HF3186 Summary

• Academic Standards & Curriculum: Adds "media arts" as a required arts area in elementary/middle schools; clarifies that health is locally developed while arts standards can be locally or statewide developed; allows child sexual abuse prevention instruction in health curriculum.

• Safe and Supportive Schools: Establishes sensory, serenity, and prayer rooms as policies for consideration; prohibits disciplinary dismissal of preschool/prekindergarten children; requires nonexclusionary disciplinary practices before student removal; adds definitions for "pupil withdrawal agreements" limited to 12 months.

• Teacher Diversity & Evaluation: Sets goal to increase teachers of color and American Indian teachers by at least 2 percentage points annually by 2040; requires teacher evaluation rubrics to include culturally responsive methodologies; allows Tier 2 teachers with 3 years experience to advance to Tier 3 licenses.

• Student Support & Equity: Allows homeless high school students to graduate with state requirements only, without exceeding district requirements; prohibits meal shaming and restrictions on student activities due to unpaid lunch balances; allows American Indian students to wear tribal regalia at graduation.

• Technical & Definition Updates: Extends school calendar decision-making flexibility; updates enrollment option timelines; clarifies charter school compliance requirements for English learners and corporal punishment; adds tribal nation data sharing for student educational attainment.