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Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery considered for eligibility admissions to state colleges and universities, and career readiness assessment included in student planning for postsecondary education and employment.
High school academic standards and graduation requirements cyclical revision legislative authorization requirement
School districts joint operation and innovative delivery of education pilot project establishment and appropriation
School districts allowed to base unrequested leave of absence and discharge and demotion decisions on teacher evaluation outcomes.
Open enrollment decisions; student's resident district basis provided.
Military Interstate Children's Compact compliance by Department of Education required.
School districts transition planning for high school students to successfully pursue postsecondary education and employment; school districts adequate student-to-counselor ratio encouragement
Harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence in education prevention policies provided.
Education provided in care and treatment settings.
Parents empowered to request school district intervention in a "Priority" school.
School district policies required to address child sexual abuse, and advisory task force established on preventing child sexual abuse.
Commissioner of education prohibited from enforcing unadopted rules.
Education; obsolete statutes repealed.
Career and technical levy modified, and career and technical education credits provided.
Counselor to student ratio minimum established, and report required.
Teachers charged with felonies suspensions without pay authorized.
MNovate commission created.
Early childhood education scholarship finance system created, early education worker training and retainment tax credits provided, early childhood education programming quality improved, and money appropriated.
Substitute principal continuing education requirements clarified.
Public school employees prohibited from using public funds and resources to advocate to pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, ballot question, or pending legislation.
Board of School Administrators provisions modified.
Probationary teachers; school board notification date changed by one month.
CPR training and instruction requirements clarified.
Early childhood development screening notice modified.
School principal evaluation provisions modifications
Teacher provisions amended relating to candidates passing a basic skills examination.
Special or independent school districts made subject to mayoral control.
Online learning parameters modified, graduation requirements modified, and digital learning provided.
Online learning parameters modified, graduation requirements modified, and digital learning provided.
Postsecondary enrollment options program expanded, and career and technical education task force established.
School start date exception made for school districts that suffer floods.
Education subtraction and credit expanded to broadband subscription expenses, and sales tax exemption provided for education-related broadband subscriptions.
Teacher contract qualified economic offer provided.
Teacher candidates basic skills examination passage provisions amended.
Education provision clarified.
Department of Education Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) data report to the legislature required.
Individualized learning schools creation provided; site-governed school, postsecondary enrollment options, and charter school provisions modified.
Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided, including general education, education excellence, and special programs.
Charter school student population accountability measures clarified.
School districts; ability to use prone restraints extended to one additional year, and data collection and reporting required.
State Board of Education established.
State High School League required to arrange a requesting school's football schedule.
School boards' ability to conduct school on holidays clarified.
Education boards created, and school boards allowed to reorganize as education boards.
District process for reviewing curriculum, instruction, and student achievement clarified.
Education boards created, and school boards allowed to reorganize as education boards.
Teacher unrequested leave of absence provisions modified.
Adult education performance tracking system modifications
Improved academic achievement of all students provided.
School districts prohibited from holding school on the Thursday and Friday before Labor Day.
Sexual violence working group established, and school violence prevention curriculum amended.
Principal evaluation provisions modified.
Minnesota State High School League; time period reduced for good faith effort before interscholastic conference membership arrangement.
Alternative compensation professional development provisions modified for teachers, and alternative compensation revenue made available for principals and assistant principals.
Independent School District No. 402, Hendricks, dissolved.
Students with dyslexia and related disorders needs met.
High school transition plan proposed for students to successfully pursue postsecondary education and employment, and money appropriated.
Minneapolis School Board membership updated to conform with Laws 2006, and member removal by majority vote of board authorized.
Teacher candidates required to pass basic skills exam.
Charter school provisions modified.
Federal adequate yearly progress measurements specified, and lowest performing elementary and high schools required to submit to a turnaround strategy.
Resident pupils temporarily placed in a care and treatment center allowed to continue to participate in district extracurricular activities.
State regulation exemption provided for schools.
K-12 education income subtraction and credit modified to apply to fees charged for extracurricular activities.
Vision therapy pilot project created, and money appropriated.
Second world language proficiency required for high school graduation.
Bullying prohibited in public schools.
Children early intervention criteria modified.
School district pilot project established to examine joint operations to provide innovative delivery of programs and activities and share resources.
High school graduation requirements and academic standards revision authorization required by the legislature.
Speech-language pathology assistant training requirements conformed with national guidelines, and speech-language pathologists employed in a small rural school district allowed to supervise up to two assistants.
State reciprocity agreement exemption created.
School boards authorized to determine number and identity of annuity contract vendors.
Immunization requirements modified for school children.
Parent notification of child maltreatment in a school facility modified, and policy for educating employees about mandatory child maltreatment reporting required.
Parents empowered to request school district intervention in a persistently low performing school.
Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided, including general education, education excellence, special programs, facilities and technology, student transportation, and early childhood education.
Teacher candidates basic skills exam pass requirement
Youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities policies established.
Charter school authorizer approval deadline modification
Teachers taking early retirement allowed to continue coaching, and application deadline modified for certain charter school authorizers.
School board creation of full-service school zones authorized.
Probationary teacher and principal status governing requirements clarified.
Permanent school trust land independent authority created for management, supervision, and administration.
Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee membership modified.
