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HF4116 • 2026

Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.

Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bakeberg, Dippel
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Author added Dippel
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.

Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.

What This Bill Does

  • Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 House

    Author added Dippel

  2. 2026-03-09 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance

Official Summary Text

Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to education finance; requiring a length of time to elapse before a new

education mandate takes effect; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota

Statutes, chapter 127A.

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

Section 1.

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[127A.02] ORDERLY TIME FRAME FOR K-12 EDUCATION CHANGES.

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Subdivision 1.

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Local impact notes.

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An enactment significantly affecting the duties of

school districts and charter schools where a local impact note has been requested from the

Legislative Budget Office under section 3.987 is not effective until that local impact note

has been completed and posted to the Legislative Budget Office's website.

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Subd. 2.

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Education funding program implementation.

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Notwithstanding section 645.02,

any substantive change to a kindergarten through grade 12 education funding program that

impacts the majority of school districts and charter schools enacted after March 1 of any

calendar year is effective July 1 of the following calendar year.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective July 1, 2027.

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