| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; modifying teacher licensure requirements related to the Read |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.12, subdivision 4a; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 120B.123, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 120B.124, subdivision 2; |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 122A.181, subdivision 3; 122A.182, subdivision 3; 122A.183, subdivision 2. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 4a.Local literacy plan.(a) Consistent with this section, a school district must |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9adopt a local literacy plan to have every child reading at or above grade level every year |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10beginning in kindergarten and to support multilingual learners and students receiving special |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11education services in achieving their individualized reading goals. A district must update |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12and submit the plan to the commissioner by June 15 each year. The plan must be consistent |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13with the Read Act, and include the following: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (1) a process to assess students' foundational reading skills, oral language, and level of |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15reading proficiency and the approved screeners used, by school site and grade level, under |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16section 120B.123; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (2) a process to notify and involve parents; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (3) a description of how schools in the district will determine the targeted reading |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19instruction that is evidence-based and includes an intervention strategy for a student and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20the process for intensifying or modifying the reading strategy in order to obtain measurable |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21reading progress; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 2864 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Clardy03/26/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (4) evidence-based intervention methods for students who are not reading at or above |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2grade level and progress monitoring to provide information on the effectiveness of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3intervention; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 (5) identification of staff development needs, including a plan to meet those needs; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5 (6) the curricula used by school site and grade level and, if applicable, the district plan |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6and timeline for adopting approved curricula and materials starting in the 2025-2026 school |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7year; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 (7) a statement of whether the district has adopted a MTSS framework; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9 (8) student data using the measures of foundational literacy skills and mastery identified |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10by the Department of Education for the following students: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11 (i) students in kindergarten through grade 3; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12 (ii) students who demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13 (iii) students in grades 4 to 12 who are identified as not reading at grade level; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14 (9) the number of teachers and other staff who have completed training approved by the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15department; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16 (10) the number of teachers and other staff proposed for training in structured literacy; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18 (11) how the district used funding provided under the Read Act to implement the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19requirements of the Read Act. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20 (b) The district must post its literacy plan on the official school district website and |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21submit it to the commissioner of education using the template developed by the commissioner |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22of education beginning June 15, 2024. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23 (c) By March 1, 2024, the commissioner of education must develop a streamlined template |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24for local literacy plans that meets the requirements of this subdivision and requires all |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25reading instruction and teacher training in reading instruction to be evidence-based. The |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26template must require a district to report information using the student categories required |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27in the commissioner's report under paragraph (d). The template must focus district resources |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28on improving students' foundational reading skills while reducing paperwork requirements |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29for teachers. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30 (d) By December 1, 2025, the commissioner of education must submit a report to the |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.31legislative committees with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 63 | 63 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 3.1summarizing the local literacy plans submitted to the commissioner. The summary must |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3.2include the following information: |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.3 (1) the number of teachers and other staff who have completed training approved by the |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.4Department of Education; |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.5 (2) the number of teachers and other staff required to complete the training under section |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.6120B.123, subdivision 5, who have not completed the training; |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.7 (3) the number of teachers exempt under section 120B.123, subdivision 5, from |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.8completing training approved by the Department of Education; |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.9 (4) the number of teachers or other staff required to complete the training who received |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.10other training or education that meets the requirements of the training approved by the |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.11Department of Education; |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.12 (4) (5) by school site and grade, the approved screeners and the reading curriculum used; |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.13and |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.14 (5) (6) by school site and grade, using the measurements of foundational literacy skills |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.15and mastery identified by the department, both aggregated data and disaggregated data on |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.16student performance on the approved screeners using the student categories under section |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.17120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2). |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.18 (e) By December 1, 2026, and December 1, 2027, the commissioner of education must |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.19submit updated reports containing the information required under paragraph (d) to the |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.20legislative committees with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education. |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.21 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, subdivision 5, is amended to read: |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.22 Subd. 5.Professional development.(a) A district must provide training from a menu |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.23of approved evidence-based training programs to the following teachers and staff by July |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.241, 2026: |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.25 (1) reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten through grade |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.2612; |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.27 (2) all classroom teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3 and children in |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3.28prekindergarten programs; |
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| 91 | 91 | | 3.29 (3) special education teachers; |
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| 92 | 92 | | 3.30 (4) curriculum directors; |
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| 93 | 93 | | 3Sec. 2. |
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| 94 | 94 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 4.1 (5) instructional support staff, contractors, and volunteers who assist in providing Tier |
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| 95 | 95 | | 4.22 interventions; |
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| 96 | 96 | | 4.3 (6) employees who select literacy instructional materials for a district; and |
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| 97 | 97 | | 4.4 (7) teachers licensed to teach English to multilingual learners. |
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| 98 | 98 | | 4.5 (b) A district must provide training from a menu of approved evidence-based training |
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| 99 | 99 | | 4.6programs to the following teachers by July 1, 2027: |
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| 100 | 100 | | 4.7 (1) teachers who provide reading instruction to students in grades 4 to 12; and |
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| 101 | 101 | | 4.8 (2) teachers who provide instruction to students in a state-approved alternative program. |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4.9 (c) The commissioner of education may grant a district an extension to the deadlines in |
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| 103 | 103 | | 4.10this subdivision. |
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| 104 | 104 | | 4.11 (d) Training provided by a department-approved certified trained facilitator may satisfy |
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| 105 | 105 | | 4.12the professional development requirements under this subdivision. |
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| 106 | 106 | | 4.13 (e) Beginning June 30, 2025, an educator required to receive training under paragraph |
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| 107 | 107 | | 4.14(a) who is new to the state of Minnesota or is a newly licensed teacher who did not receive |
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| 108 | 108 | | 4.15instruction in the teaching of foundational reading skills based on structured literacy must |
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| 109 | 109 | | 4.16complete one of the three approved required trainings. Training must be offered through |
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| 110 | 110 | | 4.17the regional literacy network and facilitated by a local certified and trained facilitator. The |
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| 111 | 111 | | 4.18Department of Education must review educator profiles and previous training and grant |
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| 112 | 112 | | 4.19waivers to educators who are new to the state who have completed the professional |
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| 113 | 113 | | 4.20development requirements consistent with this subdivision. |
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| 114 | 114 | | 4.21 (e) (f) For the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school year years only, the hours of instruction |
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| 115 | 115 | | 4.22requirement under section 120A.41 for students in an elementary and secondary school, as |
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| 116 | 116 | | 4.23defined in section 120A.05, subdivision subdivisions 9 and 13, is reduced by 5-1/2 hours |
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| 117 | 117 | | 4.24for a district that enters into an agreement with the exclusive representative of the teachers |
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| 118 | 118 | | 4.25that requires teachers to receive at least 5-1/2 hours of approved evidence-based training |
