Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education finance; establishing an academic acceleration pilot program;
3	3	1.3 requiring a report; appropriating money.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. ACADEMIC ACCELERATION PILOT PROGRAM.
6	6	1.6 Subdivision 1.Pilot program established.The commissioner of education must establish
7	7	1.7a pilot program to increase access to advanced coursework in six school districts or charter
8	8	1.8schools during the 2026-2027 to 2028-2029 school years.
9	9	1.9 Subd. 2.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
10	10	1.10meanings given them.
11	11	1.11 (b) "Advanced coursework" means an advanced placement course, postsecondary
12	12	1.12enrollment options course including a concurrent enrollment course, or honors course.
13	13	1.13 (c) "Participant" means a school district or charter school selected to participate in the
14	14	1.14pilot program.
15	15	1.15 Subd. 3.Automatic enrollment.(a) A participant must adopt an automatic enrollment
16	16	1.16policy at one or more school sites that meets the minimum requirements of this subdivision.
17	17	1.17A participant may adopt additional eligibility criteria for students to participate in the
18	18	1.18academic acceleration policy so long as the criteria does not create inequities among student
19	19	1.19groups in the advanced coursework.
20	20	1.20 (b) The policy must require automatic enrollment in advanced coursework in language
21	21	1.21arts, mathematics, or science if the student meets eligibility criteria. A student is eligible
22	22	1.22for automatic enrollment if the student meets or exceeds the state standard on the applicable
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR CR/MI 25-0165301/02/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 1589
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1eighth grade or high school statewide assessment, or earns the highest grade available in a
31	31	2.2course in the applicable subject matter in the preceding school year. The subject matter of
32	32	2.3the advanced coursework in which a student is automatically enrolled depends on the content
33	33	2.4area or areas of assessment where the student has met or exceeded the state standard.
34	34	2.5 (c) The policy must provide the parent of a student automatically enrolled in a course
35	35	2.6an opportunity to opt the student out of the academic acceleration policy and enroll the
36	36	2.7student in an alternative course or program.
37	37	2.8 Subd. 4.Participation requirements.A participant must:
38	38	2.9 (1) prioritize recruiting teachers of color with the training necessary to teach advanced
39	39	2.10placement courses or graduate credits necessary to teach secondary school courses for
40	40	2.11postsecondary credit, or providing teachers of color with opportunities to obtain the necessary
41	41	2.12training or graduate credits at no cost;
42	42	2.13 (2) notify a parent or guardian at least two weeks before the start of the school year that
43	43	2.14a student has been automatically enrolled in advanced coursework for that school term under
44	44	2.15the district policy. The notice must include information about the benefits of advanced
45	45	2.16coursework, the district's automatic enrollment policy, and the courses available to students
46	46	2.17leading to dual credit and advanced placement. The information must be available in the
47	47	2.18three most common languages in the district;
48	48	2.19 (3) identify tutoring and other academic supports available to students having difficulty
49	49	2.20in advanced coursework; and
50	50	2.21 (4) collect and report to the commissioner in the form and manner determined by the
51	51	2.22commissioner disaggregated data on the number of students who are eligible for automatic
52	52	2.23enrollment, who opt out or drop the course, who complete an advanced placement course
53	53	2.24but do not take the assessment, who take the advanced placement assessment but do not
54	54	2.25pass, and who pass an advanced placement assessment.
55	55	2.26 Subd. 5.Application process.(a) A district applying to participate in the pilot program
56	56	2.27must submit an application to the commissioner in the form and manner determined by the
57	57	2.28commissioner. The application must identify how state grant funds would be used to increase
58	58	2.29access to advanced coursework.
59	59	2.30 (b) The commissioner must notify participants of their selection by January 1, 2026. At
60	60	2.31least one participating district must have a high percentage of American Indian students.
61	61	2.32When selecting the remaining five participants, the commissioner must, to the extent
62	62	2Section 1.
63	63	REVISOR CR/MI 25-0165301/02/25 3.1practicable, ensure the rollout sites represent urban school districts, suburban school districts,
64	64	3.2nonurban school districts, and charter schools. The commissioner may also consider:
65	65	3.3 (1) the availability of advanced coursework to current students;
66	66	3.4 (2) the number of enrolled students currently participating in advanced coursework; and
67	67	3.5 (3) the number of enrolled students eligible for free and reduced-price meals.
68	68	3.6 Subd. 6.Grant uses.Participants must use grant funds to pay for advanced placement
69	69	3.7fees for all students automatically enrolled in an advanced placement course. A district may
70	70	3.8use grant funds for the following eligible expenses:
71	71	3.9 (1) training for teachers to teach advanced placement courses or secondary school courses
72	72	3.10for postsecondary credit;
73	73	3.11 (2) textbooks and other instructional materials;
74	74	3.12 (3) tutoring for students enrolled in advanced coursework;
75	75	3.13 (4) administrative expenses, including expenses related to data collection and reporting
76	76	3.14and family engagement; and
77	77	3.15 (5) notwithstanding any law to the contrary, bonuses for teachers based on the number
78	78	3.16of students who pass advanced placement exams.
79	79	3.17 Subd. 7.State report.(a) By January 1, 2030, the commissioner of education must
80	80	3.18submit a report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through
81	81	3.19grade 12 education on the pilot program.
82	82	3.20 (b) The report must include the following information:
83	83	3.21 (1) the number of students who were eligible for advanced coursework under the pilot
84	84	3.22program, and of those students, the number of students who enrolled in advanced coursework
85	85	3.23and the number of students who did not enroll in advanced coursework; the number of
86	86	3.24students who completed advanced coursework; and the number of students who did not
87	87	3.25complete advanced coursework. The data must be disaggregated by race and ethnicity,
88	88	3.26eligibility for free or reduced-price meals, and special education status;
89	89	3.27 (2) the number of teachers providing instruction in advanced coursework, including the
90	90	3.28number of teachers recruited to teach advanced coursework. The data must be disaggregated
91	91	3.29by race and ethnicity;
92	92	3.30 (3) the advanced coursework students were automatically enrolled in; and
93	93	3Section 1.
94	94	REVISOR CR/MI 25-0165301/02/25 4.1 (4) feedback provided by participating districts on the implementation of the pilot
95	95	4.2program.
96	96	4.3 (c) The report must include recommendations to the legislature on the implementation
97	97	4.4of a statewide academic acceleration program.
98	98	4.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
99	99	4.6 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
100	100	4.7 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
101	101	4.8appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
102	102	4.9designated.
103	103	4.10 Subd. 2.Academic acceleration pilot program.(a) For the academic acceleration pilot
104	104	4.11program:
105	105	2026............4.12 $
106	106	2027............4.13 $
107	107	4.14 (b) The department may retain up to 15 percent of the appropriation to create an
108	108	4.15application for the pilot program, administer the grant, and report to the legislature on the
109	109	4.16pilot program.
110	110	4.17 (c) This appropriation does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2029.
111	111	4Sec. 2.
112	112	REVISOR CR/MI 25-0165301/02/25