MN HF965

School districts and charter schools must convene individualized education program (IEP) team meetings by December 1, 2021, with parents to determine if special education recovery services are needed to address learning loss or skill regression from COVID-19 pandemic disruptions.

Recovery services may include extended school year services, additional IEP services, compensatory services, and other appropriate supports; IEP teams must consider prior service levels, student access to services, progress on IEP goals, regression, pandemic-related trauma or family circumstances, and types of beneficial supports including academic, behavioral, and mental health services.

School districts and charter schools must report to the commissioner of education on services and supports provided and their costs; services must remain available until the IEP team determines they are no longer necessary.

General fund appropriations are provided for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 (amounts to be determined) to fund the services and staff compensation, with funds available until June 30, 2023, and base funding set to $0 for fiscal year 2024 and beyond.

Any COVID-19 federal funds received between March 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023, that are eligible expenditures will cancel corresponding general fund appropriations, with canceled amounts appropriated from federal funds for the same purpose.