1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; requiring health standards to include organ donation
1.3 education; amending Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 21, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 2, section 21, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Required health-related subject areas.The commissioner must include the
1.8following expectations for learning in the statewide standards:
1.9 (1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator education that
1.10allows districts to provide instruction to students in grades 7 through 12 in accordance with
1.11Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.236;
1.12 (2) vaping awareness and prevention education that allows districts to provide instruction
1.13to students in grades 6 through 8 in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.238,
1.14subdivision 3;
1.15 (3) cannabis use and substance use education that allows districts to provide instruction
1.16to students in grades 6 through 12 in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.215;
1.17 (4) sexually transmitted infections and diseases education that meets the requirements
1.18of Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.23; and
1.19 (5) mental health education for students in grades 4 through 12.; and
1.20 (6) organ donation education for students in grade 9.
1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1Section 1.
REVISOR CR/EN 25-0440503/04/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2353
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Norris and Gander03/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy