Office of the Revisor of Statutes
SF 334
1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/10/2025 11:51 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying professional development requirements for Read
Act implementation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123,
subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Professional development.
(a) A district must provide training from a menu
of approved evidence-based training programs to the following teachers and staff by July
1, 2026:
(1) reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten through grade
12;
(2) all classroom teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3 and children in
prekindergarten programs;
(3) special education teachers;
(4) curriculum directors;
(5) instructional support staff, contractors, and volunteers who assist in providing Tier
2 interventions;
(6) employees who select literacy instructional materials for a district; and
(7) teachers licensed to teach English to multilingual learners.
(b) A district must provide training from a menu of approved evidence-based training
programs to the following teachers by July 1, 2027:
(1) teachers who provide reading instruction to students in grades 4 to 12; and
(2) teachers who provide instruction to students in a state-approved alternative program.
(c) The commissioner of education may grant a district an extension to the deadlines in
this subdivision.
(d) Training provided by a department-approved certified trained facilitator may satisfy
the professional development requirements under this subdivision.
(e) For the 2024-2025new text begin and 2025-2026new text end school deleted text begin yeardeleted text end new text begin yearsnew text end only, the hours of instruction
requirement under section 120A.41 for students in deleted text begin andeleted text end elementary new text begin and secondarynew text end school, as
defined in section 120A.05, deleted text begin subdivisiondeleted text end new text begin subdivisionsnew text end 9 new text begin and 13new text end , is reduced by 5-1/2 hours
for a district that enters into an agreement with the exclusive representative of the teachers
that requires teachers to receive at least 5-1/2 hours of approved evidence-based training
required under this subdivision, on a day when other students in the district receive
instruction. If a charter school's teachers are not represented by an exclusive representative,
the charter school may reduce the number of instructional hours for students in deleted text begin andeleted text end elementary
new text begin and secondarynew text end school, as defined in section 120A.05, deleted text begin subdivisiondeleted text end new text begin subdivisionsnew text end 9 new text begin and 13new text end ,
by 5-1/2 hours after consulting with its teachers in order to provide teachers with at least
5-1/2 hours of evidence-based training required under this subdivision on a day when other
students receive instruction.