HF3066 Summary

• Modifies Minnesota's education accountability system by replacing "adequate yearly progress" language with "federal expectations" aligned with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.

• Establishes comprehensive career and college readiness requirements for all students, including personal learning plans, transition planning, and access to college entrance exams funded by the state.

• Updates charter school authorizer requirements regarding disclosure of staffing qualifications and performance review criteria to focus on school academic performance rather than authorizer growth or complaint absence.

• Restricts the use of physical restraints on students with disabilities, specifically eliminating prone restraints effective August 1, 2015, and requiring quarterly reporting of seclusion use.

• Consolidates long-term facilities maintenance revenue, debt service, and tax levy systems while increasing equalization revenue for school facility maintenance and allowing transfers to debt redemption funds.