistent across providers. The 
45.19 	trainings must not exceed eight hours. The trainings must be based on approved training 
45.20 	developed for teachers, and must include a train the trainer component to enable literacy 
45.21 	leads to provide the training to paraprofessionals and volunteers. CAREI and the regional 
45.22 	literacy networks must provide the trainings at no cost to professionals and other unlicensed 
45.23 	school staff who regularly provide Tier 2 interventions to students in Minnesota districts.

45.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

45.25 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.124, is amended by adding 
45.26 	a subdivision to read:
45.27 		Subd. 5.Ongoing review of literacy materials. The department may partner with one 
45.28 	or more institutions of higher education to conduct independent and objective reviews of 
45.29 	curriculum and intervention materials. The department must determine whether it will 
45.30 	partner with an institution of higher education to conduct ongoing reviews of literacy 
45.31 	materials by June 1, 2026. A publisher may submit curriculum or intervention materials for 
46.1 	review. The publisher is responsible for paying the cost of the review directly to the institution 
46.2 	of higher education. The review must use the rubric used to approve curricula under 
46.3 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). The department and institution of higher education may approve 
46.4 	the curriculum or instructional materials if they determine that the curriculum or intervention 
46.5 	materials are evidence-based, focused on structured literacy, and are culturally and 
46.6 	linguistically responsive and reflect diverse populations. The department must add the 
46.7 	approved curriculum or intervention materials to the list of curricula and materials approved 
46.8 	under the Read Act.

46.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

46.10 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 120B.124, is amended by adding 
46.11 	a subdivision to read:
46.12 		Subd. 6.Comprehensive review of literacy materials. Starting in 2033, the department 
46.13 	and an institution of higher education may partner to do a comprehensive review of 
46.14 	curriculum and intervention materials to identify literacy curriculum and supporting materials, 
46.15 	and intervention materials that are evidence-based, focused on structured literacy, and are 
46.16 	culturally and linguistically responsive and reflect diverse populations. The department 
46.17 	must revise the list of approved curriculum and supporting materials and intervention 
46.18 	materials based on the findings of the review.

46.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

46.20 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.42, subdivision 8, is amended 
46.21 	to read:
46.22 		Subd. 8.Minnesota reading corps program. (a) A Minnesota reading corps program 
46.23 	is established to provide ServeMinnesota AmeriCorps members with a data-based 
46.24 	problem-solving model of literacy instruction to use in helping to train local Head Start 
46.25 	program providers, other prekindergarten program providers, and staff in schools with 
46.26 	students in kindergarten through grade 3 to evaluate and teach early literacy skills, including 
46.27 	evidence-based literacy instruction under sections 120B.1117 to 120B.124, to children age 
46.28 	3 to grade 3 and interventions for children in kindergarten to grade 12 3.
46.29 	(b) Literacy programs under this subdivision must comply with the provisions governing 
46.30 	literacy program goals and data use under section 119A.50, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
46.31 	(c) Literacy programs under this subdivision must use evidence-based reading instruction 
46.32 	and interventions focused on structured literacy. ServeMinnesota must demonstrate to the 
47.1 	department that the training AmeriCorps members receive meets or exceeds the requirements 
47.2 	of section 120B.124, subdivision 4, for volunteers. Minnesota Reading Corps AmeriCorps 
47.3 	members are not required to complete the training under section 120B.24, subdivision 4.
47.4 	(c) (d) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the legislature 
47.5 	with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and evaluates 
47.6 	program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.

47.7 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.98, subdivision 5, is amended 
47.8 	to read:
47.9 		Subd. 5.Literacy incentive aid uses. A school district must use its literacy incentive 
47.10 	aid to support implementation of evidence-based reading instruction. The following are 
47.11 	eligible uses of literacy incentive aid:
47.12 	(1) training for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers, early childhood educators, special 
47.13 	education teachers, reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten 
47.14 	through grade 12, curriculum directors, and instructional support staff that provide reading 
47.15 	instruction, on using evidence-based screening and progress monitoring tools;
47.16 	(2) evidence-based training using a training program approved by the Department of 
47.17 	Education under the Read Act;
47.18 	(3) employing or contracting with a literacy lead, as defined in section 120B.1118
47.19 	120B.119;
47.20 	(4) employing an intervention specialist;
47.21 	(4) (5) approved screeners, materials, training, and ongoing coaching to ensure reading 
47.22 	interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1, are evidence-based; and
47.23 	(5) (6) costs of substitute teachers to allow teachers to complete required training during 
47.24 	the teachers' contract day.; and
47.25 	(7) stipends for teachers completing training required under section 120B.12.

47.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

47.27 	Sec. 23. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
47.28 		Subd. 3.Read Act curriculum and intervention materials reimbursement. (a) To 
47.29 	reimburse For state aid for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units for 
47.30 	evidence-based literacy supports for children in prekindergarten through grade 12 based on 
47.31 	structured literacy:

48.1		$
	35,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
48.2 	(b) The commissioner must use this appropriation to reimburse school districts, charter 
48.3 	schools, and cooperatives for approved evidence-based structured literacy curriculum and 
48.4 	supporting materials, and intervention materials purchased after July 1, 2021. An applicant 
48.5 	must apply for the reimbursement in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.
48.6 	(c) The commissioner must report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
48.7 	kindergarten through grade 12 education the districts, charter schools, and cooperative units 
48.8 	that receive literacy grants and the amounts of each grant, by January 15, 2025, according 
48.9 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
48.10 	(b) The aid amount for each school district, charter school, and cooperative unit providing 
48.11 	direct instructional services equals the greater of $2,000 or $39.91 times the number of 
48.12 	students served by the school district, charter school, or cooperative as determined by the 
48.13 	fall 2023 enrollment count of students.
48.14 	(c) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit must place any aid received 
48.15 	under this subdivision in a reserved account in the general fund. Aid in the reserved account 
48.16 	must be used to implement requirements under the Read Act or for literacy incentive aid 
48.17 	uses under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.98, subdivision 5.
48.18 	(d) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit must purchase curriculum and 
48.19 	instructional materials that reflect diverse populations.
48.20 	(e) Of this amount, up to $250,000 is available for grant administration.
48.21 	(f) This appropriation does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2025. This is a 
48.22 	onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2028.
48.23 	(g) This aid is 100 percent payable in fiscal year 2025.

48.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

48.25 	Sec. 24. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 3, section 11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
48.26 		Subd. 4.Read Act professional development. (a) For evidence-based training on 
48.27 	structured literacy for teachers working in school districts, charter schools, and cooperatives:

48.28		$
	34,950,000
	.....
	2024
	
48.3048.29
		$
	0
4,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
48.31 	(b) Of the amount for fiscal year 2024 in paragraph (a), $18,000,000 is for the Department 
48.32 	of Education and the regional literacy networks and $16,700,000 is for statewide training. 
49.1 	The department must use the funding to develop a data collection system to collect and 
49.2 	analyze the submission of the local literacy plans and student-level universal screening data, 
49.3 	to establish the regional literacy networks as a partnership between the department and the 
49.4 	Minnesota service cooperatives, and to administer statewide training based in structured 
49.5 	literacy to be offered free to school districts and charter schools and facilitated by the regional 
49.6 	literacy networks and the department. The regional literacy networks must focus on 
49.7 	implementing comprehensive literacy reform efforts based on structured literacy. Each 
49.8 	regional literacy network must add a literacy lead position and establish a team of trained 
49.9 	literacy coaches to facilitate evidence-based structured literacy training opportunities and 
49.10 	ongoing supports to school districts and charter schools in each of their regions. The amount 
49.11 	in fiscal year 2025 is for statewide training. Funds appropriated under this subdivision may 
49.12 	also be used to provide training in structured literacy to fourth and fifth grade classroom 
49.13 	teachers and literacy professors from Minnesota institutions of higher education.
49.14 	(c) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $250,000 is for administration.
49.15 	(d) If funds remain unspent on July 1, 2026, the commissioner must expand eligibility 
49.16 	for approved training to include principals and other district, charter school, or cooperative 
49.17 	administrators.
49.18 	(e) The commissioner must report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
49.19 	kindergarten through grade 12 education the number of teachers from each district who 
49.20 	received approved structured literacy training using funds under this subdivision, and the 
49.21 	amounts awarded to districts, charter schools, or cooperatives.
49.22 	(f) The regional literacy networks and staff at the Department of Education must provide 
49.23 	ongoing support to school districts, charter schools, and cooperatives implementing 
49.24 	evidence-based literacy instruction.
49.25 	(g) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2028. Any unspent funds do not cancel 
49.26 	but are transferred to the Read Act program account in the special revenue fund. The base 
49.27 	for fiscal year 2026 and later is $7,750,000, of which $6,500,000 is for the regional literacy 
49.28 	networks and $1,250,000 is for statewide training.

49.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

49.30 	Sec. 25. PELSB READING AUDIT REPORT.
 49.31 	(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must conduct an audit 
49.32 	that evaluates whether and how approved teacher training programs for candidates for the 
49.33 	following licensure areas meet subject matter standards for reading:
50.1 	(1) early childhood education in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 8710.3000;
50.2 	(2) elementary education in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 8710.3200; and
50.3 	(3) special education in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 8710.5000.
50.4 	(b) The board must submit an initial report with its findings to the legislative committees 
50.5 	with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 and higher education by January 15, 
50.6 	2025, and a final report by August 1, 2026. Each report must:
50.7 	(1) identify the reading standards for each licensure area, identify how they are aligned 
50.8 	to the requirements of the Read Act, including requirements on evidence-based instruction, 
50.9 	phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and reading 
50.10 	comprehension, and to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.092, subdivision 
50.11 	5;
50.12 	(2) describe how the board conducted the audit;
50.13 	(3) identify the results of the audit; and
50.14 	(4) summarize the program effectiveness reports for continuing approval related to 
50.15 	reading standards reviewed by the board, including the board determinations under Minnesota 
50.16 	Rules, part 8705.2200.

50.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

50.18 	Sec. 26. READ ACT DEAF, DEAFBLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING WORKING 
50.19 	GROUP.
 50.20 		Subdivision 1.Working group purpose. The Department of Education must establish 
50.21 	a working group to make recommendations on literacy training, screeners, and curriculum 
50.22 	for students who cannot fully access sound-based approaches such as phonics.
50.23 		Subd. 2.Members. The Department of Education must appoint representatives from 
50.24 	the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of 
50.25 	Minnesota; the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing; the 
50.26 	Minnesota State Academies; Metro Deaf School; intermediate school districts; regional 
50.27 	low-incidence facilitators; a Deaf and Hard of Hearing teacher licensure preparation program 
50.28 	in Minnesota approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; and 
50.29 	teachers of students who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing.
50.30 		Subd. 3.Report. The working group must review curriculum, screeners, and training 
50.31 	approved under the Read Act and make recommendations for adapting curriculum, screeners, 
50.32 	and training available to districts, charter schools, teachers, and administrators to meet the 
51.1 	needs of students and educators who cannot fully access sound-based approaches. The report 
51.2 	must address how approved curriculum, screeners, and training may be modified and identify 
51.3 	resources for alternatives to sound-based approaches. The working group must post its 
51.4 	report on the Department of Education website, and submit the report to the legislative 
51.5 	committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education no later than 
51.6 	January 15, 2025.
51.7 		Subd. 4.Administrative provisions. (a) The commissioner, or the commissioner's 
51.8 	designee, must convene the initial meeting of the working group. At the first meeting, the 
51.9 	department must provide members of the working group information on structured literacy 
51.10 	and the curriculum, screeners, and training approved under the Read Act.
51.11 	(b) Members of the working group are eligible for per diem compensation as provided 
51.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3. The working group expires January 
51.13 	16, 2025, or upon submission of the report to the legislature under subdivision 3, whichever 
51.14 	is earlier.

51.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

51.16 	Sec. 27. APPROPRIATION; SUPPLEMENTAL READ ACT FUNDING.
 51.17 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
51.18 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
51.19 	designated.
51.20 		Subd. 2.Read Act implementation. (a) For transfer to the Read Act program account 
51.21 	in the special revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.123:

51.22		$
	33,225,000
	.....
	2025
	
51.23 	(b) Of this amount, $31,375,000 is for school districts, charter schools, and cooperatives, 
51.24 	to be allocated based on the number of teachers required to complete training, as reported 
51.25 	in local literacy plans. Districts, charter schools, and cooperatives may use the funding in 
51.26 	the following order of priority:
51.27 	(1) to compensate staff who complete an evidence-based professional development 
51.28 	program approved under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.124, outside of the regular work 
51.29 	time or staff development time at their regular hourly wage;
51.30 	(2) to pay for substitute teachers or other staff needed while teachers or other staff 
51.31 	complete an evidence-based professional development program approved under section 
51.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.124; and
52.1 	(3) for stipends for teachers who have a license to teach in Minnesota and complete an 
52.2 	evidence-based professional development program approved under Minnesota Statutes, 
52.3 	section 120B.124, between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2027.
52.4 	(c) Of this amount, $1,000,000 is for the Department of Education to issue a request for 
52.5 	proposals for a contract to develop supplemental culturally responsive materials for the 
52.6 	approved evidence-based structured literacy curricula under Minnesota Statutes, section 
52.7 	120B.124, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1). The contractor must review all approved 
52.8 	instructional and intervention materials to ensure they are culturally responsive within 90 
52.9 	days of receiving the materials from the Department of Education. The contractor must 
52.10 	work with publishers to ensure materials are culturally responsive and provide districts with 
52.11 	supplementary materials and guidance as needed.
52.12 	(d) Of this amount, $375,000 is for the regional literacy networks to develop training 
52.13 	for paraprofessionals and volunteers that regularly provide Tier 2 literacy interventions to 
52.14 	students in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.124, subdivision 4.
52.15 	(e) Of this amount, $375,000 is for CAREI to develop training for paraprofessionals and 
52.16 	volunteers that regularly provide Tier 2 literacy interventions to students in accordance with 
52.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.124, subdivision 4.
52.18 	(f) Of this amount, $100,000 is for the Read Act Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of hearing 
52.19 	working group.
52.20 	(g) This is a onetime appropriation.

52.21 	Sec. 28. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 52.22 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber each section of Minnesota Statutes listed in column 
52.23 	A with the number listed in column B. The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference 
52.24 	changes consistent with the renumbering. The revisor shall also make any technical and 
52.25 	other changes necessitated by the renumbering and cross-reference changes in this act.

52.26	Column A
	Column B
	
52.27	120B.1117
	120B.118
	
52.28	120B.1118
	120B.119

52.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

53.1 	ARTICLE 4
53.2 	AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

53.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.81, subdivision 2b, is 
53.4 	amended to read:
53.5 		Subd. 2b.Carry forward of funds. Notwithstanding section 16A.28, if a school district 
53.6 	or Tribal contract school does not expend the full amount of the American Indian education 
53.7 	aid in accordance with the plan in the designated fiscal year, the school district or Tribal 
53.8 	contract school may carry forward and expend up to half of the remaining funds in the first 
53.9 	six months of the following fiscal year, and is not subject to an aid reduction if:
53.10 	(1) the district is otherwise following the plan submitted and approved under subdivision 
53.11 	2;
53.12 	(2) the American Indian Parent Advisory Committee for the school is aware of and has 
53.13 	approved the carry forward and has concurred with the district's educational offerings 
53.14 	extended to American Indian students under section 124D.78;
53.15 	(3) the funds carried over are used in accordance with section 124D.74, subdivision 1; 
53.16 	and
53.17 	(4) by April 1, the district reports to the Department of Education American Indian 
53.18 	education director the reason the aid was not expended in the designated fiscal year, and 
53.19 	describes how the district intends to expend the funds in the following fiscal year. The 
53.20 	district must report this information in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.

53.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

53.22 	ARTICLE 5
53.23 	TEACHERS

53.24 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 121A.642, is amended to read:
53.25 	121A.642 PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
53.26 		Subdivision 1.Training required. (a) For purposes of this section, "school" means a 
53.27 	school district or, charter school, intermediate school district, other cooperative unit, Perpich 
53.28 	Center for Arts Education, or the Minnesota State Academies.
53.29 	(b) A school must provide a minimum of eight hours of paid orientation or professional 
53.30 	development annually to all paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other instructional support 
53.31 	staff.
54.1 	(c) Six of the eight hours must be completed before the first instructional day of the 
54.2 	school year or within 30 days of hire.
54.3 	(d) The orientation or professional development must be relevant to the employee's 
54.4 	occupation and may include collaboration time with classroom teachers and planning for 
54.5 	the school year.
54.6 	(e) For paraprofessionals who provide direct support to students, at least 50 percent of 
54.7 	the professional development or orientation must be dedicated to meeting the requirements 
54.8 	of this section. Professional development for paraprofessionals may also address the 
54.9 	requirements of section 120B.363, subdivision 3.
54.10 	(f) A school administrator must provide an annual certification of compliance with this 
54.11 	requirement to the commissioner.
54.12 	(g) For the 2024-2025 school year only, a school may reduce the hours of training 
54.13 	required in paragraphs (b) to (e) to a minimum of six hours and must pay for paraprofessional 
54.14 	test materials and testing fees for any paraprofessional employed by the school district 
54.15 	during the 2023-2024 school year who has not yet successfully completed the 
54.16 	paraprofessional assessment or met the requirements of the paraprofessional competency 
54.17 	grid.
54.18 		Subd. 2.Reimbursement for paraprofessional training. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 
54.19 	2025, the commissioner of education must reimburse school districts, charter schools, 
54.20 	intermediate school districts and other cooperative units, the Perpich Center for Arts 
54.21 	Education, and the Minnesota State Academies schools in the form and manner specified 
54.22 	by the commissioner for paraprofessional training costs.
54.23 	(b) The paraprofessional reimbursement equals the prior year compensation expenses 
54.24 	associated with providing up to eight hours of paid orientation and professional development 
54.25 	for each paraprofessional trained under subdivision 1. For purposes of this paragraph, 
54.26 	"compensation expenses" means the sum of the following amounts attributable to the school's 
54.27 	paraprofessionals:
54.28 	(1) regular hourly wages;
54.29 	(2) Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes under United States Code, title 
54.30 	26, chapter 21; and
54.31 	(3) the employer share of retirement contributions required under chapter 352, 353, 354, 
54.32 	or 354A.
55.1 	(c) The commissioner may establish procedures to ensure that any costs reimbursed 
55.2 	under this section are excluded from other school revenue calculations.
55.3 	(d) For the school reimbursements paid in fiscal year 2026 for costs incurred during the 
55.4 	2024-2025 school year only, the commissioner must not reduce the aid to any school that 
55.5 	paid for paraprofessional test materials or testing fees under subdivision 1, paragraph (g).
55.6 		Subd. 3.Consultation. In any school where the paraprofessionals are represented by a 
55.7 	bargaining unit, the school must consult with the exclusive representative for employees 
55.8 	receiving training when creating or planning training required under this section.

55.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 
55.10 	2024. Subdivision 3 is effective the day following final enactment.

55.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.415, subdivision 4, is amended 
55.12 	to read:
55.13 		Subd. 4.Basic alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) The basic alternative teacher 
55.14 	compensation aid for a school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 
55.15 	2b, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under subdivision 1. 
55.16 	The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with a plan approved 
55.17 	under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, equals $260 times the number of pupils 
55.18 	enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or on October 1 of the current year 
55.19 	for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the alternative 
55.20 	teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all participating 
55.21 	school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue for those districts 
55.22 	under subdivision 1.
55.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative 
55.24 	teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $88,118,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
55.25 	$88,461,000 for fiscal year 2024; $88,461,000 $88,961,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
55.26 	$89,486,000 for fiscal year 2026 and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of 
55.27 	alternative teacher compensation aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these 
55.28 	limits by not approving new participants or by prorating the aid among participating districts, 
55.29 	intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter schools. The commissioner may also 
55.30 	reallocate a portion of the allowable aid for the biennium from the second year to the first 
55.31 	year to meet the needs of approved participants.
56.1 	(c) Basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate district or other 
56.2 	cooperative unit equals $3,000 times the number of licensed teachers employed by the 
56.3 	intermediate district or cooperative unit on October 1 of the previous school year.

56.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2025 and later.

56.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a subdivision 
56.6 	to read:
56.7 		Subd. 7.Revenue reserved. Revenue received under this section must be reserved and 
56.8 	used only for the programs authorized under section 122A.414.

56.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2025 and later.

56.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.73, subdivision 2, is amended 
56.11 	to read:
56.12 		Subd. 2.Grow Your Own district programs. (a) A school district, charter school, 
56.13 	Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply 
56.14 	for a grant for a teacher preparation program that meets the requirements of paragraph (c) 
56.15 	to establish a Grow Your Own pathway for adults to obtain their first professional teaching 
56.16 	license. The grant recipient must use at least 80 percent of grant funds to provide tuition 
56.17 	scholarships or stipends to enable school district employees or community members affiliated 
56.18 	with a school district, who are of color or American Indian and who seek a teaching license, 
56.19 	to participate in the teacher preparation program. Grant funds may also be used to pay for 
56.20 	teacher licensure exams and licensure fees.
56.21 	(b) A district using grant funds under this subdivision to provide financial support to 
56.22 	teacher candidates may require a commitment as determined by the district to teach in the 
56.23 	district for a reasonable amount of time that does not exceed five years.
56.24 	(c) A grantee must partner with:
56.25 	(1) a Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation 
56.26 	program;
56.27 	(2) a Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation-accredited teacher preparation 
56.28 	program from a private, not for profit, institution of higher education; or
56.29 	(3) an institution that has an articulated transfer pathway with a board-approved teacher 
56.30 	preparation program.

