Steve A. Cwodzinski
🏛️ Chair Democrat
SD-049
He was chair beginning 2/3/2025. He was co-chair from 1/14/2025 to 2/3/2025.
Senate committee
Education Policy
Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
SF5287
Procedures modification to fill a school board vacancy
May 12, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5263
Certain graduation requirements for international baccalaureate program students waiver provision
May 6, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5232
Minnesota Imagination Library program establishment
April 28, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5226
School board members training requirements modifications
April 27, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5218
License processing fee prohibition for a lifetime substitute teaching license application
April 27, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5137
Office of the Inspector General provisions within the Department of Education modification
April 15, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5124
Koochiching County board authorization to divide Independent School District, No. 363, South Koochiching
April 14, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF5084
Gifted and talented students definition clarification provision
April 13, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4809
Mental health care services establishment for students through telehealth
April 13, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4936
Minnesota State High School League members requirement to allow broadcast over public access channels
April 9, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2633
Educational outcomes, safety and accountability for students with disabilities improvement pilot program establishment and appropriation
April 9, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4964
Nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions removal on eligible institutions and enrollment options
April 7, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3717
Crisis management policy requirements modification
April 7, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4930
School board requirement to include student representation
March 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4924
Rename Perpich Center for Arts Education
March 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4826
Social studies standards modification to include the dangers and perils of communism and socialism
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4768
State statistics literacy graduation seal establishment
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3594
School trust lands director duties modification provision, Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission required reports modifications
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4675
Community schoolyards grant program establishment and appropriation
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4156
Allow districts that provide digital instruction to administer state assessments remotely
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3548
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and automated external defibrillator training for coaches requirement provision
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3339
Minnesota State High School League requirement to sanction cricket
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4546
Department of Revenue to designate scholarship granting organizations
March 18, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4416
Immunization provisions modifications
March 18, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4325
School sites access limitations provision
March 18, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3439
Use of an exemption to immunization due to conscientiously held beliefs prohibition for immunization against measles, mumps, and rubella
March 18, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4510
Read Act provisions modification
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4458
Prohibit use of an exemption to immunization due to conscientiously held beliefs
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4453
Site-governed schools requirements modification
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4445
Interagency Council on Student Attendance establishment
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2970
Public schools requirement to offer plant-based meal options
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4045
Read act amendment to provide for ongoing curriculum review
March 12, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4209
Public libraries limiting access by officials engaged in immigration enforcement provision
March 9, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4202
Prohibit screen time for children in preschool and kindergarten
March 9, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1613
Release of a student's home address authorization to school-age child care programs
March 5, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF197
School board membership requirements modification
March 4, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4042
Anonymous reporting systems requirement
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4024
Student career pathways framework establishment
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4023
Disciplinary dismissal permission in kindergarten through grade 3
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF4011
Early literacy field experience requirement for teacher candidates providing early literacy instruction
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3892
School counselors requirements modifications
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3687
National school lunch program participants milk offerings clarification provision
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF508
Cell phone use in schools prohibition
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3979
Preserving Girls Sports Act establishment
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3963
Five-member school boards provision
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3914
School district or charter school ability to opt out of statewide assessments authorization
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3553
Possession and administration of opiate antagonists authorization for high school students
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF173
Cursive instruction in elementary school appropriation
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3821
Board of School Administrators reporting requirements modification
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3812
Gender identity public school classroom instruction prohibition
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3811
Gender identity public school classroom instruction prohibition and firearm safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling in school physical education course and appropriation
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3723
Disciplinary dismissals modification for students in early learning programs
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3722
Notice requirement of procedural safeguards for special education
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3708
Average daily membership and pupil units modification for certain students who are not residents of Minnesota and who are enrolled in online instruction in a Minnesota school
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3667
Student support aid usage for certain licensed special education teachers costs authorization
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3666
Read Act interventions modifications
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3659
Climate literacy seal establishment
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3571
Referendum ballot language clarification by correcting an obsolete reference to school district referendum by petition
February 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1311
Charter schools and charter school authorizers requirement to publish financial information
February 17, 2026Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF430
Post-secondary enrollment in summer courses authorization provision
May 19, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3522
E-learning day requirements modification; terms and conditions of employment for school employees modification
May 16, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1048
Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program requirements modification
May 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
HF2023
Overdose prevention education required in substance use model program.
May 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
HF1982
Active transportation safety training deadlines eliminated.
May 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF676
Violent school incidents notice requirement provision and retaliation prohibition provision
April 22, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3410
Certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 authorization provision and school board non-compliance with certain laws or rules authorization
April 22, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3379
Computer science standards establishment
April 10, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3378
Computer science grants establishment and appropriation
April 10, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3350
Social studies standards adoption suspension and review cycle modification provision, ethnic studies requirements repealer provision, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelation provision
April 10, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3368
Paraprofessional qualifications definition
April 9, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2798
Nonresident school district enrollment authorization
April 9, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3334
Student teacher placement within a certain distance requirement; teacher candidate performance assessment requirements removal
April 7, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3303
Education empowerment account program establishment and appropriation
April 7, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1667
Developmental delay age limit working group establishment provision
April 7, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF413
Resident nonpublic school pupils permission to participate in extracurricular activities
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF412
Resident charter school students permission to participate in extracurricular activities
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF411
All resident home school students permission to participate extracurricular activities
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3182
Microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English Learner programs establishment; appropriating money
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3180
Annual reporting on school resource officer contracts requirement
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3176
Water safety instruction requirement in health curriculum
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3168
Teacher licensure requirements modifications
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3157
Parental curriculum review provisions clarifications
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3139
Framework for MTSS and COMPASS codification from session law to statutes
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2436
Culturally inclusive learning environments access protection provision
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2435
Safe and supportive schools programming requirements modifications
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1118
Parent contact information prohibition from being designated as publicly available directory information
April 1, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3061
Teacher licensure requirements modification related to the Read Act
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3042
Student bullying policy requirements modification
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF3014
Recess detention modification
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2995
Teacher licensure requirements modifications
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2685
Minnesota State High School League requirement to contract for catastrophic accident insurance
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2531
Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex provision
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2234
Overdose prevention education inclusion in health education standards requirement provision
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1687
High school students permission to possess opiate antagonists
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF97
American Indian mascot exemption requirements amendment
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF89
American Indian mascot prohibition repeal
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF771
Read Act and other educational policy provisions modifications
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF360
Required mathematics academic standards and credit requirements modification
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2883
Students completion of state assessments remotely authorization; appropriating money
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2770
Gifted and talented programs and services requirements modifications provision, certain gifted and talented program data reported by the commissioner requirement, gifted and talented programs and services revenue increase provision, and appropriation
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2690
Requirements modification for access to epinephrine in schools
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF16
Physical and sexual abuse education requirement
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1141
School district noncompliance with unfunded mandates authorization
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1022
Dismissal limitations for kindergarten through grade 3 students provisions modifications
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1007
Education Savings Accounts for Minnesota Students Act (ESA-4-MSA) establishment provision
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2817
Athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth requirement
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2787
Special education forms and procedures due process time requirement provision, due process aid establishment, and appropriation
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2774
Charter school boards of directors and charter school chief administrators requirements modifications
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2773
All charter school closures overseen by a trustee requirement provision
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2604
Cost-benefit analysis requirement of Minnesota's special education system
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2280
Display of the Ten Commandments requirement in school classrooms
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2402
Instruction requirement to advance critical thinking skills
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2400
Teaching standards of effective practice reinstatement
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2294
Male participation in female athletics restriction provision, male access to female changing facilities restriction provision, and criminal penalties provision
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1899
Commissioner of education direction to amend the state's accountability plan
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1469
Reporting requirement of student attendance
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2387
School safety provisions modification
March 10, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2027
Early childhood literacy pilot programs establishment
March 10, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF916
Female sports team participation to the female sex restriction
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF802
Student physical privacy provision
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2281
Certified chaplains in public schools permission
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2276
Teaching prohibition of racist or sexist concepts
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2257
Moratorium on the formation of new charter schools establishment
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2249
School districts and charter schools that do not participate in the free school meals program providing notice to parents and students requirement
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2066
Student discipline provisions modification
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1703
Department of Education bringing awareness of library services for blind and print disabled persons requirement provision
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1405
American Indian drumming permission in public school
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2100
Diversity, equity, and inclusion provisions repeal in prekindergarten through grade 12 education
March 3, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2078
Individualized education program requirements modification
March 3, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF2072
Wellness checks for students receiving online instruction requirement
March 3, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1982
Deadlines for active transportation safety training elimination
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1979
School construction near former landfills prohibition
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1974
Education Savings Accounts for Minnesota Students Act (ESA-4-MSA) establishment provision
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1952
Students with mental illness requirements modifications provision, Department of Education approved mental health instruction requirement provision, youth sports program mental illness and suicide prevention training provision, and restrictive procedures statewide plan requirements modifications provision
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1923
Constitutional Amendment proposal to establish the rights of a parent in the education of their child
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1830
Use of seclusion permission as a restrictive procedure
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1781
Student attendance statutes references provision
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1780
Members of legislative committees on education policy and education finance observation of teacher or administrator each year requirement provision
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1355
Healthy aging and dementia education provided by school encouragement provision
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1735
Accounting requirements establishment for school expenditures on advertising and event sponsorships
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1668
Certain out-of-fields permissions limit on renewal exemption provision
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1602
Certain election officials and business entities permission to access student or parent data authorization provision
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1591
Age modification for a child with a disability to receive special instruction and services
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1502
Read Act amendment
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1489
Certain fund transfers authorization for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1471
Reenrollment encouragement after a student withdrawal from school
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1470
Reporting requirement of student attendance data in school performance reports
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1381
Social studies academic standards to include contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and people with disabilities requirement
February 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1336
School year beginning before Labor Day for certain school years authorization
February 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1309
Requirement modification for the sexually transmitted infections and diseases program
February 13, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1222
Child face covering requirement opt out authorization by parents provision
February 10, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF1056
District advisory committee requirement to comply with chapter 13D and give notice of meetings
February 6, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF893
School safety provisions modifications and appropriation
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF879
Charter school authorizers compliance with government data practices requirement
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF805
Student Religious Liberties Act establishment
January 30, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF801
Teachers licensed in another state teaching in Minnesota provisions modifications
January 30, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF797
School libraries certain material prohibition provision
January 30, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF753
Requirements modification for parental curriculum review and consent for sexual education curriculum
January 30, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF738
Innovation zone provisions modification
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF609
Community volunteers supporting students in public schools authorization
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF507
Districts requirement to adopt policies and processes to assist parents who require language assistance
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF244
Education savings accounts establishment
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF557
Parental notification of adverse incidents requirement provision
January 23, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF256
Service animal support in school allowance
January 23, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF457
Children's face covering requirement parent opt out alternative authorization
January 21, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF442
Skills path program for employment-based training establishment
January 21, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF392
School districts permission to donate surplus schoolbooks
January 21, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF371
Reporting provision of student fights
January 21, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF35
Notice provision if a student is left on a school bus
January 16, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF201
Laws 2024, chapter 127 repeal and various entities to submit conforming legislation direction
January 16, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy
SF12
School districts and charter schools requirement to provide climate justice instruction
January 16, 2025Pending: Senate Education Policy