Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF1591 Compare Versions

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Old	New	Differences
1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education; modifying the age for a child with a disability to receive
3	3	1.3 special instruction and services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
4	4	1.4 125A.03.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.03, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 125A.03 SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY.
8	8	1.8 (a) As defined in paragraph (b), every district must provide special instruction and
9	9	1.9services, either within the district or in another district, for all children with a disability,
10	10	1.10including providing required services under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section
11	11	1.11300.121, paragraph (d), to those children suspended or expelled from school for more than
12	12	1.12ten school days in that school year, who are residents of the district and who are disabled
13	13	1.13as set forth in section 125A.02. For purposes of state and federal special education laws,
14	14	1.14the phrase "special instruction and services" in the state Education Code means a free and
15	15	1.15appropriate public education provided to an eligible child with disabilities. "Free appropriate
16	16	1.16public education" means special education and related services that:
17	17	1.17 (1) are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without
18	18	1.18charge;
19	19	1.19 (2) meet the standards of the state, including the requirements of the Individuals with
20	20	1.20Disabilities Education Act, Part B or C;
21	21	1.21 (3) include an appropriate preschool, elementary school, or secondary school education;
22	22	1.22and
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-03171 as introduced02/05/25 REVISOR CR/HL
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 1591NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: FARNSWORTH, Maye Quade, Gustafson, Hoffman and Abeler)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading02/20/2025
31	31	Referred to Education Policy 2.1 (4) are provided to children ages three through 21 in conformity with an individualized
32	32	2.2education program that meets the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
33	33	2.3Act, subpart A, sections 300.320 to 300.324, and provided to infants and toddlers in
34	34	2.4conformity with an individualized family service plan that meets the requirements of the
35	35	2.5Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 303.300 to 303.346.
36	36	2.6 (b) Notwithstanding any age limits in laws to the contrary, special instruction and services
37	37	2.7must be provided from birth until July 1 after the child with a disability becomes 22 years
38	38	2.8old but shall not extend beyond secondary school or its equivalent, except as provided in
39	39	2.9section 124D.68, subdivision 2. Local health, education, and social service agencies must
40	40	2.10refer children under age five who are known to need or suspected of needing special
41	41	2.11instruction and services to the school district. Districts with less than the minimum number
42	42	2.12of eligible children with a disability as determined by the commissioner must cooperate
43	43	2.13with other districts to maintain a full range of programs for education and services for
44	44	2.14children with a disability. This section does not alter the compulsory attendance requirements
45	45	2.15of section 120A.22.
46	46	2.16 (c) At the board's discretion, a school district that participates in a reciprocity agreement
47	47	2.17with a neighboring state under section 124D.041 may enroll and provide special instruction
48	48	2.18and services to a child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address
49	49	2.19as assigned by the United States Postal Service if the district has completed child
50	50	2.20identification procedures for that child to determine the child's eligibility for special education
51	51	2.21services, and the child has received developmental screening under sections 142D.09 to
52	52	2.22142D.093.
53	53	2.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2025-2026 school year and later.
54	54	2Section 1.
55	55	25-03171 as introduced02/05/25 REVISOR CR/HL