56.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

57.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.73, subdivision 3, is amended 
57.2 	to read:
57.3 		Subd. 3.Grants for programs serving secondary school students. (a) A school district 
57.4 	or charter school may apply for grants under this section to offer other innovative programs 
57.5 	that encourage secondary school students, especially students of color and American Indian 
57.6 	students, to pursue teaching. To be eligible for a grant under this subdivision, an applicant 
57.7 	must ensure that the aggregate percentage of secondary school students of color and American 
57.8 	Indian students participating in the program is equal to or greater than the aggregate 
57.9 	percentage of students of color and American Indian students in the school district, charter 
57.10 	school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit.
57.11 	(b) A grant recipient must use grant funds awarded under this subdivision for:
57.12 	(1) supporting future teacher clubs or service-learning opportunities that provide middle 
57.13 	and high school students with experiential learning that supports the success of younger 
57.14 	students or peers and increases students' interest in pursuing a teaching career;
57.15 	(2) developing and offering postsecondary enrollment options for "Introduction to 
57.16 	Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses consistent with section 124D.09, 
57.17 	subdivision 10, that meet degree requirements for teacher licensure;
57.18 	(3) providing direct support, including wrap-around services, for students who are of 
57.19 	color or American Indian to enroll and be successful in postsecondary enrollment options 
57.20 	courses under section 124D.09 that would meet degree requirements for teacher licensure; 
57.21 	or
57.22 	(4) offering scholarships to graduating high school students who are of color or American 
57.23 	Indian to enroll in board-approved undergraduate teacher preparation programs at a college 
57.24 	or university in Minnesota or in an institution that has an articulated transfer pathway with 
57.25 	a board-approved teacher preparation program.
57.26 	(c) The maximum grant award under this subdivision is $500,000. The commissioner 
57.27 	may consider the number of participants a grant recipient intends to support when determining 
57.28 	a grant amount.

57.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

57.30 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.73, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
57.31 		Subd. 4.Grant procedure. (a) A district must apply for a grant under this section in 
57.32 	the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner must give priority 
58.1 	to districts with the highest total number or percentage of students who are of color or 
58.2 	American Indian. To the extent that there are sufficient applications, the commissioner must, 
58.3 	to the extent practicable, award an equal number of grants between districts in greater 
58.4 	Minnesota and those in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
58.5 	(b) For the 2022-2023 school year and later, grant applications for new and existing 
58.6 	programs must be received by the commissioner no later than January 15 of the year prior 
58.7 	to the school year in which the grant will be used. The commissioner must review all 
58.8 	applications and notify grant recipients by March 15 or as soon as practicable of the 
58.9 	anticipated amount awarded. If the commissioner determines that sufficient funding is 
58.10 	unavailable for the grants, the commissioner must notify grant applicants by June 30 or as 
58.11 	soon as practicable that there are insufficient funds.
58.12 	(c) For the 2021-2022 school year, the commissioner must set a timetable for awarding 
58.13 	grants as soon as practicable.

58.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

58.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.77, subdivision 1, is amended 
58.16 	to read:
58.17 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. The commissioner of education must 
58.18 	administer a grant program to develop a pipeline of trained, licensed Tier 3 or Tier 4 special 
58.19 	education teachers. A school district, charter school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative 
58.20 	unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply for a grant under this section. An 
58.21 	applicant must partner with:
58.22 	(1) a Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation 
58.23 	program;
58.24 	(2) a Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation-accredited teacher preparation 
58.25 	program from a private, not-for-profit, institution of higher education; or
58.26 	(3) an institution that has an articulated transfer pathway with a board-approved teacher 
58.27 	preparation program.

58.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

59.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.77, subdivision 2, is amended 
59.2 	to read:
59.3 		Subd. 2.Grant uses. (a) A grant recipient must use grant funds to support participants 
59.4 	who are employed by the grant recipient as either a paraprofessional or other unlicensed 
59.5 	staff, or a teacher with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license, and demonstrate a willingness to be a 
59.6 	special education teacher after completing the program.
59.7 	(b) A grant recipient may use grant funds for:
59.8 	(1) tuition assistance or stipends for participants;
59.9 	(2) supports for participants, including mentoring, licensure test preparation, and 
59.10 	technology support; or
59.11 	(3) participant recruitment.

59.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

59.13 	Sec. 9. [123B.155] PAID LEAVE FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES.
59.14 	A school district or charter school that alters its calendar due to a weather event, public 
59.15 	health emergency, or any other circumstance must continue to pay the full wages for 
59.16 	scheduled work hours and benefits of all school employees for full or partial day closures, 
59.17 	if the district or charter school counts that day as an instructional day for any students in 
59.18 	the district or charter school. School employees may be allowed to work from home to the 
59.19 	extent practicable. Paid leave for an e-learning day is provided under section 120A.414, 
59.20 	subdivision 6.

59.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

59.22 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.901, subdivision 3, is amended 
59.23 	to read:
59.24 		Subd. 3.Student support personnel aid. (a) The initial student support personnel aid 
59.25 	for a school district equals the greater of the student support personnel allowance times the 
59.26 	adjusted pupil units at the district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. The initial student 
59.27 	support personnel aid for a charter school equals the greater of the student support personnel 
59.28 	allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the charter school for the current fiscal year or 
59.29 	$20,000. There is no penalty for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2025 and later, aid under 
59.30 	this paragraph must be reserved in a fund balance which may not exceed the prior year's 
59.31 	aid allocation.
60.1 	(b) The cooperative student support personnel aid for a school district that is a member 
60.2 	of an intermediate school district or other cooperative unit that serves students equals the 
60.3 	greater of the cooperative student support allowance times the adjusted pupil units at the 
60.4 	district for the current fiscal year or $40,000. If a district is a member of more than one 
60.5 	cooperative unit that serves students, the revenue must be allocated among the cooperative 
60.6 	units. A cooperative is not subject to an aid penalty for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 
60.7 	2025 and later, a cooperative must place its student personnel aid into a reserve account, 
60.8 	the balance of which may not exceed the previous year's aid.
60.9 	(c) The student support personnel allowance equals $11.94 for fiscal year 2024, $17.08 
60.10 	for fiscal year 2025, and $48.73 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
60.11 	(d) The cooperative student support allowance equals $0.60 for fiscal year 2024, $0.85 
60.12 	for fiscal year 2025, and $2.44 for fiscal year 2026 and later.
60.13 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), the student support personnel aid must not 
60.14 	exceed the district's, charter school's, or cooperative unit's actual expenditures.

60.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2025 and later.

60.16 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
60.17 	2024, chapter 81, section 14, is amended to read:
60.18 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
60.19 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

60.20		$
	$88,706,000
	.....
	2024
	
60.2260.21
		$
	$88,562,000
89,012,000
	.....
	2025
	
60.23 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $8,824,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $79,882,000 
60.24 	for fiscal year 2024.
60.25 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $8,875,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $79,687,000
60.26 	$80,137,000 for fiscal year 2025.

60.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

60.28 	Sec. 12. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
60.29 		Subd. 5.Closing educational opportunity gaps grants. (a) To support schools in their 
60.30 	efforts to close opportunity gaps under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.113:

61.1		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
61.2		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
61.3 	(b) The department may retain up to five percent of this appropriation to administer the 
61.4 	grant program.
61.5 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $0.
61.6 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

61.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

61.8 	Sec. 13. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
61.9 		Subd. 10.Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. (a) For grants to 
61.10 	develop, continue, or expand Grow Your Own new teacher programs under Minnesota 
61.11 	Statutes, section 122A.73, to develop a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the 
61.12 	state's increasingly diverse student population and ensure all students have equitable access 
61.13 	to effective and diverse teachers:

61.14		$
	25,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
61.15		$
	25,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
61.16 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.17 	122A.73, subdivision 5. The commissioner may allow a grant recipient to modify its program 
61.18 	to align with statutory changes to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.73, made after the grant 
61.19 	was awarded.
61.20 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $31,954,000.

61.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

61.22 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
61.23 		Subd. 12.Special education teacher pipeline. (a) For grants to develop special education 
61.24 	teacher pipelines across Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.731 122A.77:

61.25		$
	20,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
61.26		$
	10,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
61.27 	(b) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.28 	122A.731 122A.77, subdivision 5.
61.29 	(c) The commissioner may allow a grant recipient to modify its program to align with 
61.30 	statutory changes to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.77, made after the grant was awarded.
62.1 	(c) (d) The base for fiscal year 2026 is $0 and the base for fiscal year 2027 is $10,000,000.

62.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

62.3 	Sec. 15. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
62.4 		Subd. 13.Statewide teacher mentoring program. (a) For a statewide teacher induction 
62.5 	and mentoring program:

62.6		$
	9,940,000
	.....
	2024
	
62.7		$
	0
	.....
	2025
	
62.8 	(b) Funds may be used for:
62.9 	(1) competitive grants to Minnesota regional partners, including institutions of higher 
62.10 	education, regional service cooperatives, other district or charter collaboratives, and 
62.11 	professional organizations, to provide mentoring supports for new teachers, on-the-ground 
62.12 	training, technical assistance, and networks or communities of practice for local new teachers, 
62.13 	districts, and charter schools to implement Minnesota's induction model;
62.14 	(2) competitive grants to school districts to fund Teacher of Record mentorships to Tier 
62.15 	1 and Tier 2 special education teachers, including training and supervision; and
62.16 	(3) contracts with national content experts and research collaboratives to assist in 
62.17 	developing Minnesota's induction model, to provide ongoing training to mentors and 
62.18 	principals, and to evaluate the program over time.
62.19 	(c) Up to five percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
62.20 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.

