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MN HF3436

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/14/2022

Primary Sponsor

Sondra Erickson

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Origin

House of Representatives

92nd Legislature 2021-2022

AI Summary

  • Establishes parental rights to direct upbringing, education, and care of minor children, requiring any government infringement to meet strict scrutiny standard of being reasonable, necessary for compelling state interest, and narrowly tailored with no less restrictive means available.

  • Requires schools to post all instructional materials and activities used for student and staff training on publicly accessible websites within 14 days of first use, including titles, authors, descriptions, and links where available.

  • Mandates disclosure of learning materials including textbooks, videos, digital content, lesson plans, and activities involving political advocacy, civic engagement, service-learning, internships, and outside organization collaborations.

  • Allows schools to restrict postings due to copyright by offering links to publicly available descriptions and requiring materials be available for in-person inspection within 30 days of request.

  • Permits enforcement through judicial action by attorney general, commissioner of education, state auditor, county attorneys, or residents, with courts authorized to assess attorney fees against school districts that substantially fail to comply after 15-day school official and 45-day governing body remediation periods.

Legislative Description

Curriculum transparency provided, and parental rights protected.

Last Action

Author added Scott

2/15/2022

Committee Referrals

Education Policy2/14/2022

Full Bill Text

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