SF 3811

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/24/2026 10:10 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education; prohibiting classroom instruction related to gender identity
in public schools; requiring parental notification; establishing a grant program to
include firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school
physical education courses; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 121A.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [120B.111] SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.
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new text begin An individual or group of individuals providing classroom instruction to students at a
public school must not engage in classroom discussion or provide classroom instruction
regarding sexual orientation or gender identity to students in kindergarten through grade 8.
The commissioner must provide schools with guidelines to implement and enforce this
section.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2026-2027 school year and later.
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Sec. 2.

new text begin [121A.0655] PARENTAL NOTICE; STUDENT HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Parental notice; procedure. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must adopt procedures
for a public school to notify a student's parent or guardian if there is a change in the student's
services or monitoring related to the student's mental, emotional, or physical health or
well-being, or a change in the school's ability to provide a safe and supportive learning
environment for the student. The procedures must reinforce the fundamental rights of a
parent or guardian to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their child by
requiring school personnel to encourage a student to discuss issues relating to the student's
well-being with their parent or guardian or to facilitate discussion of the issue with the
parent or guardian. The procedures must not prohibit a parent or guardian from accessing
any of their child's education and health records created, maintained, or used by the school
district.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Health care services; notice. new text end

new text begin At the beginning of the school year, a school
board or charter school board of directors must notify parents and guardians of each health
care service offered at their child's school and the option to withhold consent to or decline
any specific service. Parental consent to a health care service does not waive the parent's
or guardian's right to access their child's health records or to be notified about a change in
their child's services or monitoring.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Questionnaire or health screening form. new text end

new text begin Before administering a student
well-being questionnaire or health screening form to a student in kindergarten through grade
8, a school board or charter school board must provide the questionnaire or health screening
form to the student's parent or guardian and obtain the parent's or guardian's prior written
permission to administer the questionnaire or form.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Prohibited procedures. new text end

new text begin A school board or charter school board of directors
must not adopt procedures that prohibit school employees from notifying a parent or guardian
about their child's mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being, or a change in related
services or monitoring, or that encourage or have the effect of encouraging a student to
withhold such information from a parent or guardian. A school employee must not discourage
or prohibit parental notification of and involvement in critical decisions affecting a student's
mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Principal notification; parent concern; appeal. new text end

new text begin (a) A school board or charter
school board of directors must adopt procedures for a parent or guardian to notify the school
principal, or their designee, regarding the process for resolving concerns. The concerns
must be resolved within seven calendar days after the parental notification. If the concern
remains unresolved within 30 calendar days after the parental notification to the principal,
the school board or charter school board of directors must either resolve the concern or
provide a statement of the reasons for not resolving the concern.
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new text begin (b) Within 30 calendar days following the local board's decision or statement under
paragraph (a), a parent or guardian may:
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new text begin (1) file an appeal of the decision or a complaint with the commissioner of education.
The commissioner must determine facts relating to the dispute over the district's or charter
school's practice or procedure, consider information provided by the district or charter
school, and provide a recommended decision for resolution to the school board or charter
school board of directors within 30 days after receipt of the appeal; or
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new text begin (2) bring an action against the school board or charter school board of directors to obtain
a declaratory judgment that the board's procedure or practice violates this section and seek
injunctive relief. A court may award damages and must award reasonable attorney fees and
court costs to a parent or guardian who receives declaratory or injunctive relief.
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new text begin (c) A school board or charter school board of directors must adopt policies to notify
parents and guardians of the procedures available under this section.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2026-2027 school year and later.
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Sec. 3. new text begin GRANT PROGRAM; FIREARMS SAFETY, ARCHERY, HUNTING, AND
ANGLING IN SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Program. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of natural resources must create a grant
program to increase firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling activities
in physical education courses in Minnesota school districts. A school must ensure that
activities funded under the program are consistent with required state standards for physical
education.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Eligibility. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district or American Indian-controlled Tribal contract
or grant school must apply to the commissioner of natural resources to participate in the
program in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner must seek geographic balance among schools selected for
participation.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin By January 15, 2027, the commissioner must submit a report to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
kindergarten through grade 12 education and natural resources finance and policy. The
report must be in writing and must report on activities funded by the grant program and
program outcomes.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of natural resources to implement the program under this
section. This is a onetime appropriation.
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new text begin (b) Money appropriated for the program may be used for Department of Natural
Resources personnel costs, curriculum development, reporting costs, school staff training,
outdoor sports licenses for participating students, and equipment used in courses.
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