62.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

62.22 	Sec. 16. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
62.23 		Subd. 15.Student support personnel workforce pipeline. (a) For a grant program to 
62.24 	develop a student support personnel workforce pipeline focused on increasing school 
62.25 	psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and school social workers of color and 
62.26 	Indigenous providers, professional respecialization, recruitment, and retention:

62.27		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
62.28		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
62.29 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $150,000 is for providing support to school nurses 
62.30 	across the state.
63.1 	(c) To the extent practicable, the pipeline grants must be used to support equal numbers 
63.2 	of students pursuing careers as school psychologists, school nurses, school counselors, and 
63.3 	school social workers.
63.4 	(d) For grants awarded under this subdivision to school psychologists, the following 
63.5 	terms have the meanings given:
63.6 	(1) "eligible designated trainee" means an individual enrolled in a NASP-approved or 
63.7 	APA-accredited school psychology program granting educational specialist certificates or 
63.8 	doctoral degrees in school psychology;
63.9 	(2) "practica" means an educational experience administered and evaluated by the 
63.10 	graduate training program, with university and site supervision by appropriately credentialed 
63.11 	school psychologists, to develop trainees' competencies to provide school psychological 
63.12 	services based on the graduate program's goals and competencies relative to accreditation 
63.13 	and licensure requirements; and
63.14 	(3) "eligible employment" means a paid position within a school or local education 
63.15 	agency directly related to the training program providing direct or indirect school psychology 
63.16 	services. Direct services include assessment, intervention, prevention, or consultation services 
63.17 	to students or their family members and educational staff. Indirect services include 
63.18 	supervision, research and evaluation, administration, program development, technical 
63.19 	assistance, or professional learning to support direct services.
63.20 	(e) Grants awarded to school psychologists must be used for:
63.21 	(1) the provision of paid, supervised, and educationally meaningful practica in a public 
63.22 	school setting for an eligible designated trainee enrolled in a qualifying program within the 
63.23 	grantee's institution;
63.24 	(2) to support student recruitment and retention to enroll and hire an eligible designated 
63.25 	trainee for paid practica in public school settings; and
63.26 	(3) oversight of trainee practica and professional development by the qualifying institution 
63.27 	to ensure the qualifications and conduct by an eligible designated trainee meet requirements 
63.28 	set forth by the state and accrediting agencies.
63.29 	(f) Upon successful completion of the graduate training program, grants awarded to 
63.30 	school psychologists must maintain eligible employment within Minnesota for a minimum 
63.31 	period of one-year full-time equivalent for each academic year of paid traineeship under 
63.32 	the grant program.
63.33 	(g) Up to $150,000 of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
64.1 	(h) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

64.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

64.3 	Sec. 17. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
64.4 		Subd. 16.Teacher residency program. (a) For the teacher residency program that meets 
64.5 	the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8705.2100, subpart 2, item D, subitem (5), unit 
64.6 	(g):

64.7		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
64.8		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
64.9 	(b) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
64.10 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the following fiscal
64.11 	second year.

64.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

64.13 	Sec. 18. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
64.14 		Subd. 3.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. (a) 
64.15 	For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under 
64.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635:

64.17		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2024
	
64.18		$
	5,440,000
	.....
	2025
	
64.19 	(b) The board may retain up to $100,000 of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
64.20 	administer the grant program.
64.21 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the following fiscal
64.22 	second year.

64.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

64.24 	Sec. 19. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
64.25 		Subd. 6.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
64.26 	of color. (a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed 
64.27 	for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:

64.28		$
	3,500,000
	.....
	2024
	
64.29		$
	3,500,000
	.....
	2025
	
65.1 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the following fiscal
65.2 	second year.
65.3 	(c) The base for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70, for fiscal year 2026 
65.4 	and later is $4,500,000, of which at least $3,500,000 each fiscal year is for grants to develop 
65.5 	and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed for teachers of color or 
65.6 	American Indian teachers.
65.7 	(d) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
65.8 	administer the grant program.

65.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

65.10 	Sec. 20. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 65, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
65.11 		Subd. 7.Pathway preparation grants. (a) For grants to support teachers holding a Tier 
65.12 	1 or Tier 2 license and seeking a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license:

65.13		$
	400,000
	.....
	2024
	
65.14		$
	400,000
	.....
	2025
	
65.15 	(b) The following are eligible for grants under this subdivision:
65.16 	(1) school districts;
65.17 	(2) charter schools;
65.18 	(3) service cooperatives; and
65.19 	(4) partnerships between one or more teacher preparation providers, school districts, or 
65.20 	charter schools.
65.21 	(c) Grant funds must be used to support teachers holding a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license and 
65.22 	seeking a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license through completion of a teacher preparation program or 
65.23 	the licensure via portfolio process. A grant recipient must provide teachers holding a Tier 
65.24 	1 or Tier 2 license with professional development, mentorship, and coursework aligned to 
65.25 	state standards for teacher licensure.
65.26 	(d) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may collaborate with the 
65.27 	Department of Education and the Office of Higher Education to administer the grant program.
65.28 	(e) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
65.29 	administer the grant.

66.1 	Sec. 21. STUDENT TEACHING STIPEND PILOT PROGRAM.
 66.2 		Subdivision 1.Pilot program established. A pilot program is established to support 
66.3 	student teachers placed in Minnesota school districts or charter schools to complete clinical 
66.4 	experiences necessary to obtain Minnesota teaching licenses, and help policymakers 
66.5 	determine how to reduce the financial burden of completing valuable clinical experiences 
66.6 	and strengthen the pipeline of qualified teachers. The pilot program is effective for the 
66.7 	2024-2025 school year.
66.8 		Subd. 2.Participating teacher preparation program providers. (a) The pilot program 
66.9 	consists of the following teacher preparation program providers:
66.10 	(1) St. Cloud State University;
66.11 	(2) Bemidji State University;
66.12 	(3) Minnesota State University, Mankato;
66.13 	(4) Winona State University;
66.14 	(5) Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College;
66.15 	(6) the University of Minnesota-Duluth; and
66.16 	(7) the University of Minnesota-Crookston.
66.17 	(b) A participating teacher preparation program provider must:
66.18 	(1) determine the stipend amount based on the available funding and number of eligible 
66.19 	student teachers;
66.20 	(2) award each student teacher placed in a student teaching assignment a stipend of the 
66.21 	same amount regardless of financial need or intended licensure area; and
66.22 	(3) notify student teachers of their stipend amounts no later than 30 days before the 
66.23 	student teacher is placed in a student teaching assignment.
66.24 		Subd. 3.Student teacher eligibility. (a) A student teacher is eligible for a stipend through 
66.25 	the pilot program if the student teacher:
66.26 	(1) is enrolled in a teacher preparation program approved by the Professional Educator 
66.27 	Licensing and Standards Board that requires at least 12 weeks of student teaching in order 
66.28 	to be recommended for a Tier 3 teaching license;
66.29 	(2) is placed in a Minnesota school district or charter school to complete required student 
66.30 	teaching; and
67.1 	(3) is meeting satisfactory academic progress as defined under Minnesota Statutes, 
67.2 	section 136A.101, subdivision 10.
67.3 	(b) A student teacher may receive a stipend under this section, and under Minnesota 
67.4 	Statutes, section 136A.1274 or 136A.1275.
67.5 		Subd. 4.Stipends not considered income for certain purposes. (a) Notwithstanding 
67.6 	any law to the contrary, payments under this section must not be considered income, assets, 
67.7 	or personal property for purposes of determining eligibility or recertifying eligibility for:
67.8 	(1) child care assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B, and early 
67.9 	learning scholarships under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165;
67.10 	(2) general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, and food support under Minnesota 
67.11 	Statutes, chapter 256D;
67.12 	(3) housing support under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256I;
67.13 	(4) the Minnesota family investment program and diversionary work program under 
67.14 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; and
67.15 	(5) economic assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256P.
67.16 	(b) The commissioner of human services must not consider a stipend under this section 
67.17 	as income or assets when determining medical assistance eligibility under Minnesota Statutes, 
67.18 	section 256B.055, subdivisions 7, 7a, and 12; or section 256B.057, subdivisions 3, 3a, 3b, 
67.19 	and 4. The commissioner of human services must not include the stipend received under 
67.20 	this section when calculating an individual's premiums under Minnesota Statutes, section 
67.21 	256B.057, subdivision 9.
67.22 		Subd. 5.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. (a) The Professional 
67.23 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board must develop and administer a survey to students 
67.24 	who receive stipends through the pilot program, and interview a representative sample of 
67.25 	student teachers who receive stipends. The surveys and interviews must seek information 
67.26 	related to the impact of the stipend on the student teacher, whether the student teacher 
67.27 	received any other stipends or compensation for student teaching, and other information 
67.28 	relevant to development of a statewide paid student teaching program.
67.29 	(b) The board must submit reports to the chairs and minority leaders of the legislative 
67.30 	committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education and higher 
67.31 	education by February 1, 2025, and July 1, 2025, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
67.32 	section 3.195. Each report must identify the number of student teachers receiving stipends 
67.33 	by teacher preparation program provider and the districts or charter schools where the student 
68.1 	teachers were placed, and the amount each student teacher received under this section. The 
68.2 	second report must also summarize the results of the surveys and interviews, and make 
68.3 	recommendations for implementing a statewide paid student teacher program.

68.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024, except for subdivision 4, 
68.5 	paragraph (b), which is effective July 1, 2024, or upon federal approval, whichever is later.

68.6 	Sec. 22. PARAPROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS EXAMINED.
 68.7 	(a) The Department of Education and the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
68.8 	Board must collaboratively examine Minnesota's process for determining standards for 
68.9 	paraprofessionals in consultation with at least the following:
68.10 	(1) one representative each from at least two organizations representing paraprofessionals;
68.11 	(2) one person representing the Minnesota Association of School Administrators; and
68.12 	(3) one person representing the Minnesota Administrators for Special Education.
68.13 	(b) By June 15, 2024, the agencies must announce their work plan to revise the 
68.14 	paraprofessional qualifications under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.363, and the 
68.15 	qualifications used to determine eligibility for state special education aid calculations.
68.16 	(c) The competency grid must be aligned with the minimum standards required under 
68.17 	federal law. The grid matrix may be consolidated and the categories for each matrix cell 
68.18 	may be simplified.
68.19 	(d) After examining the pass rates for paraprofessionals grouped by linguistic and ethnic 
68.20 	and racial strata, the state's cut scores for the paraprofessional assessments necessary for 
68.21 	paraprofessional qualifications in Minnesota must be adjusted to ensure equitable pass rates 
68.22 	for paraprofessionals from all racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.
68.23 	(e) By September 1, 2024, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
68.24 	must post the revised competency grid to its website and the Department of Education must 
68.25 	post the new paraprofessional assessment cut scores to its website and notify school districts, 
68.26 	charter schools, and cooperative units of the revised competency grid and paraprofessional 
68.27 	assessment cut scores.

