MN SF150

Extends maximum e-learning days from five to unlimited per school year due to inclement weather or infectious disease outbreak.

Allows school districts and charter schools to start the 2020-2021 school year as early as August 3, 2020, if using exclusively distance learning or e-learning for the first four weeks.

Requires commissioner of human services to apply for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to fund additional children's school-linked mental health grants, with no more than 3 percent used for administration.

Requires commissioner of education to apply for the Education Stabilization Fund-Rethink K-12 Education Models Grant under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to establish a partnership with an online school provider aligned with Minnesota academic standards for kindergarten through grade 12.

Ensures students participating in grant-funded online courses are counted toward average daily membership without reducing state aid, and prohibits charging students fees for participation.