MN HF1648

Each school district must establish a procedure allowing parents, guardians, or adult students (18+) to review instructional materials in classrooms, school libraries, or media centers and request alternative instruction if they object to the content.

Parents, guardians, or adult students may provide alternative instruction themselves if school-offered alternatives do not meet their concerns, and school districts are not required to pay for parent-provided instruction.

School personnel cannot impose academic or other penalties on students for arranging alternative instruction, though they may evaluate the quality of the student's work.

When a parent, guardian, or adult student objects to content as sexually explicit, obscene, or harmful to minors, the school district must immediately notify all parents and guardians of students in that course, grade, program, or activity about the objection.

School districts must annually inform parents, guardians, and adult students of their rights to review instructional materials, arrange alternative instruction, and receive notice of content objections.