Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

120B.124 READ ACT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERSHIP. § Subdivision 1.Resources. (a) The Department of Education must partner with CAREI for two years beginning July 1, 2023, until August 30, 2025, to support implementation of the Read Act. The department and CAREI must jointly: (1) iden…

120B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; PERSONAL LEARNING PLANS. (a) Consistent with sections 120B.13, 120B.131, 120B.132, 120B.14, 120B.15, 120B.303, subdivision 1, 125A.08, and other related sections, school districts, be…

120B.126 CONSTRUCTION AND SKILLED TRADES COUNSELING. The commissioner of education must collaborate with the commissioner of labor and industry to incorporate construction and skilled trades into career counseling services for middle and high school aged students. Career adviseme…

120B.13 ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Program structure; training programs for teachers. Critical to schools' educational success is ongoing advanced placement and international baccalaureate-approved teacher training. A secondary te…

120B.131 COLLEGE-LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP). § Subdivision 1.Program structure. The college-level examination program (CLEP) offered by the College Board provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate college-level achievement and receive college credit or advanced s…

120B.132 RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; eligibility. (a) A program is established to raise kindergarten through grade 12 academic achievement through increased student participation in pread…

120B.14 ADVANCED ACADEMIC CREDIT. A district must grant academic credit to a pupil attending an accelerated or advanced academic course offered by a higher education institution or a nonprofit public agency other than the district, if the pupil successfully completes the course a…

120B.15 GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. (a) School districts may identify students, locally develop programs and services addressing instructional and affective needs, provide staff development, and evaluate programs to provide gifted and talented students wit…

120B.16 SECONDARY CREDIT FOR STUDENTS. A student who satisfactorily completes a high school course shall receive secondary course credit and the credit shall count toward the student's graduation requirements. History: 1993 c 224 art 9 s 35; 1996 c 412 art 7 s 12; 1998 c 397 art …

120B.18 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Satisfactory completion of courses in American sign language in a public elementary or secondary school shall be accorded equal standing with satisfactory completion of courses in any world language. History: 1Sp1997 c 4 art 2 s 37; 1998 c 397 art …

120B.20 PARENTAL CURRICULUM REVIEW. Each school district shall have a procedure for a parent, guardian, or an adult student, 18 years of age or older, to review the content of the instructional materials to be provided to a minor child or to an adult student and, if the parent, g…

120B.21 MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION. (a) School districts and charter schools are encouraged to provide mental health instruction for students in grades 4 through 12 aligned with local health standards and integrated into existing programs, curriculum, or the general school environme…

120B.213 HEALTHY AGING AND DEMENTIA EDUCATION. School districts and charter schools are encouraged to provide instruction on healthy aging and dementia to students in grades 6 through 12 that is aligned with applicable health standards and integrated into existing programs, curri…

120B.215 EDUCATION ON CANNABIS USE AND SUBSTANCE USE. § Subdivision 1.Model program. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioners of health and human services, local district and school health education specialists, and other qualified experts, shall iden…

120B.22 VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION. § Subdivision 1.Violence prevention curriculum. (a) The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioners of health and human services, state minority councils, battered women's and domestic abuse programs, battered women's s…

120B.23 VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Grant program established. The commissioner of education, after consulting with the assistant commissioner of the Office of Drug Policy and Violence Prevention, shall establish a violence prevention education grant pro…

120B.232 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION. § Subdivision 1.Character development education. (a) Character education is the shared responsibility of parents, teachers, and members of the community. The legislature encourages districts to integrate or offer instruction on character …

120B.234 CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purpose of this section, which may be cited as "Erin's Law," is to encourage districts to integrate or offer instruction on child sexual abuse prevention to students and training to all school personne…

120B.235 AMERICAN HERITAGE EDUCATION. (a) School districts shall permit grade-level instruction for students to read and study America's founding documents, including documents that contributed to the foundation or maintenance of America's representative form of limited governmen…

120B.236 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION. (a) School districts must provide onetime cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12 curriculum for all students in that gra…

120B.238 VAPING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. § Subdivision 1.Title. This section may be referred to as the "Vaping Awareness and Prevention Act." § Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the words defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Electro…

120B.241 COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Computer science" means the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, their hardware and software designs, their implementation, and their impact on society.…

120B.25 ETHNIC STUDIES. "Ethnic studies" means the interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity with a focus on the experiences and perspectives of people of color within and beyond the United States. Ethnic studies analyzes the ways in which race and racism have b…

