Bill HF3122, SF3157

1.1          A bill for an act
1.2          relating to education; clarifying parental curriculum review provisions;amending
1.3          Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.20.
1.4          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5          Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.20, is amended to read:
1.6          120B.20 PARENTAL CURRICULUM REVIEW.
1.7          (a) Each school district shall have a procedure for a parent, guardian, or an adult student,
1.8          18 years of age or older, to review the content of the instructional materials to be provided
1.9          to a minor child or to an adult student and, if the parent, guardian, or adult student objects
1.10       to the content, to make reasonable arrangements with school personnel for alternative
1.11       instruction. Alternative instruction may be provided by the parent, guardian, or adult student
1.12       if the alternative instruction, if any, offered by the school board does not meet the concerns
1.13       of the parent, guardian, or adult student. The school board is not required to pay for the
1.14       costs of alternative instruction provided by a parent, guardian, or adult student. School
1.15       personnel may not impose an academic or other penalty upon a student merely for arranging
1.16       alternative instruction under this section. School personnel may evaluate and assess the
1.17       quality of the student's work.
1.18       (b) A request for alternative instruction is an individual decision and does not affect
1.19       access to instructional materials for other students.
1.20       (c) For the purposes of this section, "instructional materials" include online materials or
1.21       media assigned or distributed as part of a structured district or school curricular program.