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| 119 | 119 | | 4.26required under this subdivision, on a day when other students in the district receive |
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| 120 | 120 | | 4.27instruction. If a charter school's teachers are not represented by an exclusive representative, |
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| 121 | 121 | | 4.28the charter school may reduce the number of instructional hours for students in an elementary |
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| 122 | 122 | | 4.29and secondary school, as defined in section 120A.05, subdivision subdivisions 9 and 13, |
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| 123 | 123 | | 4.30by 5-1/2 hours after consulting with its teachers in order to provide teachers with at least |
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| 124 | 124 | | 4.315-1/2 hours of evidence-based training required under this subdivision on a day when other |
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| 125 | 125 | | 4.32students receive instruction. The hours of instruction reduction for secondary school students |
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| 126 | 126 | | 4.33is applicable only for the 2025-2026 school year. |
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| 127 | 127 | | 4Sec. 2. |
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| 128 | 128 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 5.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 129 | 129 | | 5.2to read: |
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| 130 | 130 | | 5.3 Subd. 5a.Teacher licensure; renewal.(a) Beginning July 1, 2025, a Tier 1 early |
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| 131 | 131 | | 5.4learning, elementary education, or special education teacher responsible for teaching reading |
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| 132 | 132 | | 5.5and licensed under section 122A.181 must demonstrate that they are registered for, currently |
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| 133 | 133 | | 5.6taking, or have completed evidence-based structured literacy training consistent with training |
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| 134 | 134 | | 5.7approved by the Department of Education for the teacher's first licensure renewal. A Tier |
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| 135 | 135 | | 5.81 teacher may demonstrate evidence of progress in meeting the subject matter standards for |
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| 136 | 136 | | 5.9reading in administrative rules through evidence-based structured literacy coursework or |
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| 137 | 137 | | 5.10through the department educator profile review under subdivision 5, paragraph (e). The |
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| 138 | 138 | | 5.11required training must be completed before a second renewal of the Tier 1 license. |
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| 139 | 139 | | 5.12 (b) Beginning July 1, 2025, a Tier 2 early learning, elementary education, or special |
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| 140 | 140 | | 5.13education teacher who is responsible for teaching reading and licensed under section |
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| 141 | 141 | | 5.14122A.182 must demonstrate that they are currently taking or have completed evidence-based |
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| 142 | 142 | | 5.15structured literacy training consistent with training approved by the Department of Education |
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| 143 | 143 | | 5.16for the teacher's first licensure renewal. A Tier 2 teacher may demonstrate evidence of |
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| 144 | 144 | | 5.17progress in meeting the subject matter standards for reading in administrative rules through |
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| 145 | 145 | | 5.18evidence-based structured literacy coursework or through the department educator profile |
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| 146 | 146 | | 5.19review under subdivision 5, paragraph (e). The required training must be completed before |
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| 147 | 147 | | 5.20the first renewal of the Tier 2 license is granted. |
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| 148 | 148 | | 5.21 (c) Beginning July 1, 2026, a Tier 3 early learning, elementary education, or special |
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| 149 | 149 | | 5.22education teacher licensure candidate under section 122A.183 who demonstrates field-specific |
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| 150 | 150 | | 5.23teaching experience to complete the coursework requirements under section 122A.183, |
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| 151 | 151 | | 5.24subdivision 2, must demonstrate they have completed evidence-based structured literacy |
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| 152 | 152 | | 5.25training required under subdivision 5 before the Professional Educator Licensing and |
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| 153 | 153 | | 5.26Standards Board issues the Tier 3 license. |
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| 154 | 154 | | 5.27 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.124, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 155 | 155 | | 5.28 Subd. 2.Reconsideration Curriculum review cycle.(a) Every five years, beginning |
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| 156 | 156 | | 5.29July 1, 2030, the department and CAREI must provide districts an opportunity to request |
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| 157 | 157 | | 5.30that the department and CAREI add to the list of reviewed curricula or professional |
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| 158 | 158 | | 5.31development and intervention programs a specific curriculum or professional development |
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| 159 | 159 | | 5.32program. The department must publish the request procedure for reconsideration procedure |
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| 160 | 160 | | 5.33review on the department website by July 1, 2029. A request for reconsideration review |
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| 161 | 161 | | 5.34must demonstrate that the curriculum or professional development intervention program |
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| 162 | 162 | | 5Sec. 4. |
