Office of the Revisor of Statutes
HF 1549
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/26/2025 02:54 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education policy; allowing for American Indian drumming in public
schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.792; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.792, is amended to read:
124D.792 GRADUATION CEREMONIES; TRIBAL REGALIA AND OBJECTS
OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCEnew text begin ; DRUMMINGnew text end .
new text begin (a) new text end A school district or charter school must not prohibit an American Indian student from
wearing American Indian regalia, Tribal regalia, or objects of cultural significance at a
graduation ceremony.
new text begin
(b) If requested by the school's American Indian parent committee or an American Indian
student organization, a school district or charter school must allow American Indian
drumming at a graduation ceremony.
new text end
Sec. 2.
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[124D.793] AMERICAN INDIAN DRUMMING.
new text end
new text begin
If requested by the school's American Indian parent committee, a school district or
charter school must allow American Indian drumming.
new text end