Read Act amended to provide for ongoing curriculum review.

A bill for an act

relating to education; amending the Read Act to provide for ongoing curriculum

review; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 120B.124,

subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 120B.124, subdivision 2, is

amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Review.

(a) The department must provide districts an opportunity to request

that the department add to the list of curricula or professional development programs a

specific curriculum or professional development program. The department must publish

the request for reconsideration procedure on the department website. A request for review

must demonstrate that the curriculum or intervention program meets the requirements of

the Read Act, is evidence-based, and has structured literacy components. The review process

must use the rubric used to approve curriculum under subdivision 1 with the addition of

culturally responsive criteria as determined by the department. Alternative curriculum and

intervention programs for those who cannot access sound-based approaches must be reviewed

on the same review cycle as traditional programs.

(b) The department and CAREI must conduct a final curriculum review of previously

submitted curriculum by March 3, 2025, to review curriculum that is available to districts

at no cost.

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(c) After March 3, 2025, the department must provide districts or curriculum publishers

an opportunity to request that the department add to the list of curricula a specific curriculum.

The request for review must demonstrate that the curriculum meets the requirements of the

Read Act, is evidence-based, and has structured literacy components. The district or

curriculum publisher must pay the department for the curriculum review. The fee assessed

by the department for the review must not exceed actual review costs or $3,500, whichever

is less.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective retroactively from March 3, 2025.

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