Education Legislation 2025
- 3/13/2025 HF2329 / SF2992 Teachers Retirement Association enhanced early retirement deduction age lowered from 62 to 60, provision and postretirement adjustment delay clarification provision 62/30 plan ($75M)
- 2/26/2025 HF1582 / SF2000 Teachers Retirement Association provisions modifications and appropriation 60/30 plan ($285M)
- 2/20/2025 SF1740 Omnibus Education policy provisions Indigenoug Mascot Waiver Limited
- 3/24/2025 SF2965 Certain expenditures authorization from the school service fund
- 1/16/2025 SF133 Student support personnel aid allowable uses expansion
- 3/10/2025 SF2300 Earned sick and safe time provisions modifications
- 2/17/2025 HF957 FY25-29 Fund Transfer and Mandate Flexibility
- 2/19/2025 – HF1124 School year allowed to start before Labor Day for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years only
- 2/6/2025 – HF11 Minnesota Paid Leave Law implementation delayed by one year
- 2/20/2025 – HF1306 Short Call Substitute Teacher Flexibility Made Permanent
- 1/10/2025 – Senate Committee Schedule
- 12/12/2024 – House Committee Rosters 2025-26
- 12/11/2024 – House Legislative Member Guide
- 12/9/2024 – November Budget and Economic Forecast
2024
- 3/19/2024 – The full $226 million supplemental budget proposal can be found on the Management & Budget website. Click here to see the proposal.
- 3/18/2024 – HF3558(Virning)/ SF4305 (Kupec) Roof projects authorized as part of long-term facilities’ maintenance program, and money appropriated.
- 3/18/2024 – SF3885 (Lucero) / HF4058 (Hudson) General Education disparity aid establishment and appropriation.
- 3/18/2024 – HF3446 (Berg) / SF3588 (Mohamed) Unemployment insurance eligibility modified under conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute.
- 3/15/2024 – HF4117 (Norris) /SF4184 (Gustafson) Local optional revenue modified, revenue for unemployment costs and family paid medical leave included in local optional revenue, referendum revenue simplified, equalization aid increased, and money appropriated.
- 3/14/2024 – SF3698 (Maye Quade) /HF3744 (Edelson) Read Act amended, working group established, supplemental funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
House Omnibus Education Look-Up
Senate Education Finance Omnibus FY 24
Senate Education Finance Omnibus FY 25
Legislative Committee Meetings
Keep up on the education issues that legislative committees address.
Major Provisions Side by Side
Compare the new funding priorities of the Governor, House, and Senate.
Education Finance and Policy Proposals
The Governor, House, and Senate each produce their own education bills that reflect their priorities. At the end of the session (or possibly in a special session), the three versions must be reconciled into a single education bill through negotiations.
The Governor's Education Bills 2024
- Bill Policy HF 1269 as introduced
- Bill Policy HF 1269 bill summary
- Bill Policy SF 1311 as introduced
- Bill Policy SF 1311 bill summary
- Bill Funding SF 2684 as introduced
- Bill Funding SF 2684 Bill Sumary
- Bill Funding HF 2497 as introduced
- Bill Funding HF 2497 bill summary
- SF 2684 General Education, Special Education and Other Funding Increases 2023-24 School Year
- SF 2684 General Education, Special Education, and Other Funding Increases 2024-25 School Year
- SF 2684 Aid Spreadsheet
- SF 2684 Aid Change Items
- One Minnesota Budget
- February Budget Forecast Presentation
- February Budget and Economic Forecast
- SAFF Side-by-Side Comparison of the House, Senate, and Governor’s New Education funding
Senate Education Bills 2024
- Bill Policy Summary SF1311 as introduced
- Bill Policy Summary SF1311 bill summary
- Bill Funding Summary SF 2684 as introduced
- Bill Funding Summary SF 2684 bill summary
- SF 2684 General Education, Special Education and Other Funding Increases 2023-24 School Year
- SF 2684 General Education, Special Education, and Other Funding Increases 2024-25 School Year
- SF 2684 Aid Spreadsheet
- SF 2684 Aid Change Items
- SAFF Side-by-Side Comparison of the House, Senate, and Governor’s New Education funding
House Education Bills 2024
Current Bills 2024
See the first readings from the House and Senate. These initial education bills offer a glimpse into proposed legislation and highlight the priorities of lawmakers as they prepare for further debate.
- SF 1254 (Susan Pha, DFL, Brooklyn Park): This bill proposes increasing LOR to $920 per pupil as part of the tails budget.
- HF 409 (Andrew Myers, GOP, Tonka Bay): This measure would raise LOR to $974 per pupil, with the first $250 per pupil provided entirely as state aid.
- Rep. Kari Rehrauer (DFL, Coon Rapids): A bill is in draft form aiming to boost LOR to $974 per pupil. This proposal emphasizes improved equalization and indexing the per-pupil amount to the formula inflator.
- HF 51 Bianca Viring (DFL, Eagan) and Ben Bakeberg (GOP, Jordan) and SF1198 Grant Hauschild (DFL, Hermantown) and Rob Farnsworth (GOP, Hibbing)
- Sen. Rob Kupec (DFL, Moorhead) is considering introducing a bill to significantly increase the equalization amount for operating referenda.
- SF 1197 Grant Hauschild (DFL, Hermantown) and Robert Farnsworth (GOP, Hibbing) and HF1161 (Spencer Igo, GOP, Wabana Township) This bill addresses school district seasonal tax base replacment aid establishment. While this may have limited impact on many SAFF members, it is imporated to note.
Bills below are from year 2024
- SF123 / HF 5 – School lunch and breakfast provision for all students
- SF100 – Property tax levy share decrease and state aid share increase of operating referendum revenue for qualifying special school districts
- SF613 / HF 535 -School board renewal of an expired referendum authorization
- HF456 / SF615 – Expansion of voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus program made permanent, and money appropriated.
- SF866 / HF879 – Local optional revenue increased, future increases in local optional revenue liked to the growth in general education basic formula allowance, and money appropriated.
- HF19 – Paid Family and Medical Leave
- HF439 – Increase the general education basic formula by 5% in each of the next two years and tie future increases to the rate of inflation.
- HF879-Youkaim / SF866-Westlin – Local optional revenue increased, future increases in local optional revenue linked to the growth in general education basic formula allowance, and money appropriated.
- HF1271-Youakim / SF1601-Hoffman – Operating referendum program equalization aid increase; property tax levies decrease; appropriating money.
- HF1396-Hemmingsen-Jeger – Equalization aid increased for debt service equalization program, property tax levies decreased, and money appropriated.
- HF1457-Pursell / SF1247-Dahms – Allowed uses of long-term facilities maintenance revenue and capital levies clarified.