1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education policy; requiring social studies academic standards to include
1.3 contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people with
1.4 disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.021, subdivision 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 4.Revisions and reviews required.(a) The commissioner of education must
1.8revise the state's academic standards and graduation requirements and implement a ten-year
1.9cycle to review and, consistent with the review, revise state academic standards and related
1.10benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision
1.11cycle, the commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard
1.12and related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college
1.13readiness and advanced work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must include
1.14the contributions of Minnesota American Indian Tribes and communities, including urban
1.15Indigenous communities, as related to the academic standards during the review and revision
1.16of the required academic standards. The commissioner must embed Indigenous education
1.17for all students consistent with recommendations from Tribal Nations and urban Indigenous
1.18communities in Minnesota regarding the contributions of American Indian Tribes and
1.19communities in Minnesota into the state's academic standards during the review and revision
1.20of the required academic standards. The recommendations to embed Indigenous education
1.21for all students includes but is not limited to American Indian experiences in Minnesota,
1.22including Tribal histories, Indigenous languages, sovereignty issues, cultures, treaty rights,
1.23governments, socioeconomic experiences, contemporary issues, and current events.
1Section 1.
25-01060 as introduced12/09/24 REVISOR CR/RC
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1381NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN, Fateh, Boldon, Maye Quade and Mann)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/13/2025
Referred to Education Policy 2.1 (b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments
2.2administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic
2.3standards in mathematics, consistent with section 120B.302, subdivision 3, paragraph (a).
2.4The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.5benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2021-2022 school year and every ten years
2.6thereafter.
2.7 (c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.8benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten years thereafter.
2.9 (d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.10benchmarks in science beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every ten years thereafter.
2.11 (e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.12benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every ten years
2.13thereafter.
2.14 (f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.15benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2020-2021 school year and every ten years
2.16thereafter. During the review and revision of the social studies academic standards, the
2.17commissioner must include the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
2.18people, and people with disabilities in the history of this country and this state.
2.19 (g) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.20benchmarks in physical education beginning in the 2026-2027 school year and every ten
2.21years thereafter.
2.22 (h) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
2.23benchmarks in health education beginning in the 2034-2035 school year and every ten years
2.24thereafter.
2.25 (i) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic standards
2.26and high school graduation requirements in world languages and career and technical
2.27education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning in a school year
2.28determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and charter schools must
2.29formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards and related benchmarks
2.30in world languages and career and technical education.
2.31 (j) The commissioner of education must embed technology and information literacy
2.32standards consistent with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's
2.33academic standards and graduation requirements.
2Section 1.
25-01060 as introduced12/09/24 REVISOR CR/RC 3.1 (k) The commissioner of education must embed ethnic studies as related to the academic
3.2standards during the review and revision of the required academic standards.
3Section 1.
25-01060 as introduced12/09/24 REVISOR CR/RC