| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; clarifying parental curriculum review provisions; amending |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.20. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.20, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 120B.20 PARENTAL CURRICULUM REVIEW. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) Each school district shall have a procedure for a parent, guardian, or an adult student, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.818 years of age or older, to review the content of the instructional materials to be provided |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9to a minor child or to an adult student and, if the parent, guardian, or adult student objects |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10to the content, to make reasonable arrangements with school personnel for alternative |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11instruction. Alternative instruction may be provided by the parent, guardian, or adult student |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12if the alternative instruction, if any, offered by the school board does not meet the concerns |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13of the parent, guardian, or adult student. The school board is not required to pay for the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14costs of alternative instruction provided by a parent, guardian, or adult student. School |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15personnel may not impose an academic or other penalty upon a student merely for arranging |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16alternative instruction under this section. School personnel may evaluate and assess the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17quality of the student's work. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (b) A request for alternative instruction is an individual decision and does not affect |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19access to instructional materials for other students. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (c) For the purposes of this section, "instructional materials" include online materials or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21media assigned or distributed as part of a structured district or school curricular program. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CR/EN 25-0515403/24/25 |
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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. 3122 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Kraft04/07/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy |
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