68.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

69.1 	Sec. 23. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
 69.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
69.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
69.4 	designated.
69.5 		Subd. 2.Special education apprenticeship programs. (a) For grants to intermediate 
69.6 	school districts for special education registered apprenticeship programs:

69.7		$
	1,030,000
	.....
	2025
	
69.8 	(b) The department must award grants of $250,000 each to Intermediate School Districts 
69.9 	Nos. 287, 288, 916, and 917. The grant funds must be used for special education registered 
69.10 	apprenticeship programs. Grant funds may be used for:
69.11 	(1) program oversight and administrative costs of the intermediate school district and 
69.12 	its partner higher education institution;
69.13 	(2) stipends and tuition, fees, and other direct program costs incurred by apprentices;
69.14 	(3) stipends for teachers serving as mentors; and
69.15 	(4) the cost of substitute teachers.
69.16 	(c) Up to $30,000 of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
69.17 	(d) This appropriation does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2027.
69.18 	(e) This is a onetime appropriation.

69.19 	Sec. 24. APPROPRIATION; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
69.20 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 69.21 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sum 
69.22 	indicated in this section is appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
69.23 	Licensing and Standards Board in the fiscal year designated.
69.24 		Subd. 2.Paid student teaching pilot program. (a) For the paid student teaching pilot 
69.25 	program:

69.26		$
	7,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
69.27 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $4,751,000 is for transfer to the Board of Trustees 
69.28 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The Board of Trustees must allocate the 
69.29 	funding among the following teacher preparation program providers in the amounts indicated:
69.30 	(1) $609,000 for St. Cloud State University;
70.1 	(2) $822,000 for Bemidji State University;
70.2 	(3) $1,789,000 for Minnesota State University, Mankato;
70.3 	(4) $1,523,000 for Winona State University; and
70.4 	(5) $8,000 for Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.
70.5 	(c) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $2,109,000 is for transfer to the Board of Regents 
70.6 	of the University of Minnesota to allocate to the following teacher preparation program 
70.7 	providers in the amounts indicated:
70.8 	(1) $1,622,000 for the University of Minnesota-Duluth; and
70.9 	(2) $487,000 for the University of Minnesota-Crookston.
70.10 	(d) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may retain up to two 
70.11 	percent of the appropriation to administer the pilot program, including administering surveys 
70.12 	and completing required reports.
70.13 	(e) Any balance in fiscal year 2025 does not cancel but is available in fiscal year 2026.
70.14 	(f) This is a onetime appropriation.

70.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

70.16 	ARTICLE 6
70.17 	CHARTER SCHOOLS

70.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124E.13, subdivision 1, is amended 
70.19 	to read:
70.20 		Subdivision 1.Leased space. A charter school may lease space from: an independent 
70.21 	or special school board; other public organization; private, nonprofit, nonsectarian 
70.22 	organization; private property owner; or a sectarian organization if the leased space is 
70.23 	constructed as a school facility. In all cases, the eligible lessor must also be the building 
70.24 	owner. The commissioner must review and approve or disapprove leaseslease aid 
70.25 	applications in a timely manner to determine eligibility for lease aid under section 124E.22.

70.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124E.22, is amended to read:
70.27 	124E.22 BUILDING LEASE AID.
70.28 	(a) When a charter school finds it economically advantageous to rent or lease a building 
70.29 	or land for any instructional purpose and it determines that the total operating capital revenue 
70.30 	under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the 
71.1 	commissioner for building lease aid in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. 
71.2 	The commissioner must review and either approve or deny a lease aid application using at 
71.3 	least the following criteria:
71.4 	(1) the reasonableness of the price based on current market values;
71.5 	(2) the extent to which the lease conforms to applicable state laws and rules; and
71.6 	(3) the appropriateness of the proposed lease in the context of the space needs and 
71.7 	financial circumstances of the charter school. The commissioner must approve aid only for 
71.8 	a facility lease that has (i) a sum certain annual cost and (ii) a closure clause to relieve the 
71.9 	charter school of its lease obligations at the time the charter contract is terminated or not 
71.10 	renewed. The closure clause under item (ii) must not be constructed or construed to relieve 
71.11 	the charter school of its lease obligations in effect before the charter contract is terminated 
71.12 	or not renewed.
71.13 	(b) A charter school must not use the building lease aid it receives for custodial, 
71.14 	maintenance service, utility, or other operating costs.
71.15 	(c) The amount of annual building lease aid for a charter school shall not exceed the 
71.16 	lesser of (1) 90 percent of the approved cost or (2) the product of the charter school building 
71.17 	lease aid pupil units served for the current school year times $1,314.
71.18 	(d) A charter school's building lease aid pupil units equals the sum of the charter school 
71.19 	pupil units under section 126C.05 and the pupil units for the portion of the day that the 
71.20 	charter school's enrolled students are participating in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options 
71.21 	Act under section 124D.09 and not otherwise included in the pupil count under section 
71.22 	126C.05.

71.23 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
71.24 	2024, chapter 81, section 9, is amended to read:
71.25 		Subd. 6.Charter school building lease aid. (a) For building lease aid under Minnesota 
71.26 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

71.27		$
	91,457,000
	.....
	2024
	
71.2971.28
		$
	94,578,000
94,906,000
	.....
	2025
	
71.30 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $9,047,000 for 2023 and $82,410,000 for 2024.
71.31 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $9,156,000 for 2024 and $85,422,000 $85,750,000
71.32 	for 2025.

72.1 	ARTICLE 7
72.2 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

72.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.19, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
72.4 		Subd. 8.Program approval. To be eligible for revenue for the program for adults with 
72.5 	disabilities, a program and budget must receive approval from the (a) Beginning July 1, 
72.6 	2024, and at least once every five years thereafter, a district's community education section 
72.7 	in the department advisory council must review and approve the district's adults with 
72.8 	disabilities program and submit a statement of assurances to the commissioner in the form 
72.9 	and manner determined by the commissioner. Approval may be for five years. During that 
72.10 	time, a board must report any significant changes to the department for approval. For 
72.11 	programs offered cooperatively, the request for approval must include an agreement on the 
72.12 	method by which local money is to be derived and distributed. A request for approval The 
72.13 	program must seek feedback from adults with disabilities and other community organizations 
72.14 	providing services to adults with disabilities.
72.15 	(b) Each school district with an adults with disabilities program must include all of at 
72.16 	least the following information about its adults with disabilities program in its annual 
72.17 	community education report under subdivision 14:
72.18 	(1) a summary of the characteristics of the people to be served by the program;
72.19 	(2) a description of the program services and activities;
72.20 	(3) the most recent program budget and amount of aid requested;
72.21 	(4) a summary of the participation by adults with disabilities in developing the program;
72.22 	(5) an assessment of the needs of adults with disabilities; and
72.23 	(6) a description of cooperative efforts with community organizations.

72.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024, for plans developed on or 
72.25 	after that date.

