SF 4964

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/08/2026 09:24 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education; removing nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions
on eligible institutions and enrollment options; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025
Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given to them.

(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private,
nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities
industrialization center accredited by an accreditor recognized by the United States
Department of Education, or a private, residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts,
degree-granting college or university located in Minnesota. deleted text begin An eligible institution must not
require a faith statement from a secondary student seeking to enroll in a postsecondary
course under this section during the application process or base any part of the admission
decision on a student's race, creed, ethnicity, disability, gender, or sexual orientation or
religious beliefs or affiliations.
deleted text end

(b) "Course" means a course or program.

(c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil under
subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are taught by
a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school
for which the school district, charter school, or Tribal contract school is eligible to receive
concurrent enrollment program aid under section 124D.091.

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; LEGAL FEES.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
education for the payment of fees and expenses awarded to the plaintiff in Loe v. Jett, Case
No. 23-CV-1527, if an order granting the plaintiff's motion for fees and expenses is filed
in that case.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must pay, on behalf of all defendants, all fees and
expenses awarded to the plaintiff. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June
30, 2026.
new text end