1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; modifying professional development requirements for Read
1.3 Act implementation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123,
1.4 subdivision 5.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.123, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 5.Professional development.(a) A district must provide training from a menu
1.8of approved evidence-based training programs to the following teachers and staff by July
1.91, 2026:
1.10 (1) reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten through grade
1.1112;
1.12 (2) all classroom teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3 and children in
1.13prekindergarten programs;
1.14 (3) special education teachers;
1.15 (4) curriculum directors;
1.16 (5) instructional support staff, contractors, and volunteers who assist in providing Tier
1.172 interventions;
1.18 (6) employees who select literacy instructional materials for a district; and
1.19 (7) teachers licensed to teach English to multilingual learners.
1.20 (b) A district must provide training from a menu of approved evidence-based training
1.21programs to the following teachers by July 1, 2027:
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REVISOR CR/HL 25-0198701/08/25
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 744
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Clardy, Youakim, Pérez-Vega and Virnig02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (1) teachers who provide reading instruction to students in grades 4 to 12; and
2.2 (2) teachers who provide instruction to students in a state-approved alternative program.
2.3 (c) The commissioner of education may grant a district an extension to the deadlines in
2.4this subdivision.
2.5 (d) Training provided by a department-approved certified trained facilitator may satisfy
2.6the professional development requirements under this subdivision.
2.7 (e) For the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school year years only, the hours of instruction
2.8requirement under section 120A.41 for students in an elementary school, as defined in
2.9section 120A.05, subdivision 9, is reduced by 5-1/2 hours for a district that enters into an
2.10agreement with the exclusive representative of the teachers that requires teachers to receive
2.11at least 5-1/2 hours of approved evidence-based training required under this subdivision,
2.12on a day when other students in the district receive instruction. If a charter school's teachers
2.13are not represented by an exclusive representative, the charter school may reduce the number
2.14of instructional hours for students in an elementary school, as defined in section 120A.05,
2.15subdivision 9, by 5-1/2 hours after consulting with its teachers in order to provide teachers
2.16with at least 5-1/2 hours of evidence-based training required under this subdivision on a
2.17day when other students receive instruction.
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