72.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 26, is 
72.27 	amended to read:
72.28 		Subd. 26.Special education services. (a) Medical assistance covers evaluations necessary 
72.29 	in making a determination for eligibility for individualized education program and 
72.30 	individualized family service plan services and for medical services identified in a recipient's 
72.31 	individualized education program and individualized family service plan and covered under 
73.1 	the medical assistance state plan. Covered services include occupational therapy, physical 
73.2 	therapy, speech-language therapy, clinical psychological services, nursing services, school 
73.3 	psychological services, school social work services, personal care assistants serving as 
73.4 	management aides, assistive technology devices, transportation services, health assessments, 
73.5 	and other services covered under the medical assistance state plan. Mental health services 
73.6 	eligible for medical assistance reimbursement must be provided or coordinated through a 
73.7 	children's mental health collaborative where a collaborative exists if the child is included 
73.8 	in the collaborative operational target population. The provision or coordination of services 
73.9 	does not require that the individualized education program be developed by the collaborative.
73.10 	The services may be provided by a Minnesota school district that is enrolled as a medical 
73.11 	assistance provider or its subcontractor, and only if the services meet all the requirements 
73.12 	otherwise applicable if the service had been provided by a provider other than a school 
73.13 	district, in the following areas: medical necessity; physician's, advanced practice registered 
73.14 	nurse's, or physician assistant's orders; documentation; personnel qualifications; and prior 
73.15 	authorization requirements. The nonfederal share of costs for services provided under this 
73.16 	subdivision is the responsibility of the local school district as provided in section 125A.74. 
73.17 	Services listed in a child's individualized education program are eligible for medical 
73.18 	assistance reimbursement only if those services meet criteria for federal financial participation 
73.19 	under the Medicaid program.
73.20 	(b) Approval of health-related services for inclusion in the individualized education 
73.21 	program does not require prior authorization for purposes of reimbursement under this 
73.22 	chapter. The commissioner may require physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or 
73.23 	physician assistant review and approval of the plan not more than once annually or upon 
73.24 	any modification of the individualized education program that reflects a change in 
73.25 	health-related services.
73.26 	(c) Services of a speech-language pathologist provided under this section are covered 
73.27 	notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390, subpart 1, item L, if the person:
73.28 	(1) holds a masters degree in speech-language pathology;
73.29 	(2) is licensed by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as an 
73.30 	educational speech-language pathologist; and
73.31 	(3) either has a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech and Hearing 
73.32 	Association, has completed the equivalent educational requirements and work experience 
73.33 	necessary for the certificate or has completed the academic program and is acquiring 
73.34 	supervised work experience to qualify for the certificate.
74.1 	(d) Medical assistance coverage for medically necessary services provided under other 
74.2 	subdivisions in this section may not be denied solely on the basis that the same or similar 
74.3 	services are covered under this subdivision.
74.4 	(e) The commissioner shall develop and implement package rates, bundled rates, or per 
74.5 	diem rates for special education services under which separately covered services are grouped 
74.6 	together and billed as a unit in order to reduce administrative complexity.
74.7 	(f) The commissioner shall develop a cost-based payment structure for payment of these 
74.8 	services. Only costs reported through the designated Minnesota Department of Education 
74.9 	data systems in distinct service categories qualify for inclusion in the cost-based payment 
74.10 	structure. The commissioner shall reimburse claims submitted based on an interim rate, and 
74.11 	shall settle at a final rate once the department has determined it. The commissioner shall 
74.12 	notify the school district of the final rate. The school district has 60 days to appeal the final 
74.13 	rate. To appeal the final rate, the school district shall file a written appeal request to the 
74.14 	commissioner within 60 days of the date the final rate determination was mailed. The appeal 
74.15 	request shall specify (1) the disputed items and (2) the name and address of the person to 
74.16 	contact regarding the appeal.
74.17 	(g) Effective July 1, 2000, medical assistance services provided under an individualized 
74.18 	education program or an individual family service plan by local school districts shall not 
74.19 	count against medical assistance authorization thresholds for that child.
74.20 	(h) Nursing services as defined in section 148.171, subdivision 15, and provided as an 
74.21 	individualized education program health-related service, are eligible for medical assistance 
74.22 	payment if they are otherwise a covered service under the medical assistance program. 
74.23 	Medical assistance covers the administration of prescription medications by a licensed nurse 
74.24 	who is employed by or under contract with a school district when the administration of 
74.25 	medications is identified in the child's individualized education program. The simple 
74.26 	administration of medications alone is not covered under medical assistance when 
74.27 	administered by a provider other than a school district or when it is not identified in the 
74.28 	child's individualized education program.
74.29 	(i) School social work Services provided by a school social worker as described in 
74.30 	paragraph (l) must be provided by a mental health professional as defined in section 245I.04, 
74.31 	subdivision 2; a clinical trainee as defined in section 245I.04, subdivision 6, under the 
74.32 	supervision of a mental health professional; or a mental health practitioner as defined in 
74.33 	section 245I.04, subdivision 4, under the supervision of a mental health professional, are
74.34 	to be eligible for medical assistance payment. A mental health practitioner performing 
75.1 	school social work services under this section must provide services within the mental health 
75.2 	practitioner's licensure scope of practice, if applicable, and within the mental health 
75.3 	practitioner scope of practice under section 245I.04, subdivision 5 reimbursement. Services 
75.4 	described in paragraph (l) must be provided within the provider's scope of practice as defined 
75.5 	in section 245I.04, subdivisions 3, 5, and 7.
75.6 	(j) Notwithstanding section 245I.10, subdivision 2, a special education evaluation, and 
75.7 	assessment for and within an individual family service plan or individualized education 
75.8 	program, or individual family service plan may be used to determine medical necessity and 
75.9 	eligibility for school social work services under paragraph (i) instead of a diagnostic 
75.10 	assessment for services described under paragraph (l). The special education evaluation and 
75.11 	assessments for and within the individualized education program, or individual family 
75.12 	service plan, that meet the requirements in section 245I.10, subdivisions 4, and 5 or 6, and 
75.13 	that is completed by a licensed mental health professional or clinical trainee supervised by 
75.14 	a licensed mental health professional can be used for determining medical necessity. In 
75.15 	addition, for services that do not require a diagnosis using an assessment as defined in 
75.16 	section 245I.10, subdivisions 4, and 5 or 6, the special education evaluation and assessments 
75.17 	for and within the individualized education program, or individual family service plan, that 
75.18 	provide an International Classification of Diseases diagnostic code and are completed by a 
75.19 	licensed mental health professional or clinical trainee supervised by a licensed mental health 
75.20 	professional can be used for determining medical necessity.
75.21 	(k) A school social worker or school providing mental health services under paragraph 
75.22 	(i) (l) is not required to be certified to provide children's therapeutic services and supports 
75.23 	under section 256B.0943.
75.24 	(l) Covered mental health services provided by a school social worker under this 
75.25 	paragraph (i) include but are not limited to:
75.26 	(1) administering and reporting standardized measures;
75.27 	(2) care coordination;
75.28 	(3) children's mental health crisis assistance, planning, and response services;
75.29 	(1) the explanation of finding as described in section 256B.0671, subdivision 4;
75.30 	(2) psychotherapy for crisis as described in section 256B.0625;
75.31 	(4) (3) children's mental health clinical care consultation, as described in section 
75.32 	256B.0671, subdivision 7;
76.1 	(5) (4) dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescents, as described in section 256B.0671, 
76.2 	subdivision 6;
76.3 	(6) direction of mental health behavioral aides;
76.4 	(7) (5) family psychoeducation, as described in section 256B.0671, subdivision 5, which 
76.5 	includes skill development, peer group sessions, and individual sessions. Notwithstanding 
76.6 	section 256B.0671, subdivision 5, family psychoeducation services under this section may 
76.7 	be delivered by a mental health practitioner as defined under section 245I.04, subdivision 
76.8 	4; and
76.9 	(8) (6) individual, family, and group psychotherapy;, as described in section 256B.0671, 
76.10 	subdivision 5, which includes skills development, individual treatment plan and diagnostic 
76.11 	condition or statutorily equivalent components.
76.12 	(9) mental health behavioral aide services;
76.13 	(10) skills training; and
76.14 	(11) treatment plan development and review.

76.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024, or upon federal approval, 
76.16 	whichever is later.

76.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0671, is amended by adding 
76.18 	a subdivision to read:
76.19 		Subd. 11a.Psychotherapy for crisis. (a) Medical assistance covers psychotherapy for 
76.20 	crisis when a recipient is in need of an immediate response due to an increase of mental 
76.21 	illness symptoms that put them at risk of one of the following:
76.22 	(1) experiencing a life threatening mental health crisis;
76.23 	(2) needing a higher level of care;
76.24 	(3) worsening symptoms without mental health intervention;
76.25 	(4) harm to self, others, or property damage; or
76.26 	(5) significant disruption of functioning in at least one life area.
76.27 	(b) "Psychotherapy for crisis" means a treatment of clients to reduce their mental health 
76.28 	crisis through immediate assessment and psychotherapeutic interventions. Psychotherapy 
76.29 	for crisis must include:
76.30 	(1) emergency assessment of the crisis situation;
77.1 	(2) mental status exam;
77.2 	(3) psychotherapeutic interventions to reduce the crisis; and
77.3 	(4) development of a post-crisis plan that addresses the recipient's coping skills and 
77.4 	community resources.

77.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

77.6 	Sec. 4. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
77.7 	2024, chapter 81, section 18, is amended to read:
77.8 		Subd. 4.Special education; regular. (a) For special education aid under Minnesota 
77.9 	Statutes, section 125A.75:

77.10		$
	2,288,826,000
	.....
	2024
	
77.1277.11
		$
	2,485,140,000
2,486,181,000
	.....
	2025
	
77.13 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $229,860,000 for 2023 and $2,058,966,000 for 
77.14 	2024.
77.15 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $289,842,000 for 2024 and $2,195,298,000
77.16 	$2,196,339,000 for 2025.

77.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

77.18 	Sec. 5. SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
 77.19 	(a) The commissioner of education must contract with an external consultant to:
77.20 	(1) review special education delivery and costs in Minnesota; and
77.21 	(2) develop recommendations to increase paperwork efficiency while reducing costs.
77.22 	(b) In developing the recommendations, the consultant must consult with school districts, 
77.23 	charter schools, intermediate school districts, special education cooperatives, education 
77.24 	districts, and service cooperatives; special education teachers, administrators, and unlicensed 
77.25 	staff providing support to students with disabilities; families of students with disabilities; 
77.26 	advocacy organizations that provide support to students with disabilities; and other 
77.27 	stakeholders.
77.28 	(c) The consultant must submit a report to the commissioner with the recommendations. 
77.29 	The report must:
78.1 	(1) review how school districts, charter schools, intermediate school districts, special 
78.2 	education cooperatives, education districts, and service cooperatives deliver special education 
78.3 	services, including complying with paperwork requirements, and the costs and benefits;
78.4 	(2) compare relevant state and federal special education laws and regulations;
78.5 	(3) analyze trends in special education enrollment;
78.6 	(4) identify funding disparities that decrease inclusion;
78.7 	(5) identify strategies or programs and universal interventions that are evidence-based 
78.8 	and would be effective in reducing the need for special education services; and
78.9 	(6) analyze funding for nonresident children in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
78.10 	sections 125A.11 and 127A.47.
78.11 	(d) The commissioner must submit the consultant's report to the legislative committees 
78.12 	with jurisdiction over education policy and finance by January 5, 2025, and in accordance 
78.13 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

78.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

78.15 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION.
 78.16 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
78.17 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
78.18 	designated.
78.19 		Subd. 2.Special education funding report. (a) To contract with an external consultant 
78.20 	for a report on increasing special education paperwork efficiency while reducing costs:

78.21		$
	440,000
	.....
	2025
	
78.22 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.

78.23 	ARTICLE 8
78.24 	SCHOOL FACILITIES

78.25 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
78.26 		Subd. 5.Grants for gender-neutral single-user restrooms. (a) For grants to school 
78.27 	districts for remodeling, constructing, or repurposing space for gender-neutral single-user 
78.28 	restrooms:

78.29		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2024
	
78.30		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2025
	
79.1 	(b) A school district or a cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24, 
79.2 	subdivision 2, may apply for a grant of not more than $75,000 per site under this subdivision 
79.3 	in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner must award at 
79.4 	least one grant under this subdivision to Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, for 
79.5 	a demonstration grant for a project awaiting construction.
79.6 	(c) The commissioner must ensure that grants are awarded to schools to reflect the 
79.7 	geographic diversity of the state.
79.8 	(d) Up to $75,000 each year is available for grant administration and monitoring.
79.9 	(e) By February 1 of each year, the commissioner must annually report to the committees 
79.10 	of the legislature with jurisdiction over education on the number of grants that were awarded 
79.11 	each year and the number of grant applications that were unfunded during that year.
79.12 	(f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

79.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

79.14 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 8, section 19, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
79.15 	2024, chapter 81, section 22, is amended to read:
79.16 		Subd. 6.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. (a) For long-term facilities 
79.17 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

79.18		$
	107,905,000
	.....
	2024
	
79.2079.19
		$
	107,630,000
107,865,000
	.....
	2025
	
79.21 	(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $10,821,000 for 2023 and $97,084,000 for 2024.
79.22 	(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $10,787,000 for 2024 and $96,843,000 $97,078,000
79.23 	for 2025.

79.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

79.25 	ARTICLE 9
79.26 	SCHOOL NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

79.27 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.111, subdivision 3, is 
79.28 	amended to read:
79.29 		Subd. 3.School food service fund. (a) The expenses described in this subdivision must 
79.30 	be recorded as provided in this subdivision.
80.1 	(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be 
80.2 	attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food 
80.3 	service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community 
80.4 	service activities.
80.5 	(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food 
80.6 	service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and 
80.7 	serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, and other expenses involving the preparing 
80.8 	of meals or the kitchen section of the lunchroom may be charged to the food service fund 
80.9 	or to the general fund of the district. The costs of lunchroom supervision, lunchroom custodial 
80.10 	services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and other administrative costs of the 
80.11 	food service program must be charged to the general fund.
80.12 	That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as 
80.13 	attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided 
80.14 	that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other 
80.15 	individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company. 
80.16 	If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the 
80.17 	charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors 
80.18 	as determined by the department.
80.19 	(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from 
80.20 	the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food 
80.21 	service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be 
80.22 	purchased.
80.23 	(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased 
80.24 	from the food service fund.
80.25 	(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit 
80.26 	is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the 
80.27 	deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of 
80.28 	that second fiscal year. However, if a district contracts with a food service management 
80.29 	company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated 
80.30 	by a payment from the food service management company.
80.31 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund 
80.32 	for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the 
80.33 	commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at 
80.34 	the end of the third fiscal year.
81.1 	(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three 
81.2 	successive years, a district may recode for that fiscal year the costs of lunchroom supervision, 
81.3 	lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, lunchroom furniture, and other 
81.4 	administrative costs of the food service program charged to the general fund according to 
81.5 	paragraph (c) and charge those costs to the food service fund in a total amount not to exceed 
81.6 	the amount of surplus in the food service fund.
81.7 	(i) For purposes of this subdivision, "lunchroom furniture" means tables and chairs 
81.8 	regularly used by pupils in a lunchroom from which they may consume milk, meals, or 
81.9 	snacks in connection with school or community service activities.