School food authority procurement cycle conformed with the federal procurement cycle, and contract terms clarified for food service management contracts.
Teacher's union financial report required.
Teacher and principal evaluations and tenure modified.
School calendar four-day week plans prohibited.
Federal special education requirement special instruction and services provided.
School district-sponsored collaborative charter school designed to enhance student achievement option created.
Adult education tracking system modified.
Nonpublic schools that receive state aid, materials, services, or other publicly funded support made subject to requirements.
Adult education tracking system modified.
Family and consumer science included as part of the required academic standards.
Response to intervention model created, and rulemaking required.
Teacher Tenure Act modified for school districts located in a city of the first class.
Paraprofessionals licensure requirements modified for those using restrictive procedures.
Statewide literacy initiative formulated to ensure students succeed in achieving grade-level reading proficiency by the end of grade 3, and data provided to improve student outcomes.
Annual evaluations for principals established, and a group of experts and stakeholders convened to recommend a performance-based system model for these evaluations.
School grading system created, school recognition program created, school report cards modified, rulemaking authorized, and report required.
School district and charter school salary freeze imposition; safe schools levy set aside requirement removal; staff development reserved revenue and school district contract deadline and penalty repeal
Probationary and continuing contract teachers professional development and evaluation requirements further clarified.
Charter school law clarified.
Harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence policies provided.
School district budget relief and salary freeze provided.
Charter school provisions clarified.
Commissioner of education prohibited from adopting common core standards.
Early childhood services and programs coordination provided to achieve full kindergarten readiness for all Minnesota children by 2020.
Teacher due process procedures clarified.
Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma mathematics exception removed, and high school assessments established to determine college and career readiness.
Alternative teacher pay system modified.
School boards prohibited from withholding students' grades for failing to pay school lunch debts, discrimination against students eligible to receive a free or reduced-price lunch prohibited, and parameters for collecting unpaid school lunch debts established.
Teacher licensing system new tier created.
Commissioner of education's role in approving, certifying, and recertifying online learning providers clarified.
School district provision of educational services to students without disabilities from other states requirement clarified.
Students at low-performing schools enrollment options established.
Child with disability definition and related circumstances clarified.
Limited English proficiency funding five-year limit removed.
Educational mandates deemed unneeded removed.
Teacher collective bargaining agreement deadline and process changed.
Teacher employment contract negotiation process identified.
Lane changes for teachers earning master's degrees provisions modified.
School boards prohibited from withholding students' grades for failing to pay school lunch debts.
Public residential high school established for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Department of Education required to hire a consultant to work with districts to share services, competition among school districts created, shared services incentive created for districts, and money appropriated.
Alternative teacher professional pay system modified.
Charter school authorizer approval deadline modified.
Mathematics GRAD exception removed, and high school assessments established to determine college and career readiness.
Charter school pilot project established to examine the policy implications of allowing the charter school to become an educational entity within a school district while retaining the autonomy and flexibility of a charter school.
Teacher and school administrator cultural competency training required for those seeking to renew their professional license.
AmeriCorps Innovation aligned to federal law.
Flexible learning year programs pre-Labor Day start prohibited.
Minnesota State High School League directed to amend its transfer rule, including the procedure to determine student eligibility.
Home school mandates reduced, and superintendents relieved of reporting requirements.
Pilot project established to explore the programmatic alignment between age 3 and grade 3.
Postsecondary enrollment options act modified, high school students required to take a college level class, and college transfer credits modified.
Teacher collective bargaining agreement deadline and penalty changed.
School districts and charter schools electronic publication of public information allowed, and superintendent expenditure identification requirement eliminated.
Voluntary full-day kindergarten funding authorized.
School district mandates reduced.
Trial placements for eligible children allowed at the Minnesota State Academies.
Board of Teaching directed to incorporate professional reflection and growth in best teaching practices into its continuing teaching license renewal requirements.
Early high school graduation with a standard diploma allowed.
Education of young children through age five provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.
High school freshmen and sophomore college class enrollment allowed.
School district mandates reduced, additional flexibility allowed, and fund transfers authorized.
Teacher licensure provisions amended, alternative teacher preparation program and limited-term teacher license established, and report required.
School districts required to pool active and retired employees separately for health coverage, and new commitments to subsidize premiums for retired employees prohibited.
Minnesota children assigned a unique identification number at the time of birth, and parental opt-out allowed.
School district January 15 deadline repealed by which a collective bargaining agreement must be reached or face a state aid penalty.
Teacher contract deadline aid penalty repealed.
Alternative teacher preparation program and limited term teacher license established, and teacher candidate assessments amended.
Teacher candidates required to pass basic skills exam.
Seat belt equipment requirements amended for procurement of school buses.
School district January 15 deadline repealed by which school districts must reach a collective bargaining agreement or face a state aid penalty.
Teacher performance assessments established.
High school assessments established to determine college and career readiness, and reports required.
At-risk and off-track students alternative routes to standard diploma pursued.
Compulsory attendance age increased for high school graduation.
Teacher candidate preservice performance assessment established, and alternative teacher preparation program and limited-term teaching license established.
Compulsory attendance age increased for high school graduation.
Academic math standards revised to incorporate the common core state standards for mathematics.
Mental health education model curriculum created.