1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education;
modifying social studies standards to include the dangers
1.3 and perils of communism and
socialism;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 120B.021, subdivision
1.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision
1.Required academic standards. (a) The following subject areas are
1.8 required for statewide
accountability:
1.9 (1) language arts;
1.10 (2) mathematics, encompassing
algebra II, integrated mathematics III, or an equivalent
1.11 in high school, and to be
prepared for the three credits of mathematics in grades 9 through
1.12 12, the grade 8 standards
include completion of algebra;
1.13 (3) science, including earth
and space science, life science, and the physical sciences,
1.14 including chemistry and
physics;
1.15 (4) social studies, including
history, geography, economics, and government and
1.16 citizenship that includes
civics;
1.17 (5) physical education;
1.18 (6) health; and
1.19 (7) the arts. Public elementary
and middle schools must offer at least three and require
1.20 at least two of the following
five arts areas: dance; media arts; music; theater; and visual
2.1 arts. Public high schools
must offer at least three and require at least one of the following
2.2 five arts areas: media arts;
dance; music; theater; and visual arts.
2.3 (b) For purposes of
applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts,
2.4 mathematics, and science
apply to all public school students, except the very few students
2.5 with extreme cognitive or
physical impairments for whom an individualized education
2.6 program team has determined
that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An
2.7 individualized education
program team that makes this determination must establish
2.8 alternative standards.
2.9 (c) A school district may
include child sexual abuse prevention instruction in a health
2.10 curriculum, consistent with
paragraph (a), clause (6). Child sexual abuse prevention
2.11 instruction may include
age-appropriate instruction on recognizing sexual abuse and assault,
2.12 boundary violations, and ways
offenders groom or desensitize victims, as well as strategies
2.13 to promote disclosure, reduce
self-blame, and mobilize bystanders. A school district may
2.14 provide instruction under this
paragraph in a variety of ways, including at an annual assembly
2.15 or classroom presentation. A
school district may also provide parents information on the
2.16 warning signs of child sexual
abuse and available resources.
2.17 (d) District efforts to
develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a
2.18 result of the provisions of
this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 120B.11,
2.19 and 120B.20.
2.20 (e) Locally developed academic
standards in health apply until statewide rules
2.21 implementing statewide health
standards under subdivision 3 are required to be implemented
2.22 in the classroom.
2.23 (f) The commissioner must
include the dangers and perils of communism and socialism,
2.24 including estimated
lives lost under communism and socialism, and negative outcomes
2.25 associated with
communism and socialism, in social studies standards during the 2030-2031
2.26 review and revision of
the standards.
2.27 EFFECTIVE DATE. This
section is effective July 1, 2026.