120B.251 ETHNIC STUDIES REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. "Ethnic studies" has the meaning provided in section 120B.25. § Subd. 2.Requirements. (a) Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, a district or charter school high school must offer an ethnic studies course that ful…

120B.252 HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND OTHER GENOCIDE EDUCATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Holocaust and genocide studies" means interdisciplinary teaching and learning about the causes, impacts, and legacies of the Holocaust, other genocides, and inciden…

120B.30 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS. § Subdivision 1. (a) [Renumbered 120B.30, subd 11, para (b); 120B.302, subd 2] (b) [Renumbered 120B.302, subd 3, para (a)] (c) [Renumbered 120B.303, subdivision 1] (d) [Renumbered 120B.303, subd 2; 120B.307, subd 2] (e) [Renumb…

120B.302 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; TEST DESIGN. § Subdivision 1.Developing assessments. For purposes of conforming with existing federal educational accountability requirements, the commissioner must develop and implement computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments for grad…

120B.303 ASSESSMENT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Graduation requirements. For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, students' state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student education and career pla…

120B.305 ASSESSMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1. MS 2023 Supp [Repealed by amendment, 2024 c 109 art 2 s 14] § Subd. 2.Reporting requirements. (a) Reporting of state assessment results must: (1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance…

120B.306 DISTRICT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Test limits and calendar. (a) For students in grades 1 through 6, the cumulative total amount of time spent taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed ten hours per school year. For stud…

120B.306 DISTRICT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Test limits and calendar. (a) For students in grades 1 through 6, the cumulative total amount of time spent taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed ten hours per school year. For stud…

120B.306 DISTRICT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Test limits and calendar. (a) For students in grades 1 through 6, the cumulative total amount of time spent taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed ten hours per school year. For stud…

120B.307 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue a career pathway, including postsecondary credit…

120B.31 SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY AND STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Educational accountability and public reporting. Consistent with the direction to adopt statewide academic standards under section 120B.02, the department, in consultation with education and other system s…

120B.35 STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH. § Subdivision 1. Student indicators of growth and achievement. The commissioner must develop and implement a system for measuring and reporting academic achievement and individual student growth, consistent with the statewide educa…

120B.36 SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY. § Subdivision 1.School performance reports and public reporting. (a) The commissioner shall report: (1) student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and 3; (2) academic progress consistent with federal expectations; (3) sc…

120B.363 CREDENTIAL FOR EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS. § Subdivision 1.Rulemaking. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules to implement a statewide credential for education paraprofessionals who assist a licensed teacher in providing student instruc…

121A.01 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this chapter, the words defined in section 120A.05 have the same meanings. History: Ex1959 c 71 art 7 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 26; art 11 s 3

121A.03 MODEL POLICY. § Subdivision 1.Model policy. The commissioner shall maintain and make available to school boards a model sexual, religious, and racial harassment and violence policy. The model policy shall address the requirements of subdivision 2, and may encourage violen…

121A.031 SCHOOL STUDENT BULLYING POLICY. § Subdivision 1.Student bullying policy; scope and application. (a) This section applies to bullying by a student against another student enrolled in a public school and which occurs: (1) on the school premises, at the school functions or …

121A.0311 NOTICE OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDER THE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE MINNESOTA SCHOOLS ACT. A district or school subject to section 121A.031 must include in the student discipline policy it distributes or otherwise transmits to students and th…

121A.0312 MALICIOUS AND SADISTIC CONDUCT. (a) For purposes of this section, "malicious and sadistic conduct" means creating a hostile learning environment by acting with the intent to cause harm by intentionally injuring another without just cause or reason or engaging in extreme…

121A.035 CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICY. § Subdivision 1.Model policy. The commissioner shall maintain and make available to school boards and charter schools a model crisis management policy that includes, among other items, cardiac emergency response plans, school lock-down and torna…

121A.037 SCHOOL SAFETY DRILLS. Private schools and educational institutions not subject to section 121A.035 must have at least five school lock-down drills, five school fire drills consistent with section 299F.30, and one tornado drill. History: 2006 c 263 art 2 s 7

121A.038 STUDENT SAFETY DRILLS AT SCHOOL. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Active shooter drill" means an emergency preparedness drill designed to teach students, teachers, school personnel, and s…

121A.04 ATHLETIC PROGRAMS; SEX DISCRIMINATION. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The legislature recognizes certain past inequities in access to athletic programs and in the various degrees of athletic opportunity previously afforded members of each sex, race, and ethnicity. The purpose o…