1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education policy; allowing for American Indian drumming in public
1.3 schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.792; proposing coding
1.4 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.792, is amended to read:
1.7 124D.792 GRADUATION CEREMONIES; TRIBAL REGALIA AND OBJECTS
1.8OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE; DRUMMING.
1.9 (a) A school district or charter school must not prohibit an American Indian student from
1.10wearing American Indian regalia, Tribal regalia, or objects of cultural significance at a
1.11graduation ceremony.
1.12 (b) If requested by the school's American Indian parent committee or an American Indian
1.13student organization, a school district or charter school must allow American Indian
1.14drumming at a graduation ceremony.
1.15 Sec. 2. [124D.793] AMERICAN INDIAN DRUMMING.
1.16 If requested by the school's American Indian parent committee, a school district or
1.17charter school must allow American Indian drumming.
1Sec. 2.
REVISOR CR/DG 25-0361802/07/25
State of Minnesota
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