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MN HF1928

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kari Rehrauer

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Origin

House of Representatives

94th Legislature 2025-2026

AI Summary

  • Teachers providing direct services to students with individualized education programs (IEPs) or individualized family services plans would receive 4 additional contract days per school year to complete due process forms and procedures, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year

  • Districts must negotiate staffing plans with teacher unions for these due process days; if no agreement is reached, districts must use the funding for substitute teachers

  • Applies to school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units where teachers have collective bargaining representation

  • Department of Education must calculate a statewide per-pupil allowance for due process aid by June 1, 2025, with annual adjustments to reduce the allowance based on expenses added to special education expenditures

  • Appropriates unspecified amounts from the general fund to the Department of Education for fiscal years 2026 and 2027

Legislative Description

Due process time for special education forms and procedures required, due process aid established, and money appropriated.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy

3/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Education Policy3/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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