SF 3908
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/27/2026 10:16 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing continued enrollment for students for
the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 126C.05, subdivision 11.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 126C.05, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11.
Average daily membership; justifiable cause; strikes excluded.
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new text end Notwithstanding subdivision 8, in cases when school is in session but pupils are prevented
from attending for more than 15 consecutive school days during the regular school year or
five consecutive school days during summer school or intersession classes of flexible school
year programs, because of epidemic, calamity, weather, fuel shortage, or other justifiable
cause, the commissioner, upon application, may allow the district to continue to count these
pupils in average daily membership. A lawful employees' strike is not a justifiable cause
for purposes of this subdivision.
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(b) For the 2025-2026 school year only, the commissioner must allow a school district
or charter school to continue to count all pupils in average daily membership who were
enrolled in the school prior to January 1, 2026, and have not reenrolled in another Minnesota
school.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2026.
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