HF 1306 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Education policy bill.

HF 1306 is a Minnesota education bill affecting K-12 schools and students. It requires the state commissioner to seek input from diverse groups - including parents, teachers, tribal representatives, and students - when developing academic standards for subjects like math, science, and social studies. The bill also expands graduation credit options, allowing courses such as agriculture science, ethnic studies, and career technical education to count toward required credits in subjects like science, math, or social studies. For example, an agriculture class meeting science standards can fulfill a science credit, and ethnic studies courses meeting state standards can count toward multiple subject requirements. These changes aim to increase flexibility in course offerings while ensuring standards remain clear and measurable.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates Minnesota's education laws to expand opportunities for high school students to take college courses, clarify rules for online learning, and improve substitute teacher availability. Key changes include allowing 10th graders to enroll in career and technical education courses at colleges if they pass a reading assessment, requiring colleges to prioritize their own students before enrolling high schoolers, and extending the duration for which districts can hire short-call emergency substitute teachers. The legislation also modernizes definitions for digital and online instruction to better reflect current teaching methods.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of postsecondary enrollment options to include 10th-grade students in career and technical education courses, previously limited to 11th and 12th graders. It also broadens the definition of eligible providers for supplemental online courses to include state-operated schools.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded eligibility for dual enrollment in career and technical education courses to include 10th-grade students who pass an 8th-grade reading assessment.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirements for postsecondary institutions to notify high school students' schools when a student withdraws from a course or stops attending.

Mandated that postsecondary institutions give priority to their own students before enrolling high school pupils in courses.

Required postsecondary institutions to enroll a qualified veteran student in the same course as a secondary pupil if the veteran demonstrates that enrollment timelines were not practicable for them.

TIMELINE

Extended the maximum duration for short-call emergency substitute teacher assignments from five days to ten consecutive school days.

Delayed the implementation deadline for certain program requirements from the 2025-2026 school year to the 2026-2027 school year.

DEFINITION

Added specific definitions for 'blended instruction,' 'digital instruction,' and 'supplemental online course' to clarify modern teaching formats.

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Committee

Apr 25, 2025

Committee

Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with SF1740

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Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended

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Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor