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Education Policy

Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.

Committee members

Peggy Bennett

Peggy Bennett

🏛️ Chair Republican

HD-023A

She was chair until 3/17/2025, when she became co-chair.

Sydney Jordan

Sydney Jordan

🏛️ Chair Democrat

HD-060A

She became co-chair on 3/17/2025.

Bills pending in this committee

HF744
Professional development requirements modified for Read Act implementation. May 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF5146
Graduation requirements for international baccalaureate program students waived. May 14, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF5126
School year calendar start date construction project exception modified. May 7, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3906
School districts that provide digital instruction allowed to administer state assessments remotely. April 27, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4822
School board required to include student representation. April 22, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3328
Department of Education required to bring awareness of library services for blind and print disabled persons. April 22, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF2377
Access to relationship-building and de-escalation training in schools required, and money appropriated. April 22, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3776
Screen time prohibited for children in preschool and kindergarten. April 20, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF60
Teacher licensure requirements modified, professional development on dyslexia required, and rulemaking required. April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4998
Koochiching County board authorized to divide Independent School District, No. 363, South Koochiching. April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4984
Academic growth reporting requirements for state assessments modified. April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3784
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and automated external defibrillator training for coaches required. April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3764
Anonymous reporting systems required, and report required. April 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4576
Duties of school trust lands director modified, director's required report to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission modified, and report required. April 13, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF412
Members of the legislative committees on education policy and education finance required to observe a teacher or administrator each year, house and senate required to adopt rules, and report required. April 9, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4847
Monitoring and enforcement of special education case load limits required. April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4823
Read Act provisions modified. April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4805
Nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions on eligible institutions and enrollment options removed. April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3905
Read Act amended to provide for ongoing curriculum review. April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3409
Denial of an education based on immigration status prohibited, and civil cause of action provided when right to education is denied based on immigration status. April 7, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4752
Perpich Center for Arts Education renamed. March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4748
School security systems rulemaking required in State Fire Code. March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF2923
Minnesota State High School League required to contract for catastrophic accident insurance, catastrophic injury payments required, and subtraction from income provided. March 26, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4646
State statistics literacy graduation seal established. March 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3863
Public library access by officials engaged in immigration enforcement limited. March 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3715
Requirements for gifted and talented programs and services modified, commissioner required to report gifted and talented program data, revenue increased, and money appropriated. March 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF1490
High school graduation requirements clarified. March 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4571
Schools required to implement a wearable panic alert system, and money appropriated. March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4176
Site-governed school requirements modified. March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3807
Minnesota State High School League members required to allow broadcast over public access channels. March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3219
mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act; mRNA injections and products designated as weapons of mass destruction, and mRNA injections and products prohibited. March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF2372
Civic seal designation for high school students provided. March 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF63
School board membership requirements modified, and school board membership expanded to include student members. March 18, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4409
Social studies standards required to include the dangers and perils of communism and socialism. March 16, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4163
Procedures to fill a school board vacancy modified. March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4135
Anonymous reporting systems required, and report required. March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3770
School district or charter school allowed to opt out of statewide assessments. March 12, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4096
Office of General Counsel required to provide guidance on law enforcement actions for the Department of Education. March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3992
Five-member school boards provided. March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3485
Crisis management policy requirements modified. March 9, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF4027
Disciplinary dismissal in kindergarten through grade 3 allowed. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3967
Average daily membership and pupil units for certain students who are not residents of Minnesota and who are enrolled in online instruction in a Minnesota school modified. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3952
Teacher licensure provisions modified, maltreatment reporting requirements modified, and licensing data classification modified. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3812
Milk offerings for participants in the national school lunch program clarified. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3557
Climate literacy seal established, and report required. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3401
Circumstances when firearms are permitted on school property modified, and uniform storage requirements for firearms permitted on school property established. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF2516
Cell phone use in schools restricted, and money appropriated. March 5, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3372
Disciplinary dismissals for students in early learning programs modified. February 26, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF2376
Pilot program established to improve educational outcomes, safety, and accountability for students with disabilities; reports required; and money appropriated. February 26, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3742
Notice of procedural safeguards for special education required. February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3730
Education policy for kindergarten through grade 12 education modified, charter school policy modified, and state agency policy modified. February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3729
Referendum ballot language clarified by correcting an obsolete reference to school district referendum by petition. February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3660
Teacher Microcredential Task Force established, report required, and money appropriated. February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3635
Interstate teacher mobility compact established. February 25, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3645
Read Act interventions modified. February 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3638
Provisions for educator licensing and standards modified, rulemaking authority for paraprofessional credentials modified, additional data sharing agreements provided, professional development requirements for mental health modified, and appropriation extended. February 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3550
School districts allowed to implement local health education standards. February 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3349
High school students allowed to possess and administer opiate antagonists. February 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF2491
School Health Advisory Committee created, and reports required. February 23, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3539
Grant program to include firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school physical education courses established; and money appropriated. February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3538
Classroom instruction related to gender identity prohibited in public schools; parental notification required; grant program to include firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school physical education courses established; and money appropriated. February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3533
Classroom instruction related to gender identity in public schools prohibited, and parental notification required. February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3487
Anonymous threat reporting systems required, and report required. February 19, 2026Pending: House Education Policy
HF3311
Definition of gifted and talented students clarified. May 9, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3306
Water safety instruction required in health curriculum. May 8, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3132
School districts encouraged to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. May 6, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3262
Student teacher placement within 30 miles of their preferred location or school site required, teacher candidate performance assessment requirements removed, and rulemaking required. May 5, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3287
Open Meeting Law; classification of school district superintendent and school principal applicant data as private authorized, and closed meetings for school district superintendent and school principal interviews authorized. May 1, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3231
Charter school authorizer provisions modified. April 28, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3221
Legislative study group established to study graduation requirements, reports required, and money appropriated. April 25, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3120
Commissioner of education directed to amend the state's accountability plan. April 22, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3218
E-learning day requirements modified, and terms and conditions of employment for school employees modified. April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3170
Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex. April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2905
Computer science grants established, local computer science standards encouraged, rulemaking required, and money appropriated. April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2764
Public schools required to offer plant-based meal options. April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2469
Nationally recognized college entrance exam administration allowed. April 21, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3122
Parental curriculum review provisions clarified. April 10, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF3134
CPR and AED instruction provisions modified to include the Health and Safety Institute. April 7, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2743
Office of the Inspector General provisions modified; access to records provided; data classified; immunity and confidentiality in reporting or participating in an investigation provided; process for notice, appeal, and withholding of payments established; and fraud, theft, waste, and abuse definitions modified. April 7, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2355
Sexually transmitted diseases school district education program requirements modified. April 7, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2239
Education; certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 authorized. April 7, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF19
Education savings accounts established, and rules required. April 2, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2477
Cricket; MSHSL required to sanction cricket as a high school sport. April 1, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1641
High school students allowed to possess opiate antagonists. April 1, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2899
Fully funded summer school program created, voluntary integration and inclusion program established, voluntary metro-wide interdistrict integration program established, diverse magnet school program established, minimum pay for teachers required, and money appropriated. March 27, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2893
Education; recess detention modified. March 27, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2864
Teacher licensure requirements related to the Read Act modified. March 26, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2738
Microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English learner programs established, English learner revenue formula modified to provide additional revenue for a student with limited or interrupted formal education, English learner staff ratio reporting created, and money appropriated. March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2326
Safe and supportive schools programming requirements modified. March 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF775
School districts required to adopt policies and processes to assist parents who require language assistance, and reasonable accommodations for parents of children with disabilities required. March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF61
Requirements for students with mental illness modified, mental health instruction required, youth sports program training on mental illness and suicide prevention provided, and requirements of the statewide plan on restrictive procedures modified. March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2327
Access to culturally inclusive learning environments protected. March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1175
Cardiac emergency response plans required, and money appropriated. March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1030
Student attendance reporting required. March 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF783
Resident charter school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2487
Healthy aging and dementia education encouraged. March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2353
Health standards required to include organ donation education. March 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF785
Resident nonpublic school pupils allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. March 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2194
MTSS and COMPASS framework codified from session law to statutes. March 12, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2088
Annual reporting on school resource officer contracts required. March 11, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1436
Student discipline provisions modified. March 11, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF2074
Teaching standards of effective practice reinstated. March 10, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1979
Full-service community schools provisions modified, and money appropriated. March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1962
American Indian education aid requirement removed. March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1413
Education attendance reporting requirements modified. March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1149
Physical and sexual abuse education required. March 6, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1928
Due process time for special education forms and procedures required, due process aid established, and money appropriated. March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1839
Diversity, equity, and inclusion provisions in prekindergarten through grade 12 education repealed. March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1827
Service animal support allowed in schools. March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1803
Individualized education program requirements modified, and rulemaking required. March 5, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1811
Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement. March 3, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1736
Early childhood literacy pilot programs established, and money appropriated. March 3, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF802
Required mathematics academic standards and credit requirements modified. February 27, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1719
Students allowed to complete state assessments remotely, and money appropriated. February 27, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1549
American Indian drumming in public schools allowed. February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1515
Personal learning plans required to include interventions. February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1457
Construction of schools near former landfills prohibited. February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1418
Teacher licensure provisions modified, grant programs transferred from Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education, reports required, and money appropriated. February 26, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF514
Kindergarten through grade 3 student dismissal limitations modified. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF396
Requirements for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum modified. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1493
Student career and college readiness provisions clarified. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1467
Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library; responsibility for the library moved from the Department of Education to the Department of Employment and Economic Development. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1381
Out-of-field permissions exempted from limit on renewals. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1054
Student attendance data reporting required in school performance reports. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1018
Parent rights established in education of their child, and constitutional amendment proposed. February 24, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF64
Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; and equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified. February 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF517
Student bullying policy requirements modified. February 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1284
School district noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed. February 20, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF751
Parental notification of adverse incidents required. February 19, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF69
City, town, and school district general elections required to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year; cities of the first class permitted to choose between even-numbered or odd-numbered year; and orderly transition plans required. February 19, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF988
Reporting of student fights provided. February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF966
School districts allowed to donate surplus schoolbooks. February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF899
Prohibition on American Indian mascots modified, and money appropriated. February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF892
Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement. February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF1020
Developmental delay age limit working group established, and report required. February 17, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF784
All resident home school students allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF735
Shared time pupils definition expanded. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF585
Teachers licensed in another state provisions modified to allow teaching in Minnesota. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF565
Student physical privacy provided. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF564
Certain material prohibited in school libraries. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF519
American Indian mascot requirement exemption amended. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF518
American Indian mascot prohibition repealed. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF516
Teacher shortage reporting requirements modified, and report required. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF447
Postsecondary enrollment in summer courses allowed. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF405
Skills path program established for employment-based training. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF397
Annual curriculum audit required. February 13, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF59
Notice of violent school incidents to teachers and each student's parents required, and retaliation for reporting prohibited. February 10, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF58
Teaching of racist or sexist concepts prohibited, and private rights of action created. February 10, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
HF273
Student Religious Liberties Act established. February 10, 2025Pending: House Education Policy
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