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| 163 | 163 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 6.1meets the requirements of the Read Act, is evidence-based, and has structured literacy |
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| 164 | 164 | | 6.2components. The department and CAREI must review the request for reconsideration and |
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| 165 | 165 | | 6.3approve or deny the request within 60 days. The review process must use the rubric used |
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| 166 | 166 | | 6.4to approve curriculum under subdivision 1 with the addition of culturally responsive criteria |
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| 167 | 167 | | 6.5as determined by the third-party review. |
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| 168 | 168 | | 6.6 (b) The department and CAREI must conduct a final curriculum review of previously |
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| 169 | 169 | | 6.7submitted curriculum by March 3, 2025, to review curriculum that is available to districts |
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| 170 | 170 | | 6.8at no cost. The reviewed resources must be categorized as highly aligned, partially aligned, |
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| 171 | 171 | | 6.9minimally aligned, or not aligned to evidenced-based structured literacy practices. Nonranked |
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| 172 | 172 | | 6.10curricular resources do not meet the criteria to be classified as a Tier 1 core highly aligned |
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| 173 | 173 | | 6.11program. The reviewed resources categories are defined as follows: |
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| 174 | 174 | | 6.12 (1) "highly aligned" means 100 percent of domains were above the cut point with no |
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| 175 | 175 | | 6.13significant red flags identified for the program; |
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| 176 | 176 | | 6.14 (2) "partially aligned" means 60 to 99 percent of domains were above the cut point; |
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| 177 | 177 | | 6.15 (3) "minimally aligned" means 34 to 59 percent of domains were above the cut point; |
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| 178 | 178 | | 6.16and |
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| 179 | 179 | | 6.17 (4) "not aligned" means 33 percent or less of domains were above the cut point. |
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| 180 | 180 | | 6.18It is a district's responsibility when planning for curriculum implementation to verify |
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| 181 | 181 | | 6.19instruction and materials align with evidence-based structured literacy practices and to |
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| 182 | 182 | | 6.20resolve issues identified in the report and rubric provided by the Department of Education. |
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| 183 | 183 | | 6.21 (c) A district must ensure that any red flags for a program are resolved through district |
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| 184 | 184 | | 6.22enhancements to the selected program. |
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| 185 | 185 | | 6.23 (d) A program going through a full review cycle must be added to the reviewed curricula |
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| 186 | 186 | | 6.24and intervention program list after the review process is completed. |
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| 187 | 187 | | 6.25 (e) Only materials categorized as highly aligned may qualify for use of literacy incentive |
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| 188 | 188 | | 6.26aid under section 124D.98 or state funding provided under the Read Act. |
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| 189 | 189 | | 6.27 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 190 | 190 | | 6.28 Subd. 3.Term of license and renewal.(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and |
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| 191 | 191 | | 6.29Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 1 license for a term of one year. A Tier 1 license |
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| 192 | 192 | | 6.30may be renewed subject to paragraphs (b) and, (c), and (d). |
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| 193 | 193 | | 6.31 (b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must renew a Tier 1 |
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| 194 | 194 | | 6.32license if: |
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| 195 | 195 | | 6Sec. 5. |
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| 196 | 196 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 7.1 (1) the district or charter school requesting the renewal demonstrates that it has posted |
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| 197 | 197 | | 7.2the teacher position but was unable to hire an acceptable teacher with a Tier 2, 3, or 4 license |
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| 198 | 198 | | 7.3for the position; |
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| 199 | 199 | | 7.4 (2) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license took a content examination in accordance with |
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| 200 | 200 | | 7.5section 122A.185 and submitted the examination results to the teacher's employing district |
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| 201 | 201 | | 7.6or charter school within one year of the board approving the request for the initial Tier 1 |
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| 202 | 202 | | 7.7license; |
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| 203 | 203 | | 7.8 (3) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license participated in cultural competency training |
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| 204 | 204 | | 7.9consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 8, within one year of the board approving the |
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| 205 | 205 | | 7.10request for the initial Tier 1 license; and |
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| 206 | 206 | | 7.11 (4) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license met the mental illness training renewal |
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| 207 | 207 | | 7.12requirement under section 122A.187, subdivision 6. |
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| 208 | 208 | | 7.13The requirement in clause (2) does not apply to a teacher that teaches a class in a career and |
