MN HF1053

Applies to schools identified by the state as persistently lowest performing under federal School Improvement Grant Program or Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Requires school boards to implement a parent-requested intervention when at least one-half of parents or legal guardians from the school and its feeder schools sign a petition.

School boards may decline parent requests only by making written findings at the next regular meeting and specifying an alternative federal intervention they will implement instead.

School boards must implement the approved intervention or alternative in the proximate school year and notify the commissioner of receipt and disposition of any petition.

Limits program to no more than 20 schools statewide and prohibits petitions unrelated to academic achievement or student safety.