Minnesota Session Laws 2018 to 2024 Index (topics)
TEACHERS
Adult basic education teachers, licenses, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 44
Adult continuing education teachers, licenses, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 44
Agricultural educator grants, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 23, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Agriculture teachers, student loan forgiveness, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Alternative teacher compensation aid, appropriations, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 23, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
American Indian teacher preparation grants, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 10 to 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 14, 23, 25, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Aspiring teachers of color scholarships, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 45, 2024 c 115 art 5 s 24
Assignment (teaching positions and locations), report, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 24, 45, 50
Background checks and studies, criminal charges, effect, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 12
Background checks and studies, criminal history, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 17 s 2
Background checks, criminal history, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 6
Background studies
Alternative background studies, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 2 s 18
Criminal history, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 2 s 2
Black Men Teach Twin Cities, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Charter schools, contracting, limitations, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 6 s 16
Child abuse by, reports received, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 18, 19
Child sexual abuse prevention, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2018 c 182 art 1 s 15
Come Teach in Minnesota Hiring Bonus program, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 1, 7, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 53
Compensation and salaries
Bonuses, American Indians and persons of color from other states or countries, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 53
Substitute teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 12 s 9
Compensation and salaries, school closures, emergencies, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 5 s 9
Concurrent enrollment programs, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 21, 23, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Continuing contract teachers
Evaluation, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 47, 49
Reports about, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 67
Continuing contract teachers, evaluation, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 14, 15
Contracts and agreements
Minority group members, hiring bonuses, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 53
Reports about, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 67
Termination, reports, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 45
Conviction, collateral sanctions, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 22
Criminal charges, teaching assignment, effect, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 12
Definitions
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 7
Public Employment Labor Relations Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 11
Teachers and other educators, conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 20
Definitions, Public Employment Labor Relations Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 8 s 3
Definitions, Public Employment Labor Relations Act, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 108
Discharge
Grounds, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 28
Reports about, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 27
Discharge, reports, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 42, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 45
Discharge, reports about, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 8
Discipline and punishment
Administering to students, complaint procedure, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 37, 39
Curriculum compliance, indemnification, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 2
Diversity of teachers, improving, programs, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 6, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 4, 61
E-learning days, plan adoption, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 3
Education and training
Ableism and disability justice, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 3, 16
American Indian education program coordinators, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 4 s 13
American Indian history and culture, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 42
Bachelor's degree, exemptions for certain courses of study, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 27, 32, 37
Career and technical educator pilot project, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 10 art 1 s 6, 2021 1Sp c 10 art 2 s 23
Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educator grant program, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 8
Community coordinators, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 4 s 13
Computer science, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 61, 2024 c 115 art 2 s 12, 14
Concurrent enrollment grants, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 35, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Economic education, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 7, 2021 1Sp c 4 art 7 s 3
Economic eduction training, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 23
English learners, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 43
Environmental education, Minn. Law 2022 c 94 s 2
First episode of psychosis grant program, Minn. Law 2022 c 99 art 1 s 11, 2022 c 99 art 3 s 4
Gifted and talented student programs and services, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 12
Grow Your Own programs, grants, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Heritage language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 18
Indian teacher grants, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 3, 4
Introduction to education, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 17
Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Literacy specialists, professional development, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 2
Minnesota Council on Economic Education, Minn. Law 2023 c 57 art 3 s 75
Nonexclusionary discipline, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 7
Preparation programs, see TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
Reading
Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 8
Repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 12
Strategies, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 7
Reading, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 85 s 18
Reports about, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 18, 19
Special education
Tier 1 requirements, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 5
Tier 2 requirements, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 7
Suicide prevention training, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 5 s 6, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 6 s 3
Teacher education and compensation helps (TEACH), Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 14 s 5, 23, 24, 2023 c 70 art 15 s 4
Training costs, AP and IB, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 2 s 33, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 2 s 4
Evaluation
Annual review, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 47, 49
Probationary teachers, reports about, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 67
Evaluation, annual review, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 14, 15
Evaluation, annual review, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2018 c 182 art 1 s 20, 21
Examinations
Common core assessments, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Qualifying examinations
Deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 1
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Skills exams, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Examinations, skills exams, exemptions, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 10
Force used by
Corporal punishment, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 36
Grounds, Minn. Law 2024 c 78 s 7
Prone restraint and physical holds, limitations, Minn. Law 2024 c 78 s 2, 3, 7, 8
Reasonable force, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 7 s 8, 2023 c 55 art 12 s 4, 2024 c 78 s 3
Foreign states, service credit purchases, Minn. Law 2022 c 65 art 8 s 1, 2
Frontline worker payments, Minn. Law 2022 c 50 art 2 s 2
Grievances, procedures, technical changes, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 5 s 30
Hearings, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2020 c 83 art 1 s 24
Heritage language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 17
Hiring, reports, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 45
In-service training, teacher mentorship program, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 57
Leaves of absence, reports, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 45
Licenses
American Indian history and culture, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 42
Charter schools, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 6 s 11
Community education teachers, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 5, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 44
Early childhood family education, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 44
Exemptions, bachelor's degree, certain courses of study, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 27, 32, 37
Fees, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 9
Forms, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 41
Heritage language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 18
Issuance, conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 21
Licensure by portfolio, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 7, 9, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 23
Mental illness best practices, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 8 art 2 s 4
Prekindergarten programs, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 5
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 14
Professional requirements, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 5, 26, 27, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 6
Qualifications, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 38
Renewal
Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 8
Requirements, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 41
Renewals, COVID-19 extensions, Minn. Law 2020 c 116 art 4 s 1
Revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew, collateral sanctions, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 22
School readiness programs, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 5
Special education
Tier 1 requirements, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 5
Tier 2 requirements, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 7
Temporary licenses, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 5
Temporary military licenses, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 67
Tier 1 licenses, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 4, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 25 to 2023 c 55 art 5 s 30
Tier 1 licenses, requirements, limitations, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 8 art 2 s 2, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 6
Tier 2 licenses
Coursework requirements, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 67
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 31 to 2023 c 55 art 5 s 34
Tier 2 licenses, requirements, limitations, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 8 art 2 s 3
Tier 2 licenses, requirements, limitations, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 85 s 19
Tier 3 licenses, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 35 to 2023 c 55 art 5 s 37
Tier 3 licenses, COVID-19, examination disruption, Minn. Law 2020 c 116 art 4 s 1
Tier 3 licenses, requirements, limitations, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 8
Tier 4 licenses, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 38
Tier 4 licenses, requirements, limitations, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 9
Validity, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 4
World language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 18
Math Corps, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 2 s 33, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 2 s 4
Mathematics teachers, teacher education, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Minority group teachers
Teacher mentoring and retention, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 57
Teachers of color, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 6, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 61
Online learning, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 49
Paraprofessional pathway to teacher licensure, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 23
Parenting leave, probationary period, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 46
Probationary periods
Evaluation, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 48
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 46
Length, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 6, 7
Performance reports, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 67
Probationary periods, time period, COVID-19, Minn. Law 2020 c 116 art 2 s 2
Qualifications, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 1, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 25 to 2023 c 55 art 5 s 27, 38
Race 2 Reduce water conservation program, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 2 s 33
READ Act, training compensation, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 3 s 7, 8
Reading, teacher education
Certified trained facilitator, qualifications, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 4 s 2
Comprehensive, scientifically based instruction, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 12
Evidence-based instruction, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 7
Evidence-based literacy training, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 5, 2024 c 109 art 4 s 13
License requirements
Deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Reading strategies, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 7
License requirements, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 85 s 18
Literacy specialists, professional development, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 2
Minnesota reading corps, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 9, 2024 c 109 art 4 s 18
Rules about, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Reports about
Preparation and performance, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 18, 19
Resignation or discharge, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 42