81.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2024 and later.

81.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
81.12 		Subd. 12.Payment percentage for certain aids.  One hundred percent of the aid for 
81.13 	the current fiscal year must be paid for the following aids: reimbursement for enrollment 
81.14 	options transportation, according to sections 124D.03, subdivision 8, and 124D.09, 
81.15 	subdivision 22, and chapter 124E; school lunch aid, according to section 124D.111;, and 
81.16 	support services aid, for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing according to 
81.17 	section 124D.57.

81.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

81.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
81.20 		Subd. 13.Aid payment percentage. Except as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a, 
81.21 	and 14, and 14a, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and chapters 
81.22 	120A, 120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, 134, and section 
81.23 	273.1392, shall be paid at the current year aid payment percentage of the estimated 
81.24 	entitlement during the fiscal year of the entitlement. For the purposes of this subdivision, 
81.25 	a district's estimated entitlement for special education aid under section 125A.76 for fiscal 
81.26 	year 2014 and later equals 97.4 percent of the district's entitlement for the current fiscal 
81.27 	year. The final adjustment payment, according to subdivision 9, must be the amount of the 
81.28 	actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during the 
81.29 	fiscal year of the entitlement.

81.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

82.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 127A.45, subdivision 14a, is amended to read:
82.2 		Subd. 14a.State nutrition programs. Notwithstanding subdivision subdivisions 3 and 
82.3 	13, the state shall pay 100 percent of the aid for the current year according to sections 
82.4 	124D.111, 124D.1158, and 124D.118 based on submitted monthly vouchers showing meals 
82.5 	and milk served.

82.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

82.7 	Sec. 5. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 
82.8 	55, article 9, section 16, and Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 23, is amended to read:
82.9 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
82.10 	including the amounts for the free school meals program:

82.11		$
	218,801,000
	.....
	2024
	
82.1382.12
		$
	238,987,000
239,686,000
	.....
	2025

82.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

82.15 	Sec. 6. Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 
82.16 	55, article 9, section 17, and Laws 2024, chapter 81, section 24, is amended to read:
82.17 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
82.18 	124D.1158:

82.19		$
	44,178,000
	.....
	2024
	
82.2182.20
		$
	48,334,000
48,747,000
	.....
	2025

82.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

82.23 	ARTICLE 10
82.24 	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

82.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.151, subdivision 6, is 
82.26 	amended to read:
82.27 		Subd. 6.Participation limits. (a) Notwithstanding section 126C.05, subdivision 1, 
82.28 	paragraph (c), the pupil units for a voluntary prekindergarten program for an eligible school 
82.29 	district or charter school must not exceed 60 percent of the kindergarten pupil units for that 
82.30 	school district or charter school under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (d).
83.1 	(b) In reviewing applications under subdivision 5, the commissioner must limit the total 
83.2 	number of participants in the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus programs 
83.3 	under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 9, to not more than 7,160 
83.4 	participants for fiscal years 2023, year 2024, and 2025, and 12,360 participants for fiscal 
83.5 	year 2026 2025 and later.

83.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

83.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.165, subdivision 3, is amended 
83.8 	to read:
83.9 		Subd. 3.Administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish a schedule of tiered 
83.10 	per-child scholarship amounts based on the results of the rate survey conducted under section 
83.11 	119B.02, subdivision 7, the cost of providing high-quality early care and learning to children 
83.12 	in varying circumstances, a family's income, and geographic location.
83.13 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a program that has a four-star rating under section 
83.14 	124D.142 must receive, for each scholarship recipient who meets the criteria in subdivision 
83.15 	2a, paragraph (b) or (c), an amount not less than the cost to provide full-time care at the 
83.16 	75th percentile of the most recent market rate survey under section 119B.02, subdivision 
83.17 	7.
83.18 	(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled in or 
83.19 	on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify the 
83.20 	commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, each year of the 
83.21 	program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children than current funding 
83.22 	provides. The commissioner may designate a predetermined number of scholarship slots 
83.23 	for that program and notify the program of that number. For fiscal year 2018 and later, the 
83.24 	statewide amount of funding directly designated by the commissioner must not exceed the 
83.25 	funding directly designated for fiscal year 2017. Beginning July 1, 2016, a school district 
83.26 	or Head Start program qualifying under this paragraph may use its established registration 
83.27 	process to enroll scholarship recipients and may verify a scholarship recipient's family 
83.28 	income in the same manner as for other program participants.
83.29 	(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has not 
83.30 	been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within three months of the 
83.31 	awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply in order 
83.32 	to be eligible for another scholarship. An extension may be requested if a program is 
83.33 	unavailable for the child within the three-month timeline. A child may not be awarded more 
83.34 	than one scholarship in a 12-month period.
84.1 	(e) A child who receives a scholarship who has not completed development screening 
84.2 	under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19 must complete that screening within 90 days of first 
84.3 	attending an eligible program or within 90 days after the child's third birthday if awarded 
84.4 	a scholarship under the age of three.
84.5 	(f) For fiscal year 2017 and later through calendar year 2025, a school district or Head 
84.6 	Start program enrolling scholarship recipients under paragraph (c) may apply to the 
84.7 	commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, for direct payment 
84.8 	of state aid. Upon receipt of the application, the commissioner must pay each program 
84.9 	directly for each approved scholarship recipient enrolled under paragraph (c) according to 
84.10 	the metered payment system or another schedule established by the commissioner.
84.11 	(g) Beginning January 1, 2026, the commissioner must:
84.12 	(1) make scholarship payments to eligible programs in advance of or at the beginning 
84.13 	of the delivery of services based on an approved scholarship recipient's enrollment; and
84.14 	(2) implement a process for transferring scholarship awards between eligible programs, 
84.15 	when initiated by a scholarship recipient. Under the process, the commissioner:
84.16 	(i) may adjust scholarship payment schedules for eligible programs to account for changes 
84.17 	in a scholarship recipient's enrollment; and
84.18 	(ii) must specify a period of time for which scholarship payments must continue to an 
84.19 	eligible program for a scholarship recipient who transfers to a different eligible program.
84.20 	(h) By January 1, 2026, the commissioner must have information technology systems 
84.21 	in place that prioritize efficiency and usability for families and early childhood programs 
84.22 	and that support the following:
84.23 	(1) the ability for a family to apply for a scholarship through an online system that allows 
84.24 	the family to upload documents that demonstrate scholarship eligibility;
84.25 	(2) the administration of scholarships, including but not limited to verification of family 
84.26 	and child eligibility, identification of programs eligible to accept scholarships, management 
84.27 	of scholarship awards and payments, and communication with families and eligible programs; 
84.28 	and
84.29 	(3) making scholarship payments to eligible programs in advance of or at the beginning 
84.30 	of the delivery of services for an approved scholarship recipient.
85.1 	(i) In creating the information technology systems and functions under paragraph (h), 
85.2 	the commissioner must consider the requirements for and the potential transition to the great 
85.3 	start scholarships program under section 119B.99.

85.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.165, subdivision 6, is amended 
85.5 	to read:
85.6 		Subd. 6.Early learning scholarship account. (a) An account is established in the 
85.7 	special revenue fund known as the "early learning scholarship account."
85.8 	(b) Funds appropriated for early learning scholarships under this section must be 
85.9 	transferred to the early learning scholarship account in the special revenue fund.
85.10 	(c) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for early learning 
85.11 	scholarships under this section. Any returned funds are available to be regranted.
85.12 	(d) Up to $2,133,000 annually is appropriated to the commissioner for costs associated 
85.13 	with administering and monitoring early learning scholarships.
85.14 	(e) The commissioner may use funds under paragraph (c) for the purpose of family 
85.15 	outreach and distribution of scholarships.
85.16 	(f) The commissioner may use up to $5,000,000 in funds under paragraph (c) to create
85.17 	and maintain the information technology systems, including but not limited to an online 
85.18 	application, a case management system, attendance tracking, and a centralized payment 
85.19 	system under subdivision 3, paragraph (h). Beginning July 1, 2025, the commissioner may 
85.20 	use up to $750,000 annually in funds under paragraph (c) to maintain the information 
85.21 	technology systems created under this paragraph.
85.22 	(g) By December 31 of each year, the commissioner must provide a written report to 
85.23 	the legislative committees with jurisdiction over early care and learning programs on the 
85.24 	use of funds under paragraph (c) for purposes other than providing scholarships to eligible 
85.25 	children.

85.26 	Sec. 4. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
85.27 		Subd. 6.Head Start program. (a) For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
85.28 	section 119A.52:

85.29		$
	35,100,000
	.....
	2024
	
85.30		$
	35,100,000
	.....
	2025
	
86.1 	(b) Up to two percent of the appropriation in fiscal year 2025 is available for 
86.2 	administration.
86.3 	(b) (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

86.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

86.5 	Sec. 5. Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivision 24, is amended to read:
86.6 		Subd. 24.Early childhood curriculum grants. (a) For competitive grants to Minnesota 
86.7 	postsecondary institutions to improve the curricula of the recipient institution's early 
86.8 	childhood education programs by incorporating or conforming to the Minnesota knowledge 
86.9 	and competency frameworks for early childhood professionals:

86.10		$
	250,000
	.....
	2024
	
86.11		$
	250,000
	.....
	2025
	
86.12 	(b) By December 1, 2024, and again by December 1, 2025, the commissioner must 
86.13 	submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
86.14 	with jurisdiction over early childhood through grade 12 education and higher education 
86.15 	finance and policy reporting on grants awarded under this subdivision. The report must 
86.16 	include the following information for the previous fiscal year:
86.17 	(1) the number of grant applications received;
86.18 	(2) the criteria applied by the commissioner for evaluating applications;
86.19 	(3) the number of grants awarded, grant recipients, and amounts awarded;
86.20 	(4) early childhood education curricular reforms proposed by each recipient institution;
86.21 	(5) grant outcomes for each recipient institution; and
86.22 	(6) other information identified by the commissioner as outcome indicators.
86.23 	(c) The commissioner may use no more than three percent of the appropriation under 
86.24 	this subdivision to administer the grant program.
86.25 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.
86.26 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

86.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

86.28 	Sec. 6. REPEALER.
 86.29 	Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 10, section 4, is repealed.

87.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

87.2 	ARTICLE 11
87.3 	STATE AGENCIES

87.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.321, is amended by adding a subdivision 
87.5 	to read:
87.6 		Subd. 12.Office of the Inspector General; access to data. Data involving the 
87.7 	Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General are governed by section 127A.21.