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| 209 | 209 | | 7.14technical education or career pathways course of study. |
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| 210 | 210 | | 7.15 (c) A Tier 1 license must not be renewed more than three times, unless the requesting |
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| 211 | 211 | | 7.16district or charter school can show good cause for additional renewals. A Tier 1 license |
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| 212 | 212 | | 7.17issued to teach (1) a class or course in a career and technical education or career pathway |
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| 213 | 213 | | 7.18course of study, or (2) in a shortage area, as defined in section 122A.06, subdivision 6, may |
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| 214 | 214 | | 7.19be renewed without limitation. |
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| 215 | 215 | | 7.20 (d) Beginning July 1, 2025, a Tier 1 licensed early learning, elementary education, or |
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| 216 | 216 | | 7.21special education teacher responsible for teaching reading must meet the evidence-based |
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| 217 | 217 | | 7.22literacy training requirements under section 120B.123, subdivision 5a, for their first licensure |
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| 218 | 218 | | 7.23renewal. |
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| 219 | 219 | | 7.24 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.182, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 220 | 220 | | 7.25 Subd. 3.Term of license and renewal.(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and |
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| 221 | 221 | | 7.26Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 2 license for a term of two years. A Tier 2 license |
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| 222 | 222 | | 7.27may be renewed three times. |
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| 223 | 223 | | 7.28 (b) Before a Tier 2 license is renewed for the first time, a teacher holding a Tier 2 license |
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| 224 | 224 | | 7.29must participate in cultural competency training consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision |
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| 225 | 225 | | 7.308, and mental illness training under section 122A.187, subdivision 6. |
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| 226 | 226 | | 7.31 (c) Beginning July 1, 2025, a Tier 2 licensed early learning, elementary education, or |
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| 227 | 227 | | 7.32special education teacher responsible for teaching reading must demonstrate they have |
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| 228 | 228 | | 7Sec. 6. |
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| 229 | 229 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 8.1completed the evidence-based literacy training requirements of section 120B.123, subdivision |
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| 230 | 230 | | 8.25a, for the first renewal of their initial license. |
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| 231 | 231 | | 8.3 (d) The board must issue rules setting forth the conditions for additional renewals after |
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| 232 | 232 | | 8.4the initial license has been renewed three times. |
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| 233 | 233 | | 8.5 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.183, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 234 | 234 | | 8.6 Subd. 2.Coursework.(a) An applicant for a Tier 3 license must meet the coursework |
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| 235 | 235 | | 8.7requirement by demonstrating one of the following: |
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| 236 | 236 | | 8.8 (1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program; |
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| 237 | 237 | | 8.9 (2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific |
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| 238 | 238 | | 8.10student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved teacher |
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| 239 | 239 | | 8.11preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply to an |
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| 240 | 240 | | 8.12applicant that has two years of field-specific teaching experience; |
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| 241 | 241 | | 8.13 (3) a recommendation for licensure through the licensure via portfolio process; |
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| 242 | 242 | | 8.14 (4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the applicant's license |
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| 243 | 243 | | 8.15is in good standing, and two years of field-specific teaching experience; or |
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| 244 | 244 | | 8.16 (5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license and evidence of summative |
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| 245 | 245 | | 8.17teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher on an |
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| 246 | 246 | | 8.18improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision |
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| 247 | 247 | | 8.195. |
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| 248 | 248 | | 8.20 (b) Beginning July 1, 2026, a Tier 3 early learning, elementary education, or special |
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| 249 | 249 | | 8.21education licensure applicant who demonstrates field-specific teaching experience to |
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| 250 | 250 | | 8.22complete the coursework requirements under this subdivision must demonstrate they have |
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| 251 | 251 | | 8.23completed evidence-based structured literacy training according to section 120B.123, |
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| 252 | 252 | | 8.24subdivision 5a, before the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may issue |
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| 253 | 253 | | 8.25an initial Tier 3 license. |
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| 254 | 254 | | 8Sec. 7. |
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| 255 | 255 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0492503/19/25 |
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