Teacher education, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 18, 19
Reports about, supply and demand, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 2
Reports given
Child abuse and maltreatment, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 7 s 6, 11
Prenatal controlled substance use, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 7 s 31
Resignation, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 8
Resignation, reports, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 45
Retention, retaining early educators through attaining incentives now (REETAIN), Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 14 s 3, 23, 2023 c 70 art 15 s 4, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Retirement
Generally, see TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (TRA)
Saint Paul, see SAINT PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (STPTRFA)
Retirement, pension adjustment revenue, Minn. Law 2023 c 64 art 14 s 1
School closures, emergencies, compensation and salaries, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 5 s 9
Seizure training and action plans, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 6 s 2
Seniority
American Indian teachers, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2020 c 83 art 1 s 30
Education districts, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2020 c 83 art 1 s 26, 27
School district consolidation, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2020 c 83 art 1 s 28, 29
ServeMinnesota, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 2 s 33, 2021 1Sp c 13 art 2 s 4
Shortage areas
Definition, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 9
Student loan forgiveness, Minn. Law 2020 c 109 art 1 s 11, 12, 2023 c 41 art 2 s 20
Student loan repayment, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 15, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Student teacher grants, Minn. Law 2020 c 109 art 1 s 9, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 13, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Shortage areas, student loan forgiveness, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 2
Sick leave, probationary period, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 46, 48
Skills exams, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Skills exams, exemptions, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 10
Snow days, compensation, Minn. Law 2019 c 5
Staff development
Continuing contract teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 49, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 14, 15
Reading intervention, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 3, 2024 c 109 art 4 s 9
Staff development, funding, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 2
Student loans
Agricultural educators loan forgiveness, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Shortage areas, student loan forgiveness, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 2
Shortage areas, student loan repayment, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 15, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Student teachers
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 56
Grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Student teachers, grants, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 2, 2019 c 64 art 2 s 8, 9, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 12, 13
Student teachers, stipend pilot program, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 5 s 20, 23
Substitute teachers, short-call substitute teacher pilot program, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 52
Suspension, grounds, collateral sanctions, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 22
Teacher and paraprofessional compensation working group, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 5 s 22, 24
Teacher education
Ableism and disability justice, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 3
Apprenticeship grant program, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 19, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Bilingual education teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 43
English as a second language teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 43
English learners, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 43
Grants
Early childhood and family education grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 20
Special education teacher pipeline program, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 6, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 61
Grants, special education teacher pipeline program, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 5 s 7, 8, 19
Grow Your Own programs, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 6, 2023 c 55 art 5 s 61
Grow Your Own programs, grants, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 5 s 4 to 2024 c 115 art 5 s 6, 19
Heritage language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 18
Mathematics, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 14
Reading
Comprehensive, scientifically based instruction, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 12
License requirements, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Minnesota reading corps, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 3 s 9
Rules about, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Reading, Minnesota reading corps, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 4 s 18
Remedial education, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 40
Remedial education, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 20
Reports about, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 18, 19
Skills exams, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Skills exams, exemptions, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 10
Teacher education and compensation helps (TEACH), Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
World language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 18
Writing, deleted, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 39
Teacher mentoring programs, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 16, 22
Teacher mentors
Heritage language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54
Remedial education, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 40
Teacher mentoring and retention, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 57
Teacher mentors, remedial education, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 109 art 3 s 20
Teacher mentors, teacher mentoring and retention, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 5, 8
Teacher mentors, teacher mentoring and retention, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2022 c 55 art 1 s 185
Teacher recruitment marketing, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 13 art 3 s 8
Teachers of color
Aspiring teachers of color scholarships, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 45
Loan repayment, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 15, 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Student teacher grants, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 12
Underrepresented student teacher grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Unemployment insurance, school unemployment aid, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 1 s 9
Violations and penalties, collateral sanctions, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 22
Violations and penalties, corporal punishment administered by, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 2 s 36
World language and culture teachers, Minn. Law 2023 c 55 art 5 s 54, 2024 c 109 art 3 s 17