87.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

87.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 127A.21, is amended to read:
87.10 	127A.21 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
87.11 		Subdivision 1.Establishment of Office of the Inspector General; powers; duties. (a)
87.12 	The commissioner must establish within the department an Office of the Inspector General. 
87.13 	The inspector general shall report directly to the commissioner. The Office of the Inspector 
87.14 	General is charged with protecting the integrity of the department and the state by detecting 
87.15 	and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in department programs. The Office of the Inspector 
87.16 	General must conduct independent and objective investigations to promote the integrity of 
87.17 	the department's programs and operations. When fraud or other misuse of public funds is 
87.18 	detected, the Office of the Inspector General must report it to the appropriate law enforcement 
87.19 	entity and collaborate and cooperate with law enforcement to assist in the investigation and 
87.20 	any subsequent civil and criminal prosecution.
87.21 	(b) The inspector general may not be terminated, reprimanded, discharged, suspended 
87.22 	without pay, or demoted except for just cause. For the purposes of this subdivision, just 
87.23 	cause includes consistent failure to perform statutory duties, substandard performance, and 
87.24 	serious violation of written policies and procedures, provided the policies and procedures 
87.25 	are applied in a uniform, nondiscriminatory manner. No state employee may interfere with 
87.26 	or obstruct an investigation authorized by this section.
87.27 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
87.28 	meanings given.
87.29 	(b) "Abuse" means actions that may, directly or indirectly, result in unnecessary costs 
87.30 	to department programs. Abuse may involve paying for items or services when there is no 
87.31 	legal entitlement to that payment.
88.1 	(c) "Department program" means a program funded by the Department of Education 
88.2 	that involves the transfer or disbursement of public funds or other resources to a program 
88.3 	participant.
88.4 	(d) "Fraud" means an intentional or deliberate act to deprive another of property or 
88.5 	money or to acquire property or money by deception or other unfair means. Fraud includes 
88.6 	intentionally submitting false information to the department for the purpose of obtaining a 
88.7 	greater compensation or benefit than that to which the person is legally entitled. Fraud also 
88.8 	includes failure to correct errors in the maintenance of records in a timely manner after a 
88.9 	request by the department.
88.10 	(e) "Investigation" means an audit, investigation, proceeding, or inquiry by the Office 
88.11 	of the Inspector General related to a program participant in a department program.
88.12 	(f) "Program participant" means any person, including associated persons, that receives, 
88.13 	disburses, or has custody of funds or other resources transferred or disbursed under a 
88.14 	department program. Program participant does not include a charter school or government 
88.15 	entity as defined by section 13.02.
88.16 	(g) "Waste" means practices that, directly or indirectly, result in unnecessary costs to 
88.17 	department programs, such as misusing resources.
88.18 		Subd. 2.Data practices; Hiring; reporting. The Office of the Inspector General has 
88.19 	access to all program data, regardless of classification under chapter 13, held by the 
88.20 	department, school districts or charter schools, grantees, and any other recipient of funds 
88.21 	from the department. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, must hire an 
88.22 	inspector general to lead the Office of the Inspector General. The inspector general must 
88.23 	hire a deputy inspector general and, at the discretion of the inspector general, sufficient 
88.24 	assistant inspectors general to carry out the duties of the office. In a form and manner 
88.25 	determined by the inspector general, the Office of the Inspector General must develop a 
88.26 	public platform for the public to report instances of potential fraud, waste, or abuse of public 
88.27 	funds administered by the department.
88.28 		Subd. 3.Subpoenas. (a) For the purpose of an investigation, the inspector general or a 
88.29 	designee may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel attendance, 
88.30 	take evidence, and issue subpoenas duces tecum to require the production of books, papers, 
88.31 	correspondence, memoranda, agreements, financial records, or other documents or records 
88.32 	relevant to the investigation.
89.1 	(b) A subpoena issued pursuant to this subdivision must state that the subpoena recipient 
89.2 	may not disclose the fact that the subpoena was issued or the fact that the requested records 
89.3 	have been given to the inspector general, or their staff, except:
89.4 	(1) in so far as the disclosure is necessary to find and disclose the records; or
89.5 	(2) pursuant to court order.
89.6 	(c) The fees for service of a subpoena must be paid in the same manner as prescribed 
89.7 	by law for a service of process issued by a district court.
89.8 	(d) The subpoena issued under this subdivision shall be enforceable through the district 
89.9 	court in the district where the subpoena is issued.
89.10 		Subd. 4.Access to records. (a) For purposes of an investigation, and regardless of the 
89.11 	data's classification under chapter 13, the Office of the Inspector General shall have access 
89.12 	to all relevant books, accounts, documents, data, and property related to department programs 
89.13 	that are maintained by a program participant, charter school, or government entity as defined 
89.14 	by section 13.02.
89.15 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Office of the Inspector General must issue a 
89.16 	subpoena under subdivision 3 in order to access routing and account numbers to which 
89.17 	Department of Education funds have been disbursed.
89.18 	(c) Records requested by the Office of the Inspector General under this subdivision shall 
89.19 	be provided in a format, place, and timeframe reasonably requested by the Office of the 
89.20 	Inspector General.
89.21 	(d) The department may enter into specific agreements with other state agencies related 
89.22 	to records requests by the Office of the Inspector General.
89.23 		Subd. 5.Sanctions; appeal. (a) The inspector general may recommend that the 
89.24 	commissioner impose appropriate temporary sanctions, including withholding of payments 
89.25 	under the program, on a program participant pending an investigation by the Office of the 
89.26 	Inspector General if:
89.27 	(1) during the course of an investigation, the Office of the Inspector General finds credible 
89.28 	indicia of fraud, waste, or abuse by the program participant;
89.29 	(2) there has been a criminal, civil, or administrative adjudication of fraud, waste, or 
89.30 	abuse against the program participant in Minnesota or in another state or jurisdiction;
89.31 	(3) the program participant was receiving funds under any contract or registered in any 
89.32 	program administered by another Minnesota state agency, a government agency in another 
90.1 	state, or a federal agency, and was excluded from that contract or program for reasons 
90.2 	credibly indicating fraud, waste, or abuse by the program participant; or
90.3 	(4) the program participant has a pattern of noncompliance with an investigation.
90.4 	(b) If an investigation finds, by clear and convincing evidence, fraud, waste, or abuse 
90.5 	by a program participant, the inspector general may recommend that the commissioner 
90.6 	impose appropriate sanctions on the program participant.
90.7 	(c) The commissioner has the authority to implement recommendations by the inspector 
90.8 	general, including imposing appropriate sanctions, temporarily or otherwise, on a program 
90.9 	participant. Sanctions may include ending program participation, stopping disbursement of 
90.10 	funds or resources, and termination of department contracts with the participant for any 
90.11 	current or future department program or contract. A sanction may be imposed for up to the 
90.12 	longest period permitted by state or federal law. Sanctions authorized under this subdivision 
90.13 	are in addition to other remedies and penalties available under law.
90.14 	(d) If the commissioner imposes sanctions on a program participant under this subdivision, 
90.15 	the commissioner must notify the participant in writing within seven business days of 
90.16 	imposing the sanction, unless requested in writing by a law enforcement agency to 
90.17 	temporarily delay issuing the notice to prevent disruption of an ongoing law enforcement 
90.18 	agency investigation. A notice of sanction must state:
90.19 	(1) the sanction being imposed;
90.20 	(2) the general allegations that form the basis for the sanction;
90.21 	(3) the duration of the sanction;
90.22 	(4) the department programs to which the sanction applies; and
90.23 	(5) how the program participant may appeal the sanction pursuant to paragraph (e).
90.24 	(e) A program participant sanctioned under this subdivision may, within 30 days after 
90.25 	the date the notice of sanction was mailed to the participant, appeal the determination by 
90.26 	requesting in writing that the commissioner initiate a contested case proceeding under 
90.27 	chapter 14. The scope of any contested case hearing is limited to the sanction imposed under 
90.28 	this subdivision. An appeal request must specify with particularity each disputed item, the 
90.29 	reason for the dispute, and must include the name and contact information of the person or 
90.30 	entity that may be contacted regarding the appeal.
90.31 	(f) The commissioner shall lift sanctions imposed under this subdivision if the Office 
90.32 	of the Inspector General determines there is insufficient evidence of fraud, waste, or abuse 
91.1 	by the program participant. The commissioner must notify the participant in writing within 
91.2 	seven business days of lifting the sanction.
91.3 		Subd. 6.Data practices. (a) It is not a violation of rights conferred by chapter 13 or any 
91.4 	other statute related to the confidentiality of government data for a government entity as 
91.5 	defined in section 13.02 to provide data or information under this section.
91.6 	(b) The inspector general is subject to the Government Data Practices Act, chapter 13, 
91.7 	and shall protect from unlawful disclosure data classified as not public. Data collected, 
91.8 	created, received, or maintained by the inspector general relating to an audit, investigation, 
91.9 	proceeding, or inquiry are subject to section 13.39.
91.10 		Subd. 7.Retaliation prohibited. An employee who discloses information to the Office 
91.11 	of the Inspector General about fraud, waste, or abuse in department programs is protected 
91.12 	under section 181.932, governing disclosure of information by employees.

91.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

91.14 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
91.15 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 91.16 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sum 
91.17 	indicated in this section is appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
91.18 	Licensing and Standards Board in the fiscal year designated.
91.19 		Subd. 2.Information technology costs. (a) For information technology costs of the 
91.20 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board:

91.21		$
	2,767,000
	.....
	2025
	
91.22 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: H5237-3 

Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 10, section 4
Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION; VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN RESERVE. Subdivision 1.Department of Education. 
The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years designated.  

Subd. 2.Voluntary prekindergarten reserve. 
(a) The commissioner must reserve the following amount for future allocation towards 3,000 voluntary prekindergarten seats: 

		$	0	.....	2024	
		$	50,000,000	.....	2025	

(b) The 2024 legislature must provide direction to the commissioner on allocating the money reserved under paragraph (a). 

(c) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.