MN HF514

Removes the prohibition on disciplinary dismissals for students in kindergarten through grade 3, striking this grade range from the protected categories under Minnesota Statutes section 121A.425

Maintains the existing prohibition on disciplinary dismissals for preschool and prekindergarten students, including those in early childhood family education, school readiness, Head Start, and voluntary prekindergarten programs

Preserves the exception allowing dismissals of less than one school day for all students, with additional protections for special education students under chapter 125A and federal law

Retains the requirement that expulsions and exclusions for protected students may only occur after exhausting intervention resources and when there is an ongoing serious safety threat